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Super-tiny capacitors could enable a 'whole new realm' of ultra-efficient devices, maybe even handheld gaming PCs with more than 15 minutes of battery life

Dare we hope for a gaming handheld with usable battery life?

PC Gamer

At least 35 of America’s billionaires are Ph.D.s. As academic jobs become scarce, doctorates should get down to business

It is estimated that the private sector now employs about as many Ph.D. graduates as educational institutions.

Fortune

UC Berkeley Clears Anti-Israel Protesters From Abandoned Building

Law enforcement successfully clears anti-Israel protesters near UC Berkeley, ensuring public safety and restoring order.

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Student protests caused mostly minor disruptions at several graduation ceremonies

From California to North Carolina, students staged chants and walkouts over the weekend in protest of Israel's ongoing military offensive in Gaza.

WEKU

UC Berkeley Cancels Senate Debate Due To Campus Protests

UC Berkeley cancels debate between senate candidates due to safety concerns amid campus protests.

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The US universities that allow protest encampments – and even negotiate

While semesters at other schools speed toward a violent close, several universities have sought a more amicable solution

The Guardian - US

A new generation at UC Berkeley pitches its tents

The university has said it won’t give in to students’ demands – but it has budged before

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Pro-Palestinian Protests Spread At US Universities

Spiraling pro-Palestinian protests that are rocking universities across the United States spread to more campuses Wednesday, triggering suggestions from House Speaker Mike Johnson that the National Guard could be brought in. More than 20 people have been detained.

International Business Times

Private, Shmivate: Sit-ins, Campouts, and True Threats Are Constitutionally Unprotected at Universities, Whether Private or Public

The Wall Street Journal had an editorial this morning called "Defining Free Speech Down on Campus"; I agree that disruptive protests are unprotected by the First Amendment, but I think the editorial erred in its emphasis. The editorial begins by arguing that no First Amendment rights to protest on privately…

Reason

"Last Week, a … [UC Berkeley] Professor Confronted a Muslim Student During a Dinner for Graduating Law Students"

From NBC, what strikes me as a misleading characterization of Professor Catherine Fisk's confronting a student who pulled out a microphone to orate at a dinner organized at the professor's (and Dean Erwin Chemerinsky's) house.

Reason

House Education Committee Investigates Antisemitism At UC Berkeley

House Education Committee investigates UC Berkeley's response to antisemitism on campus and its impact on Jewish students.

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Photographer David Johnson, who chronicled San Francisco's Black culture, dies at 97

Johnson studied with Ansel Adams in the 1940s and became known as one of the foremost photographers of San Francisco's Black urban culture.

WEKU

UC Berkeley Denounces Protest At Jewish Student Event

UC Berkeley condemns protest disrupting Jewish student event, launches criminal investigation into safety concerns.

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Rain to worsen in LA as hundreds of thousands remain without power in California – as it happened

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UC Berkeley walls off People's Park as it waits for court decision on student housing project

Police officers in riot gear have removed activists from Berkeley’s People’s Park and crews began placing double-stacked shipping containers to wall off the historic park overnight Thursday

The Guardian - US

Police clear Berkeley’s historic People’s Park in surprise midnight operation

In latest move by University of California, Berkeley, law enforcement agencies arrested protesters and erected barrier

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Nonprofit Sues UC Berkeley over Alleged Anti-Semitism on Campus

Explore legal challenges emerging from claims of anti-Semitism on US college campuses. Focusing on a notable case against UC Berkeley.

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On-field student protest delays start of USC-Cal game

A protest over the suspension of a professor took place on the field before USC-Cal

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UC Berkeley Reverses Instructor's Attempt to Give Extra Credit for Pro-Palestinian Political Activity

"While instructors enjoy considerable freedom and all individuals, when acting as private citizens, enjoy free speech rights, University policy does impose limits on using the classroom or one's course for purposes of political advocacy."

Reason

Employers, Employees, Professors, Students: Remember—Some States Restrict Discrimination Based on Employees' Political Activity

Sunday, the Wall Street Journal ran an op-ed by a law professor at UC Berkeley that argued: My students are largely engaged and well-prepared, and I regularly recommend them to legal employers. But if you don't want to hire people who advocate hate and practice discrimination, don't hire some of…

Fortune

Freakonomics author: 'Objections to data science in K-12 education make no sense'

California's new math framework has ignited a row over whether data science should be taught in schools. The debate makes no sense, writes Steven Levitt.

The Independent UK

California governor signs bill to clear hurdles for student housing at Berkeley’s People’s Park

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill aimed at clearing the way for construction of a controversial student housing project in a historic Berkeley park

WEKU

Voting online is very risky. But hundreds of thousands of people are already doing it

The advice from cybersecurity experts is unanimous: Internet voting is a bad idea. But it's already happening in every federal election. In 2020, more than 300,000 Americans cast ballots online.

Salon

Neptune's clouds are disappearing

Scientists believe UV rays from the Sun are evaporating Neptune's clouds and also describe a new cloud species

The Independent UK

Video game technology helps paralysed woman speak, researchers say

The development opens up a way to restore natural communication for those who cannot talk.

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