Interactive: Tracking negotiating texts at the COP31 climate summit
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Print article Share The centrepiece of every UN climate summit is for countries to negotiate the wording of a large number of legal agreements – and COP31 in the Turkish city of Antalya is no different. These texts are hashed out behind closed doors in the “blue zone” at the COP, where diplomats from nearly 200 […]
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Analysis: China’s quarterly CO2 falls 3% in largest drop since Covid
China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 3.1% in the third quarter of 2026, as the Hormuz crisis continued to hit oil demand and coal use also dropped. This guest post is by: Lauri Myllyvirta, lead analyst at the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air This was the largest quarterly reduction since the […]
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‘Simply staggering’: Rapidly developing ‘super El Niño’ on track to peak in December
Print article Share The ongoing “super El Niño” is likely to peak at the end of 2026 and push average global temperatures to record levels next year. That is according to Carbon Brief’s latest “state of the climate” update, which analyses El Niño forecasts from more than a dozen climate models, as well as six […]
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Asian AI and Chip Stocks Tumble on US Data-Center Fears
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CNBC reported on November 6, 2026, that Asian technology and chip stocks tumbled amid US data-center policy fears and Wall Street’s AI-linked selloff, with contract chipmaker TSMC down 9.6% and South Korea’s SK Hynix losing more than 8%. Investors were concerned that Democrats’ sweeping US midterm victory could produce tighter restrictions on data-center development. Timothy […]
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Palo Alto Networks Explores Clutch Security Acquisition
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TechCrunch reported on November 6, 2026 that Palo Alto Networks is in talks to acquire Clutch Security for $500 million in cash plus additional milestone-based payouts. The report describes discussions rather than a signed or completed acquisition, and neither company responded to TechCrunch’s requests for comment. The person familiar with the discussions said Clutch was […]
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XIIlab Approves KRW 10B Convertible Bond to Expand AI Data Center Business
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South Korean AI infrastructure company XIIlab disclosed in a November 6, 2026 regulatory filing that its board approved a KRW 10 billion privately placed convertible bond for its AI data-center business. Subscription and cash payment are scheduled for November 16, 2026, so the disclosure records an approved financing, not a completed raise. XIIlab’s announcement connects […]
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Cashfree Adds WebMCP Tools to Hosted Checkout for AI Agents
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Cashfree Payments announced on November 6, 2026, that its Hosted Checkout now supports WebMCP, allowing browser-based AI agents to read orders, navigate payment methods, display UPI QR codes and check payment status. The company said the tools can reduce the tokens required to complete a checkout by more than 40%. The capability is built into […]
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EPG Tops Out Johor Factory for Modular Data Center Production
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EPG Modular Data Center has topped out its approximately US$120 million factory in Senai Airport City, Johor, the company announced on November 6, 2026, with completion scheduled for the first quarter of 2027. The topping-out ceremony included the raising of the final structural beam, marking a construction milestone rather than the start of operations. The […]
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Catching hose failure before it becomes a spill
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Tapflo PT40 peristaltic pump. The design isolates the pumped fluid within a replaceable hose, making hose monitoring and leak detection important safeguards against chemical spills and unplanned downtime. Hose monitoring and leak detection can improve the reliability of peristaltic pumps used in chemical dosing applications. Pump manufacturer Tapflo UK explains how. As water companies invest […]
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Diamond electrodes enable chemical-free disinfection
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Illustration of an electrochemical water-treatment cell. (Image credit: Oxi-Tech Solutions) Oxi-Tech Solutions has secured Innovate UK funding for a two-year research partnership with the University of Warwick to develop electrochemical water disinfection technology that could reduce reliance on chemical cleaning agents in industrial applications. The Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), beginning in 2027, will focus on […]
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CB Live: Carbon Brief’s team at COP17 on the nature talks’ key outcomes
Print article Share Following this year’s UN COP17 biodiversity conference, Carbon Brief’s journalists hosted a livestream to explain what happened at the summit. Carbon Brief’s Orla Dwyer and Aruna Chandrasekhar have been on the ground in Yerevan, Armenia, over the past two weeks, covering the negotiations. They were joined on the livestream by associate editors […]
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Q&A: What is in the global ‘roadmap’ for transitioning away from fossil fuels?
Print article Share Article Contents Expand menu Close Why has Brazil produced a fossil-fuel ‘roadmap’? What does the fossil-fuel roadmap say? How will the fossil-fuel roadmap be discussed at COP31? Transitioning away from fossil fuels is “urgent, inevitable and, yet, possible”, according to a first-of-its-kind global “roadmap” produced by Brazil. The host of last year’s […]
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Q&A: What is the Brazil-led ‘deforestation roadmap’?
Print article Share Article Contents Expand menu Close What is a deforestation ‘roadmap’? What does the roadmap say about reducing deforestation? Why did some countries not sign onto the roadmap at COP30? What are the barriers to implementing a deforestation roadmap? On 3 November, the Brazilian presidency of the COP30 climate talks released its long-awaited […]
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Amodei Wins Dismissal of Direct Copyright Claim with Leave to Amend
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Judge Eumi K. Lee of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on November 4, 2026 dismissed the direct copyright infringement claim against Anthropic co-founder Dario Amodei, with leave to amend, according to the court’s November 4, 2026 minute entry. The minute entry left Anthropic’s separate partial motion unresolved. Lee ordered the […]
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Cat Wu to Lead Product Management for OpenAI’s Core Products
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Cat Wu announced on November 5, 2026 that she is joining OpenAI to lead product management for Core Products. Wu said she respected OpenAI for showing that scaling works, bringing AI to more than a billion people and treating great products as central to its mission. She named Thibault Sottiaux, OpenAI’s product-management team and employees […]
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OpenAI’s Enterprise Sales Take Majority as Brockman Sees IPO Readiness
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Reuters reported on November 5, 2026 that OpenAI President Greg Brockman said enterprise sales now generate the majority of the company’s revenue. Speaking on November 4, 2026, in Napa, California, Brockman answered “I think so” when asked whether OpenAI would be ready for an initial public offering in 2027. The official conference program identifies Brockman […]
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Clearing up a robot’s fuzzy memory
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In an emergency, a human might someday ask a robotic assistant to fetch a wall-mounted defibrillator located down the hall. But if the robot has incorrectly labeled the defibrillator as a fire extinguisher in its stored memory, it may not know where to find the life-saving device. This robotic assistant could benefit from a new […]
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AutoStore Moves Into Pallet Robotics With Agreement to Buy Logiqs
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AutoStore announced on November 5, 2026 that it had agreed to acquire Logiqs BV, a Netherlands-based developer of roaming pallet automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS), for up to €30 million. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. The agreement would add pallet-handling automation to […]