Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary San Francisco-based Anthropic has expanded its restrictions to block access to its AI services for companies that are majority-owned by…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is piloting Sway, an AI debate programme developed by Carnegie Mellon researchers, which pairs students with opposing views…
Rising River Temperatures Threaten Paris’s Water-Based Building Cooling Network Summary Paris operates a district cooling network that uses Seine river water, via pipes and heat exchangers, to cool around 800…
Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under the Ocean, Raising Hopes For a Thirsty World Summary A multinational research expedition (Expedition 501), funded by the US National Science Foundation and a…
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 lawsuit…
Boffins Build Automated Android Bug Hunting System Summary Researchers from Nanjing University and the University of Sydney have extended prior work on AI exploit generation to build A2, an agentic…
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 last release that…
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’s government has paused Canada’s 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, including its manufacturing plant in Holland, Michigan and plans for a $1.4bn…
