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Inside the suddenly explosive world of AI safety (theverge.com)

2026-09-17 | by Hayden Field | tags: ai safety, openai, cybersecurity incident

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This building at UC Berkeley wears its earthquake prevention on the outside (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-14 | tags: uc berkeley, grimes engineering center, seismic-responsive structural system

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The best architectural design of 2026 (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-14 | tags: fast company, innovation by design, skidmore

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This Is the Biggest 2D Map of the Universe. Here’s How to Use It (cnet.com)

2026-09-09 | by Joe Hindy | get Celestron NexStar 8SE telescope → | tags: desi legacy imaging surveys, noirlab, data release 11

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XDOF, just three months out of stealth, is in talks for a Series B at a $1.2B valuation (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-04 | by Marina Temkin | get Meta Quest 3S → | tags: xdo, 8vc, gello

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Afterglow brings classic After Dark screen savers to modern Macs (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-28 | by Marcus Mendes | get Apple Studio Display 27 inch → | tags: after dark, macos, jeff halter

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Afterglow: Run classic After Dark screen savers on modern macOS (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-27 | get flying toasters after dark t-shirt → | tags: afterglow, after dark, berkeley systems

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Supply Chain Issues Delaying US Grid Batteries' Installation (slashdot.org)

2026-08-23 | by Posted | get EcoFlow DELTA 2 portable power station → | tags: grid-scale storage, consolidated edison, lawrence berkeley

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One Oakland police officer made $490k in overtime (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | by Beck Klein | tags: oakland police department, police union, overtime spending

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Scientists Create Largest 2D Map of the Universe (slashdot.org)

2026-08-13 | tags: dark energy spectroscopic instrument, desi, noirlab

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Not just Neanderthals: Ghost lineage in Africa left its mark on our DNA (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: neanderthal, denisovans, ghost lineage

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Hooray for the Sockets Interface (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | by George Michaelson | tags: unix, berkeley software distribution, sockets

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New Parody Site Threatens to Replace CEOs With AI for Tiny Fraction of Their Bloated Salaries (futurism.com)

2026-07-25 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: overpaid, california berkeley, overpaid

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This El Niño is set to be the largest on record by a ‘mind-blowing margin’ (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-23 | by Dinneen | tags: el niño, berkeley earth, climate change

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Meta's AI models are powering the first wave of Genesis Mission projects (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-21 | tags: meta, genesis mission, lawrence berkeley national laboratory

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Frontier AI Is Faceplanting at Real-World Workplace Tasks (futurism.com)

2026-07-21 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: frontier ai, uc berkeley, autonomous agents

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GPT-5.6 used a prompt to close a 30-year gap in convex optimization (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-18 | tags: gpt-5.6, convex optimization, lean

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Metal-Organic Frameworks, Chemistry's New Miracle Materials (2018) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-15 | tags: berkeley, field, mofs

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Metal-Organic Frameworks, Chemistry's New Miracle Materials (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-15 | tags: berkeley, field, mofs

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Lightning Memory-Mapped Database Manager (LMDB) 1.0 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-02 | get LMDB Database Management Tool → | tags: lmdb, berkeleydb, memory-mapped database

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Arena, the AI leaderboard everyone uses, is now a $100M business (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-29 | by Marina Temkin | get AI Leaderboard Platform → | tags: arena, uc berkeley, ai leaderboard

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A Berkeley AI professor makes a provocative argument for decelerating AI research (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-25 | get AI Safety and Ethics Book → | tags: berkeley ai, emma pierson, ai research

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'Electronic Nose' Shows Promise for Detecting Food Allergens and Spoilage (cnet.com)

2026-06-18 | by See Full Bio | get Electronic Nose Device → | tags: electronic nose, university of california berkeley, food allergens

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Failing CS Grades Soar At UC Berkeley As Professors See Greater AI Usage (slashdot.org)

2026-06-07 | by Posted | get AI Learning Assistant Tool → | tags: apl natural, assembler, assembler language

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Failing grades soar with AI usage, dwindling math skills in Berkeley CS classes (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-04 | by Litong Deng | get AI Math Practice Workbook → | tags: berkeley cs, ai usage, math skills

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College Professors Say Incoming Students No Longer Understand Middle School Math and Science (futurism.com)

2026-06-03 | by Frank Landymore | get Math and Science Study Guides → | tags: uc berkeley, middle school math, sat

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Author Correction: US oil and gas system emissions from nearly one million aerial site measurements (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-29 | by Sherwin | get Drone Emission Monitoring Kit → | tags: california energy commission, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, aerial site measurements

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Citing 'severe' math deficits, UC faculty demand a return to SAT tests for STEM (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-28 | by Staff Writer | get SAT Math Prep Book → | tags: uc berkeley, sat, act

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I Gave My OpenClaw Agent a Physical Body (wired.com)

2026-05-20 | by Will Knight | get OpenClaw Robotics Kit → | tags: openclaw, huggingface, lerobot 101

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Grade Inflation Is Going Nuts as Every Student Is Basically Submitting the Same Essay (futurism.com)

2026-05-18 | by Frank Landymore | get Essay Grading Software Tool → | tags: ai chatbots, grade inflation, uc berkeley