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Step-by-step guide to repair a cotton candy vending machine: clean, fix thermocouple, calibrate temperature, and bypass software lock. Includes tools list and tips.
Learn to create durable 3D printed punch cards that store 16 bytes of data with error correction, then read them using OpenCV and a webcam for a retro-modern archival solution.
Step-by-step guide for sysadmins to temporarily disable critical Linux kernel functions using a module-based kill switch, protecting against privilege escalation until official patches arrive.
Learn how to build an open source humanoid robot (Asimov v1) with a step-by-step guide covering parts sourcing, assembly, software setup, and ethical programming. Tips included.
Six educators join the ISTE+ASCD Voices of Change Fellowship for 2026-27, sharing insights on AI and tech in classrooms through EdSurge essays and multimedia. Q&A explores program goals, application, impact.
Growing screen time concerns have led parents and teachers to challenge edtech vetting. Three states propose independent certification laws. Vermont's bill requires registration, fees, and criteria review.
LGBTQ+ youth face high suicide risk but supportive schools can reduce it. Survey reveals barriers to mental health care and actionable solutions for educators.
A cyberattack on Canvas by ShinyHunters stole 275 million records from 9,000 schools, highlighting education's cybersecurity weaknesses and the risks of heavy edtech reliance.
Troy City Schools boosts English learner literacy by training staff in Orton-Gillingham, a multisensory approach, closing pandemic-widened gaps.
REI's biggest sale of the year is live through May 25, with deep discounts on Garmin watches, camping gear, and more. Members get an extra 20% off one item.
Turtle Beach's Stealth Pro 2 headset undercuts SteelSeries Nova Pro Omni by $50, offering similar high-res audio and features, sparking a price war.
NPR's Manoush Zomorodi warns in new book 'Body Electric' that technology is causing physical health damage, based on NPR-Columbia University collaboration.
Sony clarifies its AI Camera Assistant does not edit photos, only offers suggestions. But a lackluster demo showing just a zoom recommendation sparks criticism and skepticism about the feature's true capabilities.
Snap, YouTube, and TikTok settle first school district lawsuit over social media addiction, sparking implications for 1,000+ similar cases nationwide.
Researchers use State-Space Models to create video world models with long-term memory, overcoming attention's quadratic complexity via block-wise SSM scanning and local attention.
Researchers introduce the novel problem of automated failure attribution in LLM multi-agent systems, presenting the Who&When benchmark dataset and methods to pinpoint which agent caused a failure and when—accepted at ICML 2025.
MIT's SEAL framework enables large language models to autonomously update their weights through self-editing and reinforcement learning, marking a key step toward self-improving AI.
ByteDance's Astra uses a dual-model architecture (Astra-Global and Astra-Local) to solve robot navigation challenges by splitting slow reasoning from fast reflexes, outperforming traditional modular systems.
A researcher team introduces automated failure attribution for LLM multi-agent systems, creating the Who&When dataset and evaluating heuristic and learning-based methods to identify root causes of task failures.
A tutorial on the DOJ's record subpoena for 100k+ EZ Lynk app users, covering legal steps, privacy implications, and how to respond.