youtube-nocookie.com and open.spotify.com, or use the options below.This week on TechCheck for grades 9–12: students delivered a 1,000-signature petition asking New York City to extend its K-8 pause on student-facing AI to the high-school pilots, which the district says will continue with written notice to families; the UK regulator Ofcom shortlisted four age-check methods ahead of an expected under-16 social media ban and admitted the risk of circumvention cannot be entirely eliminated; MIT engineers published a tethered soft robot that inches through the small intestine using inflatable chambers and kirigami scales; Node.js 26 became a long-term support release a week after security patches fixed ten vulnerabilities; and eight invited high schools are competing in USA TODAY's first national esports championship, with the final on December 11. CS-, debate- and career-ready. IN THIS EPISODE
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