Opinion: What do students lose when they stop writing?
Educators are worried that many students can no longer write essays without AI. And it's costing more than just grammar skills.
How you can learn to regain your focus and practice paying attention
When was the last time you actually finished reading something without repeatedly checking your phone?
OpenAI cuts developer pricing for frontier GPT-5.6 Sol model by more than 20%
Aug 21 (Reuters) - OpenAI said on Friday it is cutting the prices of its frontier GPT-5.6 Sol model for developers by more than 20% for the next three months, as the ChatGPT maker faces growing competition from Anthropic and Chinese AI models.
SEC charges former Bank of America investment banker with insider trading
NEW YORK, Aug 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday charged a former senior Bank of America investment banker with insider trading, alleging he tipped a longtime friend and former colleague about a pending merger, allowing the friend to make $18.5 million of illegal profit.
TikTok agrees to $400 million US children's privacy settlement
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance on Friday agreed to a $400-million settlement to resolve the U.S. Justice Department's allegations the short-video app violated children's online privacy.
Ethiopian Airlines to expand services to DR Congo's capital
ADDIS ABABA, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopian Airlines, the largest airline in Africa and one of the fastest-growing airline brands globally, has announced its new flight service to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
China-Sierra Leone bilateral trade hits 2.3 bln USD in 2025
FREETOWN, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- The bilateral trade between China and Sierra Leone reached 2.3 billion U.S. dollars in 2025, nearly 30 percent higher than in 2024, according to Chinese Ambassador to Sierra Leone Zhao Yong.
UNMISS enhances security patrols after 5 deaths at South Sudan IDP camp
JUBA, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has stepped up peacekeeping patrols in and around the Bentiu internally displaced persons (IDP) camp, after a Wednesday incident resulted in at least five deaths and 33 injuries among civilians and security personnel.
Apple paid 40% of its global taxes to Ireland in last fiscal year
DUBLIN, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Apple paid Ireland $17.1 billion in taxes last year, representing around 40% of its worldwide total, according to a company filing that detailed the iPhone maker's global tax liabilities country-by-country.
Nvidia invests in data center developer Cloverleaf Infrastructure
Aug 21 (Reuters) - Nvidia has made a minority investment in privately held Cloverleaf Infrastructure to develop infrastructure to power AI data center projects across the U.S., the companies said on Friday.
