Banking and finance headcounts remain largely stable, according to a Fortune report.

arXiv:2512.19243v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Generative models can now produce photorealistic imagery, yet they still struggle with the long, multi-goal prompts that professional designers issue. To expose this gap and better evaluate models' performance in real-world settings, we introduce Long…

Israel is suspicious of President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a longtime Islamist militant, and has provided weapons, intelligence and cash to militiamen at odds with his rule.

Former Uruguay prop has praise for new World Cup format but wants more help for developing nationsHow did Pablo Lemoine, Chile’s head coach, react when they were drawn with Australia and New Zealand for the 2027 Rugby World Cup? The answer is perceptive and somewhat surprising.“When countries like C…

arXiv:2512.19061v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Collaborative fraud, where multiple fraudulent accounts coordinate to exploit online payment systems, poses significant challenges due to the formation of complex network structures. Traditional detection methods that rely solely on high-confidence id…

Administration has arrested 328,000 and deported 327,000 people. Plus, Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank celebrates Christmas againGood morning.The number of people in immigration detention in the US has hit an all-time high, according to data published by Immigration and Customs Enforceme…

Airline plans to appeal ‘bizarre’ and ‘unsound’ ruling

There’s a near-perfect environment for shares in companies tied to the economic cycle, analysts say.

An Australian state leader says a man accused of killing 15 people at Sydney’s Bondi Beach faced a lengthy gun license delay due to bureaucracy, not suspicion

Ensuring data moves smoothly across multiple disciplines, tools, and globally distributed teams.
The post Transforming Data Management In EDA: Preparing For The AI Era appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.

How rapid, comprehensive feasibility exploration enables designers to confidently evaluate IR drop, electromigration, and thermal impacts early in the design process.
The post Minimizing Design Risk: Rapid Feasibility Exploration For Multi-Die Designs appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.

Plus, the biggest lottery jackpots ever.

The Colorado monastery has been carefully tended to by a group of Trappist monks for the last seven decades.

arXiv:2512.18586v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Spectral bias implies an imbalance in training dynamics, whereby high-frequency components may converge substantially more slowly than low-frequency ones. To alleviate this issue, we propose a cross-attention-based architecture that adaptively reweigh…

Part 2: A deep dive into simulation, validation, and compliance, answering 30 advanced, real-world questions engineers face when bringing PCIe-based systems to life.
The post PCIe Design Guide – Q&A (Gen 4, 5, 6) – Part 2 appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.

Last week a request for comments (RFC) was issued around establishing an LLVM AI Tool Use Policy. The proposed policy would allow AI-assisted contributions to be made to this open-source compiler codebase but that there would need to be a "human in the loop" and the contributor versed enough to be a…

arXiv:2505.09017v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Most of the dynamic graph representation learning methods involve dividing a dynamic graph into discrete snapshots to capture the evolving behavior of nodes over time. Existing methods primarily capture only local or global structures of each node…

arXiv:2512.19522v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Recent advances in neural rendering have achieved impressive results on photorealistic shading and relighting, by using a multilayer perceptron (MLP) as a regression model to learn the rendering equation from a real-world dataset. Such methods show pr…

Political backbiting has led to accusations Fifa is running the show as tournament switches to four-year cycleIt was a decision that took many by surprise, although not those who have been watching closely since February 2020. Members of the Confederation of African Football’s (Caf) executive commit…

Nearly 3,000 detainees to be released under latest prisoner swap deal reached during talks in Oman.

For their heroics after a wave of bomb threats in New Jersey on Election Day, more than two dozen dogs were presented with an award from the state attorney general.

Luis Angel Argote Rodriguez, MSF Fed coordinator, is out guest.

