ICE Has Spyware Now
ICE Has Spyware Now Summary The Trump administration has rescinded a Biden-era executive order that restricted US agencies from acquiring intrusive hacking tools. As a result, Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
Geoffrey Hinton: ‘AI Will Make a Few People Much Richer and Most People Poorer’
Geoffrey Hinton: ‘AI Will Make a Few People Much Richer and Most People Poorer’ Summary Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton warns that artificial intelligence is likely to concentrate wealth in the…
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic has expanded restrictions on who can access its AI services, saying it will block companies majority-owned by entities from…
Rising River Temperatures Threaten Paris’s Water-Based Building Cooling Network
Rising River Temperatures Threaten Paris’s Water-Based Building Cooling Network Summary Paris runs a district cooling network that pumps Seine river water through heat exchangers to cool around 800 buildings, including…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions
Summary Columbia University is testing Sway, an AI debate programme developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, to see if automated mediation can help de-escalate charged campus conversations. Sway pairs…
Anthropic Agrees To Pay Record $1.5 Billion To Settle Authors’ AI Lawsuit
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 resolve litigation brought…
Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under the Ocean, Raising Hopes For a Thirsty World
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) has drilled up to 1,289 feet into the…
Firefox Ending 32-bit Linux Support Next Year
Firefox Ending 32-bit Linux Support Next Year Summary Mozilla has announced it will stop providing 32-bit Linux binaries for Firefox in 2026. Version 144 will be the last regular release…
Boffins Build Automated Android Bug Hunting System
Boffins Build Automated Android Bug Hunting System Summary Researchers from Nanjing University and the University of Sydney built an AI agent, A2, that mimics human vulnerability discovery for Android apps…
Canada Delaying Plan To Force Automakers To Hit EVs Sales Targets
Canada Delaying Plan To Force Automakers To Hit EVs Sales Targets Summary Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government has paused its planned mandate requiring automakers to meet minimum electric vehicle (EV)…