What Apple Intelligence Is … and Isn’t
Apple Intelligence certainly takes iPhone and Siri capabilities to new levels. But it’s not necessarily worth the hype.
Best Books of 2024: Plugged In’s Year-End Picks
Looking for some book suggestions for that young reader in your family? Plugged In has some suggestions across different ages and genres.
Best Games of 2024: Plugged In’s Year-End Picks
After some brave consideration (and some serious gaming!), here are Plugged In’s year-end picks for the best games in 2024 …
What Do You Watch When You Don’t Want Halloween Horror and Goop?
There are plenty of fun films for fall packed with thrills, and even a few chills, that you can find on a streaming service near you …
Our Language is A-Changin’, Whether We Like it or Not
Not all that long ago, comedian George Carlin used to build his routines around observations of our society and its tendency to transform our language in odd twists and turns. He would talk about how some very plain-spoken approaches to things in our world became unusable in polite discussions and how people demanded they be […]
AI-Generated Abuse is On the Rise. Are You Ready?
Sexual abuse may not be super easy to talk about for anyone around the kitchen table. But you can bet that AI won’t be shy about it.
Infinite Scrolling Kids and Their Ever-Scrolling Brains
What can be done for a teen with an ever-scrolling finger in an online world designed to keep them there?
Mental Health Crisis? There’s an App for That
Researchers at Dartmouth College have been running clinical trials on an AI-powered therapeutic app. What families should expect.
While the Mountains Crumble … We Keep Filming
Why are people filming chaotic events on their phones instead of stopping them from occuring?
Kids Just Wanna … Turn Off?
About 40% of teens worry that they should probably cut back on their social media time.