technology

  • Apple’s Hardware falls behind its competitors

    Despite iPhone X preorders backing up to well over 2018 in the first hour of its release, it seems that the excitement regarding Apple’s new handsets has sharply declined. With reports of the iPhone 7 doing better than Apple’s current top-of-the-line the iPhone 8, the iPhone X is the brand’s savior, a revitalization of…

  • Amazon Drones: the key to the future

    A future with floating warehouses and drones flying around the neighborhood may not be that far away. Amazon has already filed for patents for floating airships and their Amazon Drones. A few years from now, drone delivery might become a reality, and seeing drones flying around will not be any different than seeing a…

  • Six seconds of silence: Vine is dead

    Social media is constantly changing. New outlets are created while apps that were once all the rage (remember Myspace?) become a distant memory. On Oct. 27, Twitter announced that Vine, an app that allows for a maximum of six seconds of entertainment, would be shut down. As of now,Twitter has not disclosed an exact…

  • Apple releases iPhone 7

    Iphones have been consistent in design since they first started being sold by Apple in 2007: the same headphone jack, the same camera lense, the same screen. Would you believe it if someone told you all of those features had been moved around or thrown out?  The long anticipated iPhone 7 was released on…

  • Technology and its impact on our elections

    Today, technology plays an evergrowing role in our democracy. It is used for the spread of information, debates, polls, and general discourse. The bulk of influence can be attributed to social media platforms, and there’s a good chance of a candidate’s tweets, Facebook posts or even Snapchats influencing the voters. This democratization is a…

  • Column: Privacy and Technology

    Today, technology companies such as Google and Facebook monitor every single action made on their services. Your emails, your photos, your Google searches, and the record of any websites you visit are stored somewhere inside these technology companies’ servers. Given the billion plus users these respective companies have on services, it may not seem…

  • Newbury Redone

    After every summer, the students of Newbury Park return to a slightly different campus than the one they left. The people change, and so does the school itself. Last summer, upgrades were made to the mass media lab, gym, and cafeteria, which is now the new home of the writing center. Worn from years…

  • Wakie Wakie

    The new 2015 to 2016 school year has just begun and nearly every student faces the same problem, waking up on time for class. Fortunately, for those of us who are tired of using the boring and antiquated alarm clock or the slightly less humdrum radio alarm, an exciting new way of waking up…

  • Apple Introduces Next Generation iPhones

    On Sept. 9, Apple Inc. introduced the newest generation of iPhone: iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus. The new iPhone 6S looks nearly identical to its predecessors, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. However, the iPhone 6S boasts new ion-strengthened glass, and also comes in an extra color: Rose Gold, which joins Space…