Jan 9, 2024
By Trisha Prabhu“Happy New Year, Trish! I read that OpenAI was sued recently by the New York Times? What is that all about?” Hi there, and Happy New Year! I hope you and yours enjoyed a wonderful holiday season that you’re having a great start to 2024. Of course,...
Dec 21, 2023
Photo: Meta by Larry MagidThis 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 the handle bars. All this is possible because I was...
Dec 13, 2023
What we know as the internet sprung to life in computer scientist Leonard Kleinrock’s UCLA lab in 1969. Larry Magid and Leonard Kleinrock “This was not a money-making machine. This was a scientific engineering challenge. And that was exciting. Things were...
Dec 13, 2023
By Kerry Gallagher According to Dr. Elizabeth Scott, who focuses her work on stress management psychology, a 1996 research paper by marketing strategist Dr. Dan Herman coined the term “fear of missing out.” Since the advent of social media, however, FOMO has...
Dec 12, 2023
By Trisha PrabhuMe, thinking to myself last week…“I’d really like to give myself and others some digital gifts this year, and I bet the Ask Trish community would too…” Hi there, and welcome back to another week of Ask Trish! Happy December to you all (can you...
Nov 30, 2023
What does it feel like to experience racism as a black teen or adult male? In conversation with ConnectSafely’s Larry Magid, Dr. Courtney Cogburn, associate professor at the Columbia University School of Social Work and faculty at the Columbia Population...
