Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under the Ocean, Raising Hopes For a Thirsty World Summary A multinational team on Expedition 501 drilled up to 1,289 feet (about 393 metres) into…
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…
Boffins Build Automated Android Bug Hunting System Summary Researchers from Nanjing University and the University of Sydney have developed A2, an AI-driven agent that automates discovery and validation of vulnerabilities…
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…
Trump To Impose Tariffs On Semiconductor Imports From Firms Not Moving Production To US Summary President Donald Trump announced plans to impose tariffs on semiconductor imports from companies that do…
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 regular release that…
Canada Delaying Plan To Force Automakers To Hit EVs Sales Targets Summary Canada’s federal government, led by Prime Minister Mark Carney, is pausing a proposed electric vehicle (EV) sales mandate…
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary An AI-driven offensive research pipeline built by two independent Israeli security researchers — dubbed ‘Auto Exploit’ — used prompts to a large…
Slashdot Asks: Can Panasonic Reinvent Itself? Summary Panasonic’s market value has been roughly flat at about $25 billion over the past decade while rivals such as Hitachi, Sony and NEC…
Google Deletes Net-Zero Pledge From Sustainability Website Summary An investigation by Canada’s National Observer, republished on Slashdot, finds that Google quietly removed its prominent net-zero-by-2030 pledge from the front of…
