Use your favorite education tools in Classroom with add-ons

We know that educators have go-to digital tools to make their lessons more engaging. But with that comes the challenges of managing multiple accounts and passwords, helping students navigate other websites, and handling grading on different platforms. Now, educators will be able to easily find, add, use and grade content from popular EdTech tools, right…

What 21 billion Facebook friendships say about the economic ladder in the US

A dataset shows how many people have friends outside of their income bracket. | Image: Social Capital Atlas Meta publicly released information on 21 billion Facebook friendships as part of a research project looking at economic inequality in the United States, the company announced today. Along with new insights into the intersection of money and…

Visa could be liable for helping monetize Pornhub videos of children, says court

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge A California judge is allowing a lawsuit against Visa to proceed, saying the company plausibly knew porn site operator MindGeek was monetizing sexual videos involving children. Judge Cormac Carney issued the ruling late last week in Serena Fleites v. MindGeek et al, rejecting Visa’s attempts to dismiss…