The Unconferenz at Sullivan Center

Donna Blanchard and Sachi Slomoff cover the 2015 Unconferenz. The event covers tech and policy issues as well as an Ignite speakers session. Think Tech spoke to people between the breakout sessions, sat in on some breakout sessions and got to see the Ignite Event, which featured Robbie Melton, Patrick Wardle, Ben Trevino, Ria Baldevia […]

Public Spaces in Hawaii

Jay Fidell and Duke Oishi cover the Think Tech panel program entitled “Public Space In Hawaii – What We Can Do To Retain Them”. The program focused on public spaces in Hawaii. Speakers included Britney Taamu-Miyashiro, Fritz Johnson, David Miller, Glenn Miura, Tonia Moy, Scott Wilson, Ben Lee, Ian Sandison, Carroll Taylor and Grace Zheng. […]

Global Astronomy Comes to Hawaii

Jay Fidell and Donna Blanchard talk about 2015 triennial International Astronomical Union Conference at the Hawaii Conference Center. Think Tech took a walk around the convention center and saw some public talks, some of the focus meetings and spoke with some of the attendees. Some of the interviews include researchers and scientist from all over […]

Kumu Kahua Reads At Agora

Duke Oishi and Donna Blanchard cover the opening play, “Joker” of the 45th season of Kumu Kahua Theater. The play was written by Yilong Liu and is about a man dealing with loss. Think Tech gets to sit in on a table read in Agora indoor park at Kakaako, talked with some people involved during […]

Brain Mapping at the Convention Center

Jay Fidell covers the Brain Mapping convention in Honolulu. Some local scientists working on brain mapping include, Linda Chang and Thomas Ernst. An international showing of researchers at the conference helped us understand what was going on. Those people included Simon Eickhoff, Shau-Ming Wei, Michel Theibaut de Schotte and Michael Herbst. JoAnn Taie, executive Director […]

The Military In Hawaii

Jay Fidell and Donna Blanchard cover a Think Tech Panel Program about the Military in Hawaii. The speakers included Bill Kearns of Oceanit, Mark Taki of the Hawaii Congress, Ralph Cossa of the Pacific Forum, Colleen Hanabusa former Hawaii Congresswoman, Jeff James of Booz Allen, Stan Osserman of HCATT, Jennifer Sabas former member of Dan […]

Hawaii To Zero A Cure For HIV

Richard Melendez and Sachi Slomoff cover Hawaii To Zero, a program that was held at the Cancer Center at JABSOM, in Kakaako, and focused on the research and developemnt for a cure for AIDS. Speakers included Virginia Pressler the Director of the State Department of Health, Cecilia Shikuma of the Hawaii Center for AIDS, Mario […]

Susannah Drake: Making Hawaii Green

Jay Fidell and Zuri Bender highlight Susannah Drake’s recent visit to Honolulu. Susannah works to create innovative architecture, with a firm based in Brooklyn, New York, DLANDstudios. Features clips from a Community Matters show with Scott Wilson, and a show with Susannah Drake. They also took a look at architecture throughout Honolulu. Features a commentary […]

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National Enquirer’s Help for Trump Broke Norms Even in the Tabloid World

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Trump Flips Script in Election Case to Justify Immunity Defense

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FTC Bans Worker Noncompete Clauses

The rule would prohibit companies from limiting their employees’ ability to work for rivals, a change that could increase competition and boost wages. [...]

Columbia University Protests: Inside a Week of Unrest on Campus

In a Washington war room, Columbia’s president, Nemat Shafik, decided to call police officers to arrest protesting students. The backlash now threatens her leadership. [...]

Sunak vows to hit 2.5% defence spend target by 2030

The PM says an extra £75bn over six years will put the UK's defence industry on a "war footing". [...]

BBC sees people struggling on migrant boat before five died

The BBC’s Andrew Harding witnessed a vessel leave the French coast in which five people later died. [...]

Husband of ex-Post Office boss advised on IT 'bug'

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Camilla, William and Kate receive royal honours

The King awards historic honours to senior royals, in a year that has seen pressures of ill health. [...]

Petrol prices on UK forecourts hit 150p a litre

Rising oil prices have lifted the cost of filling up but it may prove short-term, claim experts. [...]

Students at several US universities have staged large protests in response to Israel's military operations in Gaza. Student arrests have sparked outrage, but demonstrators have also been accused of antisemitism. [...]

An Israeli army battalion, Netzah Yehuda, may, among other things, be excluded from receiving US financial support. The US has never imposed sanctions on the Israeli army before. [...]

Spain and France will share information from their separate investigations into the use of Pegasus software to spy on their politicians, including Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and President Emmanuel Macron. [...]

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Six suspected spies have been arrested in quick succession. Security services see links to the war against Ukraine, economic interests and a war on democracy. [...]

Report on UNRWA concludes Israel has not provided evidence of employees' militancy

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Justice Department pays $138 million over FBI failures in Larry Nassar case

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Pro-Palestinian encampments and protests spread on college campuses across the U.S.

After dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested at Columbia, Yale and NYU, students at colleges from Massachusetts to Minnesota to California are erecting encampments in solidarity. [...]

What's at stake as the Supreme Court hears Idaho case about abortion in emergencies

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Gaza solidarity protests sweep U.S. colleges; SCOTUS tackles Starbucks union case

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