Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more Mashable Selects Look Up Say More Safety Net Versus Creator Playbook In My Bag Trending Now Back to School Good Connection: Uplifting stories for a digital age Switch Off All Series All the tech skills deemed obsolete in the age of AI. Chase joined Mashable's Social Good team in 2020, covering online stories about digital activism, climate justice, accessibility, and media representation. Where, oh where, did our WPMs go? If you're unfamiliar with the name, she was the not-entirely-real icon behind classroom software that taught generations of students touch typing. Beacon was a celebrity of early digital literacy, with generations of learners collectively misremembering her as a real-life elite typer -- not just a made-up name attached to the likeness of model Renée L'Esperance.

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Natasha Singer's book "Coding Kids" tracks how public schools were bewitched by private corporations, setting the stage for the ed-tech backlash of today. Over Labor Day weekend, Springfield Public Schools, a district in western Massachusetts that serves twenty-three thousand students across some sixty schools, fell prey to a cyberattack that shuttered classes for four days. Staff members lost access to students' contact information, transcripts, and medical records; internal phone lines, security-camera systems, and even copy machines went down. Teachers and students couldn't use their school-issued laptops or log into their e-mail or other school applications from home devices. Springfield's schools use the Microsoft 365 Education and PowerSchool software platforms to house most of the stuff of everyday learning--schedules, assignments, slide decks, readings, handouts, quizzes--but everything stored there was now out of reach.

Image caption, At least 156 people, including 120 children, were killed in February's strike on the primary school in Minab UN human rights experts say there are reasonable grounds to believe the US committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran that killed at least 177 civilians. A new report by the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran, external said February's missile strikes on a primary school in Minab and a sports complex in Lamerd constituted indiscriminate attacks causing civilian deaths and damage to civilian infrastructure. There was no immediate comment from the US. It has previously denied striking Lamerd and said it is investigating what happened in Minab. The experts also found Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity during a crackdown on mass anti-government protests in January.

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Alabama vs Kentucky over 48.5 is the college football betting play as both offenses look strong Texas Longhorns seek revenge against top-ranked Ohio State after last season's seven-point loss OutKick's Craig Carton reveals the real reason Nike stock is in the tank: 'They're failing miserably' Missouri coach explains why he tried to'embarrass' rival Kansas in final seconds Yankees, sports world remember 25th anniversary of 9/11 with'God Bless America' and moments of silence Tua Tagovailoa ruled out of Falcons' opener with oblique injury, Cooper Rush steps in against Steelers WWE's Roxanne Perez unconcerned about being without Judgment Day stablemates for massive Triplemania 34 match Taylor Townsend wins US Open doubles final, praises black'representation' Astros bullpen ERA of 4.11 could be the deciding factor as Tampa Bay Rays protect their postseason lead Kansas renews Border War rivalry with Missouri by calling Tigers'evil,' invoking slavery imagery Trump has a'tall order' in Ireland, expert warns Young people are'embracing' political violence in numbers we haven't seen before: Jonathan Turley Be sure to catch Trey's reporting on X @TreyWallace and at OutKick.com AUSTIN, Texas - The anticipation has been brewing since last year's dud of a game in Columbus. The rematch is set for Saturday night in Texas, as Ohio State makes the 1,234 mile trek to Austin for a rematch with the Longhorns. But more importantly, Steve Sarkisian will have his'semifinals aren't good enough' mantra tested by a Buckeyes team looking to make another Big Ten statement in what is now SEC Country. While the offseason has been filled with questions surrounding whether this is the year Arch Manning takes the next step in becoming one of the best quarterbacks to come out of Austin, the bigger question is whether both Texas and Ohio State can justify spending over $40 million on their 2026 roster. LSU PRESIDENT WADE ROUSSE ENDS LANE KIFFIN'S SEC SHOWDOWN, BUT THERE IS STILL RELATIONSHIPS TO MEND In reality, the storylines write themselves when it comes to what happens on the field.

Alabama vs Kentucky over 48.5 is the college football betting play as both offenses look strong Texas Longhorns seek revenge against top-ranked Ohio State after last season's seven-point loss OutKick's Craig Carton reveals the real reason Nike stock is in the tank: 'They're failing miserably' Missouri coach explains why he tried to'embarrass' rival Kansas in final seconds Yankees, sports world remember 25th anniversary of 9/11 with'God Bless America' and moments of silence Tua Tagovailoa ruled out of Falcons' opener with oblique injury, Cooper Rush steps in against Steelers WWE's Roxanne Perez unconcerned about being without Judgment Day stablemates for massive Triplemania 34 match Taylor Townsend wins US Open doubles final, praises black'representation' Astros bullpen ERA of 4.11 could be the deciding factor as Tampa Bay Rays protect their postseason lead Kansas renews Border War rivalry with Missouri by calling Tigers'evil,' invoking slavery imagery Trump has a'tall order' in Ireland, expert warns Young people are'embracing' political violence in numbers we haven't seen before: Jonathan Turley Elite high school quarterback Peyton'Pop' Houston joins'America's Newsroom' to discuss his starring role in the Fox Nation series'God. The future LSU quarterback and Louisiana native shares how he maintains a perfect 4.0 GPA while dominating on the field. Another week, another absolutely dominant showing by Tennessee commit, David Gabriel Georges. Here at OutKick, I like to spend my Saturdays A) talking about college football, but B) giving the high school fellas some shine. I love high school football .

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In Emily St. John Mandel's new novel, becoming a "ghost" means running afoul of the state. In this excerpt, a secret agent discovers it doesn't take much. True diligence is I read the sentence in a detective novel in childhood, when I was 8 or 9 years old, and then the phrase stayed with me forever after. For a long time I wrote in stylized curly letters on the inside page of every notebook, or sometimes on the front cover. I had notebooks for writing down clues, because even at 9 I wanted to work for the Internal Intelligence Service. What child doesn't secretly wish to be a spy? We were terrified and fascinated by Service in equal measure. Service was dark cars moving down the block, men and women in forgettable clothing stopping our parents on the street for brief random interrogations. Service was the force that made people disappear--when I was in the first grade, my friend from across the street climbed into the back of a black car with her parents, and their apartment stood empty for a year before other people moved in--but also Service carried a kind of dark glamour, an aura of power that called to us.