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My mom took a phone call from someone claiming to be her granddaughter, saying she had been in a car crash, was in jail, and needed help. Thankfully Mom figured out it wasn’t her grandchild and hung up. How do we guard ourselves from scammers?

It’s been more than a year since artificial intelligence—especially generative artificial intelligence—took over technology news.

We continue to fight with our teenagers about being on their phones when we’re together. My husband’s constant glancing at his phone isn’t helping. Is this just a modern problem I need to learn to live with?

I’m already sick of reading election news on my news feed, and we still have months to go. Would it be irresponsible of me to bury my head in the sand and ignore it all?

I’m a boomer who has started to use emojis. Is that a bad thing?

Does God want us to create computers with artificial intelligence even though he gave us perfectly good brains to do the work ourselves?

Here are three of my current favorite apps and a bit about why I like them. Search for them online by name if you want to check them out.

I’m hearing a lot about the artificially intelligent ChatGPT these days. Should I pay attention?

I know big technology companies keep track of our every move online, but what about privacy among family members and friends online?

It might be helpful to think about our media consumption like our food consumption: try for a well-balanced diet.

As churches reopen after the pandemic, it’s been encouraging that some of the technological steps taken to make worship or meetings more accessible are planned to continue.

As Reformed Christians we know that everything is being redeemed by God—even the giant, sometimes dark and sinister hole we call the internet.

Besides amazingly fast development to test for and combat COVID, has anything good come out of the pandemic technology-wise?

I have thousands of photos in the cloud. I know they are not really in a cloud in the sky, but where are they?

As a boomer (born between 1946 and 1964), perhaps I’m a lost cause when it comes to changing my bad habits online, but what about our kids and grandkids? Is there anything we can do?

I sometimes find myself scrolling mindlessly through my social media accounts. I think that’s a problem. Would you agree?

We are not respectful enough of other people’s time.

After reading your suggestion to ditch social media entirely, I see you have accounts on all the major platforms. What’s up with that?

The word ‘meme’ itself was coined in 1976.

I get my news mostly from social media, Facebook in particular. As we head into the U.S. elections, how do I know whom to trust?

A coincidence? I’m thinking not. I’m going to guess an algorithm got yesterday’s story almost right, but not quite.

When it comes to technology, why do people assume older folks like me don’t get it?

It’d be an overstatement to say it has changed my life, but it certainly has changed the focus of my life.