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Technically Speaking is an Opinion culture column used to discuss topics relating to technology, such as pop culture, trends, social media, or other relevant subject matter.

Hallyu Haru

Two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to go a BTS, a K-pop boy group, concert. It was an amazing experience with on-point dancing, rapping, and just performing.

A model is better than a weather rock

Last week we had the biggest snowstorm in the area in at least the past 10 years – but how did technology play a role in forecasting this event, and what’s with these “models” that the newscasters kept talking about?

Stayin’ Alive

This week, let’s move to technology integration in a field that tons of people have an interest in study: biology and medicine.

Data and soccer

This week I’m going to take influence from Soccernomics and take a look at a sabermetric approach to soccer. Specifically, why aren’t more clubs embracing the data revolution in soccer?

Soccer 2, Technology 1: 2nd half

The past struggle was goal-line technology in soccer. However, the struggle has turned towards implementing video referees and instant replay within the game.

Soccer 2, Technology 1: 1st half

Happy three weeks until the start of the 2017 Major League Soccer season! Let the New York Red Bulls finally win their first MLS Cup this season, win CONCACAF Champions League, sweep NYCFC, earn their third supporter’s shield, and Bradley Wright-Phillips win his third MLS Golden Boot.

Death of a cableman

Let’s face it: who under 40 watches television on a regular basis? The answer: nobody. Television is filled with ads which interrupt our favorite shows.

Data: 3 for $0.87

Privacy: it’s one of our basic human rights, yet are we freely giving it away? Online, we relinquish our idea of “privacy” to use services such as Facebook and LinkedIn.

Humbly a pirate

Now let’s face it. We’re all college students. For the most, we’re all broke. So what do we do when we want to play a new video game?

Ronald McDonald is creating a robot army

The goal of a corporation is to maximize profits. So, how should a business go about this? The fast food industry has an answer: replace its workers with technology.