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by Larry Magid These days, it’s almost impossible to avoid distressing news, but there are ways to at least control your media diet and cut down on trolls, abusers, scam artists, and negativity on social […]

Larry Magid and Kerry Gallagher speak with Dr. Enoch Choi. Enoch is a physician working at Santa Clara County Medical Center, taking care of low-income patients, including those with Covid-19 (his views don’t necessarily represent […]

It’s hard not to disagree with CNET’s Ian Sheer who wrote that “Apple’s purchase [of NextVR] marks the latest sign the iPhone maker is closer to revealing its augmented reality and virtual reality headset.” Apple […]

A creepy looking yellow robotic dog is patrolling Singapore’s Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park, keeping a sharp eye out for visitors who are too close to other people and warning them with a robotic voice to […]

 by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News In 2018, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company would appoint a content oversight board to act as the final decision maker […]

  Here are examples of screens that a person may see if exposed to another person with Covid-19   Here are screens that a person might use to share their positive test result to notify […]

Apple has upgraded its most powerful laptop, the MacBook Pro. Starting at $1,299, the least expensive of the new laptops have twice as much storage (256 GB) as before and the higher-end ones have the […]

 When it comes to free online video conferencing, Zoom now has competition from the internet’s two biggest players, the new Messenger Rooms from Facebook and the newly free consumer version of Google Meet.  Meet […]

A new feature released this week enables Teslas to automatically stop at stop signs and red lights. To get the feature you need to have paid for the so-called Full Self Driving package which currently […]