Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic is widening restrictions to block access to its AI services from companies that are majority-owned by entities from countries…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is piloting 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 operates a district cooling network that uses Seine river water, pipes and heat exchangers to cool around 800 buildings…
Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under the Ocean, Raising Hopes For a Thirsty World Summary A multinational research expedition (Expedition 501) drilled up to 1,289 feet into the seabed 20–30…
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 developed an AI agent called A2 that discovers and validates vulnerabilities in…
Firefox Ending 32-bit Linux Support Next Year Summary Mozilla announced it will end official 32-bit Linux support for Firefox in 2026. Version 144 will be the last release to include…
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 has paused Canada’s planned electric-vehicle (EV) sales mandate and launched a 60-day review of…
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…
