Editor Blogs

December 2025

Bill Would Add Age Verification to AI Chatbots

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives would place heavy roadblocks between AI chatbots and underage users. But is it entirely necessary? Is it a crucial safeguard or a potential invasion of privacy and a malignant way to hamstring a developing technology? The impetus for th

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Date:

12/30/2025

Robot Uses AI to Learn 1,000 Tasks in a Single Day

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

AI is rapidly expediting the machine-learning process, and to that end, a new development described in Science.org is both illuminating and slightly terrifying – researchers managed to teach a robot 1,000 physical tasks in a single day, each from a single demonstration. TechRadar points out that, prior to the onset of AI

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Date:

12/22/2025

Federal Judge Strikes Down President Trumpâ€™s Ban on New Wind Power Projects

Federal Judge Strikes Down President Trump's Ban on New Wind Power Projects

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

Wind power in the U.S. will apparently continue unencumbered. On the very first day of his second term, President Trump issued a number of sweeping executive orders, including declaring a National Emergency for domestic energy and putting the kibosh on wind energy leasing for all areas within the Offshore

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Date:

12/15/2025

India Backs Down After Apple Refuses Order to Preinstall Security App on all Phones

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

In an unexpected PR victory for the electronic fruit empire, Apple has aligned itself with privacy advocates and refused an Indian order to preinstall a “security” app on all phones and prevent users from disabling it. And India’s government has backed down. On November 28, India issued an order to Apple, Sam

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Date:

12/08/2025

Greater Manchester Adds 220 Electric Buses to its Fleet as Part of Ambitious Zero-Emission Target

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

Greater Manchester has approved the purchase of an additional 220 battery-electric buses for their “Bee Network,” a county-wide initiative with an extremely ambitious renewable energy target. To wit, Greater Manchester aims to convert its entire Bee Network bus fleet to zero-emission operation by 2030. And

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Date:

12/02/2025