Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Berkeley

Study: California’s $20 minimum wage barely raised prices—and proved economists wrong about job loss

“The results are nowhere as dire as predicted,” Berkeley’s Michael Reich told Fortune.

Fortune

Despite Apocalyptic Warnings, California Fast Food Wage Hike Didn’t Kill Jobs

UC Berkeley study finds employment held steady — and only pennies were added to menu prices.

Capital & Main

FTSE 100 soars as Middle East peace hopes grow

The US and Iran have both made some positive noises, prompting markets to rise.

Evening Standard

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

AI models don’t only show evidence of ‘self-preservation.’ They will scheme to prevent other AIs from being shut down too, new research shows

Leading AI models will inflate performance reviews and exfiltrate model weights to prevent “peer” AI models from being shut down.

Fortune

Housebuilder Berkeley to halt buying new land and hiring staff

Group cuts costs as shares plunge while it grapples with impact of Iran war on property market

The Guardian - UK

London housebuilder Berkeley halts buying land after "unprecedented" surge in costs and red tape

Shares in brownfield developer slump almost a fifth on bombshell announcement to investors

Evening Standard

Housebuilder Berkeley to pause buying new land for homes amid global volatility

The risk of global volatility slowing recovery in the housing market ‘has now become a reality’, Berkeley said.

Evening Standard

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Silicon Valley's Ethan Agarwal urges Trump to lift ban on Iranian students, gets called out as 'moron'

Silicon Valley entrepreneur Ethan Agarwal, who is running for Congress in California-17 as a challenger to Ro Khanna in Dem primary, urged President Donald Trump to reconsider his immigration ban on Iran as that would force thousands of Iranian students who will be graduating in May this year out of…

The Times of India

FTSE 100 falls as Strait of Hormuz uncertainty continues

The FTSE 100 Index closed down 44 points at 10,261.15.

Evening Standard

Berkeley warns of Iran war weighing on housing market amid mortgage rates hikes

The emerging situation in the Middle East was ‘weighing heavily on risk sentiment’, Berkeley said.

Evening Standard

Why Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella and Shantanu Narayen Built Their Careers Outside India

When Indians see familiar names leading companies like Google, Microsoft and Adobe, pride feels natural. These leaders were educated in Indian institutions, shaped by Indian classrooms and mentors. Yet their rise to the top happened thousands of miles away. To understand why, we must look not at emotion, but at…

Times Life

In the workforce, AI is having the opposite effect it was supposed to, UC Berkeley researchers warn

Nonstop productivity may come at the cost of rest and work quality, the study found.

Fortune

This SETI program is chasing down its final 100 signals. Could one of them be from aliens?

SETI@home has been one of the largest citizen science projects ever, with millions of users around the world.

Space

UC Berkeley Ph.D. candidate busted repeatedly sabotaging rival student's computer, causing $46,000 in damages — hidden camera sting catches perp causing "sparks to fly out of the laptop," student arrested on three felony counts

PhD student rivalry extends to repeated physical laptop damage, hidden camera shows.

Tom’s Hardware

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

London housing market to strengthen as wages rise and rates fall, Berkeley says

The company, which specialises in building homes in London, said the long-term outlook is ‘more positive’ particularly in the UK capital.

Evening Standard

Berkeley boss urges 1% interest rate cut by March to kick-start stalled housebuilding

London’s biggest housebuilder says higher taxes, regulation and interest rates are holding back investment and development amid “very challenging” backdrop

Evening Standard

FTSE 100 Live 10 December: Berkeley boss urges faster rate cuts, FirstGroup lands rail contract

Interest rate cut speculation in the US is set to keep FTSE 100 traders on edge today.

The Independent UK

FTSE 100 ends flat as bank gains offset weak gold

Elsewhere, UK lenders passed the latest Bank of England stress tests.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Sports Illustrated

Ten Candidates for the Cal Coaching Search After Justin Wilcox Firing

slew of up-and-coming names could make a big jump after the latest Power Four job opens up.

The Guardian - US

Protests as rightwing Charlie Kirk activist group makes final campus tour stop

People shout ‘Fascists out of Berkeley’ as Turning Point USA brings message to college with history of leftwing activism

Evening Standard

Huge opposition to 2,000 homes planned on London green belt

Thousands sign petition opposing developer’s plans to build homes on green belt site in Bromley

The Guardian - UK

John Searle obituary

American philosopher whose Chinese Room thought experiment rebuts the idea that computers can think as humans do

Benzinga

Berkeley And Dartmouth Leaders Warn Of Lost Growth, Critical Thinking: AI Can Teach Facts, Not Humanity

Leading educators and investors argue that while AI can deliver knowledge, it cannot replicate the human growth, critical thinking, and social development that make higher education transformative.

The Independent UK

UC Berkeley names 160 staff and faculty to Trump administration as part of antisemitism investigation

Investigation comes as Trump administration has pursued over $1 billion in funding cuts and settlements from prominent University of California schools

Evening Standard

FTSE 100 Live 05 September: House price record lifts builders, retail sales higher

The mood around the UK economy was today lifted by figures showing retail sales and house price growth.

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Office for National Statistics

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Intellectual Property

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.