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Astropad Workbench 1.3 adds faster streaming, privacy curtain, and more

Astropad has released Workbench 1.3, its largest update to the remote desktop app since the launch earlier this year. The release adds several tools for accessing unattended Macs, along with changes to performance and reliability.

9to5Mac · 41 minutes ago

Is leasing an iPhone right for you? How Apple's Upgrade Program works and who it's for

Apple recently partnered with Klarna to revamp its Upgrade Program, which lets you lease some Apple devices for a low monthly fee.

ZDNet · 60 minutes ago

Comcast Xfinity Wants to Use Your Wi-Fi as a Motion Sensor in Your Home

CNET · 1 hour ago

UC Berkeley professor admits to using AI to edit op-ed about students’ math skills

Zvezdelina Stankova says she used AI to ‘help edit’ an article about some of her students being ‘five to eight years’ behind A math professor at the University of California, Berkeley, criticizing a “severe” math deficiency among students in an op-ed for the San Francisco Standard, admitted to using artificial intelligence to help edit the piece. The Standard published a 2,000-word piece by Zvezdelina Stankova last week, in which the professor said some of her math students were “five to eight years” behind and lacked a “middle school” education on fractions and basic algebra. Stankova said the UC system’s test-blind admissions were to blame, suggesting that students who weren’t sufficiently prepared for the rigor of Berkeley’s mathematics program were admitted because a longstanding benchmark like the SAT had disappeared. Continue reading...

The Guardian Technology · 1 hour ago