Summary Anthropic, the San Francisco AI startup, is expanding restrictions to block its services from companies that are majority-owned by entities from countries such as China, including their overseas subsidiaries.…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Content Summary Columbia University is trialling Sway, an AI debate programme developed at Carnegie Mellon University that pairs students with opposing…
Rising River Temperatures Threaten Paris’s Water-Based Building Cooling Network Summary Paris operates a district cooling network that draws Seine river water through heat exchangers to cool around 800 buildings —…
Microsoft 365 Personal is Now Free For US College Students For a Year Summary Microsoft is offering a free one-year subscription to Microsoft 365 Personal for all US college students.…
Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under the Ocean, Raising Hopes For a Thirsty World Summary A multinational, first-of-its-kind research cruise—Expedition 501—drilled up to 1,289 ft (~393 m) into the seabed…
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 a…
Boffins Build Automated Android Bug Hunting System Summary Researchers from Nanjing University and the University of Sydney have developed A2, an AI-powered agent that autonomously discovers and validates vulnerabilities in…
Firefox Ending 32-bit Linux Support Next Year Summary Mozilla has announced it will stop producing 32-bit (i686) Linux builds of Firefox in 2026. The regular Firefox 144 series will be…
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 has paused Canada’s planned electric vehicle (EV) sales mandate and launched a 60‑day review…
