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by Larry Magid Mercury News Sunday, August 25, 2019 Like always, today’s column is about tech. But it’s also a love story that started when I was a baby, so please bear with me. I […]

CNET is out with a report about bedbug problems at some AirBnb rentals, which plagues both guests and hosts.

Samsung has announced a pair of Galaxy Note 10 phones. The one with a 6.3-inch screen starts at $949 while a whopping 6.8-inch model, the Galaxy Note 10 Plus  starts at $1,099 — the same […]

by Larry Magid Scroll down for podcast interview with Dr. Christopher Ferguson In his address to the nation following a weekend of two mass shootings, President Trump made a reference to violent video games, suggesting […]

by Larry Magid The National Center for Educational Statistics is out with its 2016 to 2017 report on bullying at school. Overall, the bullying rate hasn’t changed much from 2014 to 2015. In the latest […]

There are four lessons when it comes to FaceApp. Number one, it’s important to understand the privacy implications of it and every other app you use. Number two, don’t believe every rumor you hear about horrible things apps might do. Number three, don’t assume that every app or piece of technology coming out of Russia is necessarily nefarious and number four: it’s fun. […]

As a publicly traded private company, Facebook is accountable to its stockholders, not the public at large. And, because of his vast stock holdings in the company, CEO Mark Zuckerberg is effectively in complete control. Yet, when it comes to some decisions, even Zuckerberg realizes that the stakes are too high for one person or one company to hold all the cards, and that’s one of the reason’s Facebook is in the process of putting together an Oversight Board for Content Decisions. […]

Google is out of the tablet business and, frankly, for several reasons, most people probably won’t care. First, tablets — for most people — are kind of unnecessary. When the iPad was first introduced, that […]

Cryptocurrency, like Bitcoin, has been around for about a decade, and even though it has plenty of legitimate uses and has been embraced by a number of respectable companies, it has always been outside the […]

On Wednesday, June 12th, I visited Tesla’s giant gigafactory outside of Reno where they make batteries and motors for their Model 3 electric cars around with battery storage packs for their solar customers.

After my tour, I spoke with Tesla VP of Operations Chris Lister about the factory, its mission and a bit about EV batteries. […]