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Arctic sea ice ties for 10th-lowest summer minimum since 1978
The minimum came on September 12, and all 20 of the lowest on record have occurred since 2007.
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Dog brains track consonants in speech, just like human brains
Hungarian researchers recorded brain waves from 20 dogs and 20 people, and both picked out words built around consonants more easily.
AI
KAIST robot dog runs a full marathon on a single battery charge
RAIBO2 covered 42 kilometers in just over four hours and used less energy per kilometer than a human runner.
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Europe's most powerful supercomputer gets European processors
JUPITER in Jülich has started receiving Rhea1 chips from French company SiPearl after running mostly on Nvidia hardware.
Science
Pulsar's 42-light-year X-ray tail explains mysterious gamma rays
The trail behind PSR J1740+1000 is the longest known and lines up with radiation that had no identified source.
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Perovskite solar cells tuned for seawater work 10 meters down
Cells from Yunnan University capture the blue and green light that reaches that depth and are meant for underwater sensors and robots.
AI
Amazon blocks Meta's Muse AI agent from shopping on its store
Since Sunday night, Muse users see a message saying access by an unauthorized agent violates Amazon's terms.
Business & Startups
Samsung puts up to $100 million into Kairos reactor for Google
Kairos Power is building a molten salt-cooled reactor in Tennessee, with first power expected in 2030.
Society & Policy
California requires data centers to report water and power use
Governor Newsom signed seven bills covering water, electricity and grid connection costs, a year after vetoing a similar measure.
AI
Alibaba plans 20 gigawatts of data centers and unveils a new AI chip
CEO Eddie Wu called the Zhenwu V900 the most powerful AI chip in China today and set a six-year horizon for the buildout.
Science
Austrian gravel pit yields 500 Iron Age bars, a European record
The iron weighs more than a metric ton and probably sank with a boat carrying it down the Danube for trade.
AI
Microsoft ports Copilot's core to Rust with AI agents for $120,000
Agents turned 430,000 lines of TypeScript into 800,000 lines of Rust with about three weeks of human work, and dozens of regressions.