Larry Magid: Beware of ‘smishing’ scams
The first few times I got a text message from a stranger that appeared to be directed at someone else, I politely informed them that they’d reached the wrong number. …
personal technology
Banning AI in the classroom would be a generational mistake
American higher education is in a tug-of-war over the merits and potential abuses of AI. Fearing the self-learning artificial intelligence algorithm will render meaningless the traditional teacher-student relationship, some want …
Smartphone essentials for traveling abroad
I just returned from two weeks in Japan, a combination business trip to speak at the UN’s Internet Governance Forum in Kyoto, followed by a week of touring some of …
UN Internet Governance Forum focuses on AI
Janice Richardson (left), Larry Magid and Zoe Darme – in-person speakers at AI panel I spent five days last week in Kyoto, Japan, at the 18th annual United Nations Internet …
Pixel Watch 2 adds health features, improves performance
Google is best known for its search engine and other services, but it’s also a hardware company with a growing range of products including phones, tablets, smart speakers, smart displays, …
Polly Klaas tragedy changed how we look for missing children
Poster depicting Polly Klaas and sketch of suspect Just over 30 years ago, on October 1, 1993, 12-year-old Polly Klaas was abducted from her home in Petaluma during a sleep-over …
EV range anxiety is real, but is it based on reality?
Like many electric vehicle owners, I have range anxiety. It rarely keeps me up at night, but it does occupy my thoughts before and during road trips like the one …
Apple unveils new iPhones, ditches Lightning connector
As it does every year around this time, Apple, on Tuesday, announced new products, including its iPhone 15 models and updates to its Apple Watch. In a slick video presentation, …
Cleaning up your internet browser
My computer’s internet browser is, by far, the program that I use the most. That’s not the case with my mobile device, because so many of the services I use …
Larry Magid: Managing privacy on Facebook
There’s an old saying, “Everyone complains about the weather, but nobody seems to do anything about it.” The same could be said about Facebook privacy, but unlike the weather, there …