You've seen the headlines, but what really is AI? We talk about machine learning, large language models, and why you need to be careful browsing the Internet nowadays, even if you haven't jumped in on the AI craze.Links:Clip...

Last time, we talked about why you might want to be more careful online. But how do you do that? We continue talking about an article discussing malicious software and how you can keep yourself safe.Links:

If I have nothing to hide, why should I? Let's talk about the importance of Internet safety and why you may want to think twice about your stance on cybersecurity.Links:

You use websites all the time, but have you ever talked to a person who makes them? Annie Elequin joins us today to wrap up our series on the Internet with some insights into how the world of development works! Links from the show:...

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram - what are they, and what do I do with them? We're taking a look at social media and how to be social in an online world.Links:

We're talking about email this week and how it's used! Since websites tend to identify you by your email, we'll go through what you can do to keep your online identity safe.Links:

How do you find something on the Internet? Use a search engine! We're talking about how to learn Google-fu and how not to trip up while you do it.From the episode: cookies are tools used by sites for a number of purposes. Since Google i...

Continuing our series on the Internet, we're going to look at how web apps differ from web sites. We'll also examine how Web 2.0 led to a lot of ethical problems we're still wrestling with today!

We're starting a new series on the Internet! This episode covers URLs (the addresses of websites) and some basic safety tips for using the world wide web.

In order to talk about "the right way" to use computers, we need to know what "right" is. In this episode, we take a look at an ethical framework to lay a foundation for our discussion on computers.

We have to know where we've been to better understand where we are. This episode, we look at how computers have changed over time since the very first computer.

If we're going to talk about computers, we need to know what they are first! We're going to go through the basic types of computers and understand where they exist in our lives.

What's this podcast about? Let's talk about where we are and why learning about computers is important.