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Beware: Phishing scams are out of control

Beware: Phishing scams are out of control

Jorge Sanchez, Staff Writer | March 26, 2024
Scam likely. This is how we wish our email clients would warn us of scam attempts just like on our phones. However, it was not that easy recently for multiple Dallas College students. In early February there were rumblings around Richland Campus about students getting scam job offers sent to their student emails. Dallas College put up a banner on their website of these fake job offers. On second look these false job acceptance letters would now appear to be part of a larger scheme called a phishing...
ChatGPT’s Dall-E text-to-image model can create pictures, and now Sora can create videos.

OPINION: Don’t fear the Sora

Fredrick Nwaobilor, Staff Writer | March 20, 2024
On Feb. 15, OpenAI introduced the world to Sora, a new AI model that can generate more than a minute long video from a text prompt. According to OpenAI and with some examples, we were able to see the capacity of this innovative technology and it is more than impressive. All the user has to do is type out exactly what he or she wants and the AI model generates it. Computer-generated videos are not new to the public. We have seen cases of deep fakes, but these videos are created by teaching an AI to...
From Blackboard to Brightspace – how’s it going?

From Blackboard to Brightspace – how’s it going?

Aislyn Smith, Staff Writer | September 18, 2023
With the beginning of the fall semester here at Richland Campus, changes are happening everywhere. From a new building under construction on the east side of campus to new students and organizations and the new switch from Blackboard to D2L Brightspace.
Traveling the world for summer vacation

Traveling the world for summer vacation

Jesse Serrano, Layout & Design Editor | September 5, 2023
Summer vacation can be a great time to rest and unwind with the right company and the right air conditioning, or to kick things into high gear with summer classes if that’s more your speed. Beating the heat and staying productive needn’t be mutually exclusive, though, and there are some more exotic ways to pull that off if you feel the burning desire to do so. Besides the hectic scramble to prepare for and attend nationals for SkillsUSA in Atlanta, I also took the leap to attend a developer seminar in the 1,000-year city of Lund, Sweden.
New CADD program puts students ahead

New CADD program puts students ahead

Blanca Reyes, Editor-in-Chief | March 21, 2023
Computer-Aided Design and Drafting A.A.S. (Advance Mechanical Drafting) is a new Dallas College program that is taking students to the next level of success. One of these successful students is Heather McCurley. She is a single mom who decided to come back to school after her three children, who suffer from autism, grew up.
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