My McLuhan lecture on enshittification

This is Cory Doctorow at his absolute best, a definitive statement describing enshittification and suggestions on how to counter it.  Enshittification, writes Doctorow, is “a three stage process: First, platforms are good to their users; then they abuse their users …

Passkeys might really kill passwords

It’s clear that the industry is increasingly betting on passkeys as a replacement for passwords, a way to use the internet that is both more secure and more user-friendly. But for all that upside, it’s not always clear how we, …

8 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2024

The word for this year’s guide is artificial intelligence. Yes, we added 85 new tools of all kinds. And we did the incredibly hard work of pulling out everything that has aged poorly over the last year — dead links, …