15 Apps to Beat College the Easy Way

Most fear is based in a lack of knowledge – when it comes to college, it’s easy to be scared if you feel that you are unprepared. Luckily, there are many who have gone before you who know what you will need, and they’ve made an app for it! If you want to get a kickstart on your courses, or if you need the reassurance that only an established plan can give you, establishing and familiarizing...
globe made up of flags with a chat bubble filled with different languages

So You Want to Learn a Language?

There are thousands of pictures clogging social media, featuring brightly-filtered landscapes, superimposed with stylized quotes proclaiming that you, too, can do anything, if you devote just fifteen minutes a day to it. While you wouldn’t admit it to the hyper-motivated people that spend significantly more than ten minutes a day posting these, this is kind of true. At the very least, you can...

Replika: Socializing in the Year of the Bot

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have your own AI companion? Wonder no more. Luka, Inc., a California-based software company specializing in AI-powered chat bots, has recently released the Replika app, a personal AI that you raise via messaging. Billed as “your AI friend that you teach and grow in conversations,” Replika is a chat bot that learns to mimic your personality...