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Month: January 2020

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Unintended consequences of well-meaning innovations and laws

January 30, 2020

I think a lot about unintended consequences.  That’s certainly the case when it comes to laws. Some of the best-intentioned legislation designed to help a great many people winds up hurting or inconveniencing some of […]

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Website tracks Coronavirus around the world

January 27, 2020

A website operated by Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering pulls together data from the World Health Organisation, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control as well as health authorities in Europe and China. […]

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Larry Magid Inducted as Smithsonian Laureate

January 22, 2020

  The Computerworld Smithsonian Award is given out annually to individuals who have used technology to produce beneficial changes for society. Nominees are proposed by a group of 100 CEOs of information technology companies.

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Saudi Crown Prince MBS linked directly to hack of WAPO owner & Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos

January 22, 2020

A report from the United Nations suggests that Amazon CEO and Washinton Post owner Jeff Bezos was the victim of a hack orchestrated by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS). The UN report  says […]

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Research finds teens may not be suffering from too much tech use

January 20, 2020

 by Larry Magid This post appeared in the Mercury News Numerous articles have been published linking tech use among adolescents with increase rates of depression, suicide and other harms. Back in 2011, an article […]

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New version of Microsoft Edge based on code from Google Chrome

January 19, 2020

In a case of “can’t beat em, join em,” Microsoft is using the open source version of Google Chromium (the code basis for the Google Chrome browser) in its new version of Edge — the […]

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Microsoft to share tool to combat online child sexual exploitation

January 14, 2020

Listen to 45 second CBS News Eye on Tech segment The most horrific side of the online world is the sexual exploitation of children, including adults who prey on vulnerable children in chat rooms and […]

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Microsoft ends support for Windows 7 — Download Windows 10 for free

January 13, 2020

Microsoft has ended support for Windows 7, which means you can no longer get updates, including security fixes. That makes it a dangerous operating system to use. The good news, according to CNET, is that […]

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CES 2020: Leaving Las Vegas with a glimpse of the future

January 9, 2020

Every year – shortly after New Year’s Day, the tech industry and journalists who cover it, gather in Las Vegas for the annual CES, which used to stand for the Consumer Electronics Show. The event […]

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Larry’s CES 2020 Podcasts

January 7, 2020

Click here for podcasts from the Showstoppers event at CES 2020

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