As Xi and Putin chase immortality, let’s talk about digital presidents-for-life Summary Simon Sharwood warns that recent reports of Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin discussing organ transplants feed into a…
What is telecommunications (telecom)? Summary Telecommunications (telecom) is the electronic exchange of information—voice, data and video—over distance. It encompasses a wide range of transmission technologies and infrastructures such as wired…
Google Hit With $3.45 Billion EU Antitrust Fine Over Adtech Practices Summary The European Commission has fined Alphabet’s Google $3.45 billion for alleged anti-competitive behaviour in its online advertising technology…
Geoffrey Hinton: ‘AI Will Make a Few People Much Richer and Most People Poorer’ Summary Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton warns that AI is likely to concentrate wealth in the hands…
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic has widened restrictions on access to its AI services to cover companies majority-owned by entities from countries it regards…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is piloting Sway, an AI debate programme developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon, to try to calm heated…
Rising River Temperatures Threaten Paris’s Water-Based Building Cooling Network Summary Paris runs a district cooling system that pumps Seine river water through heat exchangers to cool about 800 buildings —…
Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under the Ocean, Raising Hopes For a Thirsty World Summary A first-of-its-kind, three-month global research expedition (Expedition 501) drilled up to 1,289 feet into the…
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 at Nanjing University and the University of Sydney have developed an AI-powered agent, dubbed A2, that automates discovery and validation of…
