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Tesla’s full self-driving is promising but far from ready

December 2, 2021

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News As a Silicon Valley resident, I’m used to seeing autonomous cars from Waymo, Nuro and other companies being tested on local roads by professional […]

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Smartphones are often cluttered with too many apps

November 18, 2021

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News In last week’s column, I wrote about how today’s cloud computing is reminiscent of yesteryear’s mainframes in both positive and negative ways.  In that […]

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Computing Has Gone Full Circle, and It’s Time to Go Back a Bit

November 11, 2021

By Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Listen to “Computing Has Gone Full Circle, and It’s Time to Go Back a Bit” on Spreaker. With a little help from John Lennon, […]

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Facebook not alone in embrace of ‘metaverse’

November 4, 2021

Metaverse, a term coined by Neal Stephenson’s 1992 novel “Snow Crash,” envisions a world where humans and their avatars interact with each other and software in a virtual 3D space. It’s no longer science fiction. […]

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Social media risks and solutions can be nuanced

October 14, 2021

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Listen to “Facebook’s moderators can’t please everyone” on Spreaker. Listen to Larry Magid’s ConnectSafely Report for CBS News on Facebook moderation One of my […]

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Social media risks and solutions can be nuanced

October 13, 2021

One of my favorite phrases is “it’s complicated,” because it expresses the fact that many things in life are not as simple as they seem. That’s especially true when you need to make an important […]

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New Law Will Make it Easier to Cancel Online Subscriptions

October 7, 2021

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Listen to “New law makes it easier to cancel online subscriptions” Listen to Larry Magid and Assemblyman Marc Berman discuss new law (1-minute) Even […]

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iPads are great, but consider cheaper tablets or no tablet

September 27, 2021

Apple recently announced its newest crop of iPads and, as usual, they look great with excellent screens, a minimum of 64 gigabytes of storage with the option for a lot more and, of course, the […]

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Protecting mental health on Instagram

September 16, 2021

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Listen to “Instagram and teen mental health” on Spreaker. Larry Magid talks with experts on this 1-minute CBS News ConnectSafely Report A recent Wall […]

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Smart glasses are yet another privacy challenge

September 9, 2021

Facebook and Ray-Ban are now collaborating on smart glasses, called “Ray-Ban Stories.” It’s not the first product of its kind but, it’s particularly noteworthy because of its progeny. Facebook as you know, is — by […]

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