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Tesla 2024 ‘Highland’ Model 3 offers upgraded tech

March 28, 2024

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News I have a confession to make. I sold my 2018 mid-range Model 3 and bought a 2024 Tesla Model 3, formerly code-named “Highland,” which […]

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Gmail offers a number of helpful features

March 8, 2024

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Gmail’s free email service is extremely popular, but many people don’t take advantage of some of its more powerful features like the ability to […]

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I like generative AI, but I can write my own correspondence and columns, thank you

February 29, 2024

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News As regular readers of this column know, I am pretty bullish on generative AI (GAI). I’ve spent many hours using products like ChatGPT, Google […]

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Microsoft Copilot and the AI Superbowl

February 12, 2024

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Sunday’s Super Bowl will have many exciting moments, but sorry sports betters, I am not able to predict what will happen on the field. […]

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Safer Internet Day is next Tuesday

February 1, 2024

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Along with our counterparts in more than 100 countries, my colleagues at ConnectSafely and I are busy getting ready for Safer Internet Day, which […]

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Looking Back at 40 Years of Mac

January 26, 2024

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Wednesday marked the 40th anniversary of the Apple Macintosh. It came out about a year into my tenure as a syndicated tech columnist, and […]

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Larry Magid’s 1984 LA Times review of 128K Mac

January 23, 2024

Macintosh Shapes Up a Winner by Lawrence J. Magid Los Angeles Times January, 24 1984 I rarely get excited over a new computer. But Apple’s Macintosh, officially introduced last Tuesday, has started a fever in […]

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2024 may be the year of Extended Reality

January 11, 2024

XR, short for “extended reality” includes not just video images that take up your entire field of view, but augmented reality, or mixed reality, that combines computer-generated images with the real world. […]

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Pixel 8 Pro a feature-packed phone at a premium price

January 4, 2024

By Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News I usually review products soon after I get my hands on them, but in the case of Google’s Pixel 8 Pro, which I’ve had […]

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Meta, Ray-Ban release second-generation smart glasses

December 21, 2023

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News I was riding my bicycle the other day taking pictures, talking on the phone and sending and receiving texts without ever taking my hands off […]

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