Pledge to invest billions in UK paused, with Washington citing lack of progress on trade barriers across pondThe US has paused its promised multi-billion-pound investment into British tech over trade disagreements, marking a serious setback in US-UK relations.The £31bn “prosperity deal”, hailed by K…

FIL dropped to $1.24 as the technical breakdown accelerated on heavy volume, 380% above average.

Providence police have released new video of a "person of interest" in Saturday's deadly Brown University shooting. CBS News' Anna Schecter has more.

Four people are facing conspiracy charges after they were apprehended while planning to test explosives in the desert.

Ukrainian leaders said Monday they appreciated White House efforts to reach a deal even as significant gaps appeared to remain between the sides.

President Trump said Monday his administration is “considering” reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug, days after The Washington Post reported he is expected to sign an executive order telling agencies to pursue reclassification soon.  Such a move would continue efforts begun by the Biden…

Meta revealed that Disney+ was coming to its Quest headsets earlier this year during its Connect event. Now, the streaming app and its vast catalog are finally available to Meta's VR users in the United States.Meta recently overhauled the Quest's entertainment experience with a new Horizon TV hub th…

Astronomers from the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Manoa and elsewhere have observed the Taurus star-forming region, which resulted in the discovery of planetary-mass and stellar companions of two ultracool dwarf stars. The new finding was presented in a paper published December 4 on the pre-print s…

China’s new economic model is putting the future of Asia’s Gen-Z at risk.

arXiv:2510.21368v2 Announce Type: replace-cross
Abstract: Estimating reaction rates and chemical stability is fundamental, yet efficient methods for large-scale simulations remain out of reach despite advances in modeling and exascale computing. Direct simulation is limited by short timescales; mac…

Wednesday’s update could debut tokenized assets, onchain AI agents and global Base features as crypto exchange Coinbase aims to redefine its business model.

Seaport Research’s negative view of Nvidia’s stock hasn’t panned out thus far, but analyst Jay Goldberg is emphasizing the recommendation as he looks to 2026.

The movie starts streaming at HBO Max on Dec. 19.

Spain’s grid operator, Red Eléctrica, proudly declared that electricity demand across the country’s peninsular system was met entirely by renewable energy sources for the first time on a weekday, on 16 April 2025.Just 12 days later, at 12.33 p.m. on Monday, 28 April, Spain and Portugal’s grids colla…

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee alleged that the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) of Washington, D.C., under the leadership of outgoing Chief Police Pamela Smith, manipulated crime statistics.  The new report, released Sunday, accuses Smith of pressuring department employees …

New Gallup research reveals an AI communication gap between employers and employees - with key differences among industries.

“It's always something that goes wrong,” Jamal Brown, a 41-year-old food stamp participant said, “unfortunately.”

In a memo obtained by STAT, the NIH gives specific steps on how grant reviewers can check for alignment with administration priorities.

In an era where we often have to twiddle our thumbs for three years before a new season of a TV show we enjoy returns to our screens, the second season of Fallout has had a relatively short turnaround. It's set to hit Prime Video 20 months after the first batch of episodes. As it turns out, the seas…

Crypto-related stocks suffered far deeper declines as bitcoin slumped well below its recent trading range.

Users are not thrilled.

The holidays are nearly here and if you’re a bit behind on your gift shopping, you’re not alone. The holidays can truly sneak up on you, and this year that’s been more true than ever. Between wrapping things up at work before some well-deserved time off and making sure you have everything you need t…

arXiv:2512.11200v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Current AI code generation systems suffer from significant latency bottlenecks due to CPU-GPU data transfers during compilation, execution, and testing phases. We establish theoretical foundations for three complementary approaches to GPU-native compi…

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Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) exhibit position bias systematically underweighting information based on its location in the context but how this bias varies across languages and models remains unclear. We conduct a multilingual study across five typ…

arXiv:2512.11564v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Text entry in Virtual Reality (VR) is challenging, even when accounting for the use of controllers. Prior work has tackled this challenge head-on, improving the efficiency of input methods. These techniques have the advantage of allowing for relativel…

The weak RC4 for administrative authentication has been a hacker Holy Grail for decades.

