Neowin News Feed for: Students

Dell 15 laptop with 13th gen intel is 18% off for students

Paul Hill — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 03:59:17 +0000

Are you a student looking for a solid, but affordable laptop? Then check out the Dell 15 now and save 18%. It has a matte display, a backlit keyboard, and ergonomic hinges. Read more...

ChatGPT's new 'Study Mode' helps students learn without direct answers

Pradeep Viswanathan — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 17:44:01 +0000

OpenAI has introduced "Study Mode" for ChatGPT, a feature designed to help students learn without providing direct answers. Read more...

Check your eligibility for free three-month trial and price-cut on Microsoft 365 Personal

Paul Hill — Tue, 13 May 2025 06:38:01 +0000

Microsoft 365 Personal is now being handed out as a three month free trial to those eligible. It will also offer a discounted subscription after this period to this select group. Read more...

Google makes Gemini Advanced subscription free for all college students in the US

Pradeep Viswanathan — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 23:54:01 +0000

Google is trying to increase Gemini's adoption by offering its $20/month Google One AI Premium plan, which includes Gemini Advanced and 2TB of storage, for free. Read more...

ChatGPT Plus is now free for college students in the US and Canada

Pradeep Viswanathan — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 23:38:01 +0000

To further expand its user base, OpenAI is offering free ChatGPT Plus subscriptions to students, while also facing infrastructure challenges due to the high demand. Read more...

Gemini adds several new features to help students learn

Pradeep Viswanathan — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 13:54:01 +0000

Google is introducing new features in Gemini to assist students in their learning journey. These features include access to reliable information from OpenStax and more. Read more...

Apple shutters its iOS Developer University Program for students

Aditya Tiwari — Thu, 16 May 2024 20:54:01 +0000

Apple has pulled the plug on its iOS Developer University Program for students this month. The company said that program members can join the Apple Developer Program at no additional cost. Read more...

New MacBook Air, Mac Studio, and Mac Pro available with student discounts

Paul Hill — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 13:46:01 +0000

Apple's new 15-inch MacBook Air, Mac Studio, and Mac Pro are now available to purchase from the company. If you are a student in the United States, you may be eligible for discounts and perks. Read more...

GPTZero and Peerceptiv partner to sniff out AI-written submissions

Paul Hill — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 19:18:01 +0000

GPTZero and Peerceptiv have partnered up to give professors of post-secondary students the tools they need to identify where artificial intelligence has been used to write a person's essay. Read more...

Apple announces Swift Student Challenge for a chance to win WWDC23 swag

Paul Hill — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 00:38:02 +0000

Apple has announced the Swift Student Challenge. It is a chance for budding software developers to enter their project for a chance to win some WWDC23 swag and possibly an invite to Apple Park. Read more...

Microsoft Viva Connections for Education will help kids keep track of everything

Paul Hill — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 19:40:01 +0000

Microsoft has introduced Viva Connections for Education, a dashboard for students to access their many EdTech tools from one place. Admins can adjust the Viva Connections dashboard as needed. Read more...

New York City education department blocks ChatGPT access on school devices and networks

Paul Hill — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 00:44:01 +0000

New York City's education department has taken steps to block access to OpenAI's ChatGPT on school devices and networks. Authorities are worried about ChatGPT's accuracy and impact on learning. Read more...

Microsoft Teams gets new education features as new school year approaches

Paul Hill — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 08:28:01 +0000

Microsoft Teams has added new features for educators before the start of the new school year. It brings Reflect, so students can share opinions on assignments and a new, more useful home page. Read more...

Google announces Chromebook repair program for schools, wants it as an elective course

Usama Jawad — Sat, 05 Feb 2022 15:16:01 +0000

Google has announced its Chromebook repair program, publishing documentation about how to do basic repairs yourself. It has encouraged schools to adopt it and wants it as an elective for students too. Read more...

Logitech announces $64.99 stylus for Chromebooks

Usama Jawad — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 18:16:02 +0000

Logitech has announced a $64.99 Pen for students using Chromebooks in educational environments. The peripheral offers 15 days of use on a single charge and 4,096 levels of pressure sensitivity. Read more...

Chinese students are suing Apple because it doesn't ship iPhones with a charger

Paul Hill — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 17:04:02 +0000

Apple is being sued by Chinese students for failure to include a charger with an iPhone. They say that the USB-C to Lightning cable provided doesn't work as advertised by Apple and want compensation. Read more...

Microsoft is working on a new Surface laptop running "Windows 11 SE"

Usama Jawad — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 14:10:09 +0000

Microsoft is reportedly developing a new Surface laptop device targeting educational markets. It will feature a plastic exterior, an 11.6-inch 768p display, up to 8GB of RAM, and "Windows 11 SE". Read more...

Google releases new Android development curriculum

Paul Hill — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 21:08:01 +0000

Google has released a new curriculum that educators can leverage to teach their students how to write Android apps using Kotlin. Google recommends that instructors have some programming knowledge. Read more...

Amazon Future Engineer programme lands in Canada

Paul Hill — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 19:48:02 +0000

Amazon Future Engineer has launched in Canada to help students gain important skills in computer science. The firm will invest $3 million over three years which will benefit over a million kids. Read more...

Students can now stream Hulu for just $1.99 a month

Usman Khan Lodhi — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 18:48:01 +0000

College students can now access Hulu's ad-supported plan for $1.99 per month, a discount of $4 from the plan's usual cost. The offer is restricted to students living in the United States. Read more...

