Today, I’m talking with Hank Green, a longtime friend of Decoder and the cofounder and now former owner of Complexly, an online education company he started with his brother John in 2012. I say former owner because Hank and John have just converted Complexly into a nonprofit and given up their ownership of the company…
Sophie Heldman’s period drama, bowing in the Berlinale’s Panorama section, also features Flora Nicholson, Clare Dunn and Mia Tharia. Image: cottonbro studio / Pexels Source: Hollywood Reporter
Introduction In a revelation that could reshape the debate over technology in education, newly unsealed court documents allege Google’s school initiatives were part of a long-term strategy to cultivate lifelong customers. An internal presentation explicitly frames early exposure in classrooms as a direct path to enduring brand allegiance, raising profound ethical questions about corporate influence…
Introduction A trove of internal Google documents, unsealed in a landmark child safety lawsuit, paints a stark picture of corporate strategy within the education sector. The files suggest a deliberate, long-term plan to cultivate brand loyalty from the earliest possible age. This revelation places the tech giant’s extensive Chromebook-for-schools program under intense new scrutiny, framing…
