In 2015, Khan Academy, which pioneered free, online video tutorials and lectures that have reached millions of students around the world, sought new ways of reaching new people.
It had already partnered with everyone from NASA to the Museum of Modern Art, and this past year Khan joined forces with the SAT's overlord, the College … Continue Reading ››
Evolution simulator runs in browser
In Cary Huang's evolution simulator, one first generates 1000 random geometrical beasties. Then one watches them iterate until equilibrium prevails, commanding the most successful to reproduce and decimating the failures. The measure of the monster is how far they can flop and wobble along in a simple a 2D landscape: most fail rather … Continue Reading ››
The FTC has finally enforced COPPA 2.0. Here’s what you need to know.
The final months of 2015 have been a roller coaster of activity in the field of privacy and mobile gaming. First there was the VTech hack, then the COPPA class action suit against Mattel, then yesterday’s agreement on the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which gives each EU member country the … Continue Reading ››