Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic is expanding restrictions on who can access its AI services, blocking companies that are majority‑owned by entities from countries…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is testing Sway, an AI debate tool developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, to help de-escalate heated…
Rising River Temperatures Threaten Paris’s Water-Based Building Cooling Network Summary Paris runs a large district cooling system that pumps Seine river water through heat exchangers to cool around 800 buildings,…
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 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 settlement with a group of…
Boffins Build Automated Android Bug Hunting System Summary Researchers at Nanjing University and the University of Sydney have developed A2, an AI-driven agent that mimics human vulnerability discovery for Android…
Summary Mozilla has announced it will end official 32-bit Linux support for Firefox in 2026. Firefox 144 will be the last regular release offering 32-bit Linux binaries, with Firefox ESR…
Trump To Impose Tariffs On Semiconductor Imports From Firms Not Moving Production To US Summary President Donald Trump said his administration 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’s government has paused a planned electric vehicle (EV) sales mandate and launched a 60-day…
America’s First Sodium-Ion Battery Manufacturer Ceases Operations Summary Natron Energy has announced the immediate cessation of all operations, including its manufacturing plant in Holland, Michigan, and its planned $1.4 billion…
