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La Môme: 'legendary' Cannes party restaurant to replace Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley

At La Môme, waiters change whole tables by carrying freshly laid ones through the restaurant above their heads

Evening Standard

US-China research has given Beijing's military technology a boost, House GOP says

A new report by congressional Republicans asserts that partnerships between the U.S. and China at universities over the past decade have allowed hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding to aid Beijing in developing critical technology that could be used for military purposes

The Independent UK

UK house prices hit two-year high as market recovers from Truss mini-budget

Average cost of property rose 0.3% to £292,505 in August, says Halifax, after ‘largely positive summer’

The Guardian - UK

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UC Berkeley, Illinois, and Marshall are home to the top online data science master’s programs. Did your school make the list?

Fortune’s latest ranking finds that programs that value rigor and student success are among the best places for students to learn in-demand data skills.

Fortune

Kamala Harris says her dad taught her to be fearless, but he’s been markedly absent from her public rise

Family is at the forefront of Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, and she speaks frequently and fondly of her late mother’s influence – but rarely is there mention of her father. A “Marxist” economics professor who left Jamaica for UC Berkeley, Donald J Harris has said little about his daughter during…

The Independent UK

Sex abuse and swimming: A dark history

How a scandal in our local swim club, 15 years ago, opened my eyes to a national cover-up operation

Salon

Kamala Harris' Memoir Sales Surge After 2024 Presidential Nomination

Explore Kamala Harris' memoir 'The Truths We Hold' and her upbringing in the civil rights movement, family background, and connections with leftist activists.

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The Kamala Harris cheat sheet: 18 things to know about the woman who might be president

Get up to speed with the Democrat frontrunner – who officiated the first gay wedding in California and won a huge victory when she went to war with the mortgage companies

The Guardian - UK

Frederick Crews obituary

Provocative but witty literary critic known for his satirical Winnie the Pooh essays and his opposition to Freudianism

The Guardian - UK

Berkeley Homes chief backs Labour house building pledge

Rob Perrins backs ambition of both main parties to build 1.5 million homes during the next 5-year Parliament

Evening Standard

Berkeley returns to build-to-rent market amid London housing shortage

Housebuilder aims to create 4,000 private rental homes in UK capital and south-east over next decade

The Guardian - UK

Hacks asks why "sorry" is rare in comedy

“Never apologize for a joke,” says Deborah Vance, echoing many comedians. This episode challenges that notion

Salon

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

‘Police raids are nothing new’: student protesters from 1960s see history repeating itself

Anti-Vietnam war activists from Tariq Ali to the Weather Underground on the remarkable parallels with today’s pro-Palestinian uprising

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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

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Berkeley Campus Takes Hands-Off Approach To Gaza Protests

US college campus protests over Israel-Palestine conflict spark debate on response and free speech.

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

Windows Central

Microsoft will keep stifling competition "until the regulators have their foot on their neck," argues Cal Berkeley professor

Microsoft recently split Teams from Microsoft 365, but many argue the move was too little too late. Among those is professor Steve Weber, who we recently sat down with to discuss what he believes are Microsoft's anti-competitive business strategies.

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The Guardian - US

‘Media firestorm’: Israel protest at professor’s home sparks heated free-speech debate

Controversy followed a viral video of pro-Palestinian students interrupting a dinner held by a Berkeley free-speech defender

Reason

Students Don't Have a Right to Use Public University Social Events for Their Own Political Orations,

whether at administrators' homes or in law school classrooms.

Reason

Berkeley Students Post Anti-Semitic Cartoons, Disrupt Dinner at Dean Chemerinsky's Home

"I never thought I would see such blatant antisemitism."

Evening Standard

Plans for seven Woolwich tower blocks up to 18 storeys tall for 650 new homes

Plans have been revealed for a series of seven tower blocks up to 18 storeys tall in Woolwich along with a new park. Berkeley Homes has sent plans to Greenwich Council to build over 650 new homes and a park on the former Royal Arsenal site in Woolwich.

Evening Standard

Competition watchdog investigates £2.5 billion housebuilder merger

The CMA has opened an invitation to comment until 2 April

The Guardian - UK

McDonald’s says it’s trying to solve tech issues affecting some restaurants worldwide – as it happened

Global chain apologises to customers over IT problems which left customers unable to order food in countries including Australia, China, UK and Japan and led to temporary store closures

Reason

Berkeley Students Violently Shut Down Event Featuring Israeli Attorney

Students should be able to peacefully protest events, but they shouldn't disrupt a speaker or assault attendees.

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