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Inventor of the Web wants to make it better via ‘contract for the web’

November 25, 2019

From CNET Sir Tim Berners-Lee laid out a global plan and call for action on Monday designed to protect the future of the web and prevent humankind from descending into a digital dystopia. The plan was drawn […]

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Watch and read Sacha Baron Cohen’s ADL speech about hate speech and social media

November 23, 2019

  Click to view speech Parents and Educator’s Guide to Combating Hate Speech (from ConnectSafely Official transcript from ADL Thank you, Jonathan, for your very kind words.  Thank you, ADL, for this recognition and your […]

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AI, cyberbullying likely hot topics at safety conference

November 21, 2019

This post first appeared in the Mercury News by Larry Magid I’m on my way to Washington, D.C., for the Family Online Safety Institute’s (FOSI) annual conference. I have attended almost all of these events […]

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Political videos on TikTok + link to parents’ guide

November 19, 2019

CNET reports that TikTok, home to short wacky videos often posted and consumed by teens, is seeing an increasing number of political videos that may conflict with its self-described mission to “inspire creativity and bring […]

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Thumbs up for Disney+ but not for Apple TV+

November 14, 2019

If Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs were still alive, I have a feeling he would be very proud of his company’s new streaming service. I’m not talking about the Apple TV+ service that Apple […]

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From CNET: Microsoft Office merges into one app on iOS and Android

November 4, 2019

CNET reports that Microsoft is now allowing the public to beta test a new single Office app for iOS and Android. Click here for the Android preview and here for Apple’s iOS Test Flight program […]

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Why it makes sense that Twitter is banning political advertising

October 30, 2019

In a series of Tweets (because 240 characters isn’t enough for him), Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced that Twitter will no longer accept political ads, as of November 15. That includes ads from candidates and […]

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Hands-on with Google’s new Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL

October 21, 2019

For the past week I’ve been testing out Google’s new Pixel 4 and its larger sibling, the Pixel 4 XL.  Unless I’m talking about a specific model, I’ll use Pixel 4 for features the two […]

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Big Tech a big subject in Democratic Presidential Debate

October 16, 2019

I’ve been covering technology since the early eighties and, for the first twenty years or so of my career, I recall seeing very few negative media stories and even fewer complaints from politicians. For much […]

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Yahoo settlement means money or free credit monitoring for account holders

September 30, 2019

If you had a Yahoo account between 2013 and 2016, you are likely eligible for either free credit monitoring or, if you already have monitoring, between $100 and $358 or possibly more. For example, you […]

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