OpenAI has launched a new “study mode” for ChatGPT that’s designed to help students better understand complex topics—but instead of dishing out direct answers, study mode employs the Socratic method to ask questions and guide…
Somehow, because time is an illusion, back-to-school season is already here. We’re in that brief window where picking the right laptop suddenly feels like the most important thing. And you’re not wrong. But pick the…
Security is essential for any laptop, whether you’re on a college laptop, a gaming laptop, or especially a business laptop. But college laptops face unique challenges. For example, if you’re a student and you’re connecting…
A Massachusetts student has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges relating to hacking and extorting one of the largest U.S. education tech companies, prosecutors confirmed Tuesday. Matthew D. Lane, 19, is accused of using…
Amnesty International on Friday said it determined that a zero-day exploit sold by controversial exploit vendor Cellebrite was used to compromise the phone of a Serbian student who had been critical of that country’s government.…
U.S. edtech giant PowerSchool has confirmed that 16,000 students in the United Kingdom had personal and sensitive data stolen during a December 2024 data breach. This week, PowerSchool began notifying individuals outside of the U.S.…
It’s only February, but the recent hack of U.S. edtech giant PowerSchool has the potential to be one of the biggest breaches of the year. PowerSchool, which provides K-12 software to more than 18,000 schools…
U.S. edtech giant PowerSchool has begun notifying individuals affected by a December 2024 data breach that likely affects millions of students and teachers across North America. PowerSchool said in a brief update on Monday that…
Edtech giant PowerSchool has warned customers that hackers accessed its customers’ highly sensitive information — including student Social Security numbers, grades, and medical information — during a recent data breach, TechCrunch has learned. In an FAQ…
Education technology giant PowerSchool has told customers that it experienced a “cybersecurity incident” that allowed hackers to compromise the personal data of students and teachers in K-12 school districts across the United States. The California-based…