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If a Mac mini is agentic overkill, try this glowing pyramid that runs personal bots
Autonomous.ai has launched Intern 2, a $299 pyramid-shaped computer designed to run AI agents such as Hermes and OpenClaw in an isolated environment. It aims to offer a safer, more contained alternative to running background agents on a personal laptop, especially for repetitive or scheduled tasks. The device uses cloud-based inference rather than running models…
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Reform in freefall, British mother missing in Malawi, Saudi-Houthi clashes escalate
Sixteen Durham councillors have now quit Reform UK amid its Welsh leader’s arrest, while Leicester mother Nusrat Osman remains missing in Malawi and Saudi Arabia says it downed a Houthi drone near Mecca; also: the EPA scraps power-plant pollution limits and Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro draws a muted reception.
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Trump EPA’s arguments for letting power plants spew unlimited pollution ‘dead wrong’
The US Environmental Protection Agency has moved to scrap all limits on planet-heating pollution from coal and gas power plants, with administrator Lee Zeldin claiming the change will lower Americans’ electricity bills and pose little climate risk. Environmental lawyers and analysts say both justifications collapse under scrutiny, arguing the rollback instead entrenches costly, polluting fossil…
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Scotland imposes mandatory environmental assessments on new datacentres
The Scottish government has announced that any new datacentre project above 50MW will be required to submit an environmental impact assessment as part of the planning process, ahead of a Holyrood vote on a proposed moratorium on new hyperscale datacentres. The move comes amid a surge in planning applications driven by global investment in AI…
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Colombia and Brazil lead in deaths of environmental defenders
Colombia and Brazil were the world’s deadliest countries for land and environmental activists in 2025, according to a new report by campaign group Global Witness. The findings underline that Latin America remains by far the most dangerous region for people defending land, indigenous territory and the environment, a pattern the group has recorded every year…
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Norwich pub restricts outdoor launderette after parking and noise complaints
A pub in Norwich has agreed to restrict the hours of its outdoor launderette after neighbours complained about noise, bright lights and parking problems. The Woodman’s owners installed the 24-hour facility to boost income amid rising costs from increases to National Insurance and the minimum wage, but nearby residents said the machines and their lighting…
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Adorable golden eagle fledglings are named Sassy and GoldenEye by Dame Judi Dench and Outlander star Sam Heughan during conservation project
Dame Judi Dench and Outlander actor Sam Heughan have named two golden eagle fledglings, GoldenEye and Sassy, as part of a conservation project to restore the species to southern Scotland. Five young eagles fledged in the region this summer, four of them descended from birds translocated as part of the South of Scotland Golden Eagle…
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Hobbyist gold panner convicted of causing environmental damage to Snowdonia river in ‘Welsh Klondike’
Brian Wright, a 69-year-old hobbyist gold panner from Henley-on-Thames, has been convicted of causing environmental damage to a river in Snowdonia’s so-called “Welsh Klondike”, four years after he was first prosecuted for the same activity. Llandudno Magistrates’ Court found him guilty of digging up material from the riverbank and disturbing the riverbed of the Afon…
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Data center debacle as ‘computer glitch’ causes 5k gallons of diesel fuel to spill into New Jersey wetlands
Around 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel spilled from a storage tank at Equinix’s NY2 data centre in Secaucus, New Jersey, on 11 September, flowing into Anderson Creek, a tributary feeding the Hackensack River. The incident has triggered a major clean-up operation and reignited anger over the rapid expansion of data centres across the state, with…
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EPA moves to scrap power plant emission regulations
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving to eliminate limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, according to reporting by the New York Times. The plan involves rescinding a Biden-era rule requiring plants to cut most emissions by 2039 or shut down, alongside a broader legal argument that the EPA lacks authority to…