2+ hour, 11+ min ago (602+ words) I spoke with students about common time-management pitfalls and came up with a list of artificial intelligence tools that can help you find your balance. Assignments taking way longer than you thought they would? AI could help you set your expectations so you're not late in turning them in. I hate turning down their deadline extension requests -- despite whatever creative excuses they come up with -- so, with input from my students, I've compiled a list of AI tools to help them stay on track. According to real students, here are some common time-management pitfalls along with my tips on how to remedy them by managing your time with AI. Pitfall: The work took way longer than you thought it would." AI solution: Ask Copilot to review your assignments and give you a time estimate to complete them. One senior told…...

3+ hour, 49+ min ago (107+ words) Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle for Dec. 3, No. 640. Today's NYT'Strands'puzzle is a real tough one, I thought. But then I have never been good at this school subject (that's a hint). Some of the answers are difficult to unscramble, so if you need hints and answers, read on. Today's Strands theme is:'It all adds up. If that doesn't help you, here's a clue: Got a calculator? The completed NYT Strands puzzle for Dec. 3, 2025. Today's Strands spangram is MATHCLASS. To find it, start with the M that's the bottom letter on the far-left row, and wind up....

7+ hour, 11+ min ago (602+ words) I spoke with students about common time-management pitfalls and came up with a list of artificial intelligence tools that can help you find your balance. Assignments taking way longer than you thought they would? AI could help you set your expectations so you're not late in turning them in. I hate turning down their deadline extension requests -- despite whatever creative excuses they come up with -- so, with input from my students, I've compiled a list of AI tools to help them stay on track. According to real students, here are some common time-management pitfalls along with my tips on how to remedy them by managing your time with AI. Pitfall: The work took way longer than you thought it would." AI solution: Ask Copilot to review your assignments and give you a time estimate to complete them. One senior told…...

8+ hour, 49+ min ago (107+ words) Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle for Dec. 3, No. 640. Today's NYT'Strands'puzzle is a real tough one, I thought. But then I have never been good at this school subject (that's a hint). Some of the answers are difficult to unscramble, so if you need hints and answers, read on. Today's Strands theme is:'It all adds up. If that doesn't help you, here's a clue: Got a calculator? The completed NYT Strands puzzle for Dec. 3, 2025. Today's Strands spangram is MATHCLASS. To find it, start with the M that's the bottom letter on the far-left row, and wind up....

1+ week, 6+ day ago (789+ words) LinkedIn's new AI mock interviewer gives you personalized feedback. LinkedIn's new AI tool lets you practice a job interview. AI interview prep is a new generative AI feature from LinkedIn that uses existing LinkedIn job postings to create a short, personalized mock interview. The AI can understand the job description, create questions based on the role and give you feedback after the interview is complete." I got an early look at the new feature before its launch, and it was a surprisingly realistic interview experience, for better or worse. "As somebody who has interviewed a lot before, it sucks," Sharon Gao, product lead at LinkedIn, said with a laugh in an interview. "Before, you would have to take a course or pay for a coach." Now, with the AI interview tool, you can practice with a "tool that's personalized to…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago (686+ words) We've checked in with the teachers and they taught us what gifts will be useful for them this holiday season. A cube of note paper is always going to come in handy in the classroom; why not personalize it? Each cube includes 700 notes, complete with a sticky strip on the back. Add your teacher's name and an additional line of text under the cute pencil graphic and you have a unique, practical gift. Brita's water bottle ensures that fresh water is always on hand -- a great gift for a teacher who isn't always able to get to a cooler. This 26-ounce BPA-free bottle comes with a Brita filter in the straw, so water tastes great. It's one of'CNET's top picks for filtering tap water. Available in a variety of jewel-tone colors, and there's a 36-ounce option as well. Lysol disinfecting…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago (264+ words) Students, beware: AI might help you earn an F. Kim Kardashian says ChatGPT gave her inaccurate information when she asked for help with law exams. Students who rely on ChatGPT for schoolwork, you might want to take a lesson from reality star Kim Kardashian: AI might help you earn an F. Kardashian admitted in a recent Vanity Fair video interview'that she used an AI chatbot, ChatGPT, to help her study for law tests, but it always steered her wrong.' Kardashian recently passed the First-Year Law Students' Examination, also known as the baby bar exam, after failing it three times. She revealed to "All's Fair" co-star Teyana Taylor that she used OpenAI chatbot ChatGPT for study guidance, but it didn't exactly help her. "It's always wrong, and it has made me fail tests," Kardashian told Taylor. Kardashian said she considers ChatGPT a "frenemy…...

1+ mon, 20+ hour ago (408+ words) Adobe's full suite of software, which also includes Illustrator and Premiere Pro, plunges from its previous price of $240 a year for kids in K-12. Adobe Systems offers its full suite of software through its Creative Cloud subscription. Adobe will offer K-12 schools its full suite of Creative Cloud software for $5 per student per year, starting May 15, it said Thursday. That's a radical discount compared with the regular $600 annual price for the software, or the individual student pricing of $240 per year -- a cost that jumps to $360 after the first year. The new pricing isn't available for individual students. It requires schools to purchase at least 500 licenses or school districts to purchase at least or 2,500 licenses, said Sharif Karmally, senior marketing manager for Adobe's Creative Cloud for Education program, in a blog post. "This makes it accessible to everyone," said Scott Belsky, Adobe's chief…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago (294+ words) One of Facebook's most practical features from 2022 is being revived by Meta. Job postings can be found on Marketplace, in Groups or on business Pages." On the hunt for work? A Local Jobs search"is being rolled out by Meta to make it easier for people in the US to discover and apply for nearby work directly on Facebook. The feature is inside Facebook Marketplace, Groups and Pages, Meta said last week, letting employers post openings and job seekers filter roles by distance, category or employment type. You can apply or message employers directly through Facebook Messenger, while employers can publish job listings with just a few taps -- similar to how you would post items for sale on Marketplace. Facebook offered a Jobs feature before discontinuing it in 2022, pushing business hiring toward its other platforms. Its return suggests Meta is…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago (192+ words) NotebookLM takes another step toward being the do-it-all AI tool for work and school. NotebookLM could get a feature that could make your next presentation a breeze. Since it launched, NotebookLM has been aimed at students. While just about anyone can use the AI tool to some benefit, it's a great study buddy thanks to an assortment of features for the classroom. But a promising new feature may help with your next work presentation: Slides. Google already has its own slide deck creation tool, but NotebookLM could make it even easier to create them. Using your uploaded sources and the recently integrated Nano Banana image generator, the ability to create a slide deck on the fly could soon be on its way." That's not all, though. Another, similar feature might also be on the way. Also spotted was an option…...