Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic is widening restrictions to block its AI services from companies majority-owned by entities in countries such as China, citing…
Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton told the Financial Times that AI is likely to concentrate wealth in the hands of a small elite while impoverishing many workers. He warns firms will…
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 roughly 800 buildings, including…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is piloting Sway, an AI-driven discussion tool developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, to try to ease…
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…
Microsoft 365 Personal is Now Free For US College Students For a Year Summary Microsoft is offering a free, one-year Microsoft 365 Personal subscription to all US college students. The…
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 has announced it will end official 32-bit Linux (i686) support for Firefox in 2026. Firefox 144 will be the last regular…
Boffins Build Automated Android Bug Hunting System Summary Researchers from Nanjing University and the University of Sydney have developed an AI-powered agent, dubbed A2, that automates discovery and validation of…
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 and launched a 60-day review…
