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Sweden’s long-running digital-access policies and startup ecosystem have produced an outsized share of AI 'unicorns' per capita, according to founders and analysts. The article traces the...

Local opposition and tighter municipal review processes have blocked or delayed a wave of proposed data centers, threatening supply chains for AI compute and cloud capacity. Data Center Watch and...

Cybersecurity experts and major tech firms are promoting passkeys as a more secure, user‑friendly alternative to traditional passwords, urging institutions to accelerate adoption. The article...

JLL’s Workforce Preference Barometer finds that the locus of employer–employee conflict has shifted from 'where' to 'when'—workers increasingly demand control over schedules rather than just...

JLL’s profile of the "empowered non‑complier" identifies a cohort of high-skill employees who selectively ignore mandated in‑office days. These workers—often managers in tech roles aged about...

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said the bank hired 2,000 recent graduates from 200,000 applicants and that many new entrants to the workforce are anxious about AI and the job market. Moynihan...

Education leaders outlined 11 recurring problems school and district leaders are prioritizing in 2026, including equity, student engagement, chronic absenteeism, multilingual learners and staff...

Students at St. John’s College organized a week‑long 'tech fast' that replaced phone-based communication with chalkboard notices and analog practices, offering a live test of low‑tech pedagogy on...

A university concluded that a faculty member’s online post, which the professor defended as satire, met the institution’s threshold for "disruption," prompting criticism from free‑speech advocates...

Virginia’s outgoing Republican officials asked a federal judge to block the state’s Dream Act, eliminating in‑state tuition eligibility for undocumented students and aligning state policy with the...

Higher education IT and research leaders are being reminded that AI projects fail not because of models but because underlying institutional data is fragmented, inconsistent and poorly governed....

Security commentators are urging organizations to replace password-based authentication with passkeys—device‑bound credentials backed by major vendors—to reduce phishing and credential reuse...

Leading commentators argue the international AI debate is miscast as a zero‑sum race and warn that export‑control and rivalry narratives could harm academic collaboration and research ecosystems....

Local opposition to large, energy‑intensive data center projects is spreading, with town halls and municipal boards rejecting or delaying proposals across multiple states. Commercial‑real‑estate...

A student‑organized "tech fast" at St. John’s College replaced smartphones with chalkboards and face‑to‑face coordination for one week. Organizers framed the exercise as an experiment in...

Harvard Law Professor Randall Kennedy delivered a broad critique touching on federal extortion risks, perceived overreach in diversity‑equity‑inclusion efforts, and legal strategies around...

Workplace research identifies a new worker archetype: the "empowered non‑complier"—skilled employees who accept hybrid location rules but resist mandated schedules. While the study focused on...

Sweden’s long‑term policy mix—public programs to increase home computer access, strong university‑industry ties and targeted support for startups—helped create a high per‑capita flow of AI and...

Northwestern University struck a deal with the Trump administration to restore nearly $800 million in frozen federal research funding, and the settlement imposes new controls on campus speech and...

Bill Ackman publicly declared financial and public support for former Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino, saying she is innocent of allegations that led Harvard to strip her of...