Tech Holden

Have you ever researched a product and for the next week or so you see online ads for similar products of those you had viewed? Then you start to wonder how does this random website know that I was searching a product on a completely different website? The reality of today's advanced technology is that we are all a product being sold online. Believe it or not, whenever we go on Facebook or Instagram our viewing habits are being monitored in order to determine our interests which is then analyzed to display certain related advertisements. So if you were to search a hashtag of a popular fast food restaurant, you would likely see advertisements for that restaurant or similar scrolling through your feed for the next few days. It seems a bit strange that they have the ability to detect your likes, but how does this all work? Algorithmically Generating Content Platforms When you watch a video on YouTube, chances are there's a "play next" column that will queue a vide...

Technology Today There have undoubtedly been many fascinating breakthroughs in technology within the twenty first century. In my short sixteen years of life, even I've seen modern computers go from giant boxes to touchscreen and paper thin super machines. Not to mention the evolution of cell phones, who remembers the flip phone? When we used to have to hit buttons to call a friend instead of tapping our screen?  The smart phone took over the technology world in the early 2010s. But as the popularity of smart phones spread like wildfire, so did questions from the general public. Will my brain be affected if I spend too much time looking at my phone? Will a child's developing brain be altered by screen usage? The answer to these questions is still heavily debated by researchers, but we all know from experience that looking at your device for too long can give you a headache. According to a social science research professor at the University of Melbourne, constant screen ti...