Articles by larry

Consumer Reports has dropped its coveted Recommended rating on the Tesla Model 3. Consumers Union published a blog post about the decision but — to find out more — I also interviewed that post’s author, Consumer Reports’ […]

After watching Samsung’s latest series of product announcements, I’m beginning to think that the Korean company may — temporarily at least — have the upper hand when it comes to mobile device innovation. And that […]

While not going so far as to recommend specific legislation, the Government Accounting Office, in a Report to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, pointed out that “The United States does not have a comprehensive […]

This post first appeared in the Mercury News by Larry Magid 2016 World Debating Championships Grand Finalist and 2012 European Debate Champion Harish Natarajan was standing on the left side of the stage and a […]

Just in time for Valentine’s Day,  the Federal Trade Commission published a post saying that in 2018, there were more than 21,000 reports “about romance scams with reported losses of $143 million,” up from  8,500 reports in […]

A rare Seattle snow storm forced Seattle Public Schools to cancel school on Safer Internet Day, Tuesday February 5th, so the 200 students slated to participate in the daytime event weren’t able to board the […]

Weak or compromised passwords are among the biggest threats to online security and privacy. Once cyber criminals get hold of your password, they can not only use it to break into your account but sell […]

On Safer Internet Day, Google released a Chrome browser extension called Password Checkup, that checks to see if any of your recently used passwords were detected in a data breach. The extension, which works with […]

by Larry Magid This coming Tuesday, my nonprofit, ConnectSafely.org, will host the official U.S. Safer Internet Day event at Google’s Seattle headquarters plus an evening event for families at a Seattle Housing Authority facility. We’re having […]

As you may have heard, there is a flaw on Apple Facetime for iOS and Mac that makes it possible for someone to listen in on what the microphone of another user hears even if […]