Skip to Main Content
The Student News Site of SUNY Old Westbury

The Catalyst

The Student News Site of SUNY Old Westbury

The Catalyst

The Student News Site of SUNY Old Westbury

The Catalyst

No more TikTok? 

No more TikTok? 

Keyshea Mackey April 16, 2024

Credit: Unsplash/Solen Feyissa On March 13, 2024, the United States House of Representatives passed a bill that could lead to the ban of TikTok, according to the Associated Press. This news has...

ChatGPT: Helpful or Harmful in Education?

ChatGPT: Helpful or Harmful in Education?

Daniel Jefferson April 8, 2024

Credit: Daniel Jefferson ChatGPT is an advanced form of AI that can communicate with the user about limitless topics. It has revolutionized education. ChatGPT creates text responses that are so...

AI: Awesome or Abysmal? 

AI: Awesome or Abysmal? 

James Panagakos February 28, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology has revolutionized the way we live our lives, transforming our industries, and reshaping our whole education system.  AI technology is creating new...

Are We Saying “Yes” or “No” to Apple Vision Pros?

Are We Saying “Yes” or “No” to Apple Vision Pros?

James Panagakos February 13, 2024

Apple released the brand new ‘Vision Pro’ on Friday February 2.  The headset experience combines virtual reality and augmented reality into something that Apple calls “spatial computing.”...

What is ChatGPT and What is it Used For?

What is ChatGPT and What is it Used For?

Kayla Joseph March 6, 2023

Photo Credit: openai.com What is ChatGPT? Its creator, OpenAI, explained, “We’ve trained a model called ChatGPT which interacts in a conversational way. The dialogue format makes it possible for...

The New iPhone and IOS 16: What You Need to Know About the Newest Apple Update

Victoria Van Grembergen September 23, 2022

Photo Credit: macrumors.com On September 12, Apple released their newest mobile operating system, iOS 16. This update includes tons of new features that are compatible with the newest iPhone 14 and...

Changing Facebook’s Name to Meta

Changing Facebook’s Name to Meta

JSmith November 17, 2021

In October, Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of the Facebook firm, announced the need to change Facebook's name to Meta. This comes after  whistle-blower Francis Haugen, and the leaking of thousands...

A World Without Facebook

A World Without Facebook

acampanella October 11, 2021

It was business as usual for Facebook users worldwide when they began their Monday morning. However, late into the morning of October 4  at about 11:40 EST (Eastern Standard Time) according to The New...

Apple Unveils iPhone 13

Apple Unveils iPhone 13

acampanella September 20, 2021

On September 14th, Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed a bunch of Apple products during the “California Streaming” event. The product that is grabbing everyone’s attention  is the new iPhone 13 (and also...

Drug Cartel TikTok is Taking Over

CGuirand December 8, 2020

As Mexico’s murder records continue to soar, the Mexican drug cartel has found a way to hide this sickening reality by using TikTok to exhibit a world of luxury through the use of exotic pets, lavish...

Playstation 5 Release Controversy

JToussaint December 6, 2020

Sony has finally released their new gaming console, Playstation 5 and it has taken the gaming world by storm. Due to the unexpected rise of the Covid-19 virus, there was only a limited stock made for...

Fake Users are Starting to Take Over the Internet

CGuirand December 2, 2020

As technology improves, users will not be able to detect flaws from artificial intelligence machines and will need to use detection software to distinguish between real and fake people on social media...

Load More Stories
Donate to The Catalyst

Activate Search
Technology