Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is piloting Sway, an AI-powered debate tool developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, to try to reduce…
Rising River Temperatures Threaten Paris’s Water-Based Building Cooling Network Summary Paris’s district cooling network pumps Seine river water through heat exchangers to cool around 800 buildings — including the Louvre…
Microsoft 365 Personal is Now Free For US College Students For a Year Summary Microsoft is offering a free one-year Microsoft 365 Personal subscription to all US college students. The…
Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under the Ocean, Raising Hopes For a Thirsty World Summary A multinational team on Expedition 501 drilled up to 1,289 feet into the seabed 20–30…
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…
Boffins Build Automated Android Bug Hunting System Summary Researchers at Nanjing University and the University of Sydney have built A2, an AI-powered agent that automates discovery and validation of vulnerabilities…
Firefox Ending 32-bit Linux Support Next Year Content Summary Mozilla has announced it will end 32-bit Linux support for Firefox in 2026. Firefox 144 will be the final release that…
Trump To Impose Tariffs On Semiconductor Imports From Firms Not Moving Production To US Summary President Donald Trump announced plans to impose tariffs on semiconductor imports from firms that do…
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, a US company developing sodium-ion batteries, has announced the immediate cessation of all operations, closing its manufacturing plant in Holland,…
