The College Board is raking in cash as it promotes its AP exam among low-income students, many of whom are failing it

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The Advanced Placement program has long offered rigorous college-level coursework to millions of students.

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  • In 2023, a record number of low-income students took Advanced Placement exams.
  • The College Board made about $500 million in revenue as a result.
  • The problem? A sizable number of those low-income students didn't pass.

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Yemen's Houthi rebels hijacked a cargo ship in the Red Sea on Iran's orders, Israel says

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A cargo ship.

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  • Yemeni Houthi rebels hijacked a cargo ship in the Red Sea on Sunday.
  • The group has pledged to take action against Israeli ships until attacks on Gaza stopped.
  • Israel claimed Iran was behind the incident.

Israel said that a cargo ship was hijacked in the Red Sea by Yemen's Houthi rebels on Iran's orders.

The cargo ship, Galaxy Leader, was traveling from Turkey to India and

Researchers explored pitch-black pits in Yucatán's labyrinthine underwater caves to unlock the secrets of the rivers that provide drinking water to millions

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Divers swam throughout Yucatán's underwater caves taking samples of the different microbes that live there.

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  • The Yucatán Peninsula's underwater caves cover over 900 miles.
  • Its cenotes, or sinkholes, are an important drinking water resource for the region.
  • Researchers mapped unique communities of microbes in a dozen areas of the cave system.

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Fear that AI could one day destroy humanity may have led to Sam Altman's (potentially brief) ouster from OpenAI

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Sam Altman (left) and Ilya Sutskever (right) may have had differences on how to balance AI innovation with regulation.

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  • Fears over the speed of AI development at OpenAI may have sowed discord within its top ranks.
  • Some OpenAI board members may have disagreed with Altman's approach to AI innovation.
  • OpenAI cofounder Ilya Sutskever has long called for caution due to concerns AI could harm

Ukraine says it has pushed Russian forces back up to 5 miles from the banks of Dnipro river, in first possible counteroffensive success

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A Ukrainian serviceman jumps out of a small boat onto the shore of the Dnipro river, almost silhouetted against the mist with another soldier behind him, at the frontline near Kherson, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023.
A Ukrainian serviceman jumps out of the boat onto the shore of the Dnipro river near Kherson, Ukraine, 15 October 2023.

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  • Russian and Ukrainian foces have been battling on the banks of the Dnipro river.
  • A Ukrainian official said Russian forces had been pushed back around 3 to 5 miles.
  • It would be a rare success in Ukraine's counteroffensive, but it might be difficult to maintain

Most of ESPN’s accounts went dark after Disney dropped advertising on X

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Most of ESPN’s accounts were inactive yesterday after Disney announced on Friday that it was done advertising on X, formerly Twitter. Disney’s decision followed posts by platform owner Elon Musk agreeing with antisemitic and white power accounts. AwfulAnnouncing spotted the inactivity yesterday, noting that the main ESPN account has almost 50 million followers.

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Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd's daily routine: 5:15 a.m wake-ups and dialing into meetings after dropping her son off at school

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  • Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd is stepping down as CEO after almost a decade.
  • The exec said she hadn't "lived like a twentysomething since I started Bumble in 2014."
  • Here's a look at her daily routine over the years.

Whitney Wolfe Herd recently announced that she was stepping down as the CEO of the dating app Bumble after nearly 10 years and moving into the role of executive