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Beyond Cheating: How AI Is Quietly Reshaping The Soul Of Higher Education | BOOM
2+ hour, 10+ min ago (740+ words) Public debate about artificial intelligence in higher education has largely orbited a familiar worry: cheating. Will students use chatbots to write essays? Can instructors tell? Should universities ban the tech? Embrace it? These concerns are understandable. But focusing so much…...
Are AI Toys Safe for Kids? What Parents Need to Know
2+ week, 3+ day ago (13+ words) Are AI Toys Safe for Kids? What Parents Need to Know'BOOM Fact Check...
The Impossible Maze Of India’s New Student Identity Project | BOOM
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1691+ words) JHARKHAND " Every few months since 2017, Tarannum Khatun makes the same pilgrimage: An hour-long ride to Ranchi, a queue at an Aadhaar kiosk, the same bureaucratic choreography of forms, fingerprints and the polite refusal to help. Her daughter Sana was born…...
They Got Smartphones, They Can’t Email: Inside Bengal’s Rs 10,000 Student Scheme | BOOM
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (1538+ words) In the deltaic sprawl of West Bengal's Sundarbans, where rivers cut through mangrove forests and phone signals come and go, 18-year-old Madhumita Mandal (name changed) finally owns a smartphone. It was paid for by the Taruner Swapno scheme " Rs 10,000 from…...
Teens In Australia Barred From Creating YouTube Accounts | BOOM
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (482+ words) SYDNEY, July 30 (Reuters) - Australia said on Wednesday it will add YouTube to sites covered by its world-first ban on social media for teenagers, reversing an earlier decision to exempt the Alphabet-owned video-sharing site and potentially setting up a legal challenge....
Behind The Screens: Who’s Watching Teenage Influencers? | BOOM
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (1179+ words) A casual mention of BTS in a video turned into an avalanche of angry messages for one teenage influencer. "I got like 1,000 DMs from BTS fans, people abusing me just because I said something about the band," the 19-year-old year…...