Google Classroom introduced a new AI-powered feature designed to help teachers generate questions. Launched on Monday, this tool lets educators create a list of questions based on specific text input. Using this text-dependent question generation tool, which utilizes Gemini, teachers can either upload files from Google Drive or manually enter text for the AI to […]
IES vs SIT: pre-departure
[[{“value”:” For my last couple of blog posts, I thought it would be helpful to break compare and contrast each of my programs to give a bit more insight so future students are better informed! For reference, my fall semester was with IES abroad in Nantes, France and my spring semester was with SIT in Geneva, Switzerland. Packing Before leaving…
Culture Shock
[[{“value”:” Scene 1: I’m in a place where I feel like I do not belong. I don’t look like most other people. I’m not dressed like most other people. I am surrounded by unfamiliar objects. I don’t share the values that this space is shaped around. Music that I dislike is playing. I’m in a shopping mall. Quicentro, one of…
Autonomous trucking startup Kodiak Robotics to go public via SPAC
Self-driving truck startup Kodiak Robotics plans to go public via a merger with special purpose acquisition company Ares Acquisition Corporation II. The transaction values Kodiak, which has raised around $243 million to date, at about $2.5 billion pre-money. New and existing Kodiak institutional investors, like Soros Fund Management, ARK Investments, and Ares, have funded or […]
Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons hacked to imitate Musk, Zuckerberg voices
The crosswalk buttons, which include audio alerts, were hacked over the weekend.