Safer Internet Day is next Tuesday
Along with our counterparts in more than 100 countries, my colleagues at ConnectSafely and I are busy getting ready for Safer Internet Day, which gets underway Feb. 6. Exactly 10 …
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Looking back on 40 years of Mac
Wednesday marked the 40th anniversary of the Apple Macintosh. It came out about a year into my tenure as a syndicated tech columnist, and even back then, I had seen …
Canadian study finds COVID measures were effective in reducing cases, hospitalizations, mortality rate
A study out of Quebec aimed at countering online misinformation reveals that health measures taken by governments in connection with COVID-19 helped reduce hospital admissions and the number of cases …
Fears of Generative AI reminiscent of past moral panics
This column is based on a narrated slide deck and longer article that you can view at ConnectSafely.org/moralpanic. There has been a lot of ink spilled on doomsday scenarios about …
Experts developing vaccine for Disease X predicted to kill 50 million people
Medical experts are busy at the World Economic Forum in Davos, planning how to tackle Disease X. Some health officials warn that this disease could cause the “next pandemic.” Disease …
What’s Disease X? World leaders to discuss next possible global health threat – National
Disease X, a hypothetical illness with the potential for 20 times more fatalities than the COVID-19 pandemic, will be the focal point of a panel discussion in Davos, Switzerland, on …
‘Disease X’ could cause the next pandemic, according to the WHO—or Ebola, SARS, or Nipah. 9 pathogens researchers are keeping a watchful eye on
The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum—to be held in Davos, Switzerland, next week—is on more radars than usual this year, thanks to the name of one of the …
Pixel 8 Pro a feature-packed phone at a premium price
I usually review products soon after I get my hands on them, but in the case of Google’s Pixel 8 Pro, which I’ve had since early October, I decided to …
Using a personal computer to read and send texts
I’ve been using a smartphone with an onscreen keyboard since June 29, 2007, the day that Apple released its first iPhone. In my initial hands-on report, published the next day, …
Full list of countries affected by Chinese respiratory illness
Denmark is the latest country to report a worrying increase in children with pneumonia as the terrifying surge in cases reaches ‘epidemic’ levels. The Netherlands, Sweden and Singapore have also …