Is it safe to let AI touch important files? — From the news about lecture notes being deleted and recovered thanks to Dropbox

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GCN

Across studies testing recall after lectures, paper notebook writers outscored laptop typists on conceptual questions, and handwriters working from memory beat typists who got ...

The laptop is open, the cursor blinks, and every word a colleague says appears on screen almost as fast as it is spoken. Or so it seems. Longhand note-taking forces a choice that typing never demands.
Nature

About to give your first lecture? Read this first

Ľubomír Tomáška still remembers the first university lecture he gave more than 30 years ago. He was a first-year PhD student when a senior teacher asked him to cover an introductory genetics class.
BBC

Robert Macfarlane to challenge humanity’s ‘superiority complex’ in the 2026 BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures

At a time of ecological crisis, extreme weather events and a rapidly heating climate, Robert Macfarlane’s Reith Lectures will examine what is in his view one of the most consequential stories humans ...
Macworld

How to scan documents on iPhone and save them as PDFs

Sometimes, you need to turn a piece of paper into a digital file. Maybe you need to include a receipt, registration, or other form of proof in an online form. Maybe you want to keep copies of your ...
Yale Environment 360

In DeVane Lectures, literary scholar and dean of Yale College will explore the ‘purposes’ of higher education

Pericles Lewis, who in his role as dean of Yale College guides the undergraduate academic and residential experience, will lead a course examining the many objectives of higher education, beyond the ...
Inside Higher Ed

Can’t Quit the Lecture? Try Quasi-Active Learning

Step into most college classrooms today and you will likely see a familiar scene: slides glowing at the front, a professor lecturing, students scribbling notes or staring at laptops. Despite decades ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A New Book of Toni Morrison’s University Lectures, Now Collected for the First Time, Shares Some of the Legendary Novelist’s Most Important Lessons

Before her career as a novelist, Toni Morrison was a teacher. The famed American author, best known for works such as Beloved and Song of Solomon, was born in Lorain, Ohio, in 1931. After attending ...
CNN

Peter Thiel’s secret lectures on Antichrist in Rome spark debate

Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and MAGA donor, is in Rome this week for a series of private lectures on the Antichrist. It’s an event that the Vatican, and the pope, are treating with ...
Forbes

Google Notebook Rolls Out Lecture Mode With British Flair

The screen displays the inscription ''NotebookLM'' during a meeting between Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk at Google for Startups in Warsaw, Poland, on ...