Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic has expanded restrictions to block access to its AI services for companies that are majority-owned by entities from countries…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is testing an AI debate tool called Sway, developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, to help defuse…
Rising River Temperatures Threaten Paris’s Water-Based Building Cooling Network Summary Networks of pipes and heat exchangers use Seine river water to cool around 800 buildings, including the Louvre. Paris’s district…
Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under the Ocean, Raising Hopes For a Thirsty World Summary A multinational team on Expedition 501 has for the first time extracted freshwater samples from…
Anthropic Agrees To Pay Record $1.5 Billion To Settle Authors’ AI Lawsuit Summary Anthropic has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion into a class-action fund to settle litigation brought…
Boffins Build Automated Android Bug Hunting System Summary Researchers from Nanjing University and the University of Sydney have developed an AI agent, dubbed A2, that automates vulnerability discovery and validation…
Firefox Ending 32-bit Linux Support Next Year Summary Mozilla has announced it will stop providing official 32-bit Linux builds of Firefox in 2026. Firefox 144 will be the final regular…
Trump To Impose Tariffs On Semiconductor Imports From Firms Not Moving Production To US Summary President Donald Trump told reporters he will impose tariffs on semiconductor imports from companies that…
Canada Delaying Plan To Force Automakers To Hit EVs Sales Targets Summary Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced a pause to Canada’s proposed electric-vehicle (EV) sales mandate while the government…
America’s First Sodium-Ion Battery Manufacturer Ceases Operations Summary Natron Energy has announced the immediate cessation of all operations, closing its manufacturing facility in Holland, Michigan and cancelling plans for a…