B. Riley Financial Inc. said it filed its overdue second-quarter report with US regulators, bringing the firm closer to satisfying demands from Nasdaq that will keep the stock from being delisted. The shares gained more than 20% in extended trading.

Hedge fund manager plans to build $8bn gambling complex next to Mets baseball stadium in Queens

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Abstract: Cross-domain HVAC energy prediction is essential for scalable building energy management, particularly because collecting extensive labeled data for every new building is both costly and impractical. Yet, this task remains highly challenging due t…

Hunter Biden was on Monday disbarred in Connecticut after facing complaints about his convictions on gun and tax charges, over which his father, former President Biden, later pardoned him. The former president's son consented to being disbarred and admitted to attorney misconduct as part of an agree…

Attorneys who eventually quit tell LA Times they were pushed to conclude university system had violated lawAttorneys with the US Department of Justice have reportedly said they felt pressured to accuse the University of California of discriminating against Jewish students and faculty, at the urging …

These chaotic calendars actually make great presents for the pickiest person on your list this holiday season

SpaceX's launches page hasn't shown it yet, but per FAA ATC and Celestrak, it looks like this launch has slipped to December 17 at 7:10-11:10 a...

The NIN mastermind offers insight into the "drummer swap" with Foo Fighters.
Trent Reznor on What Really Went Down with Josh Freese’s Return to Nine Inch Nails
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Mirelo AI GmbH, a Germany-based developer of audio generation models, today announced that it has raised $41 million in funding. Index Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz led the seed investment. They were joined by Atlantic.vc and TriplePoint Capital. Mirelo’s flagship AI model, Mirelo SFX 1.5, is des…

Australia’s past gun reform efforts were applauded as a gold standard, until the Bondi Beach attack.

In the wake of an incredible run at The Game Awards last week, during which Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won a record-breaking nine awards and announced a free DLC out right now, a whole lot of people are purchasing and/or downloading the game to see what all the fuss is about.

€5bn in assets withdrawn by metal and tech workers’ group

Dec 15https://twitter.com/AndySaunders_1/status/2000508028177768585QuoteAndy Saunders - Apollo Remastered@AndySaunders_1TODAY!60th ANNIVERSARY of the world's first rendezvous in space! 🚀Gemini VI-A and VIIHuman spaceFLIGHT? - Gemini is where i...

Sources tell Rolling Stone that Nick exhibited "anti-social behavior" at Conan O'Brien's Christmas party

Fans pay tribute to When Harry Met Sally and The Princess Bride film-maker and his wife after apparent homicideLos Angeles mourned the death of beloved Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife Michelle on Monday morning, as police announced the arrest of their son on suspicion of murder.News of th…

arXiv:2512.11755v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Online product reviews contain rich but noisy signals that overwhelm users and hinder effective decision-making. Existing LLM-based summarizers remain generic and fail to account for individual preferences, limiting their practical utility. We propose…

Because co-founder Emmanuel de Buretel celebrates the label's 20th anniversary by looking back at its history of breaking acts using a boutique approach.

The two Iowa National Guardsmen killed in an ambush attack in Syria Saturday have been identified as 29-year-old Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard of Marshalltown and 25-year-old Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar of Des Moines. A civilian interpreter was also killed. CBS News White House reporter Willie Jam…

Gunmen killed at least 15 people Sunday during Australia's Bondi Beach Jewish community Hanukkah celebration. Ted Deutch, CEO of the American Jewish Committee, joins CBS News with his reaction to the shooting.

We are headed for more confrontation, more brinkmanship, more war.

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Abstract: Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) have emerged as a powerful tool for solving forward and inverse problems involving partial differential equations (PDEs) by incorporating physical laws into the training process. However, the performance of…

Mali has restored control of the Loulo-Gounkoto mine to Barrick Mining Corp. and will return three tons of gold to the company after the two sides resolved a years-long dispute last month.

The Reiners' troubled 32-year-old son, Nick, has been arrested in conjunction with the killings.

Google says the reports lacked "helpful next steps."

Ethics rules generally prohibiting government workers from giving presents to their bosses or accepting gifts from non-governmental organizations are particularly relevant around the holidays.

