By Gabriella Licona Not long after everyone welcomed the new year—the long-awaited 2020–with roaring excitement and positivity, viral images of wildfires in Australia began circling the web. It seemed, for a moment, that Australia was hell on Earth. Through these viral posts and videos, everyone started witnessing the flames that were—and still are—consuming most of…
By Karla Perez It’s no news that TikTok has taken over. The social media giant has become the new “it” thing for all generations— everyone seems to be in it. At the end, whether one loves or dislikes the app doesn’t even matter: for anyone with internet access, escaping from the ephemeral videos of the…
By Vanessa Falcon Mario Kart has jumped from the DS and Switch to a more popular device —cellphones. Mario Kart has been a beloved game for generations. Nintendo has touched the hearts of many people, trespassing age barriers and geographical lines for over a century. Since 1889, when the company first started with simple playing…
By Jaylyn Gonzalez A striking competition between two grand social media platforms — Instagram and Snapchat — is causing users to choose a side based on their preferred app and has sparked a rivalry with the two groups. Snapchat is focused on private, person-to-person photo sharing, but you can now use it for a range…
By Rozany Guzman In the modern world, artificial intelligence is a growing part of people’s lives. Online ordering, voice-controlled assistants, self-driving cars; A.I. is everywhere we look, and, soon enough, it may be the only thing we see. A.I. is the brain behind computer software and its potential is awe inspiring and terrifying. A.I. gives…
By Rozany Guzman In 2010, Obama passed the NASA Authorization Act and assigned NASA to expand human footprints to the other sides of the world. Following this, NASA focused on the “Journey to Mars”. NASA is aiming to have humans on Mars by the 2030’s, but they’re largely criticized for not having an organized deadline,…
By Yasmine Mezawi Net Neutrality is the principle that allows us to access internet services – such as AT&T and Comcast – and controls the speeding up, slowing down, or blocking of any online content. Basically, its allows the consumer to be able to use the internet anywhere and at anytime. For most teens, they…
By Dru Barcelo Investor, engineer and inventor Elon Musk is on a mission – a mission to demonstrate the capabilities of renewable energies to surpass that of fossil fuels. With the construction of what would be the world’s current largest lithium-ion battery system, under the umbrella of his company Tesla, Mr. Musk could set an…
By Devin Dubon and Malique Lewis The push for alternative energy has been increasingly prevalent throughout South Florida in recent years. The main source of this has been solar energy and many cities across South Florida have led the charge in implementing this. This July, South Miami passed legislation that required all newly built houses…
By Devin Dubon With the rise of technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI) use in the public and private sectors, worries have been raised over its possibilities for military use. AI has become a socially accepted norm amongst many civilian uses, with the stock market almost entirely relying on it. It is not long until a…