A proposed bill would bar companies from using data like a phone’s battery life, what apps are installed and where its user ...

Wisconsin uses a computer model to predict how likely middle school students are to graduate from high school on time.

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For most of the past four years, Chantel Jones lived in a homeless shelter on Los Angeles’s skid row, hating the danger, noise, and confinement: “You feel like you’re in jail, but you’re not in jail,” ...

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Are Your Country’s Cellphone Plans a Rip-off? If you live in the U.S. or Canada, the answer is probably yes By Sam Morris September 3, 2020 08:00 ET Updated September 3, 2020 11:47 ET Want a great ...

For many students, that’s not a problem. They generally trust their institutions and see the online elements of higher education as convenient. Putting up with data collection seems like a necessary ...

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Colleges and universities renew Turnitin subscriptions year after year even though its flawed detectors are expensive and require students to let the company keep their papers forever.

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Banned Bounty Labeled “Research” Chemicals, Doping Drugs Sold Openly on Amazon.com Amazon bans injectable drugs, but enforcement failures have led to a swell of listings for unproven performance ...