How Schools Are Turning Old PCs Into Speedy Computers

1. Schools are turning dead PCs into fast Chromebooks — and helping Google beat Microsoft in the classroom.

By Ben Popper in the Verge

2. To unlock the power of genetic medicine for everyone, we need to democratize how we sequence DNA.

By Jane Wakefield at BBC

3. Oil prices might be cratering, but the battery boom is driving prices for lithium way up.

By David Stringer and Martin Ritchie in Bloomberg Business

4. Here’s how fairy tales could teach robots to be nice.

By Michelle Starr at CNET

5. Is messaging the future of news?

By Felix Salmon on Fusion

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