Weekly Features

Weekly News Roundup February 12-16

  Authors: Annabel Fidler & Paloma Gray Shawn White Breaks History in Pyeongchang Winter Games 2018 Shaun White was able to bring home a third gold medal in the men’s half pipe while also becoming the first American man to win gold at three separate Winter Olympics. This was a huge comeback for White after […]

Top 5 Panels for Brands and Marketing

Beyond Ads: Become Entertainment Commercial free programs are becoming more and more popular. Individuals are moving to those commercial-free platforms, but how are the advertisers getting around that? Brands are having to focus more on ways to produce innovative content that engages the consumers, but they do not really become a part of the entertainment. […]

Top 5 Events on Climate and Environment

As the global temperature continues to rise, the gap widens between those fighting to end climate change and those who do not believe it is an existing issue. Like any of the complex problems on the docket, there are both myriad threats and solutions for this issue that touches every corner of the globe. SXSW […]

Weekly News Roundup February 5-9

  Authors: Steffanie Agnew & Nicole Avalos Broadcom Raises Its Qualcomm Offer to $121 Billion- NY Times Broadcom increased its takeover bid for rival chip maker Qualcomm to around $121 billion on Feb. 16, 2018, further pressuring Qualcomm to agree to what would be the technology industry’s biggest-ever takeover and one that could affect the […]

Top 5 Panels for AI

Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is taking the tech industry by storm. As with every blossoming industry, problems need to be addressed and solved for it to be truly successful. It is also important to understand how to adapt to new technologies as they are introduced, so skills can be integrated within the new technologies and […]

Weekly News Roundup March 6-9

Facebook filters fake news by tweaking its algorithm Facebook begins to flag links that are associated with fake news to help users filter out deceptive news articles. Facebook also will be providing their users with a complied list of websites and “news” channels that have been known to post fake news in the past. Facebook […]