Furkan Akyurek

Furkan Akyurek is an R&D Product Engineer at TRT World. His focus is the application of emerging platforms like voice-assisted speakers, Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality in digital media. He also writes articles on technology from time to time.

Articles from author

Autonomous weapons systems: Boys' toys or killer robots?

Weapons systems are far from having a mind of their own. But the debate around them has already begun.

8 MIN READ

Autonomous weapons systems: Boys' toys or killer robots?

How our voices could turn into a weapon of mass, hyper-targeted advertising

Love it or hate it, your voice contains a ton of information about you. With voice assistants getting smarter day by day, we are looking at a future where we would be easy prey for manipulative marketing.

10 MIN READ

How our voices could turn into a weapon of mass, hyper-targeted advertising

Adderall: Magic Pill or Massive Problem?

Enhanced human intelligence. We've chased it for centuries. Now that it's possible, one very important question arises: at what cost?

7 MIN READ

Adderall: Magic Pill or Massive Problem?

High price of 'free' social media | You, yourself and your data

Just enter your name and email and voila - you're free to use it. But at what cost? We delve into the belly of the beast and discuss how those free products aren't actually that free.

7 MIN READ

High price of 'free' social media | You, yourself and your data

Human content moderation: A necessary evil or a job of the past?

The explosive growth of social media has upsides and downsides. One serious problem is the need to moderate the influx of user-generated material. The moderators, many of them in developing countries, are the hidden victims of a booming industry.

7 MIN READ

Human content moderation: A necessary evil or a job of the past?

What are 'dark patterns' and how would you know one if you saw one?

‘Dark patterns’ sound like a malicious scheme designed by an international crime network. But as we discovered, just how evil they are though is open to debate.

5 MIN READ

What are 'dark patterns' and how would you know one if you saw one?

What Westworld can teach us about consciousness

Westworld is a fictional place where you can do anything with human-looking machines (hosts). But should you? Is it morally wrong only if the machines are conscious? And what is consciousness anyway?

5 MIN READ

What Westworld can teach us about consciousness

To steal or not to steal? Could Sci-hub change the publishing industry?

Elsevier, a major scientific publisher, has a 36 percent profit margin - bigger than Apple, Amazon, and Google. And it's just one of many. But Sci-Hub could change all that by releasing every article for free.

7 MIN READ

To steal or not to steal? Could Sci-hub change the publishing industry?

Facebook screws up, YouTube lets you go live, and more

Facebook gets caught red-handed with Cambridge Analytica, HTC releases a premium VR device that asks you to break the bank, and YouTube lets everyone in the world go live with just the click of a button.

5 MIN READ

Facebook screws up, YouTube lets you go live, and more

Special Bitcoin Edition — Tech Week

We are dedicating this edition of Tech Week to the skyrocketing Bitcoin phenomenon.

4 MIN READ