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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…...

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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...

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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…...

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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…...

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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....

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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…...