Author: Tech Support

    • PresenceLearning, which helps school districts provide speech and mental health therapy to students online, raises $27M Series D, bringing total raised to $70M+ (Tony Wan/EdSurge)

    Tony Wan / EdSurge: PresenceLearning, which helps school districts provide speech and mental health therapy to students online, raises $27M Series D, bringing total raised to $70M+  —  Speech and other special-education professionals were already in short supply even when classes were in session. PresenceLearning, which helps school districts provide speech and mental health therapy

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    • AI has played a useful but fragmented role in the global fight against COVID-19, from predicting outbreaks to aiding diagnosis and drug discovery efforts (Kai-Fu Lee/Wired)

    Kai-Fu Lee / Wired: AI has played a useful but fragmented role in the global fight against COVID-19, from predicting outbreaks to aiding diagnosis and drug discovery efforts  —  Disease diagnosis, drug discovery, robot delivery—artificial intelligence is already powering change in the pandemic’s wake. AI has played a useful but fragmented role in the global

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    Hiding Malware, With Windows XP

    In the nearly four decades since the first PC viruses spread in the wild, malware writers have evolved some exceptionally clever ways to hide their creations from system administrators and from anti-virus writers. The researchers at Sophos have found one that conceals itself as probably the ultimate Trojan horse: it hides its tiny payload in

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    • Facebook has had a recent influx of millennial and Gen Z users, some of whom say certain Facebook groups offer unemployment support, job search help, and more (Jael Goldfine/PAPER)

    Jael Goldfine / PAPER: Facebook has had a recent influx of millennial and Gen Z users, some of whom say certain Facebook groups offer unemployment support, job search help, and more  —  Facebook is for old people.  Everybody knows that!  Usage plummeted in 2019, most sharply among Gen-Z and millennials. Facebook has had a recent

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    Come On Baby Light My Fire Button

    While the Nintendo GameCube stood deep in the shadows of the PS2 in its day, its controller remains a popular target for all sorts of modifications today — many of them involving LEDs, thanks to a translucent bottom and button option. As an avid player of the Super Smash Bros. series, [goomysmash] is of course

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    • Disney debuts Zenimation, which mixes soothing sounds with familiar art

    Disney today launched its latest series, called Zenimation, a collection of shorts that combine the company’s animation with some soothing sound effects. I don’t know about y’all, but something like this was exactly what I needed to help cure my quarantine fatigue. Indulge your senses. All episodes of @DisneyAnimation’s #Zenimation, an Original Series, now streaming

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    • Beware Coronavirus-Themed Malware Disguised as Excel Spreadsheets

    While many parts of America are preparing to slowly reopen after months of lockdown, coronavirus-related scams and malware campaigns show no signs of abating. The Microsoft Security Intelligence Team recently disclosed details on two massive coronavirus phishing campaigns duping users into downloading and opening… Read more… Beware Coronavirus-Themed Malware Disguised as Excel Spreadsheets Source: Life

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