
Google will switch off AI and Search for school accounts until schools opt in
Google says Gemini and Search will be off for K-12 student accounts until administrators turn them on, and a school that wants no AI loses Search too.
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Google says Gemini and Search will be off for K-12 student accounts until administrators turn them on, and a school that wants no AI loses Search too.

Marvell and Lumentum agreed to combine, betting that AI data centers will soon move data with light instead of copper. The deal should close in the first half of 2028.

Anthropic says it added two sentences to Claude Code on Opus 5.5 so it will not recreate someone else's specific game. Users also report reverse engineering refusals.

The next Linux kernel took in nearly 20,000 commits before its first test build, the most ever. Phoronix ties the surge to AI tools, while Linus Torvalds says it is not the only reason.

The network that pays people to rent out idle Macs for AI work told its members to expect less money, because the price of AI tokens keeps sliding.

David Durman, a University of Kentucky administrator, got a Title VII accommodation so he doesn't have to use AI in his job. The American Humanist Association calls it a first for humanism.





