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Democrats urge Biden admin to scrutinize colleges’ outsourcing of online programs
Source: Politico A group of Democrats urged the administration to immediately begin a “formal legal review” of Education Department guidance that allows colleges to pay the companies based on the amount of tuition revenue they help generate.
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Domestic dog lineages reveal genetic drivers of behavioral diversification
Source: Cell A framework for understanding the relationships between canine breeds allows for the identification of genetic drivers of the behaviors that define them.
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In Reversal, SF Temporarily Bans Police From Using Robots to Kill
Source: KQED The San Francisco Board of Supervisors will send a policy on police use of lethal robots back to committee, and intend to have a more robust public input process before making a decision.
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College aid letters are misleading students and need a legal fix
Source: NPR New federal research says colleges mislead students with confusing financial aid letters. The consequences can run from extra debt to quitting school.
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Apple scores victory in dispute over heart monitoring technologies in Apple Watch
Source: STAT News In a significant victory, Apple has successfully challenged patents at the center of a high-profile dispute with medical device company AliveCor.
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Exclusive: Musk’s Neuralink faces federal probe, employee backlash over animal tests
Source: Reuters Elon Musk’s Neuralink, a medical device company, is under federal investigation for potential animal-welfare violations amid internal staff complaints that its animal testing is being rushed, causing needless suffering and deaths.
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AI Chatbots Are Getting Better. But an Interview With ChatGPT Reveals Their Limits
Source: TIME TIME interviewed OpenAI's chatbot, ChatGPT, about how it works and the risks of AI.
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Filling in the Gaps in Grad Student Career Readiness
Source: Inside Higher Ed Universities offer support for attending conferences or visiting archives, but it’s harder for trainees to find funding for professional development opportunities that lie outside academic research, write Baron Haber, Shawn Warner and Arica Lubin.
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The Top 5 Data Privacy Penalties Post-GDPR
Source: Information Week From California to China and the country that fined itself, here are the five most interesting data privacy penalties of 2021-22.
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