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My mom wanted to listen to an audiobook on a road trip and asked for help. When we got to the driveway, her phone was already paired to the car, Libby was already on her phone, and she'd already borrowed the book. What was missing was one button on the car and knowing the ebook and audiobook are two different loans. This week: how Bluetooth pairing works (think party introductions), why a connected car can still be silent, the volume and wrong-phone traps, using Libby in the car with CarPlay or

Your kid has an app you already said no to. Maybe you just found it. Maybe it's on a phone you didn't know existed. This week, we split that moment into the two conversations hiding inside it: one about trust, and one about understanding what really happens to the things she shares. You'll hear why most kids sneak apps (it's usually about not being left out), how to keep them connected to friends without the app, the Discord promise I wish I hadn't made, and how to let Snapchat's own help page d

AI isn't just answering our questions anymore. It's booking things, buying things, and answering messages as us. This week on Oh My Tech, Sarah breaks down Meta's new AI agent, Muse: what it actually does, what it costs, and the Facebook Marketplace story where an AI agent reportedly shared a seller's home address. Then she walks through how to decide what AI can do on its own versus what it has to check with you first, and where to change those settings in Muse. Plus her take on Muse Charm, the

That birthday your kid typed into a signup form years ago? It's now deciding who can message them, what they can download, and when your parental controls loosen up. This week on Oh My Tech, we talk through how Roblox, Discord, and Instagram stopped trusting the birthday, what the new App Store age laws in Utah, Texas, and other states actually do (and which ones are really in force), and the privacy trade-off when everyone, including you, gets checked. Plus, where your child's birthday lives on

Phone bans are spreading fast, and in a lot of schools they're working. But there's still a screen in the backpack every single day: the school-issued Chromebook. This week on Oh My Tech, we talk about why parents can't just "fix" the school laptop (and why that's not on you), whether laptops are actually a bigger distraction than phones, what to do when your kid finds a way around the rules, and the five questions that get you real answers from your district. ** FREE RESOURCES ** From customi

Instagram and Facebook are getting new teen defaults as part of the Meta settlement: a two-hour daily cap, an overnight lockout, quiet school hours, hidden like counts, and more, all switched on automatically. Once they're on, only a linked parent can loosen them. This week on Oh My Tech, we walk through what's actually changing on your kid's phone, what linking an account really lets you see, and the 10-minute couch conversation that makes you the one who can say yes. ** FREE RESOURCES ** Fro