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Proton Drive client is (finally) coming to Linux
Proton has confirmed it is working on a Proton Drive client for Linux desktops. The announcement slipped out as part of a broader platform update. Proton
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Kids need less screen time at home and at school | CNN
Many parents know they should limit kids’ screen time at home. Teachers, however, may not set those rules, and their absence is hurting kids’ academic performance.
I’ve compiled a list of 200+ useful websites/ apps for a range of uses : r/webdev
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LinkedIn Scans Every Chrome User's Browser Extensions and Ties the Inventory to Their Professional Identity
Every time a professional opens LinkedIn in a Chrome-based browser today, hidden JavaScript silently probes their device for up to 6,278 installed browser extensions, encrypts the results, and transmits them to LinkedIn's servers — where they are attached to that user's verified name, employer, and c
Lowe’s and Home Depot are sharing customer data with law enforcement – FlowingData
The stores use Flock cameras to collect license plate data from cars entering parking lots. Law enforcement is tapping the data as a source for their growing surveillance systems. Jason Koebler for…
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Opinion | Kill Canvas. Now.
Last Thursday, the inevitable happened. In the middle of finals at many colleges, a hacking group called ShinyHunters breached the security of Canvas, a widely used learning-management system (LMS), …
Smashing Security podcast #467: How ShinyHunters hacked the world’s biggest universities
Welcome to the largest educational data breach in history - affecting nearly 9,000 institutions, every Ivy League university, and 30 million students mid-finals. When Canvas's parent company refused to pay and announced they had deployed "security patches" instead, the hackers were less than impresse
An end to the reading wars? More US schools embrace phonics
Move over “Dick and Jane.” A different approach to teaching kids how to read is on the rise.For decades, two schools of thought have clashed on how to best teach children to read, with passionate backers on each side of the so-called reading wars. The battle has reached into homes via commercials for
Instructure reaches 'agreement' with ShinyHunters to stop data leak
Instructure, the edtech giant behind the widely popular Canvas learning management system (LMS), has reached an "agreement" with the ShinyHunters extortion group to prevent the data stolen in a recent breach from being leaked online. [...]
Four Free Tools to Cut Workflow Friction in 2026 – TCEA TechNotes Blog
Four free, mostly open-source tools for screen recording, screenshots, PDF editing, and classroom whiteboarding.
Screen Time Concerns Lead to Backlash Against Edtech Vetting Process
SCHOOL SOFTWARE SCRUTINY: Legislators have pushed back against cellphones in the classroom but are now focused on ensuring school software on devices ...
ShinyHunters: Instructure breach affects 275 million teachers and students | Mashable
ShinyHunters has struck yet again.
Palo Alto Networks firewall zero-day exploited for nearly a month
Palo Alto Networks warned customers that suspected state-sponsored hackers have been exploiting a critical-severity PAN-OS firewall zero-day vulnerability for nearly a month.
The Noise Inside the Quiet
Silence can be painfully loud and leaders who miss it, miss everything. Silence within a team is not a reliable indicator of agreement; more often, it reflects concern about potential consequences and peer judgment, where individuals make a calculated decision that speaking up is not worth the personal or professional risk. Gradually, this evolves into what many refer to as “shrinking.”
Shrinking is seldom an individual trait but a response shaped by team dynamics that, over time, makes staying quiet feel like the only safe choice.
When Disaster Strikes: The Cyber Edition – TCEA TechNotes Blog
Back in December 2017, I wrote about a tabletop exercise game built after hearing Round Rock ISD's CTO (Chief Technology Officer) Mark Gabehart (now
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