Artificial intelligence chatbots such as GPT-3 are using four times more water than initially estimated, according to researchers in California

13 states lodge suits that accuse social media giant of creating an intentionally addictive product, "like digital nicotine", that exposes children to harm via live streaming and virtual currency features

WuXi AppTec has put its cell and gene therapy manufacturing unit, which operates four laboratories and manufacturing facilities in Philadelphia, up for sale, new report says

Survey confirms young adults worry about the addictive nature of social media. Meanwhile, the US and other are moving to make online platforms more safe and healthy for kids

Data from the 30 biggest oil and gas firms in Europe and America studied by an S&P Global unit shows they have a collective emissions trajectory of a 5C temperature rise by 2100

China's commercial centre was shut down by a typhoon on Monday, but people in northern Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar were hit much harder by Typhoon Yagi in recent days

The new law - one of several this week aimed at curbing China – now goes to the Senate. It seeks to restrict Chinese content in cars that qualify for EV tax credits

Parents want their kids off devices, according to the PM, who said the government would introduce minimum age laws for social media later this year

China's consumer confidence index slipped to 86 in July, just above the level in late 2022 during the Covid pandemic, while the employment index hit a record low

UN chief Antonio Guterres says rich nations must stop signing oil and gas deals, as they risk a "worldwide catastrophe" that imperils island states and coastal cities everywhere

Groups such as Greenpeace are demanding an end to single-use plastic sachets, and other robust measures as UN states and experts gather in Bangkok to discuss a global plastics treaty

Threat to glaciers revealed amid news of heat records in 15 nations this year, while the UN accuses fossil fuel firms of trying to slow the transition to clean energy