Three to offer disadvantaged school kids unlimited data

Paul Hill — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 00:38:01 +0000

Three is offering disadvantaged school children free unlimited data upgrades to help them engage in remote learning. The data is being provided in partnership with the UK Department for Education. Read more...

AT&T is offering affordable wireless data plans to teachers and students

Usman Khan Lodhi — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 20:52:01 +0000

The firm is attempting to enable connected learning by offering discounted wireless data plans, including free hotspots. It is also committing $10 million to help underserved communities. Read more...

Apple suspends business with Pegatron over labour issues

Paul Hill — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 20:34:01 +0000

Apple has suspended future business with its supplier, Pegatron after it was found to be using student labour outside of normal rules. Pegatron said it's taking corrective measures. Read more...

Netflix has made a selection of documentaries free on YouTube

Usman Khan Lodhi — Sat, 18 Apr 2020 03:48:01 +0000

Many of the firm's nature documentaries, including Our Planet and Babies, have been uploaded to its US YouTube channel. Subtitles in more than 12 languages will be available later this week. Read more...

Minecraft: Education Edition introduces new "Mindful Knight" world and lesson plan

Hamza Jawad — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 20:22:01 +0000

The new world for Minecraft: Education Edition revolves around the retrieval of armor relics through observance of different forms of mindfulness. It is available for download starting today. Read more...

Spotify's student premium plan now includes Showtime along with Hulu

Vishal Laul — Wed, 29 Aug 2018 16:16:01 +0000

Spotify's Premium for Students plan now includes a subscription for Showtime as well as Hulu at the existing price of $4.99/mo. Additionally, new subscribers get Spotify for $0.99 for first 3 months. Read more...

Bangladesh government blocks mobile internet after protests turn violent

Usama Jawad — Sun, 05 Aug 2018 16:16:01 +0000

Reports claim that the Bangladeshi government has blocked mobile internet in some regions after protests against the killing of two students in a road accident turned violent, with over 100 injured. Read more...

Office 365 Education adds more features, including dictation

John Keefer — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 17:40:01 +0000

In addition to the new Windows 10 S laptops and tablets unveiled today for students and schools, Microsoft has gone into more detail about what has recently been or will be added to its Office suite. Read more...

Study: students can't distinguish between real news and an advertisement

Justin Luna — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 16:50:01 +0000

A recent study by researchers at Stanford University found that while young people are indeed social media savvy, they have difficulty determining genuine news from sponsored content. Read more...

Microsoft offers students up to $499 savings with Surface + Xbox One bundles

Andy Weir — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 16:30:01 +0000

Microsoft is offering significant discounts to students who buy a Surface Pro 4 or Surface Book with an Xbox One - and savings of almost $500 are available on even the most inexpensive bundles. Read more...

Microsoft is looking for exceptional students to have an 'experience day' at its UK R&D lab

Andy Weir — Wed, 25 May 2016 07:58:01 +0000

Microsoft wants to find the most promising students, aged 14-18, with an interest in computer science, to join it for a special experience day at its world-renowned research lab in Cambridge, UK. Read more...

Microsoft makes life a bit easier for teachers with new Class Notebook Add-in for OneNote

Andy Weir — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 18:02:35 +0000

With over 400,000 teachers and 3.5 million students now using its Class Notebook for OneNote, Microsoft is launching a new Add-in, designed and built with teachers in mind - and with their input. Read more...

Acer announces the TravelMate B117, a notebook designed for the classroom

Justin Luna — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 10:02:01 +0000

Acer, in collaboration with Microsoft has unveiled the TravelSmart B117, a notebook made for the education market, aiming to make collaboration between teachers and students much easier. Read more...

Study reveals smartphone ban at school helps boost students' test scores

Justin Luna — Tue, 19 May 2015 14:54:01 +0000

A recent study has revealed that banning students from using their phones at school improved their test results. It also showed significant improvement of the test scores of underachieving students. Read more...

UK Universities ban watches in exam halls ahead of Apple Watch release

Usama Jawad — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 18:56:01 +0000

Considering all the hype around the upcoming Apple Watch, which will be available this April, several UK universities have started banning the use of watches in exam halls altogether. Read more...

TechSpot: The Best Tech Deals and Discounts for Students

Julio Franco — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 08:42:01 +0000

To help the millions of broke college students out, we've compiled a list of some of the top tech-related student discounts from a variety of vendors. Read more...

DivX Plus Bundle 10.2.1.82

Razvan Serea — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 18:27:23 +0000

Based on the newest video compression standard, DivX HEVC strives to deliver up to 50% better compression than its H.264-based predecessor, DivX Plus HD. Read more...

Facebook to provide certain students in North Carolina with free WiFi

Brockman Davis — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 06:41:36 +0000

Just after a year of creating the Internet.org project, Facebook is at it again. They have made plans with the Rutherford County School District to bring free WiFi to its students. Read more...

Teachers warn of serious developmental issues in children 'addicted' to tech

Andy Weir — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 06:07:09 +0000

Teachers warn of infants struggling to play with building blocks, children with poor social skills and teenagers unable to handle pen-and-paper exams, due to 'overexposure' to tablets, phones and PCs. Read more...

Microsoft extends $199 Surface RT school discount to September 30th

John Callaham — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 23:31:33 +0000

Microsoft is extending its offer for schools to buy Surface RT tablets for just $199 each, along with price cuts for Touch and Type Covers, from August 31st to September 30th. Read more...