Blog Posts
Nintendo Is Hurting Itself and Its Most Devoted Consumers
Feb. 14, 2021—By Alex Tu Traditional sports, such as basketball and baseball, share many similarities with esports, those video games turned spectator sports where professional players compete for dominance and fame before entire stadiums full of onlookers. Almost any aspect of traditional sports has its parallel in esports, from cameramen who ensure that focus is drawn to...
The Silver Lining to the Pandemic, Better Health? A Quick Blurb on Telehealth.
Feb. 7, 2021—By Xander Aschi With Nashville being the epicenter of healthcare, one would think medical care in the state of Tennessee would be top-notch. Wrong. Joined by fellow southern states such as Kentucky, Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, Tennessee ranked among the worst in health care by U.S. News & World Report. Considering factors such as healthcare...
Back in the Game: EA Sports to Bring Back College Football Video Game
Feb. 7, 2021—By Thomas Shelburne On February 2, EA Sports announced its plans to reboot the popular college football video game series. EA Sports last released an NCAA Football video game in 2014, with that version gaining a cult following throughout the years. In 2021, the NCAA Football 2014 XBOX 360 version regularly sells on eBay for...
The De-Platforming Debate: Balancing Concerns Over Online Extremism with Free Speech
Jan. 31, 2021—By Lucas Osborne Following January 6, 2021, after Trump supporters stormed the U.S. capitol, both Facebook and Twitter indefinitely suspended former President Trump from using either social media platform. Other platforms made similar decisions to restrict or ban Trump content. The decision sparked both intense celebration and condemnation concerning the power of big tech executives...
Unmute Yourself, Please: How Remote Learning Has Increased Inequities in the Education System
Jan. 17, 2021—By Gabby Haddad In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court struck down laws that allowed segregation in public schools based on race. The Court held that all children in the United States have the right to an equal educational opportunity, and “separate but equal” facilities were inherently unequal. Fast forward to the middle...
Do Not Compete: How Trade Secret Protections in the Northeast Paved the Way for Silicon Valley’s Tech Boom
Jan. 17, 2021—By Sherif Robert Hesni Before the emergence of Silicon Valley as a hotspot for innovative technology, Boston’s Route 128 Technology Corridor was the largest tech hub in the United States. Throughout the last three decades of the twentieth century, Route 128 was surrounded by businesses working on cutting-edge minicomputers and household appliances. By the 1990s,...
How Warner Bros. Managed to Piss Off All of Hollywood in One Fell Swoop
Dec. 18, 2020—By Chandler Gerard-Reimer Unsurprisingly, movie theater box offices have been devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic, down over 70% from 2019. Theaters across the country have been forced to shut their doors, many permanently, and blockbuster releases such as Black Widow and the new Bond film have been pushed back repeatedly. In response, this week WarnerMedia,...
The Robots Have Arrived…to Judge Gymnastics
Nov. 8, 2020—By Jacqueline Chan The 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships marked a significant milestone in the gymnastics world, as it was the first time that artificial intelligence technology was used to help calculate gymnasts’ scores. An artificial intelligence system from the Japanese company Fujitsu used “a set of three-dimensional laser sensors” to collect movement data from...
Is Social Media Immunity at Risk of Being Revoked?
Nov. 1, 2020—By Steven Heinrich Section 230 has been one of the most influential pieces of legislation in shaping the internet as we know it today, but it has recently come under intense scrutiny. First, to describe what § 230 is, § 230 was enacted in 1996, and it protects companies from facing liability for user generated...
Minor Leaguers’ Major Lawsuit
Oct. 25, 2020—By Michael Carlisi Major League Baseball prepares to celebrate the end of a season and the crowning of a champion. It also prepares to enter a new stage of litigation against minor league baseball players. Minor league baseball players play for teams that are contractually affiliated with Major League Baseball (MLB) teams to develop their...