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My Relationship With Technology Whether we like it or not, technology is something that will be around forever and has drastically changed how we live our daily lives. If you could tell the founding fathers that you could call someone from across the world and talk to them on a small device, they would say that you are crazy.  The concept of technology is fascinating because it dates back to ancient times. The earliest examples of technology would be humans discovering how to make fire. It is weird to think about fire being a technology, but by definition technology refers to the “practical application of knowledge in a certain area.” Theoretically a lot of things in our daily lives could be classified as technology. Looking at it this way I would say that technology has 100% impacted my life in a positive way because without it the standard of living that we are all accustomed to would never exist. Of course there are downsides to technology. I feel that the more modern day social...

High Point University Women’s Basketball Ready for Another Tournament Run High Point University Basketball has the same goals but the spotlight is bigger than ever. David Pergamo  Q News The High Point University Women’s Basketball team are ready to make the new Nido and Mariana Qubein Arena and Conference Center their home as they look to defend their Big South Title they had captured the previous season. With the new arena and previous success comes much more pressure compared to previous seasons. It looks like the Panthers are ready for anything that is going to come their way. Branbury is Making HPU her own HPU has improved almost every year the past 5 seasons Chelsea Branbury has been the coach for the Panthers since the start of the 2019 season and she has already brought the team to heights they have never reached before.  In just her second season as head coach, Branbury led the Panthers to their third Big South regular season championship in program history. Branbur...

Sealed copy of 'Super Mario Bros. 2' sells for $88,550 in estate sale   Florida businessman purchases $88k unopened video game that was found in a closet.   David Pergamo Q News   An auction house handling an estate sale for a recently deceased Indiana woman said a sealed copy of 1988 video game Super Mario Bros. 2 sold for a whopping $88,550.   Harritt Group Inc. said workers going through Patricia Martin's Floyd Knobs home to find items to list for the estate sale discovered a box of Nintendo Entertainment System games in the back of a walk-in closet.   A Discovery of a Lifetime "At first glance, it was a comforting wave of classic Nintendo nostalgia. All the classics were there, Super Mario Bros, Duck Hunt, Qix, and even an NES console. So, we did what any children of the 1990s would do: we fired up the console and tested the open games. It was a great day," Harritt Group said in its description of the item.   "At a second glance, it was something else ...

 Class Discussion Our class discussion with Ken Ilgunas about the first amendment and how it plays a role in our lives was very interesting and I felt that I learned a lot. I found that it was very cool to hear from Ken’s experiences and how they shaped him into the man that he is today. One of the things that we talked about that I found to be the most interesting was near the end of our chat when Ken talked about his experience and the laws that have been put in place since the COVID-19 pandemic. As we all know we are experiencing a global pandemic right now that is the first of its scale since the Spanish Flu 100 years ago . The Spanish Flu had three different “waves” and had a massive death toll of over 50 million people . Fast forward to 100 years to 2021 and the world is a much different place. The Spanish Flu was predominantly in Europe unlike COVID-19 which is affecting the entire globe. Countries around the world are taking many different measures to insure the safety of...

 Citizen Journalism We live in a world that is so globally connected that news travels faster than ever before. A lot of people do not look at mainstream news as a form of getting their daily news. According to Pew Research Center, 1 in 5 Americans say that they get their news “often” from social media.   Most news that comes from social media comes from the general public in a form that is called Citizen journalism. Citizen journalism is by definition , “the collection, dissemination, and analysis of news and information by the general public, especially by the means of the internet.” Citizen journalism have been around since actual journalists have been around. But like the definition says, it has become very more prominent due to the creation of the internet. Prior to the creation of the internet, it was very hard for citizen journalists to get their voices heard . There was no place that was as easily accessible like the internet for people to hear what citizen journalists...

The Age of Artificial Intelligence has Arrived The Industrial Era took humans beyond the physical capabilities that we once thought were possible. This was something that was so important to our society and created opportunities we never thought were once possible. The age of AI in a whole new ball game that we never thought could ever happen. Well, if you like it or not, it is here and it is about to be huge. AI, short for artificial intelligence, uses the coding of machines that can teach itself. Similar to the Industrial Era, AI is going to breach a barrier that we once thought was unbreachable. The industrial Era was with physical power, AI is going to be with our minds. The video did not make AlphaGo beating legendary Go player Lee Sedol in a match as big of a deal as they needed it to be.  Go is a board game that originated in China over 4,000 years ago . It is one of the oldest board games in human history. While it may seem like a simple game, it is one of the most compl...