Open source software underpins much of the modern digital world, from mobile phones and automobiles to cloud computing and artificial intelligence. Now, the rapid adoption of AI is creating new opportunities to improve that software while placing growing pressure on the people responsible for maintaining and securing it, according to a new TechBrief from the Association for Computing Machinery’s Technology Policy Council  (TPC).

Over a third of U.S. adults (35%) cannot name all three branches of the government and under half can name four of the five rights protected by the First Amendment, according to the 2026 Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center. Of the five First Amendment rights, the only one named unprompted by more than half of respondents is freedom of speech.

The announcement is a new international research funding initiative created by Polyphenols Applications and Iprona to encourage new experimental work using standardized polyphenol extracts.

The total financial support is €5,000, distributed as two Research Seed Grants of €2,000 each and one Iprona Innovation Award of €1,000. Selected projects will also receive standardized Iprona research extracts. These details are already published on the official call page.

New study highlights the importance of lived experience, local knowledge, and community voices in climate change communication. The researchers call for climate policies and communication strategies in the Global South to move beyond broad, one-size-fits-all approaches and instead recognise the lived realities of the communities most exposed to climate change.