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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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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…

Reason

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.

Fortune

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

The Independent UK

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.

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Neptune's clouds are disappearing

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

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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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Neuroscientists Reconstructed Snippets of a Pink Floyd Song From a Person’s Thoughts

A new study discovers a brain region called the superior temporal gyrus is necessary for perceiving musical rhythm and recreating it from brain activity.

WEKU

Some states are trying to boost youth voter registration. Here's what they're doing

More states are adopting policies to increase voter registration, including for young people. Those policies include automatic voter registration and pre-registration before age 18.

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New California Board Has Power to Order Pay Raises and Protections for Workers

Following fast-food industry blocking of reforms, lawmakers bring back a wage commission. Such bodies have expanded rights for low-wage workers in other states.

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The 'Un-Becoming': A former gang member finds his resurrection tale at UC Berkeley

BERKELEY, Calif. — Jessi Fernandez joined a street gang at 13. By his 20s, he had been shot at more times than he could count. He got busted for methamphetamine possession and spent time in Los Angeles County jail for carrying a loaded gun. Yet the persistent danger didn't wash…

Tom’s Hardware

Researchers Chart Alarming Decline in ChatGPT Response Quality

There have been murmurings about ChatGPT quality sliding in recent months. New research demonstrates some severe quantifiable degradation.

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These 7 California metro areas have the lowest young adult homeownership rates in the country

So you’re in your late 20’s or early 30’s, and you’re thinking about buying your first home somewhere in California. You scroll through housing websites and realize that you can’t afford a single listing.

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Study finds how deep-sleep brain waves predict blood sugar control

Researchers have known that a lack of quality sleep can increase a person's risk of diabetes. Read further on Dynamite News:

Los Angeles Times

A payment overhaul is coming to California child care, along with a 20% raise for workers

More than 40,000 California child-care providers who watch the children of low-income workers have secured a 20% average pay increase under a tentative union agreement with the state — a "watershed moment" for an industry dominated by immigrant women of color, labor officials and experts said.

Tom’s Hardware

IBM Unlocks Quantum Utility With its 127-Qubit "Eagle" Quantum Processing Unit

IBM has announced that it has unlocked practical utility out of today's NISQ-era quantum computers - showing how a pairing of quantum and standard computing is required for reliable, consistent, truthful - and thus useful - results.

Los Angeles Times

UC Berkeley graduate student gunned down on research trip to Mexico

Gabriel Trujillo, a 31-year-old University of California, Berkeley graduate student, was shot and killed in Mexico while conducting field research, according to friends and family.

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