Articles by larry

Intel Labs and Cornell University have developed a microprocessor, called Loihi, that can learn and recognize smells. The researchers taught it to recognize hazardous chemicals, even in the presence of other odors. […]

 A lot of communities are closing schools and, of course, many of those workers who can are now working from home. This makes a lot of sense, but there are families who simply can’t […]

Daniel Patrick Moynihan is credited as once saying “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts,” but we now live at a time when some people apparently feel they are entitled […]

There Is no good time for a pandemic, but because of today’s technologies, businesses and individuals have better coping mechanisms to minimize disruptions related to a communicable disease. While the federal government is still saying […]

There has been some re-thinking among security experts over what constitutes a good password and how often — if ever — you should change your passwords. Even the word “password” is being morphed into “passphrase.” […]

Listen to Larry’s CBS News Eye on Tech segment   There is a lot of misinformation online about the Corona Virus but there are also some very reputable sources of information such as the U.S. […]

Google’s Android operating system for smartphones is in many ways very competitive with Apple’s iOS for its iPhone. But Apple has always been ahead when it comes to privacy tools. However, Google is working to […]

 Listen to Larry’s interview with Google search expert Daniel M. Russell It would be hard to find an internet user who isn’t familiar with Google. I use it multiple times a day on both […]

I’m sure it’ll come as no surprise that there’s a lot of inaccurate information on Twitter. And Twitter is experimenting with a way to identify what it calls harmfully misleading tweets from politicians and other […]