Young children don’t need technology to learn. They learn best by interacting with loving caregivers and exposure to a rich variety of experiences. But educational standards are changing fast: digital … Read more
Stop for a second and imagine people in a tech company. Who do you see? A whole group full of one color or one group made of many colors? Which … Read more
Son won’t turn off his video game? Daughter obsessed with “likes” on Instagram? It may not be entirely their fault. Like the high-octane sugar in a pint of Ben & … Read more
Parents have enough to sweat over without worrying about how tech is tracking their family. However, a new report calculates that by the time a child turns 18, there will … Read more
I am emerging into being a teen and being a teen means social media, but how will I know that what I do online is protected? I don’t, and not … Read more
It’s a problem when tribalism divides us, online and in real life. We can and must do better. The status quo just ain’t working. In this week’s IRL podcast, Veronica … Read more
What’s it like to be the “only”? Well, it can feel pretty awful. I can remember walking into a room (it felt like it was every room) and every person … Read more
On May 23, hundreds of thousands of public comments poured into the U.S. Federal Communications Commission in a matter of hours. A week and a half later, on June 3, … Read more
Most website visitors aren’t human. They’re bots. Today, bots make up 52% of all web traffic. And these automated accounts have had serious, real world impact — from the 2016 … Read more
On December 14, the United States Federal Communication Commission is scheduled to vote to end the internet as we know it. This is not a drill. If we lose this, … Read more
Earlier this year, we started IRL, a podcast about what it means to live with the Internet. Because online life is real life. Questions like “who am I” and “who … Read more
Let’s face it: our online life is real life. We walk, talk, work, LOL and even love on the Internet — but we don’t always treat it like real life. … Read more