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EU data centre transparency fight heads to Aarhus Convention as FTC opens AI probe

The European Commission has been accused of siding with Big Tech over the public's right to know the environmental impact of the AI build-out, with journalists and NGOs taking the case to the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee in a filing dated 30 September.

Google pays roughly 100 publishers for AI answers, and most get almost nothing

Google is paying about 100 digital publishers for content used in AI Overviews, AI Mode and the Gemini chatbot, but The Information reported on 29 September that many of those payments amount to less than 0.1 percent of the recipient's ad revenue.

US chip export controls: Deepseek and Huawei build a software moat around Ascend

Deepseek released open-source programming tools for Huawei's Ascend chips on 30 September, aiming at the software gap that keeps Nvidia's CUDA platform dominant. The release came one day after President Trump and major AI executives signed voluntary safety controls at the White House.

Geely's 1,100 kW battery, and the two things that kill fast-charging cells

Tech's real monopoly problem isn't Google, it's how we think

Innodata opens motion-capture lab as robot data race heats up

Geely's 1,100 kW Battery Demo, GM's Cheaper LMR Cells: EV Battery Briefing

GM picks Spring Hill for LMR cells as Geely pushes 1,100 kW charging

Beijing Extends Travel Curbs to Families of Top AI Staff, as Chip Tools Go Open Source

FTC opens first AI agent probe as White House pact lets companies audit themselves

OpenAI's Australian agent breaches pull in Australian senators, the FTC and a US lawsuit

Huawei says Ascend AI chip sales in China have overtaken Nvidia

Google Pays About 100 Publishers for AI Content, and Most Get Very Little

Sports Tech Wasn't the Story: What 30 September 2026 Actually Told Us About Data

Electricity demand is outrunning the grid, and the data is patchy

Google Pays About 100 Publishers for AI Answers, and Some Get Almost Nothing

EU Talks AI Safety Abroad as Transparency Fight Moves to Aarhus Committee

RFK Jr wants AI to mine American health records, including vaccines

Sports Tech's Data Problem Is Everyone Else's Data Problem

Open weights go compact: Phonon-2, Kumo Tabular and a volunteer-trained model ship