AI Has Risks But Can Also Make Us Safer
We’re hearing a lot about the dangers of generative AI like ChatGPT, the new Microsoft Bing and Google Bard.
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Ask Trish: CrowdStrike Outage — What Happened?
“There was this huge outage last week and I still don’t really understand what happened?”
Ask Trish: CrowdStrike Outage — What Happened?
“There was this huge outage last week and I still don’t really understand what happened?”
Parent Guides
Parent’s Guide to Amazon Alexa
Download Free Guide (PDF) Amazon’s Alexa is the cloud service behind voice-enabled devices from Amazon and other companies. Some, like the Amazon Echo smart speakers, are voice only. You talk to them and they respond in-kind. Others, like the Amazon Echo Show and Fire...
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Wellness and Safety
Quick Guide to Online Safety for Seniors
Download the guide (PDF) The number of online seniors is growing. A 2018 Pew Research Center survey found that 66% of Americans over 65 were internet users. That number is getting bigger all the time, especially since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the...
Ask Trish: Sextortion Facts
By Trisha Prabhu Me last week, reading some recently published articles about sextortion, and thinking to myself: “This issue is too important not to discuss with youth, too. They deserve the facts!” *Trigger Warning: This blog post contains potentially distressing...
Ask Trish: Spoken Cyberbullying
By Trisha Prabhu Hey Trish, Someone on Google Hangouts said a bunch of mean things to me. I was so hurt. What do I do when someone actually says mean things online? Hi there, and thank you so much for so bravely sharing this difficult, unacceptable experience with our...
Ask Trish: Navigating Tech Post-Roe
By Trisha Prabhu Me – and so many other women – thinking to myself after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision: “Is tech safe anymore?” As I’m sure many Ask Trish readers will know, on June 24th, 2022, the Supreme Court issued its decision in the case Dobbs v. Jackson...
Podcasts
Podcast: A Conversation with ‘Mediatrician’ & Author Dr. Michael Rich
ConnectSafely CEO Larry Magid speaks with Dr. Michael Rich, a pediatrician, head of Boston Children's Hospital Digital Wellness Lab and author of the brand-new book The Mediatrician's Guide: A Joyful Approach to Raising Healthy, Smart, Kind Kids in a Screen-Saturated...
Safety and Privacy of Smart Displays and Speakers at Home and in the Classroom
ConnectSafely CEO Larry Magid and K-12 Education Director Kerry Gallagher. Click to listen ConnectSafely CEO Larry Magid and educator and ConnectSafely K-12 Education Director Kerry Gallagher talk about their use of the Facebook Portal as well as other...
Balancing Tech and Low-Tech During Kids’ Summer Break
Summer is almost here, which means that kids will be out of school. While that means that they do have more time to use their devices, it's also time for fresh air, exercise and -- for many -- family vacations. In this episode, ConnectSafely CEO Larry Magid...
Helping Kids Survive Bullying and Other Trauma
ConnectSafley CEO Larry Magid and K-12 Education Director Kerry Gallagher talk about how adults can support youth who have been affected by bullying. Why do some kids have a horrible time after being bullied while others are able to bounce back. The answer lies, in...
Videos
1. Generative AI for Families
2. Smart Digital Parenting: Navigating Screens with Children & Teens
3. New Gaming Research
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