Teacher praised for playing video game in class as history lesson
Talk about an A for effort. A middle school teacher is being praised online for using a widely popular historical-fiction video game to teach ancient Greek history in an engaging...
Miss your BlackBerry? Use this case to turn your iPhone into one
If you miss your BlackBerry, you can have it back once again with the click of a button. Introducing Clicks, which is both a case and physical keyboard rolled into...
Apple Vision Pro blasted as ‘$3,500 chastity belt’ for blocking porn
Apple’s much-heralded Vision Pro has left a segment of buyers disappointed after they discovered that the high-priced device will not play any VR porn. The Vision Pro prevents users from...
Meta exec Adam Mosseri wanted to ‘upsell’ Instagram to children under 13: lawsuit
Instagram’s boss once floated a plan to “upsell” the social-media app to children under 13 — a reckless move to enlarge its base of pre-teen users as Meta struggled to...
Little-known secret way to clean your AirPods the right way
If you own a pair of AirPods, you know how convenient and enjoyable they are to use. But you also know how dirty they can get over time. AirPods often accumulate...
Everything to know as Whole Foods’ palm print payments take NYC
Your wallet is all in the palm of your hand. Whole Foods shoppers in NYC have recently noticed a curious new way of paying for their groceries, which requires simply...
Samsung CEO won’t be sent back to prison for financial crimes
Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong avoided another jail stint Monday after he was acquitted of financial crimes related to the controversial merger of two of the company’s affiliates. Seoul Central District...
A chatbot helped more people access mental-health services
An AI chatbot helped increase the number of patients referred for mental-health services through England’s National Health Service (NHS), particularly among underrepresented groups who are less likely to seek help,...
How to protect your kids and teens from popular cyber scams
What comes to mind when you think of someone getting scammed? A grandma on the phone with some jerk? If so, this will probably surprise you. The total money lost by...
Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune surges by $28B after Meta’s stock surge
Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune surged by more than $28 million after the Meta CEO profited off his company’s record-breaking stock surge. As of Monday, Zuckerberg is the world’s fourth-richest person, with...
How symmetry can come to the aid of machine learning
Behrooz Tahmasebi — an MIT PhD student in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and an affiliate of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) —...
Snap lays off 10% of workforce in tech sector bloodbath
Snap said Monday it will lay off 10% of its workforce, adding to an ongoing bloodbath among US tech giants since the start of the year. Snap said it expects...
Did ‘The Simpsons’ predict the Apple Vision Pro?
The “Simpsons” is truly a Vision-ary series. The world’s most clairvoyant cartoon has done it again. This time the Matt Groening-created animated comedy has been credited with forecasting the rise...
Doctors have more difficulty diagnosing disease when looking at images of darker skin
When diagnosing skin diseases based solely on images of a patient’s skin, doctors do not perform as well when the patient has darker skin, according to a new study from...
Hiring manager shares how to get your job application noticed
In the market for a new job? A talent acquisition manager is sharing a surefire tip for getting noticed by hiring specialists. “If you’re applying for 100-plus jobs, you are...
