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Geek –nounSlang .1. a computer expert or enthusiast (often considered offensive when used by outsiders.)2. a peculiar or otherwise dislikable person, especially one who is perceived to be overly intellectual.3. a carnival performer who performs sensationally morbid or disgusting acts, as biting off the head of a live chicken. You would think nobody would wish to be associated with these various definitions of ‘geek’. Well, the computer enthusiast bit is harmless enough, but generally speaking, ‘geek’ has always been a negative term suggesting a low social status....

Technology is the art of crafting the world around us. It’s supposed to advance us in a positive direction; to connect us, make us smarter, more productive and more creative. But unfortunately, technology like a double-edged sword can also alienate us, distract us and drive us to monotony. MessagePartyadvertisestheir appas a way to “encourage discussion at a lecture or in a classroom, to talk about a concert while it’s happening with fellow fans or while you’re waiting for the subway....

The metaverse is coming. Like all technological innovation, it brings new opportunities and new risks. The metaverse is animmersive virtual reality version of the internetwhere people can interact with digital objects and digital representations of themselves and others, and can move more or less freely from one virtual environment to another. It can also involve augmented reality, a blending of virtual and physical realities, both by representing people and objects from the physical world in the virtual and conversely by bringing the virtual into people’s perceptions of physical spaces....

When Facebook announced it waschanging its name to “Meta,” it was immediately clear the company was doing more than just pivoting – it was evolving. In the weeks since, the metaverse has become the hottest topic in tech. The last time I saw a planet-scale conversation about technology of this magnitude was when blockchain and cryptocurrency entered the mainstream periphery around the middle of 2017. Unfortunately, it seems like most people don’t “get” the metaverse....

The mere mention of Silverlight is enough tospark an argumentin the Microsoft community. The future of technology has been in question for months, with enough doubt circling Silverlight that we recently asked if it is time to ‘stick a fork‘ in the project. Given that it is such a contentious issue, we keep close tabs on every mention of Silverlight that arises, hoping for clues as to what the future may hold....