Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is piloting Sway, an AI debate tool developed at Carnegie Mellon, to help de-escalate heated campus discussions. Sway…
Rising River Temperatures Threaten Paris’s Water-Based Building Cooling Network Summary Paris runs a district cooling network that pumps Seine river water through heat exchangers to cool about 800 buildings, including…
Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under the Ocean, Raising Hopes For a Thirsty World Summary A first-of-its-kind global research expedition (Expedition 501) drilled up to 1,289 feet into the seabed…
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 a…
Boffins Build Automated Android Bug Hunting System Summary Researchers from Nanjing University and the University of Sydney have developed A2, an AI-powered agent that automates discovery and validation of vulnerabilities…
Firefox Ending 32-bit Linux Support Next Year Summary Mozilla has announced it will end official 32-bit Linux support for Firefox in 2026. The final release that will include 32-bit Linux…
Trump To Impose Tariffs On Semiconductor Imports From Firms Not Moving Production To US Summary President Donald Trump said he will impose tariffs on semiconductor imports from companies that do…
Canada Delaying Plan To Force Automakers To Hit EVs Sales Targets Summary Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government has paused a planned electric-vehicle (EV) sales mandate while it conducts a 60-day…
America’s First Sodium-Ion Battery Manufacturer Ceases Operations Summary Natron Energy has announced the immediate cessation of all operations, shutting its manufacturing plant in Holland, Michigan and abandoning plans for a…
Apple’s Vision Pro Gaining Traction in Some Niches of Business Summary Apple’s Vision Pro, a premium mixed-reality headset priced around $3,500, is finding practical enterprise uses in focused niches. The…
