Month: May 2023

You know that adage, “you get what you pay for.” Well, it’s not always true. With Google’s new Pixel 7A phone, you get more than you pay for, compared with other phones. At $499, the […]

By Larry Magid A  slightly shorter version of this post appeared in the Mercury News I was impacted by a scam this week that didn’t cost me money or expose my data, but did take an enormous […]

by Larry Magid This post is adapted from one that first appeared in the Mercury News We’re hearing a lot about the dangers of generative AI like ChatGPT, the new Microsoft Bing and Google Bard. For example, Geoffrey Hinton, who is often […]

By Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Last week I wrote about a call I received claiming my wife had been kidnapped and demanding ransom. It came from a number that was nearly the same as […]