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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Robots

Japanese Elementary School Kids Now Being Taught by Saya the Robot

6:23PM Elaine Chow | Elementary school teachers watch out. Japan’s trying to make you obsolete! In lieu of a real flesh and blood person, one primary class in Tokyo is now getting a robot teacher named Saya. More »
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Thursday, November 27, 2008
Online

Pop-Up Porn Teacher Cops a Plea to Escape Jail Time

9:00AM Sean Fallon | You may recall a case last year involving Julie Amero, a substitute junior high school teacher in Connecticut that was arrested and threatened with a 40 year prison sentence after the computer in her classroom began to display pornographic pop-ups in front of her students. Any one with even the slightest knowledge of computers could tell you that this was completely ridiculous—especially after learning that the computer system in the school was woefully ill-equipped to handle spyware and viruses. Still, officials and the police refused to admit that they had made a mistake and pressed on with their case. Now Amero has been forced to cut a plea deal in order to avoid jail. More »
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