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China's Alibaba unveils new powerful chip and ambitious AI model plans

HONG KONG (AP) — China’s Alibaba unveiled new artificial intelligence chip technologies and plans for more powerful models on Sept. 22, including what it said was China's most powerful AI chip, days ahead of a meeting between Chinese and U.S. leaders at which competition to lead on AI technology is expected to be a major ... (full story)

Google fined $463 million for breaching EU rule on location data

Google has been fined 403 million euros ($463 million) for breaching the European Union's strict privacy rules because it mishandled users' location data, the bloc's data privacy watchdog said Sept. 21.
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission said its investigation found Google did not lawfully or fairly process location data ... (full story)

News outlets sue Trump over lost White House access, citing 'blatant violation' of First Amendment

NEW YORK (AP) — CNN, MS NOW and Politico on Sept. 21 sued President Donald Trump’s administration days after they were barred from White House grounds, calling the selective ban — based on the content of their coverage — a “blatant violation” of the First Amendment. Trump said on social media that ... (full story)

A California frog is on the brink of extinction. Long Beach’s aquarium has a plan to save it

Inside three water tanks in a tucked-away room at the Aquarium of the Pacific, biologists are tasked with bringing back a population of frogs that once thrived across the state’s mountainous streams but has since reached the brink of extinction.
It’s a program that’s nearly closed out its fifth year with a majo ... (full story)

Judge rules EPA illegally terminated $7 billion solar program intended to help poorer Americans

The Trump administration illegally terminated a $7 billion Solar for All program intended to make solar power accessible to more than 900,000 lower-income Americans, a federal judge in Rhode Island ruled Sept. 18.
The Environmental Protection Agency rescinded the Solar for All funds in August 2025 after President Donald Trump&rs ... (full story)