By Larry Magid First published in the Mercury-News I have mixed feelings about California’s AB 3216, “Pupils: use of smartphones.” The bipartisan bill, which Gov. Newsom has indicated he will sign, would require school districts to develop and adopt “a policy to limit...
By Trisha Prabhu “There was this huge outage last week and I still don’t really understand what happened?” Hi there, and welcome back to another week of Ask Trish! I hope you’re all well and having a great end to July. (Can you believe we’re just a few days away from...
By Trisha Prabhu “Lots of people talk about algorithms in the criminal justice system and how it’s bad. Can u explain?” Hi there, and welcome back to another week of Ask Trish! I hope you’re all well and having a wonderful July (I myself am spending plenty of...
By Trisha Prabhu “Trish, do u like any Tiktok trends and if so which ones and why?” Hi there, Ask Trish readers! I hope you’re all well and having a great July. Welcome back to another week of Ask Trish! Thanks so much to this week question-er for the fantastic...
By Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Although I understand why Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy has called for a warning label on social media platforms, there are several reasons I think it’s a bad idea. To begin with, social media is vastly...
By Trisha Prabhu “I’m thinking of getting a smartwatch, wondering what you think of them” Hi there, and welcome back to another week of Ask Trish! I hope you’re all well and having a wonderful start to July. That’s a right…we’re in a whole new month! And we’re now...
