These tech investors are trawling UC Berkeley to fund the next Perplexity or Databricks

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Zachary Hargreaves has joined The House Fund from Founders Fund.

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With AI writing so much code, should you still study computer science? This new data point provides an answer.

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John DeNero, Co-founder and Chief Scientist at Lilt and Computer Science Teaching Professor at UC Berkeley
John DeNero, Co-founder and Chief Scientist at Lilt and Computer Science Teaching Professor at UC Berkeley

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Many drivers for Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash are earning well below minimum wage, even with tips, a new paper finds

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Uber and Lyft drivers were found to make less than minimum wage in five major metro areas.

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UC Berkeley is using a wall of shipping containers to block activists from the new site of its student housing complex

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UC Berkeley and other authorities continue to clear People's Park and place giant shipping containers and stack them by twos to barricade the park on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024 in Berkeley, CA.
UC Berkeley and other authorities continue to clear People's Park and place giant shipping containers and stack them by twos to barricade the park on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024 in Berkeley, CA.

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UC Berkeley academic offered her students extra credit for going to pro-Palestinian protests and lobbying Congress about Gaza

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A student protest about the war in Israel/Gaza takes place at the University of California, Berkeley's Sather Gate
A student protest about the war in Israel/Gaza takes place at the University of California, Berkeley's Sather Gate on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023.

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A Berkeley law professor is telling law firms not to hire his antisemitic students

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University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.

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AI models can analyze thousands of words at a time. A Google researcher has found a way to increase that by millions.

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Sissie Hsiao on stage at Google I/O 2023
Google shows off its Bard AI chatbot on stage at Google I/O 2023

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