This year the Chinese New Year was on February 5. In contrast to much of the Western world, which follows the Gregorian Calendar, the great majority of the Eastern one follows lunar […]
The History Behind the Chinese New Year
The HyperAdapt BB
Nike recently announced its launching of a new pair of shoes that use a custom motor and gear train. These let the user tighten or loosen their laces at the press of […]
Preparing for AASCA Soccer
In preparation for the 2019 AASCA SOCCER XXVII, hosted in Panama, the American Nicaraguan School is going all out in practice sessions. Being led by captains Eduardo Alvarez and Guillermo Teran, along […]
The Data Breach of Marriott: What you need to know
In December, the hospitality company giant Marriott International reported a data breach on its Starwood Room Reservation Network, exposing personal data of over 500 million customers. According to Marriott International, individuals’ passport […]
Fear Factor
What is fear? Is it the pit in your stomach when you realize you didn’t study enough for the test you have in an hour? No, that’s probably guilt. Is it running […]
To Be Or Not To Be: How To Map Your Future
Junior year of high school is often considered to be the most stressful. Many, however, believe this to be an exaggeration, arguing that the stress of any grade is practically nothing […]
The Chinese Takeover of Africa
Over the past few years, it has become more and more apparent that Chinese tech companies are interested in Africa’s market. According to Financial Times writer Aubrey Hruby, former relationships between Chinese […]
A Look Into Amazon’s Cashierless Store
Amazon opened its first cashier-less grocery store outside its hometown of Seattle. These stores use hundreds of cameras and sensors to keep track of what people are buying. Customers just need to […]
Alphabet Gives Up Robotic Endeavor
Google first acquired Schaft and Boston Dynamics in 2013, and from there on, it focused on developing humanoid robots. These inventions proved to be promising as some even won multiple awards and […]
Quora’s Been Hacked!
Quora, a question and answer website, founded on June 2009 was recently hacked. Hackers were able to obtain the names and email addresses of roughly 100 million users (“SECURITY NEWS THIS WEEK: […]
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