Announcing Tech-knowledge-y Thursdays!

Tech-knowledge-y Thursday, Oct 2-Dec 4, Leyburn M11

Join Senior Academic Technologists Brandon Bucy and Helen MacDermott for bite-sized training sessions designed to boost your tech confidence and efficiency.

Each week, we’ll spotlight one tool, tip, or feature from platforms you use every day—like: Canvas, Qualtrics, Word, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Express …and more!

💡 What to Expect:

  • A single, focused tip or feature
  • Live demo and walkthrough
  • Time for questions and discussion

Whether you’re streamlining workflows or discovering hidden features, these short sessions are designed to fit your schedule and elevate your tech game.

Want to suggest a future topic? Contact hartecenter@wlu.edu.

Save the Date! Exploring Artificial Intelligence in the Legal Field on Tues, Sept. 16

Flyer for an event titled “AI Update: New Tools and Trends for Lawyers,” featuring Professor Joshua Fairfield discussing how artificial intelligence is transforming legal practice. The event is on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM in Classroom C. The flyer includes a robotic hand and a circuit-style AI graphic, with a note at the bottom that pizza will be served.

William Donald Bain Family Professor of Law and Director of Artificial Intelligence Legal Innovation Strategy Joshua Fairfield will provide a fresh perspective on the ways artificial intelligence is actively transforming legal practice, sharing insights into recent breakthroughs, emerging practical uses, and the most pressing risks and opportunities for legal professionals today.

PayPal, Venmo Users Can Get Perplexity Pro, Comet Browser Access for Free

Three smartphone screens display a PayPal promotional offer for Perplexity Pro. The first screen shows a PayPal balance of $200 with a featured offer for one free year of Perplexity Pro when linking PayPal. The middle screen highlights the Perplexity Pro with PayPal promotion, offering 12 free months when users connect a valid billing method. The third screen displays a user’s subscription list, including Perplexity, Music, Cloud Storage, Pet Supplies, and News, with a featured offer for 10% cash back on streaming services for three months.
Credit: PayPal/Perplexity

A new promotion from PayPal and Venmo provides their users with a one-year subscription to Perplexity Pro and access to the Comet AI browser at no cost. The Perplexity Pro plan, which is typically priced at $20 per month or $200 per year, includes unlimited searches, access to advanced AI models, and image generation capabilities.

The offer also includes access to the Comet AI browser, a Chromium-based (same open-source codebase beneath Chrome, Edge and Opera) browser with integrated AI functions. Normally, access to this browser is limited to invitees or subscribers of the Perplexity Max plan.

Comet has several unique features, chief among them a powerful AI assistant you can access at any time. It’s a chatbot that lives inside your web browser and can access the pages you open. (Unsurprisingly, Comet uses Perplexity as its default home page and search engine.)

To receive the offer, users must link their PayPal or Venmo account to Perplexity. This can be done through the PayPal or Venmo mobile apps or on a dedicated page on Perplexity’s website.

The following conditions apply:

  • The offer is valid through December 31 for new Perplexity Pro subscribers.
  • It is limited to one redemption per PayPal or Venmo account.
  • Users with PayPal accounts created after September 1 will have a 30-day waiting period before gaining access.