Feds investigating Maine over student gender transition claims
The Department of Education is investigating Maine over reported concerns that school districts are using privacy laws to keep information about students away from their parents, alleging the state’s Department of Education is violating the Family Educational Rights Privacy Act (FERPA). The federal department is taking issue with district policies that allegedly allow schools to…
Smartphone Bans Insufficient for Kids’ Tech Health | Mirage News
Banning smartphone and social media access alone fails to equip children for healthy use of technology, argues a group of international experts in The BMJ today. They say the focus should shift to a rights based approach, underpinned by age appropriate design and education, that protects children from harm while developing skills to help them
RFK Jr. announces states can ban sugary soda from food stamp program
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Friday that states will be granted waivers to ban soda from the federal food stamp program…Secretary Rollins Sends Letter Challenging Governor Newsom’s Use of USDA Funding on Programs to Implement Radical Transgender Ideology, Violating Parental Rights
Washington, D.C., March 27, 2025) — Today, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins sent a letter (PDF, 44.6 KB) to Governor Gavin Newsom announcing a review of federal funding California receives intended for research and education. This letter comes as part of an effort spearheaded by President Donald J…Tencent invests €1.16 billion in new Ubisoft subsidiary, securing 25% stake and key IP rights
Chinese gaming publisher Tencent has invested €1.16 billion in Ubisoft’s newly established subsidiary, acquiring a 25% stake, the French gaming giant announced today. The subsidiary will focus on the global development and operation of three major titles: Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege…
Humanoid robots shine at 2025 Zhongguancun Forum
A humanoid robot is pictured at Zhongguancun International Innovation Center, venue for the 2025 Zhongguancun Forum (ZGC Forum) Annual Conference, in Beijing, capital of China, March 27, 2025. Themed “New Quality Productive Forces and Global Technology Cooperation,” this year’s annual conference of the forum showcases the latest technologies and products on humanoid robots…
Xizang official: Ending feudal serfdom in Xizang “a monumental leap” in human civilization
An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 16, 2025 shows the snow scenery of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida) LHASA, March 27 (Xinhua) — Gama Cedain, chairman of the people’s government of Xizang Autonomous Region in southwest China, said on Thursday that the abolition of feudal serfdom in…
Kenya’s cities adopt Miyawaki method to restore lost ecological glory
NAIROBI, Kenya — Many African cities are now characterized by deafening traffic noises and suffocating gas emissions, and are becoming limitless concrete jungles as urbanization takes hold and human settlements squeeze out natural forests. But, in Kenya’s capital city of Nairobi, a unique restoration technique known as the Miyawaki method is restoring local ecosystems…
Artificial Intelligence Through the Eyes of Kashifu Inuwa, By Fatimah Yusuf Usman
Artificial Intelligence Through the Eyes of Kashifu Inuwa By Fatimah Yusuf Usman In a world where artificial intelligence is often portrayed as a force threatening to displace human labour, Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, the Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), offers a different perspective…