America’s First Sodium-Ion Battery Manufacturer Ceases Operations Summary Natron Energy has announced the immediate cessation of all operations, including its manufacturing plant in Holland, Michigan and plans for a $1.4bn…
What is information security (infosec)? Summary Information security (infosec) is the set of policies, procedures and controls used to protect information — digital or otherwise — from unauthorised access, modification,…
Inside a mosquito factory Summary There’s an unusual factory in Curitiba, Brazil, that rears mosquitoes by the millions with a single goal: to stop them spreading diseases. The site can…
Geoffrey Hinton: ‘AI Will Make a Few People Much Richer and Most People Poorer’ Summary Nobel laureate and neural‑network pioneer Geoffrey Hinton warns that AI will concentrate wealth among a…
Google Hit With $3.45 Billion EU Antitrust Fine Over Adtech Practices Summary The European Commission has fined Alphabet’s Google $3.45 billion (approx.) for abusing its dominance in the adtech market,…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is trialling Sway, an AI-driven debate programme developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, to try to ease…
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic said it will block access to its AI services for companies majority-owned by entities from countries it labels as…
Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under the Ocean, Raising Hopes For a Thirsty World Summary A multinational Expedition 501 drilled up to 1,289 feet into the seabed 20–30 miles off…
Rising River Temperatures Threaten Paris’s Water-Based Building Cooling Network Summary Networks of pipes and heat exchangers move excess heat from buildings into nearby watercourses. Paris’s district cooling system pumps Seine…
Boffins Build Automated Android Bug Hunting System Summary Researchers at Nanjing University and the University of Sydney have developed an AI-driven agent, A2, that automatically discovers and validates vulnerabilities in…
