Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic, the San Francisco AI startup, is broadening restrictions on who can access its services by blocking companies that are…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is trialling Sway, an AI debate programme developed at Carnegie Mellon, which pairs students with opposing views for…
Rising River Temperatures Threaten Paris’s Water-Based Building Cooling Network Summary Paris runs a district cooling network that draws Seine river water through heat exchangers to cool roughly 800 buildings —…
Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under the Ocean, Raising Hopes For a Thirsty World Summary A multinational research expedition (Expedition 501) has drilled up to 1,289 feet (≈393 m) into…
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 Summary Researchers at Nanjing University and the University of Sydney have developed A2, an AI agent that mimics human vulnerability discovery and automatically…
Firefox Ending 32-bit Linux Support Next Year Summary Mozilla announced that Firefox will stop providing 32-bit Linux builds in 2026. Version 144 will be the final regular release with 32-bit…
Trump To Impose Tariffs On Semiconductor Imports From Firms Not Moving Production To US Summary President Donald Trump told reporters he 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. The policy — which would…
America’s First Sodium-Ion Battery Manufacturer Ceases Operations Summary Natron Energy has announced the immediate cessation of all operations, closing its manufacturing plant in Holland, Michigan and abandoning plans for a…
