Apple’s newest rivals: Google’s Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL. (Unsplash, CC0) Google announced its newest phone to rival Apple’s iPhone 8 and iPhone X: the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL on October 4. The Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL boast 2700 mAH and 3520 mAH batteries respectively, and a 7-hour battery life…

Avoid overusing your hand by spreading work out across multiple days. (Unsplash, CC0)   According to National Health Services (NHS), repetitive strain injury (RSI) is muscle pain due to constant overuse. This includes repetitively doing a task or doing a high-intensity task for a long time without rest. For example, writing or typing an essay…

Android 8 is already available to Pixel users and some Nexus users. (Unsplash, CC0   Before the hubbub of the iOS 11 update, the new candy-themed update, Android 8.0 Oreo, had already come out.    One major new feature from the update is the picture-in-picture mode. Similar to iOS’s picture-in-picture mode, Android’s picture-in-picture allows a video…

The most well-known example of augmented reality: Pokémon Go (James Cao’20/Staff) During the 2017 WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference), Apple announced that iOS 11 would bring new advances in software, which included support for augmented reality, a technology that allows users to see 2D or 3D objects in the real world through their devices. It is…

 Device of Choice is personal. (James Cao’20/Tech co-editor) Within the first week of school, both Middle and Upper students receive their iPads, with all of their devices primed for use. Trends, however, are apt to come to light as the school year advances.  As the Upper School students make their way through the school year,…

(The completed version will be coming out this fall.   (Unsplash: CC0) During 2017’s World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple announced its upcoming version of MacOS, High Sierra. With High Sierra comes a new file system called Apple File System (APFS). The previous file system, Hierarchical File System Plus (HFS+), could only fit 32 bits…

The new app switcher, dock, and control center iOS 11, coming out later this month, will bring drastic changes to Apple’s mobile devices, especially iPads.  iOS 11 gives the iPad a dock resembling a Mac’s dock. Users can put as many apps (within reason) as they want onto the dock. It’s possible to access the…

(Courtesy/ Bilal Mohsin’18) On Monday, May 15,  Academy was half empty. The seniors were out of school, working on their senior projects, and the juniors spent their day at Kings Island. The trip was organized and chaperoned by multiple teachers, including Dr. Heintzelman, Mr. Leet, and Mr. DeVore. The purpose of the trip was to…

(Licensed/Creative Commons Zero) In junior year, most Columbus Academy students take the American College Test on campus. This year, most juniors took the exam on April 19, under the supervision of Darnell Heywood and Jen Fitzpatrick, Academy’s college counselors. Mrs. Heywood said, “Junior year is what we call testing year. That’s when students have had…

In the possible future, many small businesses might go out of business.  (Licensed/ Creative Commons Zero). The current Federal Communications Commission (FCC) administration has been attempting to end something that it has created and defended over the past decade. Ajit Pai is the current FCC chairman and an opponent to the rules of net neutrality:…