UK Government Trial of M365 Copilot Finds No Clear Productivity Boost Summary The UK Department for Business and Trade ran a trial of Microsoft 365 Copilot (October–December 2024). Around 1,000…
Uber India Starts Offering Drivers Gigs Collecting and Classifying Info For AI Models Summary Uber India has begun offering short “digital tasks” to rideshare and delivery drivers through its app…
Google Deletes Net-Zero Pledge From Sustainability Website Summary Canada’s National Observer reports that Google quietly removed its high-profile net-zero-by-2030 pledge from the company’s sustainability website in mid‑2025. The commitment —…
Slashdot Asks: Can Panasonic Reinvent Itself? Summary Panasonic’s market value has been roughly flat at about $25 billion for the past decade, while rivals such as Hitachi, Sony and NEC…
Google Hit With $3.45 Billion EU Antitrust Fine Over Adtech Practices Summary Alphabet’s Google was fined $3.45 billion by the European Commission after a complaint from the European Publishers Council…
Geoffrey Hinton: ‘AI Will Make a Few People Much Richer and Most People Poorer’ Summary Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton tells the Financial Times he expects AI to concentrate wealth among…
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic is blocking access to its AI services for companies that are majority‑owned by entities from certain countries, notably China.…
Summary Columbia University is trialling Sway, an AI debate tool developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon, which pairs students with opposing views for one-on-one conversations on hot-button topics such as…
Rising River Temperatures Threaten Paris’s Water-Based Building Cooling Network Summary Paris operates a district cooling network that pipes Seine river water through heat exchangers to cool around 800 buildings, including…
Summary A first-of-its-kind global expedition, Expedition 501, drilled up to 1,289 feet into the seabed 20–30 miles off Cape Cod and recovered freshwater beneath the Atlantic floor. Scientists documented an…