Researchers have used a cutting-edge robotic system capable of synthesizing hundreds of metal complexes to develop a possible antibiotic candidate—offering fresh hope in the global fight against drug-resistant infections.

arXiv:2512.18918v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Although the automation and digitisation of anti-financial crime investigation has made significant progress in recent years, detecting insider trading remains a unique challenge, partly due to the limited availability of labelled data. To address thi…

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Claim by a senior US attorney about US president appears in latest batch of justice department documentsUS politics live – latest updatesA newly released batch of the so-called Epstein files includes many references to Donald Trump, including a claim by a senior US attorney that the US president was…

arXiv:2505.17196v3 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Finetuning large language models (LLMs) enables user-specific customization but introduces critical safety risks: even a few harmful examples can compromise safety alignment. A common mitigation strategy is to update the model more strongly on exa…

Christmas is just around the corner, and you might be wondering how to spend those long, lazy afternoons. If you're tired of the same old Monopoly, perhaps it's time to try Settlers of Catan.

Director of cricket Rob Key says he is "gutted, disappointed and sorry" regarding England's dismal Ashes performance - the series having been lost with two Tests still to play.

Tensions high as an end-of-year deadline to incorporate the Kurdish-led SDF into the Syrian armed forces approaches.

The Ukraine “peace trade” delivered stellar returns in markets in 2025, lifting assets that theoretically stand to benefit from an end to the war. Polish bank stocks, the Czech koruna and Ukrainian debt are among those to have rallied to close out the year.

Germany’s centrist establishment has long scorned the far left, but it is increasingly reliant on leftists to outmaneuver the far right in crucial votes in Parliament.

Elon Musk’s brand sold 12,130 new cars across the EU last month, down from 18,430 in November 2024Business live – latest updatesTesla continued a run of weak sales in the EU in November, with new car registrations of Elon Musk’s brand down a third, while Chinese carmakers’ sales soared.Tesla sold 12…

arXiv:2512.18689v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Electroencephalography (EEG) signal decoding is a key technology that translates brain activity into executable commands, laying the foundation for direct brain-machine interfacing and intelligent interaction. To address the inherent spatiotemporal he…

Stranger Things co-creator Ross Duffer has confirmed the runtimes for all Season 5 Volume 2 episodes, including the finale.

For those currently owning an ASUS ROG MAXIMUS X HERO or ASUS Pro WS TRX50-SAGE WIFI A motherboard, Linux sensor monitoring support will be in place for the next kernel release...

arXiv:2504.04034v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Curvilinear structure segmentation (CSS) is essential in various domains, including medical imaging, landscape analysis, industrial surface inspection, and plant analysis. While existing methods achieve high performance within specific domains, th…

arXiv:2512.18988v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Autonomous buses run on fixed routes but must operate in open, dynamic urban environments. Disengagement events on these routes are often geographically concentrated and typically arise from planner failures in highly interactive regions. Such policy-…

The forint dropped after Hungarian Economy Minister Marton Nagy renewed his calls for lower interest rates and questioned central bank policies which have caused the currency to strengthen.

Unexpected change rewards those who are quick to adjust, but all aspects of a system must be adjusted to keep growth going.
The post 2025 – A Year Of Change And Anticipation appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.

Ken Goodall's haul of Irish international caps were taken from his home in Londonderry in 1987.

arXiv:2507.20688v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: In light of increasing privacy concerns and stringent legal regulations, using secure multiparty computation (MPC) to enable collaborative GBDT model training among multiple data owners has garnered significant attention. Despite this, existing MP…

And research shows the less favored children suffer for it.

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Southern California is bracing for mudslides and other hazards during the holiday week.

arXiv:2512.18878v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Automating crash video analysis is essential to leverage the growing availability of driving video data for traffic safety research and accountability attribution in autonomous driving. Crash video analysis is a challenging multitask problem due to th…

The race to succeed President Trump is gearing up following Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk’s endorsement of Vice President JD Vance, marking one of the first major endorsements ahead of the 2028 Republican primary. Kirk’s backing of Vance, who has not announced whether he is running in 2028, is l…

Halawa family adapts to shattered surroundings, finding resilience in every corner of their damaged Gaza City residence.

