Sep 10, 2024
By Pierce Labrie Pierce is a high school student member of ConnectSafely’s Youth Advisory Council. Each year, as phone usage among teens increases, there is always talk about whether phones should be allowed in schools. However, recently, there have been new state...
Aug 15, 2024
By Larry Magid This post first appeared on Mercury News. A friend of mine responded to an ad on Facebook for Bombas socks at a price that was too good to be true. It wasn’t true, and she never got the socks she ordered. Some ads that claim to offer a great price for a...
Aug 9, 2024
This week, Larry speaks with Catherine Jensen, vice president of Global Consumer Experience at Sony Interactive Entertainment. Larry and Catherine discuss PlayStation safety and privacy settings, ways that players can help each other, and the importance of...
Aug 6, 2024
By Trisha Prabhu Me, thinking to myself last week, “Omg! KOSPA passed the Senate. That’s a HUGE internet safety legislation update…one that I definitely have to share with Ask Trish readers.” Hi there, and welcome back to another week of Ask Trish! I hope you’re all...
Jul 26, 2024
This week, we speak with Brad Templeton, who started his career as a software developer and, after writing about a dozen software packages, founded the world’s first .com. Brad entered the self-driving car space in 2007, and his website and blog, robocars.com,...
Jul 25, 2024
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...
