The AI-Powered PDF Marks the End of an Era

As Adobe rolls out more generative AI features for the PDF, the era of chatbot-less software is firmly a thing of the past.

The Plan to Turn the Caribbean’s Glut of Sargassum Into Biofuel

With record-breaking quantities of the seaweed set to hit Mexico’s beaches, experts propose converting it into biogas and construction materials, as well as using it to underwrite carbon credits.

The End of Handwriting

For years, smartphones and computers have threatened to erase writing by hand. Would that be so bad?

WIRED Takes You Back to School

Young people entering classrooms this fall need a totally different tool set than the generations before them.

Is Roblox Getting Worse?

Long plagued by moderation issues, the platform recently released a series of updates aimed at improving the experience for kids. Experts worry they could have the opposite effect.

What Do Kids Actually Think About AI?

Parents, teachers, and experts have big opinions about the impacts of AI on young people and education. But what do the students themselves say?

Teachers Are Trying to Make AI Work for Them

Since the start of the AI boom, teachers have been tasked with figuring out if LLMs are helpful tools or a cheat code. This is how they’re bringing AI to their curricula.

The Tweens Down Under: Life Without Social Media in Australia

As Australia rolls out a ban on social media for kids under 16, tech companies face steep fines and teens face life without TikTok, Instagram, and other platforms. Will it work?

Tech in the Classroom: A History of Hype and Hysteria

From calculators to ChatGPT, the introduction of new technology into schools has long inspired frenzied discourse: Will it revolutionize the system or rot kids’ brains? It often does neither.

How Microschools Became the Latest Tech Mogul Obsession

Between homeschool provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill and Trump’s attempts to gut the Department of Education, teaching kids looks different now. Silicon Valley’s answer? Microschools.