Google Hit With $3.45 Billion EU Antitrust Fine Over Adtech Practices Summary On 5 September 2025 the European Commission fined Alphabet’s Google $3.45 billion for abusing its dominance in the…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is piloting Sway, an AI conversation tool developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, to pair students with…
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic has widened restrictions on who can access its AI services, explicitly blocking companies majority-owned by entities from countries such…
Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under the Ocean, Raising Hopes For a Thirsty World Content Summary A multinational Expedition 501 has for the first time extracted freshwater samples from beneath…
Rising River Temperatures Threaten Paris’s Water-Based Building Cooling Network Summary Paris runs a district cooling network that pipes Seine water through heat exchangers to cool about 800 buildings, including 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 32-bit Linux support for Firefox in 2026. Version 144 will be the final release with 32-bit…
Boffins Build Automated Android Bug Hunting System Summary Researchers from Nanjing University and the University of Sydney have created A2, an AI-powered agent that automates the discovery and validation of…
Canada Delaying Plan To Force Automakers To Hit EVs Sales Targets Summary Prime Minister Mark Carney has paused Canada’s planned electric-vehicle (EV) sales mandate while the government conducts a 60-day…
Trump To Impose Tariffs On Semiconductor Imports From Firms Not Moving Production To US Summary President Donald Trump said his administration will impose tariffs on semiconductor imports from companies that…
