AI is scoring college essays and conducting interviews, a new layer in admissions stress

Applicants are not supposed to use AI to write college essays. But colleges are using AI to help assess applications. At ...
Inside Higher Ed

Could Financial Aid Previews Level the Early Decision Playing Field?

With the imminent arrival of early-decision results comes a new round of hand-wringing about the admissions practice, which affords students a better chance of getting accepted to their top ...
Town & Country

College Admissions: What to Do If You Didn’t Get in via Early Decision

It’s that time of year again when high school seniors who applied to their top-choice college via early decision (a binding process in which students agree to attend if accepted) are beginning to ...
TechCrunch

Instagram’s new ‘Your Algorithm’ tool gives you more control over the Reels you see

Instagram is introducing a new tool that lets you see and control your algorithm, starting with Reels, the company announced on Wednesday. The new tool, called “Your Algorithm,” lets you view the ...
Business Insider

Recap: Understanding what the Fed's rate decision means for you

The Federal Reserve announced it will cut interest rates by a quarter-point. The central bank also shared its forecast for inflation and unemployment. BI's economy and markets teams explained what the ...
ABC News

Instagram gives users control of their algorithms in new feature

Users can note which content they would like to view more frequently. Instagram is handing users some control in deciding what content they see. The social media giant is allowing users to have a say ...
The New York Times

The Early Decision Option Is a Racket. Shut It Down.

Mr. Currell was a deputy undersecretary and senior adviser at the Department of Education from 2018 to 2021. He is a trustee of Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn. This week, about 200,000 ...
Wired

Game Theory Explains How Algorithms Can Drive Up Prices

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.
Frontiers

Development of a machine learning-based predictive model for osteoporosis risk and its application in clinical decision support

1 Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China 2 Affiliated Hospital of Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China Objective: This study was aimed at ...
CNN

Trump has suggested he’s made a decision on Venezuela military operations. Here’s what we know

President Donald Trump suggested he has made up his mind on a course of action in Venezuela following multiple high-level briefings last week and a mounting US show of force in the region. Officials ...
NPR

Supreme Court declines to revisit gay marriage decision

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case challenging its landmark decision to legalize gay marriage nationwide. The challenge to the court's 2015 ruling came from Kim Davis, the ...