Industrial metal has passed $12,000 a tonne as rally continues

On what’s looking like another record day for precious metals, Yardeni Research is now saying will reach $6,000 by the end of 2026.

arXiv:2512.19376v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Understanding intraventricular hemodynamics requires compact and physically interpretable representations of the underlying flow structures, as characteristic flow patterns are closely associated with cardiovascular conditions and can support early …

ChatGPT launches personalised end-of-year recap Your Year with ChatGPT, giving AI chatbot conversations the Spotify Wrapped treatment.

Spending limits for 2025 to be extended into new year but officials warn new budget is needed to finance investments

This normalization of gun violence in the US – who is it serving? Why can we not collectively make this not normal again?On her first day of fourth grade, wearing her magenta spectacles, my daughter Anna arrived to the Big School where she couldn’t reach the drinking fountains. She was small for her…

The company expanded its USD buffer runway beyond 2027, supporting dividends and reduces refinancing risk ahead of the next bitcoin halving.

As funds deliver mediocre returns and sheds investors, the industry is struggling to unload 31,000 investments, an increase over this time last year.

Starting around 1900, coyotes began expanding their range east and have now colonized nearly all of eastern North America.

US economic growth is set to accelerate with cheaper oil. Federal Reserve rate cuts are likely with inflation cooling. Stock pickers are looking for alternatives to artificial intelligence plays and the American consumer continues to spend.

arXiv:2512.18746v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Self-evolving memory systems are unprecedentedly reshaping the evolutionary paradigm of large language model (LLM)-based agents. Prior work has predominantly relied on manually engineered memory architectures to store trajectories, distill experience,…

The transitional government's proposal would see RSF forces give up territory and weapons, to bring an end to the war.

VanEck data shows declining bitcoin mining activity has historically preceded strong returns in bitcoin.

arXiv:2512.18368v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: While imitation learning has shown impressive results in single-task robot manipulation, scaling it to multi-task settings remains a fundamental challenge due to issues such as suboptimal demonstrations, trajectory noise, and behavioral multi-modality…

ICE has turned green card interviews into nightmares for some families, as immigrants leave in handcuffs instead of with paths to legal status.Why it matters: For years, people felt safe showing up for court cases and green card interviews as ICE targeted "the worst of the worst" for arrests. But fe…

arXiv:2509.16194v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: We introduce and study the $k$-center clustering problem with set outliers, a natural and practical generalization of the classical $k$-center clustering with outliers. Instead of removing individual data points, our model allows discarding up to …

The adverts for prescription-only drugs showed healthcare professionals impersonating the British retailer.

arXiv:2504.18330v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: This work primarily focuses on synthesizing a controller that guarantees an unknown continuous-time system to be incrementally input-to-state stable ($\delta$-ISS). In this context, the notion of $\delta$-ISS control Lyapunov function ($\delta$-IS…

The choice that one person makes not to vaccinate has real costs — financial and otherwise — for their neighbors.

The new regulations, which could ensnare people consensually sharing explicit images, come as the Chinese Communist Party tries to enforce high moral standards.

The Mexican Navy plane was transporting a child to the US on behalf of a charity which cares for burns victims.

Hopes that conflict would end this year were dashed after M23 advanced on key city Uvira despite US, Qatar peace deals.

Uzbekistan is introducing new rules that allow companies to pursue dual listings and issue bonds denominated in foreign currencies, taking another step to develop its capital market and attract investment.

Liverpool might score a hatful at home to Wolves this week and it would be rude not to get at least one attacking asset in your FPL team, writes Thomas Woods.

arXiv:2510.14836v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Spatial perception and reasoning are crucial for Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models to accomplish fine-grained manipulation tasks. However, existing approaches often lack the ability to understand and reason over the essential 3D structures neces…

arXiv:2401.16310v5 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Security code review is a time-consuming and labor-intensive process typically requiring integration with automated security defect detection tools. However, existing security analysis tools struggle with poor generalization, high false positive r…

Trudeau was all talk and all looks as prime minister, but talk and looks are pretty good qualities in a boyfriend.

arXiv:2511.11646v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Product line extension is a strategically important managerial decision that requires anticipating how consumer segments and purchasing contexts may respond to hypothetical product designs that do not yet exist in the market. Such decisions are in…

The Christmas Tree cluster is a collection of sparking bluish-white stars. It is above a cone-shaped cloud of gas in the constellation Monoceros.
The post The Christmas Tree cluster, a December delight first appeared on EarthSky.

