Sure, Kids Can Develop iPhone Apps. But It’s Not Easy
Apple first released Swift Playgrounds as an iPad app in 2016, and a MacOS version followed in 2020. It’s free and lets you edit code in one window and see…
How Indie Studios Are Pioneering Accessible Game Design
The creation of No Fail Mode did not detract from a central mechanic of Tunic: exploration. Players are actively encouraged to seek out the unknown and regularly return to visited areas…
Let’s Go to Mars. Let’s Not Live There
Some people would rather invest these resources in solving global problems, not launching astronauts to other worlds. People in the 1960s questioned the Apollo program for similar reasons—it was also…
Humans and AI Will Understand Each Other Better Than Ever
Artificial intelligence has promised much, but there has been something holding it back from being used successfully by billions of people: a frustrating struggle for humans and machines to understand…
This Year’s Streaming Shows Aimed for Wish-Fulfillment
It is here that the wish-fulfillment of A League of Their Own and Interview With the Vampire converge and diverge. The League movie, based on a real-life league founded in 1943, erased just how prevalent…
The EU’s Privacy Protections Must Extend Beyond Its Borders
Technology plays a significant role in community building—especially for historically marginalized groups. Women use apps to track all sorts of things, including their periods (nearly a third of all women…
How to Set Up Your Kid’s ‘Smart’ Toy
A critical part of your research is reading a toy’s privacy policies before you turn it on or set it up. (More on this in the next section.) Look Out for…
Russia’s Cyberwar Foreshadowed Deadly Attacks on Civilians
But for anyone involved in fending off Russia’s cyberattacks on Ukraine over the past eight years, Russia’s preference for civilian over military targets has long been apparent, says Viktor Zhora,…
The Best TV Shows of 2022—and How to Watch Them
Let’s start with the obvious here: Between networks, streamers, and whatever else, there is absolutely too much TV to consume these days. It’s impossible to keep up with the zeitgeist…
Crispr’s Quest to Slay Donegal Amy
In the 5th century, in early medieval Ireland, Conall Gulban, an Irish king, gave his name to an area of land at the northwest tip of the Irish coast. His…