U.S. Senator Ed Markey on Monday asked Alphabet to let schools disable AI features while retaining Google Search, intensifying concerns about the company promoting AI to students. In a letter to CEO Sundar Pichai, the Massachusetts Democrat urged Alphabet to reverse a recent change to its Search product policy. Google last week said it will default AI tools off for K-12 accounts, but if school administrators enable Google Search they must accept the embedded AI features. Markey wrote that the po

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OPEC said the global push to electrify will lift electricity demand for decades but risks understating oil's role, because manufacture, transport and maintenance of equipment, cables and charging infrastructure depend on oil and petrochemical products. It cited that mid‑size EVs may contain about 45% more plastics and polymer composites than comparable ICE cars, wind turbines derive roughly 15% of their weight from oil‑derived materials and crystalline silicon solar panels about 10%. Grid construction and renewable installations also rely on oil‑derived products. OPEC said energy sources are not zero‑sum and meeting global demand, alleviating energy poverty and ensuring energy security will require multiple fuels; the future should be an 'era of all fuels', not solely an 'electricity era'.