• By Helen Coster Oct 28 (Reuters) – In the AI capital of the world, sixth-grade humanities teacher Tristen Chang is designing her classroom so students can’t rely on chatbots. Starting last year, Chang did away with take-home essays and began using oral exams to test students at her San Francisco school. She asks students 15 […]
  • By Mrinalika Roy Oct 28 (Reuters) – Women in the US struggling to find hormone replacement treatments to manage menopause symptoms are facing shortages beyond estrogen patches amid surging demand, with some injectable and vaginal estrogen products also in short supply. The US Food and Drug Administration has been working with manufacturers since September to […]
  • By Diana Novak Jones Oct 28 (Reuters) – Two teenage plaintiffs who say social media caused them to develop serious mental health problems will take Meta Platforms and Snap to trial in Los Angeles on Wednesday in the latest test of claims raised in thousands of US lawsuits over social media’s impact on young people. […]
  • Oct 28 (Reuters) – On more than 100,000 acres of Nevada desert east of Reno, one of the world’s largest concentrations of data centers is taking shape, providing years of work for thousands of electricians, pipefitters and other union tradespeople who are building it. About 400 miles southeast, along the iconic Las Vegas Strip, the […]
  • By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) – The US Department of Energy said on Wednesday it has closed a $5.1 billion loan package to Alliant Energy to expand power generation and bolster the grid at plants in Iowa and Wisconsin.  The investments from the department’s loans office will support new natural gas-fired power plants, […]