youtube-nocookie.com and open.spotify.com, or use the options below.This week on TechCheck for grades 9–12: Ataraxos uses a generative model to sample hidden-piece setups and beat Stratego's top player — cheaply, with public code; a 16-year-old's AI agent found a Microsoft service that never verified JWT signatures, and the 12-day path from report to $5,000 payout; Fairfax County is installing a room-temperature 4-qubit quantum computer at Skyview High School; Google's Project Suncatcher put AI chips in orbit, where heat, not power, is the hard part; and TikTok and Roblox settlements show how app design rules get set without a new law. CS-, debate- and career-ready. IN THIS EPISODE
A reusable 9–12 worksheet and a copy-your-own Google Form. Same template every week, so students learn the routine once.
5 quick polls, a story-of-the-week vote, and a 5-question quiz. Answers are anonymous and count toward your class on the grade-band leaderboard. This one has closed — results and answers are up.
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