North Dakota colleges three-year bachelor's degree programs approved by State Board of Higher Education on Jan. 29, allowing students to graduate a year earlier starting fall 2026.

Three in four teens use artificial intelligence companion chatbots for emotional support, raising safety concerns after suicides were linked to these interactions.

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Plus: Apple's Lockdown mode keeps the FBI out of a reporter's phone, Elon Musk's Starlink cuts off Russian forces, and more. An analysis by WIRED this week found that ICE and CBP's face recognition app Mobile Fortify, which is being used to identify people across the United States, isn't actually designed to verify who people are and was only approved for Department of Homeland Security use by relaxing some of the agency's own privacy rules. WIRED took a close look at highly militarized ICE and CBP units that use extreme tactics typically seen only in active combat. Two agents involved in the shooting deaths of US citizens in Minneapolis are reportedly members of these paramilitary units. And a new report from the Public Service Alliance this week found that data brokers can fuel violence against public servants, who are facing more and more threats but have few ways to protect their personal information under state privacy laws.