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What Is Girls Who Code, and Why You Should Care
If you take a look at the average tech company, you’ll see that the majority of employees are male. And we’re not talking a slight…
The Buildable Kano PC Now Has a Celeron CPU, USB-C, and Better Battery Life
Kano Kano makes some pretty awesome STEM kits aimed at kids, and none more awesome than its Kano PC. The DIY tablet looks like a…
How Vocational Education Got a 21st Century Reboot
NEWBURGH, N.Y. — Suriana Rodriguez is only 19, but she’s already lined up a full-time job at IBM. After her junior year in high school,…
These Prisons Are Banning Books That Teach Inmates How to Code
The Oregon Department of Corrections [DOC] has barred inmates from reading dozens of books about technology and programming—many of which teach basic skills for many…
Google’s Area 120 made a free, drag-and-drop 3D game builder
Google’s in-house incubator, Area 120, has produced things like an app that teaches coding and tools to boost literacy. Now it wants to help gamers…
Our favorite coding kits for kids
There’s plenty of reason to get your kid into coding. The next question is how. We’ve scoured the internet (and a few brick-and-mortar stores) for…
The best coding kits for kids
I’m going to let you in on a little secret. Part of the reason I write about technology for a living is that I couldn’t…
Lego introduces a new STEM Star Wars kit
No one does brand synergy quite like Lego. The company’s been one of the biggest Star Wars licensers over the years, and for the first…
Grow with Google comes to NYC
I was raised by a single mom who worked multiple jobs, and despite being generally exhausted, she stressed the importance of hard work and perseverance….
Amazon will provide computer science classes for NYC high schools
The local response to Amazon’s plan to put its next headquarters in New York City has been lukewarm at best. Now the company is doing…
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