Slashdot Asks: Can Panasonic Reinvent Itself?
Slashdot Asks: Can Panasonic Reinvent Itself? Summary Panasonic’s market value has been essentially flat at about $25 billion for the past decade while peers such as Hitachi, Sony and NEC…
Google Hit With $3.45 Billion EU Antitrust Fine Over Adtech Practices
Google Hit With $3.45 Billion EU Antitrust Fine Over Adtech Practices Content Summary The European Commission has fined Alphabet’s Google $3.45 billion for anti-competitive conduct in its adtech business. The…
Geoffrey Hinton: ‘AI Will Make a Few People Much Richer and Most People Poorer’
Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton warns that AI will concentrate wealth in the hands of a small elite while displacing large numbers of workers, driving unemployment and boosting profits for those…
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic says it is widening restrictions on access to its AI services to block companies that are majority-owned by entities…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is testing Sway, an AI debate tool developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, as a way to…
Rising River Temperatures Threaten Paris’s Water-Based Building Cooling Network
Rising River Temperatures Threaten Paris’s Water-Based Building Cooling Network Summary Paris operates a district cooling network that pumps Seine river water through heat exchangers to cool around 800 buildings, including…
Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under the Ocean, Raising Hopes For a Thirsty World
Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under the Ocean, Raising Hopes For a Thirsty World Summary A first-of-its-kind global research expedition (Expedition 501) drilled up to 1,289 feet into the seabed…
Anthropic Agrees To Pay Record $1.5 Billion To Settle Authors’ AI Lawsuit
Anthropic Agrees To Pay Record $1.5 Billion To Settle Authors’ AI Lawsuit Content Summary Anthropic has agreed to put at least $1.5 billion into a class-action fund to settle litigation…
Boffins Build Automated Android Bug Hunting System
Boffins Build Automated Android Bug Hunting System Summary Researchers from Nanjing University and the University of Sydney developed A2, an AI-powered agent that mimics human vulnerability discovery for Android apps…
Firefox Ending 32-bit Linux Support Next Year
Firefox Ending 32-bit Linux Support Next Year Summary Mozilla announced it will stop shipping 32-bit Linux builds of Firefox in 2026. Firefox 144 will be the final 32-bit release, and…