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Understanding the tech giants' oversized influence in American schools

Big tech companies like Apple and Microsoft use devices, training and conferences for teachers and students to embed in schools. The New York Times' Natasha Singer discusses the impact in Coding Kids.

Understanding the tech giants' oversized influence in American schools

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The US$5 Flight That Could Change Regional Aviation

For most travelers, five dollars barely covers a coffee and a snack at the airport. In Plattsburgh, New York, it was enough electricity to keep an aircraft weighing more than 11 tons in the air for 27 minutes. That was the striking result of the first flight of the X1, the full-scale electric demonstrator developed […]

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