Some retirees opting for campus life
Retirement communities, typically nestled near beaches or golf courses, are beginning to emerge somewhere else: on university campuses, reports the New York Times.
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Legislators support internet privacy, but question how to do it
Lawmakers examining the Federal Trade Commission’s recommendation for a “do not track” mechanism to restrict the monitoring of internet users said that they supported stricter safeguards for consumer…
Groups make late push to salvage bill aiding illegal immigrant students
Immigrant advocate groups have mobilized across the country in what they call a last-ditch effort to persuade Congress to pass a bill that would grant legal status to…
U.S. school graduation rate is rising
The nation’s high school graduation rate, which declined in the latter part of the 20th century, may have hit bottom and begun to rise, says the New York…
Netflix partner says Comcast ‘toll’ threatens online video delivery
Level 3 Communications, a central partner in the Netflix online movie service, accused Comcast on Monday of charging a new fee that puts Internet video companies at a…
When the software is the sportswriter
StatSheet is working to endow software with the ability to turn game statistics into articles about college basketball games, reports the New York Times.
The attention-span myth
Polemicists of various stripes continue to calibrate the effect of technology on attention spans, reports the New York Times.
An unsealed lawsuit indicates Dell hid faults of computers
Documents unsealed Thursday in a three-year-old lawsuit against Dell have raised more questions about how the company handled an unprecedented number of faulty computers sold to governments, schools…
California court backs illegal immigrant students
In a unanimous decision, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday that illegal immigrants can be eligible for the same reduced tuition at public colleges and universities as legal…
F.B.I. seeks wider wiretap law for web
Robert S. Mueller III, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, traveled to Silicon Valley on Tuesday to meet with top executives of several technology firms about…