Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic has expanded restrictions to block access to its AI services for companies majority-owned by entities from countries such as…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is piloting ‘Sway’, an AI conversation tool developed at Carnegie Mellon, to try to de-escalate heated one-on-one discussions…
Rising River Temperatures Threaten Paris’s Water-Based Building Cooling Network Summary Paris runs a district cooling network that draws water from the River Seine, passing it through heat exchangers to cool…
Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under the Ocean, Raising Hopes For a Thirsty World Summary A multinational research expedition (Expedition 501) drilled up to 1,289 feet into the Atlantic 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 claims from…
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. Firefox 144 will be the final standard 32-bit…
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 announced a pause to Canada’s planned regulatory mandate requiring automakers to meet minimum electric…
America’s First Sodium-Ion Battery Manufacturer Ceases Operations Summary Natron Energy — one of the earliest US commercial hopefuls for sodium-ion batteries — has announced the immediate cessation of all operations.…
