Tech in the Classroom: A History of Hype and Hysteria from Wired Elana Klein
From calculators to ChatGPT, the introduction of new technology into schools has long inspired frenzied discourse: Will it revolutionize the system or rot kids’ brains?…
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CHRISTOPHER CARTER and WILL GRAVES of GLOBALCOMIX welcome IDW into the fold from Comic book Yeti Andrew Irvin
Interviews Editor, Andrew Irvin, welcomes Will Graves, Head of Content, and Christopher Carter, CEO, of GlobalComix to discuss digital… Read More
CRUSIN’ CROWDFUNDING 8/18-8/24 from Comic book Yeti Doug Wood
Whew! Between getting hired for a tight deadline comic job and trying to coach softball in a heat advisory, I have not been kind to…
Bolivians go to polls in election that could end 20 years of leftist rule from the Guardian Tiago Rogero in La Paz
Rightwing candidates lead polling ahead of fragmented left amid country’s worst economic crisis in four decades Bolivians are going to the polls in an election…
Weather tracker: southern Arabian peninsula braced for storms from the Guardian Jodie Woodcock for the MetDesk
Elongated area of low pressure likely to bring higher-than-usual levels of rainfall to normally arid region Unusual levels of rainfall are due to hit the…
Conservative leader runs for safe seat in parliament after Canada election defeat from the Guardian Leyland Cecco in Toronto
Pierre Poilievre has chance of winning House of Commons seat after losing riding he had held for more than 20 years Canada’s federal conservative leader…
Two decades of leftwing dominance end in Bolivia as rightwingers head to election runoff from the Guardian Tiago Rogero in La Paz
Movimiento al Socialismo’s time runs out as economic crisis grips country Bolivia’s presidential election will go to a runoff for the first time, with two…
Flight attendant union leaders ‘ready to go to jail’ as Air Canada strike outlawed from the Guardian Leyland Cecco in Toronto
Arbitrator orders 10,000 striking staff back to work after government intervenes – unconstitutionally, union says Union leaders representing 10,000 striking flight attendants have said they…
Climate crisis harming world heritage painted houses in Burkina Faso, say residents from the Guardian Èlia Borràs in Tiébélé, Burkina Faso
Tiébélé’s wavy-walled houses covered in geometric lines showing signs of disintegration amid erratic weather A world heritage site that was once a famous tourist destination…
Weather tracker: Typhoon Podul pounds southern Taiwan from the Guardian Lauren Herdman for the MetDesk
One person dies after storm whips up waves, while temperatures approach 50C as heatwave grips Middle East Typhoon Podul crossed southern Taiwan on Wednesday with…
Mali’s junta arrests generals and French national over alleged coup plot from the Guardian Agencies in Bamako and Eromo Egbejule in Abidjan
Development comes as the military continues to crack down on dissent after a pro-democracy rally in May Mali’s military rulers say they have arrested a…
African Union joins calls to end use of Mercator map that shrinks continent’s size from the Guardian Reuters
Member states back Correct the Map campaign that urges governments and organisations to use more accurate map The African Union has backed a campaign to…
Zambian president’s feud with late rival continues over funeral plans from the Guardian Rachel Savage in Johannesburg
Family of Edgar Lungu trying to prevent repatriation of his body for state funeral presided over by his successor A furious row is raging over…
The Trump-Putin Summit Was a Win for Russia … from Mother Jones Ruth Murai
During his campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly promised that he would end the Russia-Ukraine war in the first 24 hours of his presidency. Eight months in,…