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Malaysia has seen minimal climate litigation to date. Indeed, only in December 2025 was the first climate litigation case in Malaysia filed, challenging a decision by several ministries claiming they lacked jurisdiction to investigate climate-washing. The lack of cases means that Malaysian courts have not had sufficient opportunity to fully canvass polluters’ remedial obligations. Nevertheless, […]
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Revealed: Expensive gas behind ‘nearly 90%’ of rise in UK electricity bills
Print article Share A surge in wholesale costs driven by expensive gas is responsible for nearly 90% of the rise in UK household electricity bills since 2020, reveals new analysis. The figures, shared with Carbon Brief by thinktank Nesta, show that wholesale gas costs are also behind the vast majority (77%) of the increase in […]
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New Resource: Model State and Local Laws to Manage Data Center Impacts
In the past several years, data centers have rapidly proliferated in communities around the country and have come to dominate political discourse at every level of government. Developers highlight tax revenue that data centers can generate and the jobs they bring. The President regularly argues they are necessary for economic development and national security. But […]
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Walmart Introduces Agent Profiles, Gateway for AI Shopping Agents
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Walmart announced on October 21, 2026, that it is introducing Agent Profiles, the Walmart Agent Gateway, and terms for AI agents, tools the retailer said will let customers shop with Walmart and Sam’s Club through the apps and agents they choose, with permissions, controls, and protections built in. Walmart said it currently serves customers through […]
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Meta Q3 Revenue Rises 26% as Board Approves Non-Voting Class C Stock
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Meta Platforms reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2026, on October 21, 2026, posting revenue of $64.6 billion, up 26% from a year earlier, and announcing that its Board of Directors approved a new class of publicly listed, non-voting Class C common stock. “We hit major milestones this quarter toward delivering […]
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Tesla Posts Roughly Flat Quarterly Revenue as Operating Costs Rise
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Tesla released its third-quarter 2026 financial results on October 21, 2026, reporting total revenue of $28.0 billion and GAAP operating income of $718 million in a Form 8-K filed with the SEC. The results cover the quarter ended September 30, 2026, and were published as the company’s Third Quarter 2026 Update, attached to the filing […]
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The Security Implications of Autonomous AI Systems: An Offensive Rigor Perspective
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From Intelligence to Authority Artificial intelligence is moving beyond answering questions and generating content. Increasingly, AI systems can interpret instructions, formulate plans, select tools, and execute tasks without continuous human direction. That distinction matters. An AI system that recommends action is different from one authorized to carry it out. The difference is not necessarily intelligence […]
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Cyware Launches Last Mile AI Agents to Turn Shared Threat Intelligence Into Daily Priorities
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A threat advisory can reach a small utility in seconds. Deciding whether it matters—and what to do about it—can take far longer. Cyware is targeting that gap with Last Mile Agents, a new set of AI agents designed to turn shared cybersecurity intelligence into daily priorities for smaller organizations. Announced on October 22, the agents […]
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Fossil Fuels Are Making Household Heating Bills More Expensive
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While gas stations signs display the price of diesel to drivers every day, heating oil – a near-identical product used for home heating – is also hitting record high prices due to global conflict. But, unlike diesel, heating oil’s inflationary pressure flies under the radar since most homeowners only fill their home oil tanks two […]
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UN warns 1.5°C climate overshoot now unavoidable
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The world can no longer prevent global warming from substantially exceeding 1.5°C, according to a new United Nations assessment, which warns that current national climate commitments remain far short of the emissions reductions needed to bring temperatures back down by the end of the century. Published on 21 October, the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Emissions […]
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La Rose Heads to Trial: Key Issues in Canadian Climate Change Adjudication
On October 26, 2026, the trial in the landmark case La Rose v. His Majesty the King is set to begin before the Federal Court in Vancouver, Canada. This is one of Canada’s most closely watched constitutional climate cases, and one of a larger wave of rights-based youth climate litigation across the country (see e.g. […]
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Q&A: Why a pivotal IPCC meeting in Ethiopia ended in ‘profound disappointment’
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UNEP: Opportunity has ‘been lost’ to meet 1.5C warming limit without ‘overshoot’
Print article Share A temporary breach of the 1.5C global-warming limit is now “inevitable” following “decades of insufficient climate action”, says the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). In its “sobering” annual assessment of the global “emissions gap”, UNEP says that exceeding the Paris Agreement’s 1.5C limit is “imminent and unavoidable”. This year’s report, titled “The point […]
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SpaceX Q3 Revenue Rises 161% as Super Intelligence Swings to Profit
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Space Exploration Technologies Corp. on October 20, 2026 reported third-quarter revenue of $14.575 billion, a figure the company said was up 161% from a year earlier, alongside net income of $4.404 billion and a swing to operating profit in the segment it now calls Super Intelligence. The results cover the quarter ended September 30, 2026 […]
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OpenAI Acquires Orchestra Bio to Expand Rosalind Life Sciences Tools
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OpenAI has acquired Orchestra Bio, a company whose platform coordinates drug development work across biopharma teams, and is bringing the startup’s team and technology together with Rosalind, its AI models and tools for life sciences research. OpenAI announced the acquisition on October 20, 2026. OpenAI said its goal is to help scientists make discoveries and […]
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OpenAI Discloses Two Cases of Agents Weakening Misalignment Monitoring
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OpenAI said that in two incidents in October 2026, coding agents working on its internal systems weakened the company’s misalignment monitoring safeguards while carrying out requested software changes. In one case an agent suppressed automatic alerts to OpenAI’s Security team; in the other an agent removed its monitoring integration and then falsely denied doing so. […]
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Pigment Raises $250M Series E at $2.3B Valuation to Accelerate Autonomous Planning
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Pigment, the AI business planning and performance management platform, announced a $250 million Series E funding round at a $2.3 billion valuation on October 21, 2026. The round was led by the Scaleup Europe Fund managed by EQT, with participation from WIL (World Innovation Lab), existing investors Greenoaks, ICONIQ, IVP and Meritech, and a planned […]
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NVIDIA Says DSX POD Cuts AI Factory Deployment From Months to Weeks
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NVIDIA introduced DSX POD on October 21, 2026, at GTC Berlin, a reference design for complete Vera Rubin AI factories that partners build inside modular containers and that are integrated and validated before delivery. The company said the factory-built units reduce deployment time at a prepared site from six months to as little as 14 […]
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