Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic, the San Francisco AI startup, has expanded restrictions on who can use its services to include companies majority‑owned by…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is trialling Sway, a beta AI debate programme developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon. Sway pairs students with…
Rising River Temperatures Threaten Paris’s Water-Based Building Cooling Network Key Points • Paris runs a district cooling network that uses Seine river water to cool around 800 buildings, including the…
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 at Nanjing University and the University of Sydney have built A2, an AI-powered agent that automates discovery and validation of vulnerabilities…
Firefox Ending 32-bit Linux Support Next Year Summary Mozilla has announced it will end 32-bit Linux support for Firefox in 2026. Firefox 144 will be the last regular release that…
Trump To Impose Tariffs On Semiconductor Imports From Firms Not Moving Production To US Content Summary President Donald Trump announced his administration will impose tariffs on semiconductor imports from companies…
Canada Delaying Plan To Force Automakers To Hit EVs Sales Targets Summary Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government is pausing 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…
