First Brain-Wide Map of Decision-Making Charted In Mice Summary In a large multi-lab effort, neuroscientists assembled a brain-wide map of decision-making in mice by recording activity from over 620,000 neurons…
Air Pollution Can Drive Devastating Forms of Dementia, Research Suggests Summary New research reported via Slashdot (original reporting in The Guardian) links fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) to the formation…
Amazon’s Project Kuiper Strikes Its First Satellite Internet Deal With an Airline Summary Amazon’s Project Kuiper has landed its first airline partnership with JetBlue to provide satellite-powered in-flight Wi‑Fi. Amazon…
UK Government Trial of M365 Copilot Finds No Clear Productivity Boost – Slashdot Summary The UK Department for Business and Trade ran a pilot of Microsoft 365 Copilot between October…
Uber India Starts Offering Drivers Gigs Collecting and Classifying Info For AI Models Summary Uber’s Indian arm has begun offering short in‑app “digital tasks” to rideshare and delivery drivers so…
Google Deletes Net-Zero Pledge From Sustainability Website Summary Canada’s National Observer reports that Google quietly removed its high-profile net-zero pledge from its sustainability site. The company had previously declared ambitious…
Slashdot Asks: Can Panasonic Reinvent Itself? Summary Panasonic’s market value has stayed roughly flat at about $25 billion over the past decade while rivals such as Hitachi, Sony and NEC…
Google Hit With $3.45 Billion EU Antitrust Fine Over Adtech Practices Summary The European Commission has fined Alphabet’s Google $3.45 billion for anti-competitive practices in its adtech business, finding that…
Geoffrey Hinton: ‘AI Will Make a Few People Much Richer and Most People Poorer’ Summary Nobel laureate and deep‑learning pioneer Geoffrey Hinton warns that AI will concentrate wealth with a…
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic has expanded restrictions on access to its AI services to bar companies that are majority‑owned by entities from countries…
