Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic has announced it will block its AI services for companies that are majority-owned by entities from countries it considers…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is trialling Sway, an AI debate programme 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’s district cooling system pumps Seine river water through heat exchangers to cool around 800 buildings — including the Louvre…
Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under the Ocean, Raising Hopes For a Thirsty World Summary A multinational research effort, Expedition 501, drilled up to 1,289 feet into the seabed about…
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 from Nanjing University and the University of Sydney have built an AI agent (A2) that autonomously discovers and validates vulnerabilities in…
Firefox Ending 32-bit Linux Support Next Year Summary Mozilla has announced it will end official 32-bit Linux support for Firefox in 2026. Version 144 will be the final regular release…
Trump To Impose Tariffs On Semiconductor Imports From Firms Not Moving Production To US Summary President Donald Trump said he will impose tariffs on semiconductor imports from companies that do…
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 while it conducts a 60-day…
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…
