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If you have any sensitive data at all — and these days who doesn’t? — at some point you are going to need to find a way to securely wipe it. It’s a fact of life. Here’s a quick guide …

Here’s how with artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and other emerging technology, it is now possible to monitor and control the online education scenario more than ever before.

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/332224…

We’ve known Microsoft had something new and Surfacey up its sleeve for this week. Turns out the company’s finally ready to unveil the long-promised Surface Hub 2S.

https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/17/microsofts-more-portable-surface-hub-s2-ships-in-june-for-9000/…

Ed tech startup Derivita today launched its new online homework system. Derivita can be used with any textbook or open educational resource, providing “deeper and more complicated question types to elevate math learning,” according to a news announcement. Its assessment …

We’re certainly on to something when we say the brain is a computer – even if we don’t yet know what exactly we’re on to.

https://aeon.co/essays/your-brain-probably-is-a-computer-whatever-that-means…

Passwords are a problem. Every account should have a unique password that’s hard to guess. But how do you remember all those unique passwords when you have a lot of accounts?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinmurnane/2019/04/21/how-to-create-unique-passwords-for-every-account-that-are-hard-to-guess-and-easy-to-remember/#3d612f511da1…

Today we are sharing with you this interesting collection of web tools that students researchers can use to manage their references, compile bibliographies, generate citations, access journal articles and many more.

https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2019/04/5-handy-tools-for-research-students.html…

Libraries are finding new ways to measure their worth. They’re counting how many times students use electronic library resources or visit in person, and comparing that to how well the students do in their classes and how likely they are …

Classhook is a video service that provides clips from popular shows and movies to help teachers convey targeted outcomes and learning intentions. Classhook has aimed to meet the needs of teachers by allowing users to search popular videos by subject …

Here are 10 good ways of getting books for free on your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet, without breaking copyright law.

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/10-ways-to-download-and-read-books-online-for-free-library/…

We need educate ourselves on how to detect malware and ransomware, and invest in software that has your data’s best interest at its core. Here are six easy ‘hackticts’ that are guaranteed to help keep your data secure.

https://thenextweb.com/podium/2019/04/14/6-things-you-should-do-to-protect-yourself-from-hackers-but-probably-wont/…

Thinking about the future allows us to imagine what kind of future we want to live in and how we can get there.

https://er.educause.edu/articles/2019/3/five-principles-for-thinking-like-a-futurist…