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Meta’s Threads races to 100 million users in under a week | Engadget

[ad_1] Meta’s Twitter competitor is off to a flying start. Within just four days of the app going live on Wednesday evening, Threads already has more than 100 million users according Quiver Quantitative’s Threads Tracker. It helps that Thread is a sibling app to Instagram and it’s easy for the image-sharing platform’s billion-plus users to …

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Lotus’ Eletre SUV shows the company has finally grown up | Engadget

[ad_1] We all need to mature someday, and for Lotus, that time is now. Welcome to the Eletre, the company’s first production SUV. An electric one at that, with comfortable seating for four or een five. Lotus has been historically known for producing cars that typified the bare minimum needed for enjoyable driving. The Eletre? …

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Will Essay Prompts Get Students in After the Affirmative Action Ruling?

[ad_1] One of the essay prompts on the Common Application is: “Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.” The question was on the Common App last year, and the organization …

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Technology, Higher Education, and ‘Power and Progress’

[ad_1] Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle over Technology and Prosperity by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson Published in May of 2023. Does technology advance higher education? This question seems ridiculous to those of us who work in educational technology and online learning. Of course, technology pushes higher education forward. Who would want to go …

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UNC Chapel Hill responds to Supreme Court ruling

[ad_1] University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill responded on Friday to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week barring the university (and Harvard University) from using affirmative action in undergraduate admissions. In a message to the campus, Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz said, “Our responsibility to comply …

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