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Education

The US college protests and the crackdown on campuses – podcast

Today at 04:00 AM, via The Guardian

Police have arrested dozens of students across US universities this week after a crackdown on pro-Palestine protests on campuses. Erum Salam and Margaret Sullivan report from New York

As the Israel-Gaza war grinds on amid a worsening humanitarian crisis, the world’s attention this week was captured by a battle on the campuses of elite US universities. Pro-Palestine student protesters were...

Education

Foreign states targeting sensitive research at UK universities, MI5 warns

Today at 01:02 AM, via The Guardian

Ministers considering more funding to protect important research sites, with China seen as a particular concern

MI5 has warned universities that hostile foreign states are targeting sensitive research, as ministers consider measures to bolster protections.

Vice-chancellors from 24 leading institutions, including Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial College London, were briefed on the threat by the...

Science/Tech

Alphabet Shares Jump 14% On Earnings Beat, First-Ever Dividend

Today at 03:25 AM, via Slashdot

Alphabet has reported first quarter results that topped analysts’ estimates with soaring profits in its cloud division. It also announced its first-ever dividend. CNBC shares the results: Earnings per share: $1.89 vs. $1.51 per share expected by LSEGRevenue: $80.54 billion vs. $78.59 billion expected by LSEG Wall Street is also watching several other numbers in the report: YouTube advertising...

Science/Tech

Seagate Joins the HDD Price Hike Party, Blames AI for Spike in Demand

Today at 02:41 AM, via Slashdot

Seagate has joined Western Digital in increasing the prices of hard drives, with rising demand due to the huge data requirements of AI taking the blame. AI is also behind a rapid growth in orders for Enterprise solid state drives. From a report: One of the big three makers of traditional rotating hard disk drives, Seagate informed customers that it is increasing prices effective immediately for...

Science/Tech

Open Sourcing DOS 4

Today at 02:01 AM, via Slashdot

Microsoft releases one of the most popular versions of MS-DOS as open source today. stikves shares a post:Ten years ago, Microsoft released the source for MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0 to the Computer History Museum, and then later republished them for reference purposes. This code holds an important place in history and is a fascinating read of an operating system that was written entirely in 8086...