America’s First Sodium-Ion Battery Manufacturer Ceases Operations Summary Natron Energy, a US developer and manufacturer of sodium-ion batteries, announced the immediate cessation of all operations. The shutdown includes its manufacturing…
Apple’s Vision Pro Gaining Traction in Some Niches of Business Summary Apple’s Vision Pro, the $3,500 spatial computer, is finding real-world use in a handful of specialised enterprise scenarios. Companies…
Google Hit With $3.45 Billion EU Antitrust Fine Over Adtech Practices Summary Alphabet’s Google has been fined $3.45 billion by the European Commission for anti-competitive behaviour in its adtech business.…
Geoffrey Hinton: ‘AI Will Make a Few People Much Richer and Most People Poorer’ Summary Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton tells the Financial Times he expects AI to concentrate wealth with…
Anthropic has announced it will block access to its AI services for companies majority-owned by entities from certain countries, specifically citing China as an example. The San Francisco-based startup says…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Content Summary Columbia University is testing Sway, an AI debate programme developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, to help de-escalate…
Rising River Temperatures Threaten Paris’s Water-Based Building Cooling Network Summary Paris operates a district cooling system that pumps Seine river water through heat exchangers to cool around 800 buildings, including…
Microsoft 365 Personal is Now Free For US College Students For a Year Summary Microsoft is offering a one-year free subscription of Microsoft 365 Personal to college students in the…
Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under the Ocean, Raising Hopes For a Thirsty World Summary A three-month Expedition 501 drilled up to 1,289 feet into the seabed 20–30 miles off…
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 resolve claims by…
