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NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks with University of California, Berkeley math professor Zvezdelina Stankova about efforts to bring back standardized exams as part of the admissions process.
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Amid widespread tech layoffs, some highly skilled workers are making radical career changes. Some laid-off workers are turning to lower paying temp jobs, and some are leaving tech altogether.
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A new NPR/Ipsos poll shows many teachers are using AI to save time, but a majority are also worried the technology is making it harder for students to learn to think for themselves.
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Fewer people are eating at restaurants for a variety of reasons, though one big factor is the rising costs of dining out.
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Hurricane season is expected to be milder than usual this year. But that's not stopping cell phone companies from pulling out all the stops.
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Just 3% of U.S. households pay for AI for personal use. Sign ups are growing — even though Americans have subscription fatigue.
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Some students with disabilities rely on assistive technology to learn, and they worry it could be swept up in the movement to get screens out of schools.
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Shipping companies are looking for alternative routes as the Strait of Hormuz lockdown drags on.
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David Venturella's appointment as acting ICE director is the latest in a pattern: Many former employees of the private prison company GEO Group end up working at the federal agency, and vice versa.
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President Trump signed an executive order that puts some 8,000 high-ranking civil servants into a new category of employees who can be fired for any reason.
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The show's new leader says he fired star Scott Pelley for insubordination. Pelley says he was defending the integrity of the show's journalism after three top executives and two reporters were fired.
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The value of copper is rising, and thieves can make money by stripping it from phone poles, streetlights and EV chargers. But those thefts cost the rest of us.