If you’re not familiar with the concept of deepfakes, get ready to get nervous. Imagine being able to use artificial intelligence and deep machine learning…
Read MoreOPLIN 4Cast #667: Deepfakes aren’t going away–they’re getting better
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OPLIN 4Cast #663: Virtual reality is expanding with unique uses
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VR technology is no longer emerging, but it’s definitely evolving. There’s a lot of very interesting things going on in the VR space; here’s just a few.
Read MoreOPLIN 4Cast #663: Virtual reality is expanding with unique uses
Map technology is changing all of the time; here’s a roundup of some recent developments. And, as you’ll see, map tech also has some issues that need to be addressed.
Read MoreOPLIN 4Cast #661: Is digital navigation going the right way?
Sometimes, I just want to hide my head in the sand, even viewing just tech-related news. What I’ve been seeing lately, especially the news surrounding…
Read MoreOPLIN 4Cast #659: Ransomware takes on new targets and new abilities
I subscribe to a lot of different websites and blogs, as a way to look for trends in tech and in the news cycle. There…
Read MoreOPLIN 4Cast #656: Privacy? Is there even such a thing any more?
Even though I work in IT, I’m not a fan of all technologies. When shopping, I will begrudgingly make use of self-checkouts (as long as…
Read MoreOPLIN 4Cast #655: Shopping tech advances, and (some) anticipation increases
My teenage son has been playing Minecraft for years. At first, the appeal was in the building, but he soon moved on and found PvP…
Read MoreOPLIN 4Cast #653: Keeping up with the gaming world is hard
When I saw my first backup camera in a friend’s car, years ago, I was stunned. I assumed she was wealthy (she wasn’t) and thought…
Read MoreOPLIN 4Cast #651: Cars are speeding into the future, but can we keep up?
Can you imagine the world without YouTube? Certainly, if I asked my teenage son to try that exercise, he’d look at me like I belong…
Read MoreOPLIN 4Cast #649: As YouTube grows, so do its problems
Huawei has been all over the news recently. Huawei is a very large Chinese telecommunications company, which provides network infrastructure to a great deal of…
Read MoreOPLIN 4Cast #647: Huawei is in a lot of hot water. Can it recover?