Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic has widened restrictions on who can use its AI services, barring companies that are majority-owned by entities from countries…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is testing Sway, an AI debate programme developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, to help ease heated…
Rising River Temperatures Threaten Paris’s Water-Based Building Cooling Network Summary Paris’s district cooling system, which uses Seine river water via networks of pipes and heat exchangers to cool around 800…
Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under the Ocean, Raising Hopes For a Thirsty World Summary A multinational, first-of-its-kind research effort (Expedition 501) drilled up to 1,289 feet into the Atlantic…
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 created A2, an AI‑powered agent that automates vulnerability discovery and validation in…
Firefox Ending 32-bit Linux Support Next Year Summary Mozilla has announced that it will end official 32-bit Linux builds of Firefox in 2026. Version 144 will be the last standard…
Trump To Impose Tariffs On Semiconductor Imports From Firms Not Moving Production To US Summary President Donald Trump said his administration will impose tariffs on semiconductor imports from companies that…
Canada Delaying Plan To Force Automakers To Hit EVs Sales Targets Summary The federal government, led by Prime Minister Mark Carney, has announced a pause on a planned electric vehicle…
America’s First Sodium-Ion Battery Manufacturer Ceases Operations Summary Natron Energy has announced the immediate cessation of all operations, closing its manufacturing plant in Holland, Michigan and abandoning plans for a…
