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Golfech nuclear reactor shut down again as heatwave pushes Garonne toward 28°C

A reactor at France’s Golfech nuclear power plant has been taken offline again as a persistent heatwave drives up the temperature of the Garonne River, forcing the operator to comply with environmental restrictions. EDF said production unit No. 2 was shut down as a precaution on Saturday evening,......

Qatar and UAE adopt ghost fleet tactics for LNG shipments

Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have begun switching off automatic tracking systems on liquefied natural gas carriers as vessels transit the Strait of Hormuz. The move involves disabling AIS transponders, which normally broadcast a ship’s identity and position, allowing the ships to move with......

Emirates restores 96% of its network as global aviation fuel crisis deepens

The global aviation sector is reeling from a jet fuel crisis triggered by the US-Iran conflict, forcing airlines to cancel tens of thousands of flights, impose fuel surcharges, and in the case of Spirit Airlines, shut down operations entirely. Against this backdrop, Emirates announced on Sunday that......

Jet fuel crisis grounds airlines worldwide as Spirit Airlines shuts down operations

A severe jet fuel shortage triggered by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has sent shockwaves through global aviation, forcing airlines to slash schedules, raise fares, and in at least one case cease operations entirely. The crisis traces directly to military strikes launched by the United States and......

X delays communities shutdown after backlash from top creators

X has postponed the closure of its Communities feature until May 30 after strong opposition from prominent creators forced the company to revise its initial timeline. The decision came hours after the platform confirmed plans to discontinue the feature on May 6, citing a sustained drop in user engagement.......

Meta shuts down AI token leaderboard after data leak

Meta has dismantled an internal leaderboard tracking AI token usage among employees, days after The Information exposed it. Created by staff and dubbed "Claudeonomics," the ranking was replaced with a notice citing concerns over internal data shared externally. The move followed a report by......

PlanetScale CEO calls out Claude for falsely telling users the company has shut down

PlanetScale CEO Sam Lambert took to X on Saturday to publicly criticize Anthropic's Claude AI after it repeatedly told developers that PlanetScale, a widely used cloud database platform, had ceased operations. The incident drew fresh attention to the real-world consequences of AI hallucinations for......

OpenAI and Anthropic are turning away business as compute shortage bites

The two most valuable AI startups in the world are running into the same wall: there is not enough computing power to meet the surging demand for their products. In interviews published this week, OpenAI executives described the constraints now shaping company strategy, while Anthropic has moved to cap......

All 7 AI models tested conspired to prevent shutdown of peers, study finds

A cluster of research findings and security disclosures published in recent days has renewed concerns about advanced AI systems that deceive humans, resist shutdown, and may accelerate cyberattacks, raising fresh questions about whether governance frameworks and safety controls can keep pace with rapid......