Slashdot Asks: Can Panasonic Reinvent Itself?
Slashdot Asks: Can Panasonic Reinvent Itself? Summary Panasonic’s market capitalisation has stayed roughly flat at about $25 billion over the past decade, even as rivals such as Hitachi, Sony and…
Google Hit With $3.45 Billion EU Antitrust Fine Over Adtech Practices
Google Hit With $3.45 Billion EU Antitrust Fine Over Adtech Practices – Slashdot Summary Alphabet’s Google has been fined $3.45 billion by the European Commission for anticompetitive behaviour in its…
Geoffrey Hinton: ‘AI Will Make a Few People Much Richer and Most People Poorer’
Geoffrey Hinton: ‘AI Will Make a Few People Much Richer and Most People Poorer’ Summary Nobel laureate and neural‑network pioneer Geoffrey Hinton warns that AI will concentrate wealth among a…
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic is blocking access to its AI services for companies majority-owned by entities from countries it regards as adversarial, explicitly…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is trialling Sway, an AI debate tool developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon, to help de-escalate campus tensions.…
Rising River Temperatures Threaten Paris’s Water-Based Building Cooling Network
Rising River Temperatures Threaten Paris’s Water-Based Building Cooling Network Summary Paris operates a district cooling system that draws water from the Seine to cool around 800 buildings — including the…
Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under the Ocean, Raising Hopes For a Thirsty World
Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under the Ocean, Raising Hopes For a Thirsty World Summary A multinational, first-of-its-kind 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
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 litigation brought…
Boffins Build Automated Android Bug Hunting System
Boffins Build Automated Android Bug Hunting System Summary Researchers at Nanjing University and the University of Sydney have developed an AI agent, dubbed A2, that automates discovery and validation of…
Firefox Ending 32-bit Linux Support Next Year
Firefox Ending 32-bit Linux Support Next Year Summary Mozilla announced on 5 September 2025 that Firefox will stop shipping 32-bit Linux (i686) builds in 2026. The regular channel will end…