Liverpool manager Arne Slot says Alexander Isak faces "a couple of months" out injured after a "reckless" challenge by Tottenham defender Micky van de Ven.

What US Magnesium's bankruptcy means for the U.S. supply of a critical mineral -- and the environment.

Japan’s beloved former Emperor Akihito is marking his 92nd birthday as his heart condition stabilizes, palace officials say, following health concerns earlier this year

arXiv:2512.18230v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Visual analytics now plays a central role in decision-making across diverse disciplines, but it can be unreliable: the knowledge or insights derived from the analysis may not accurately reflect the underlying data. In this dissertation, we improve the…

“If you care so much, do it yourself.”

arXiv:2511.12808v3 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Specifying informative and dense reward functions remains a pivotal challenge in Reinforcement Learning, as it directly affects the efficiency of agent training. In this work, we harness the expressive power of quantitative Linear Temporal Logic o…

They are sustainable, contain nutrients and may deter pests, but you need to use them sparinglyThe problem
Coffee lovers often wonder if waste from their morning habit can feed their plants. The internet says yes; coffee grounds are packed with nitrogen and organic matter, in theory making them a n…

Most tokens that debuted this year are trading below their initial valuations.

Grow a backyard’s worth of greens and vegetables in your house with a vertical hydroponic garden. Here are a few that might be worth the investment.

The mayor has kept his vow to lower crime in New York City, but the city’s economic recovery has stalled and homelessness has risen.

arXiv:2512.18283v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: In this study, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 21 IIR researchers to investigate their data reuse practices. This study aims to expand upon current findings by exploring IIR researchers' information-obtaining behaviors regarding data reus…

Italy’s Senate approved a budget for 2026, advancing legislation that will tame the country’s deficit along with a contentious amendment over the ownership of its gold reserves.

The Most Rev Cherry Vann says she has received a backlash and some parishioners have left in protest.

The Cameroonian professor made the Time most influential list in 2025 and saw the project he co-founded receive $100m for its virus detection work. Now he is on a mission to transform Africa’s genomics capabilityWinning the world’s health lottery is a lonely business in the current climate. “It’s li…

The family of a police officer who was shot in the head during a Hanukkah celebration on Australia’s Bondi Beach are hailing his return home as “a miracle.”

Small businesses across Canada have lost out on sales because of the trade war, and many worry about their future.

Greater Manchester mayor acknowledges ‘pain and suffering’ after region’s police chief declined to apologiseThe mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has apologised for past police failings towards LGBTQ+ people, acknowledging “unacceptable discrimination and the pain and suffering it caused”.C…

Get a lifetime 100TB cloud storage plan from Internxt for $974.97 and enjoy private, encrypted, open-source file storage across all your devices.

arXiv:2409.16073v3 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Open World Object Detection(OWOD) addresses realistic scenarios where unseen object classes emerge, enabling detectors trained on known classes to detect unknown objects and incrementally incorporate the knowledge they provide. While existing OWOD…

ICE has filed more than 8,000 requests to toss out asylum claims in immigration court, asking judges to send immigrants to third-party countries.

arXiv:2512.19097v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Electrophysiology signals such as EEG and iEEG are central to neuroscience, brain-computer interfaces, and clinical applications, yet existing foundation models remain limited in scale despite clear evidence that scaling improves performance. We intro…

PC, Nintendo Switch/Switch 2, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox; Bitmap Bureau/Reef EntertainmentArcade specialists Bitmap Bureau ply their craft in this retro remake of James Cameron’s action film. But Terminator 2D is at its strongest when colouring outside the director’s linesLike Arnie’s pulverised cyborg a…