Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is trialling Sway, an AI debate programme developed at Carnegie Mellon, which pairs students with opposing views for…
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic, the San Francisco AI startup, is broadening restrictions on who can access its services by blocking companies that are…
Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under the Ocean, Raising Hopes For a Thirsty World Summary A multinational research expedition (Expedition 501) has drilled up to 1,289 feet (≈393 m) into…
Rising River Temperatures Threaten Paris’s Water-Based Building Cooling Network Summary Paris runs a district cooling network that draws Seine river water through heat exchangers to cool roughly 800 buildings —…
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…
Firefox Ending 32-bit Linux Support Next Year Summary Mozilla announced that Firefox will stop providing 32-bit Linux builds in 2026. Version 144 will be the final regular release with 32-bit…
Boffins Build Automated Android Bug Hunting System Summary Researchers at Nanjing University and the University of Sydney have developed A2, an AI agent that mimics human vulnerability discovery and automatically…
Canada Delaying Plan To Force Automakers To Hit EVs Sales Targets Summary Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government has paused a planned electric-vehicle (EV) sales mandate. The policy — which would…
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…
Apple’s Vision Pro Gaining Traction in Some Niches of Business Content summary Apple’s $3,500 Vision Pro is finding practical use in a number of specialised enterprise settings, according to a…