President Trump on Monday afternoon is scheduled to participate in a Mexican Border Defense Medal presentation. The medal was established to recognize service members deployed to the U.S. international border with Mexico. Watch the presentation, scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. EST, in the player above.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said on Monday that the state has the right to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) despite President Trump’s executive order last week that seeks to institute a national AI standard by pushing back on state laws.  DeSantis, who has rolled out a “Citizen Bill of Rights…

As we celebrate Pride Month, we want to introduce you to an icon in Chicago's LGBTQ+ community and nightlife: Miss Foozie.

The Stephen King adaptation wrapped up its first season on HBO last night with plenty of mayhem and a few plot contortions.

Bryony Worthington says the media should not be pushing a western attitude to climate strategies to the detriment of African nations. Plus letters from Prof Hugh Hunt, Dr Portia Adade Williams and Angela Churie KallhaugeYour editorial (8 December) says that it is “hard to disagree” with calls to ban…

The Christmas hit has now spent 20 weeks at No. 1 on the songs tally.

If you've been waiting for AI promises to materialize, 2026 may be your year - and this unexpected element could be why.

arXiv:2512.10041v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Modern deep learning methods have achieved impressive results across tasks from disease classification, estimating continuous biomarkers, to generating realistic medical images. Most of these approaches are trained to model conditional distributio…

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Abstract: Model Predictive Path Integral control is a powerful sampling-based approach suitable for complex robotic tasks due to its flexibility in handling nonlinear dynamics and non-convex costs. However, its applicability in real-time, highfrequency robo…

Companies are suing to lock down the billions of dollars they might be owed if the Supreme Court rules against President Trump's tariffs. Why it matters: Implementing the sprawling levies at the center of Trump's economic agenda looks simple relative to the chaos of trying to undo it.This is one of …

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The Detroit automaker is refocusing on hybrids and pouring money into battery-energy storage.

Alan M. Garber was appointed after his predecessor resigned under pressure. He has been in the role as Harvard fended off challenges from the Trump administration.

Changes aim to build reserves and quell investor concern about President Javier Milei’s economic policy

Several Republican lawmakers publicly rebuked President Trump on Monday for suggesting acclaimed actor and director Rob Reiner was killed alongside his wife, Michele, this weekend because of Reiner’s disdain for the president — what Trump terms “Trump derangement syndrome.” The GOP blowback came lar…

An agreement between moderate Republicans and GOP leadership in the House to allow a vote on extending expiring Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies is on the rocks as the two sides squabble over the contents of the amendment. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) and other GOP centrists are planning to int…

The Senate will not hold a market structure markup hearing this month, pushing any progress toward a new crypto law to next year.

Dr Roman Raczka says artificial intelligence can’t replace therapist-led care, even though it can offer benefitsIt is absolutely right that children “need a human, not a bot” for mental health support (‘I feel it’s a friend’: quarter of teenagers turn to AI chatbots for mental health support, 9 Dece…

The singer talks about how she found new confidence on her anticipated sophomore album HOTCORE

The ‘Bridging the Swarm’ mission comes two days after the company launched its ‘RAISE and Shine’ flight for JAXA. Liftoff is scheduled for 1:55 p.m. NZDT / 0055 UTC on Dec. 16 (7:45 p.m. EST on Dec. 15).

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Abstract: This study investigates how artificial intelligence (AI) influences various online labor markets (OLMs) over time. Employing the Difference-in-Differences method, we discovered two distinct scenarios following ChatGPT's launch: displacement effect…

Lawyers representing victims say it is “shocking” there has never been a “full-scale” UK inquiry.

Bungie’s delayed extraction shooter revival, Marathon, has re-emerged with an early 2026 launch window and a $39.99 price point.

President Trump torpedoed MAGA influencers' calls for compassion after the killing of director Rob Reiner, mocking the longtime liberal activist as a victim of "Trump derangement syndrome."Why it matters: Many MAGA influencers vowed after the assassination of Charlie Kirk that they would never celeb…

Bose's holiday deals are back, giving you up to $300 dollars in savings.

Winter is here, and for those of us in northern New England, so are all of its friends: frigid temperatures, snow, and, of course, cute little Winter Wrens bopping around the forest.

