Greg Toppo

Where robots fail: Why education can’t just be digital

venturebeat.com — Thanks to technology, we're watching a revolution happen in education right now. From the explosion in popularity of language learning apps like Mindsnacks to the media furor about the rise of massive open online courses (MOOCs), companies are being built around the idea that technology can radically reshape our relationship with education.

Student's self-driving car tech wins Intel science fair

nbcnews.com — 8 minutes ago When self-driving cars reach the masses, thanks may be due to a 19-year-old high-school student from Romania who developed an artificial intelligence that slashes the cost of the technology. He took top prize - a $75,000 scholarship - Friday at an international science and engineering fair.

Dear L.A. pastry chefs, please make us a cronut

latimes.com — When New York pastry chef Dominique Ansel created the cronut, a croissant-donut hybrid that looks like a deep fried croissant on steroids, he created a new medical condition: cronut fever. We want that fever and we want it bad. There is a little mayhem in New York City over the cronut.

The big screen adaptation of ASSASSIN'S CREED has been given a release date!!!

aintitcool.com — Hey Yo! Draven here. Coming Soon is reporting that the ASSASSIN'S CREED film adaptation will be hitting theaters May 22, 2015, so just two short years away. (Man, what a summer 2015 will be if all of these films stick around.)

Teachers elect Lewis to 2nd term as CTU head

chicagotribune.com — Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis , an often controversial leader who took on Mayor Rahm Emanuel in a strike last fall and has been leading the fight against the district’s plan to close schools, was reelected to a second three-year term Friday, according to preliminary and still unofficial results released by the district.

Michelle Obama's bangs are no more

usatoday.com — After only four months, the first lady has returned to her softly layered, um, roots. First lady Michelle Obama delivers the commencement speech during the Bowie State University graduation ceremony at the Comcast Center on the campus of the University of Maryland on May 17.

Bring MARACAS La Clase del Mundo Animated Series to Life

kickstarter.com — Amanda Seewald, M.Ed. is raising funds for Bring MARACAS La Clase del Mundo Animated Series to Life on Kickstarter! MARACAS is ready to bring full Spanish immersion learning to an animated interactive series that will engage children and families.

$1M in jewelry stolen at Cannes film festival

usatoday.com — According to France 24 of ITV news, thieves broke in the hotel room of a Chopard employee, where the jewels were being kept in a safe. Nicole Kidman arrives at the Calvin Klein party, in Cannes on Thursday.