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The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) is reportedly laying off staff members and shifting its focus away from personalized learning, a concept CZI has been funding since 2015. The personalized learning platform, Summit, has not achieved the desired results and has not led to significant improvements in student learning. This highlights the challenges of using technology […]
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In this web content, the author discusses the concept of dualities in mathematics, specifically the pairing of automorphic forms and Galois groups. These dualities allow mathematicians to study different classes of objects by examining them in terms of each other. While mathematicians have been working to prove Langlands’ hypothesized duality, only limited cases have been […]
In a study published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Olivia Natan, an assistant professor of marketing at the Haas School of Business, and her colleagues investigated the pricing strategies of major U.S. airlines. Contrary to common belief and consumer assumptions, the study found that many popular hacks for finding cheaper airline tickets are ineffective. […]
In this web content, the author shares their personal experience with their MacBook Air becoming a “worthless brick” after going through airport security and swapping laptops with a stranger. The author explains how they were eventually contacted by someone in the United Arab Emirates who had their MacBook and asked for theirs in return. However, […]
The Vesuvius Challenge offers a $700,000 Grand Prize for unlocking the secrets of the Herculaneum papyri, ancient scrolls buried and carbonized by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. Recently, there have been breakthroughs in reading the scrolls, with contestants Luke Farritor and Youssef Nader discovering letters and words within unopened scrolls. These discoveries were […]
Atlassian has announced its plans to acquire video messaging platform Loom for approximately $975 million. This move aims to strengthen Atlassian’s team collaboration tools and capitalize on the increasing popularity of hybrid work. By integrating Loom’s technology into its software like Jira and Confluence, Atlassian will enable users to incorporate video into their workflows more […]
Slack introduced a Google Drive integration in 2017, which proved to be highly useful for Kapwing, an online video editing startup. However, a recent discovery was made regarding the app’s file preview feature. It was found that the Google Drive Slack app could share private, unshared documents and files within a workspace, even before they […]
In the world of AI research, keeping track of where researchers are moving is akin to following transfer news in sports. It’s not just about drama and gossip; it’s a way to gauge the consolidation or dispersion of talent in AI. The recent emergence of ChatGPT has led to a scarcity of AI talent, making […]
In this web content, the author explores the frustrations and complexities of setting up a smart home. They present a wide range of options for achieving smart home goals without the need for complicated computer systems or apps. They highlight various devices like remote-controlled outlets, light sockets, light bulbs, and motion sensors that can be […]
Astronaut Don Pettit’s invention, the capillary flow cup, revolutionizes the way coffee is consumed in space. The cup is a result of Pettit’s curiosity about liquid behavior in the absence of gravity. Without gravity, the coffee remains level when the cup is tilted, resulting in the liquid pouring out effortlessly. The first prototype was made […]