After 16 years, Ecobee is shutting down support for the original smart thermostat The fact that Ecobee was still supporting technology from 16 years ago is rare in today’s upgrade-focused world. But the move does illustrate a big caveat when buying cloud-dependent devices: if the ... 05/2/2024 - 7:01 am | View Link
Middle-Aged Parent Angry at Their Kids for Continually Buying Them Tech Gifts: 'Sick of Relearning Technology' A parent in their 50s is taking to Reddit to criticize their children after they keep buying tech devices as gifts — despite the parent's requests not to. 05/2/2024 - 5:35 am | View Link
We allow our kids screen time at home, and they go to a tech-free school. It's a good balance. I'm not against screen time, but the school my kids go to is tech-free.The kids there spend their time playing outside and focusing on movement and collaboration. At home, we allow free rein over ... 05/1/2024 - 11:09 pm | View Link
Smart Home Devices We’re Obsessed With This Year Smart device technology has been rapidly growing in popularity, and we are soaking it in. Our kids may watch The Jetsons and enjoy the futuristic comparisons, but they don't realize the many ways ... 04/29/2024 - 2:49 pm | View Link
"Human beings had a play-based childhood from time immemorial," says author Jonathan Haidt. What caused teen mental health decline is "between 2010 and 2015, phones, screens come sweeping in The most important thing that parents can do is delay the age at which their child gets immersed in internet culture."
Fareed hosts a spirited debate on the House bill that could lead to a US ban on TikTok, with the American Enterprise Institute's Kori Schake and Glen Gerstell, former general counsel for the National Security Agency. They discuss national-security risks the Chinese-owned app might pose given its many American users.
A new government report warns that advanced Artificial Intelligence systems could pose an "extinction-level threat" to humans, and that the US must intervene. "I think we should be mindful of it," says Ret. Admiral James Stavridis. But he adds, "there have been big inventions in the past - the printing press, electricity, the internet - all of these have been a decried for the possibility of nefarious activity."