I’m sure by now you’ve seen at least one, if not many, headlines making the claim that increased social media use by teens leads to depression. Maybe But also, maybe not. Take a listen to a podcast by Savvy Psychologist Jade Wu. In it, she takes a deeper look at the study and what it actually says, and comes up with some rather important caveats that probably weren’t mentioned in the article you read,…

This is such a bad look for Twitter: “The site said it may have inadvertently used email addresses and phone numbers provided for 2FA and other security purposes to match users to marketing lists provided by advertisers. ” Privacy and security advocates have enough of a hill to climb to get people to implement something like two-factor authentication, without you giving users a legitimate reason to NOT use it. For shame Twitter, and every other…

We are seeing this a lot, and this situation is one that seems to be cropping up over and over again. “The ransomware attack encrypted electronic files at the Tuscaloosa, Northport and Fayette hospitals, forcing staff to use a manual paper system to track patient data. All but the most critically ill or injured new patients have been sent to hospitals in Birmingham or Mississippi. Care of the existing patients was not compromised, officials said.…