Economy
FAO announces forestry prizes for young researchers
Winners of two forestry prizes were announced in Rome; each winning and finalist team will receive USD 10,000 in research funding.
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Technology
Google.org selects 17 recipients for AI-for-science grants
The company announced US$36 million in total funding; recipients’ projects are research plans.
Economy
Lodestar reports silver-gold drilling results at Nevada’s Black Diamond
Two holes returned silver-bearing intervals of 15.2 m and 12.2 m; the company also reported lead and zinc values.
Energy
Saudi Arabia and IEF deepen clean-energy and circular-carbon cooperation
The memorandum announced on October 14 covers research, expert exchanges and regional work.
Technology
xAI releases Grok Voice 3.0 speech model through its API
The new version retains its predecessor’s API price, the company said; performance comparisons are attributed to external evaluators.
Agriculture
USDA maps regional risks to Brazil agriculture from 2026/27 El Niño
A FAS report highlights drought and heat risks in northern and central areas and excessive rainfall in the South, while noting outcomes are uncertain.
Agriculture
FAO launches IRMA platform for irrigation planning
The new tool is designed to help identify irrigation potential and needs.
Technology
FUTO releases ASR4ALL speech recognition models for CPU and mobile devices
FUTO says it has released three streaming speech recognition models with 28 million, 56 million and 97 million parameters, designed for local CPU use.
Technology
Microsoft describes layered controls for an AI agent handling network incidents
A Microsoft engineering post outlines access and approval limits for an agent built to investigate production-network incidents.
Technology
NVIDIA pledges five-year compute support for UK AI safety research
The company said providers and commercial terms for the cloud-compute access have yet to be agreed.
Health
Pan Pepin recalls Para Bien Al Grano lots in Puerto Rico over undeclared sesame
The company announcement posted by FDA on October 14 covers seven lots distributed in Puerto Rico.
Technology
Physical Intelligence opens Pi API beta for robotic foundation models
The company’s API beta lets developers upload robot data, fine-tune models and use cloud-hosted inference.