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The Era of Spatial Computing – My Thoughts on Apple Vision Pro

Last month, Apple revealed its long-awaited headset device, Apple Vision Pro. To those who follow Apple rumors, this announcement was no surprise and has been anticipated for years. But the official announcement has spurred a lot of discussion in almost every circle. As the resident Apple enthusiast in my friend group, I’ve definitely had a […]

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Counting the Seconds – A Look At How Computers Tell Time

As the United States prepares to fall back out of Daylight Savings Time, I feel it’s timely (no pun intended) to write about how the computers that we rely on can keep track of time. After all, I feel that between an old-fashioned clock on the wall and our smartphone, most would believe the smartphone […]

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“I, Robot?” – A Short Thesis on CAPTCHAs

If you’ve browsed the web for any amount of time, you’ve likely had your humanity questioned. A challenge is presented to assert whether or not you are human. A CAPTCHA, or Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart (a.k.a. my favorite acronym of all time), is the technical term for this […]

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In Padlock We Trust – A Short Essay on HTTPS

It’s been a while since I’ve last written, and a lot of that is because I was busy with the last semester of my master’s degree in Software Engineering. Unfortunately, my deep-dive, analysis-driven style of writing with all of the fancy citations takes a lot of time to write, but I still want to write […]

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“Hey Siri” – A Critique of Apple’s Smart Home

Apple’s penetration into the smart home market has produced mixed results. On one hand, they’ve managed to partner with many of the leading smart home accessory producers (with a few notable exceptions)¹, making HomeKit a popular standard that consumers go out of their way to buy. In addition, Apple’s continuous focus on privacy and security […]