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Former President Barack Obama urged Democrats at a fundraiser with Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to focus on regaining the House and telling a "better story" to voters.

New York Attorney General Letitia James said UPS "played the Grinch" by allegedly shorting seasonal workers on their pay.

The close call underscores the need for improved coordination between satellite operators, Starlink’s vice president of engineering said.

Korea Zinc will start by acquiring two mining complexes and the only US zinc smelter, which is in Tennessee.

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Abstract: Zeroth-order (ZO) optimization has gained attention as a memory-efficient alternative to first-order (FO) methods, particularly in settings where gradient computation is expensive or even impractical. Beyond its memory efficiency, in this work, we…

arXiv:2507.05178v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Despite rapid progress in large language model (LLM)-based multi-agent systems, current benchmarks fall short in evaluating their scalability, robustness, and coordination capabilities in complex, dynamic, real-world tasks. Existing environments t…

The organization offered support for this idea of an AI marketplace, and suggested several guiding principles.

Siemens and nVent have entered into a collaboration aimed at developing a liquid cooling and power reference architecture specifically engineered to support hyperscale AI workloads. As AI applications continue to expand in scale, intensity, and geographic distribution, data center infrastructure mus…

Stemming from a security researcher and his team proposing a new Linux Security Module (LSM) three years ago and it not being accepted to the mainline kernel, he raised issue over the lack of review/action to Linus Torvalds and the mailing lists. In particular, seeking more guidance for how new LSMs…

The company is abandoning plans for a brand new all-electric pickup truck codenamed "T3" and ending production of the battery-only Lightning.

Australia is reeling from a deadly terror attack on Jews celebrating the opening night of Hanukkah Sunday. CBS News' Anna Coren and Sam Vinograd have more.

Morocco has earned itself a spot in the FIFA Arab Cup final after soundly defeating the UAE 3-0 in Monday’s semi-final.

Quote from: sstli2 on Today at 07:37 pmQuote from: Starshipdown on Today at 04:47 pmJust as a reminder we did see a very advanced in production forward and aft module during th...

60 Minutes reported from Hong Kong in 2019, when months of pro-democracy demonstrations turned increasingly violent. Jimmy Lai, a media company owner and democracy advocate, spoke with Holly Williams at the time about criticizing the Chinese government. Lai, now 78, was arrested in 2020, and convict…

The race to become the Federal Reserve’s next chair appeared almost over just a couple of weeks ago, but it’s now back to looking like a real competition.

Longtime Red Hat engineer Hans de Goede who worked on many Intel/AMD laptop enhancements over the years left Red Hat and ended up joining Qualcomm. Now it turns out one of his projects at Qualcomm is enhancing the Fedora Linux support for running nicely out-of-the-box on Snapdragon-powered Windows o…

https://twitter.com/EShoreSpaceflt/status/2000620135393136807QuoteEasternShoreSpaceflight@EShoreSpacefltRocket Lab Electron launch update for Wallops Island, Virginia: STP-S30 (DiskSat). A few days ago, NAV warnings were posted, and today the TFRs...

“Point Break” is smacking the lip once more, as AMC Networks is developing a TV adaptation of the 1991 surf action, Variety has confirmed. The series is set in 2026, 35 years after the events of the original film that starred Patrick Swayze as a beachy bank robber and Keanu Reeves as an undercover F…

arXiv:2512.10977v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: We present TritorX, an agentic AI system designed to generate functionally correct Triton PyTorch ATen kernels at scale for emerging accelerator platforms. TritorX integrates open-source large language models with a custom linter, JIT compilation, and…

arXiv:2506.22199v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Relational databases (RDBs) are widely regarded as the gold standard for storing structured information. Consequently, predictive tasks leveraging this data format hold significant application promise. Recently, Relational Deep Learning (RDL) has …

arXiv:2509.02447v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Efficient and reliable detection of generated images is critical for the responsible deployment of generative models. Existing approaches primarily focus on improving detection accuracy and robustness under various image transformations and advers…

Computing power and tech profits are set to explode. Here’s your multiyear strategy — depending on your risk tolerance.

Google's Nick Fox rejected a news API proposal, acknowledged publisher struggles, and explained what's delaying Personal Context.