India’s parliament passed a bill that will open up its nuclear industry to private firms and unlock investment opportunities worth $214 billion, after tight regulations stifled the sector for decades.

Micron’s earnings report is lifting AI stocks in general, but a Seaport analyst wondered if investors were reacting too severely to debt concerns.

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Shopping for a phone can be an ordeal. That’s why we’ve tested almost every Android phone, from the smartest to the cheapest—even phones that fold—to find the ones worth your money.

The Trump administration intends to make its most forceful attempt yet at restricting gender-affirming care for transgender youth in the U.S.

India’s Parliament has approved new legislation to open the civil nuclear power sector to private companies

arXiv:2510.21052v3 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: We introduce active generation of Pareto sets (A-GPS), a new framework for online discrete black-box multi-objective optimization (MOO). A-GPS learns a generative model of the Pareto set that supports a-posteriori conditioning on user preferences.…

Most Americans trust things they do not fully understand every day. They trust traffic lights. Crosswalks. Driver’s education. The rules are visible; the expectations are shared. Trust follows. That was not always true. In the early 1900s, American streets were chaos. Automobiles were hailed as t…

Ahead of the holiday tourist rush, city health officials in New York City reported nearly 14,000 flu cases in the first week of December.

Rainfall on Hormuz Island briefly transformed the coastline of its famed Red Beach into a striking natural scene this week, as soil flowed into the sea and turned the water shades of deep red. The beach is known for its vivid red sand and cliffs, created by high concentrations of iron oxide Continue…

President Trump trumpeted his term’s success so far in a rapid and aggressive speech Wednesday night that also announced a “warrior dividend” for troops. The $1,776 bonus checks will be funded by tariff revenue, Trump said. The president took credit for the economy, forecasting conditions would only…

On International Migrants Day, hundreds of groups across France are mobilizing to highlight migrants’ contributions and struggles as immigration rules tighten and expulsions rise. Migrant workers remain vital to sectors like restaurants and construction, even as many face years of insecurity, with e…

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arXiv:2512.14851v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Reliable uncertainty estimation is crucial for machine learning models, especially in safety-critical domains. While exact Bayesian inference offers a principled approach, it is often computationally infeasible for deep neural networks. Monte Carlo dr…

The Bank of England cut interest rates to the lowest in almost three years in a pre-Christmas boost for UK households, and suggested inflation is cooling enough for it to ease policy further in 2026. The Monetary Policy Committee voted 5-4 to lower the benchmark rate by a quarter point to 3.75%, min…

The 70-year-old is accused of attacking Edla Marlborough in Oxfordshire between 2022 and 2024.

Quote from: GewoonLukas_ on Today at 08:49 amQuote🇩🇪 Go German New Space: Exolaunch is set to deploy @DCUBEDspace's Dcubed-1 / Araqys-D1, the satellite aiming to be the first that manufactures in free space, on ...

Hundreds of farmers in tractors protested in Brussels against the EU-Mercosur trade deal, disrupting the EU summit. Some countries pushed for stronger agricultural safeguards, while others backed the deal to boost exports. Brazil’s President Lula warned the EU that the deal must be signed now or ris…

arXiv:2512.15628v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Thermal runaway in lithium-ion batteries is strongly influenced by the state of charge (SOC). Existing predictive models typically infer scalar kinetic parameters at a full SOC or a few discrete SOC levels, preventing them from capturing the continu…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will speak with reporters Thursday morning after Democrats advanced their discharge petition to force a vote on a three-year extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies. With the help of some moderate Republicans, Democrats reached the 218-signature thre…

Where to watch "Elf," "Home Alone," "Love Actually," "The Grinch," and more! Best Christmas movies to rewatch 2025.

British policymakers planning for climate change now have detailed worst-case scenarios at their disposal, filling a gap that left the UK unprepared for extreme outcomes.

Qt 6.11 Beta 1 is out on-schedule with the code having entered its feature freeze and code branching earlier this month. This toolkit is working toward the stable Qt 6.11 stable debut in March...

Electricite de France SA raised its cost estimates for the six nuclear reactors it plans to build in its home country by 8% to €72.8 billion ($85 billion), highlighting the funding challenge faced by the state-owned utility as construction costs continue to rise.

Actors and other performers working in film and TV in the U.K. have voted by a landslide to refuse to be digitally scanned on set in order to secure artificial intelligence protections. Member of performers union Equity working in film and TV voted in a ballot on AI protections, and decided by a mas…

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Bremen lawyers say three unnamed people charged with crimes relating to bankruptcy and misrepresentation of bank’s financesGerman prosecutors have brought criminal charges against three people involved in running Greensill Bank for their role in the 2021 collapse of the lender.The Bremen public pros…

Curiously, those events which have shaken markets most severely in recent years are low down the list of priorities for 2026 in investor mindsets.

Trump Media and Technology Group has more than 11,500 bitcoin on its balance sheet worth roughly $1 billion at current prices.

Plus, Daisy Ridley leads a swath of new stars joining Ti West's take on 'Christmas Carol'.

Psychiatrist Robert Custer spent his life convincing doctors that compulsive gambling was not an impulse control problem. Today, his research is foundational for diagnosis and treatment.

House Republicans on Wednesday passed their own health care proposal as premiums are set to rise for millions of Americans in just two weeks. The legislation would expand small business access to health plans and help lower drug costs, but it does not extend ACA subsidies. Meanwhile, four House Repu…

Economists had expected CPI to rise at an annual rate of 3% last month.

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The 8 worst technology flops of 2025 Welcome to our annual list of the worst, least successful, and simply dumbest technologies of the year. We like to think ther…

A group of House Democrats will speak with reporters Thursday morning in opposition to the Trump administration’s deportation agenda, including the use of local law enforcement to assist with President Trump’s crackdown on immigration. During the press conference, Reps. Mike Quigley (Ill.), Pramila …

West Ham have one win from 11 league game this seasonSkinner has been in charge of club since July 2023West Ham are poised to part company with their women’s team manager, Rehanne Skinner, the Guardian understands.The 46-year-old has been in charge of the Women’s Super League side since the summer o…

Murtaza Lakhani is the highest-profile oil trader to have been targeted by western sanctions since 2022

A historic pact between Texas HIEs establishes bidirectional admission, discharge and transfer data exchange.

We did the research (and taste-testing) to find the best greens powders worth your money. The Bloom Nutrition Superfood Greens Powder is our tried-and-true pick.

The Czech central bank held borrowing costs at its last policy meeting of the year after the new government’s plans blurred the inflation outlook and investors curbed bets on an interest rate hike next year.

French farmers are protesting the Mercosur trade deal and a livestock disease called lumpy skin disease, which affects cattle with painful nodules and fever. Laura Darnat, a French horse breeder and chicken farmer in Perigueux, spoke to FRANCE 24 about the farmers’ demands. They want cows vaccinated…

Traces of opium found inside an ancient alabaster vase suggest drug use was common in ancient Egypt, not rare or accidental. The discovery raises the possibility that King Tut’s famous jars once held opiates valued enough to be buried with pharaohs—and stolen by tomb raiders.

A team of scientists have created a porous material that keeps windows almost 100 percent transparent while blocking 10 times as much heat as regular glass windows.

Learning Resources is suing the administration, claiming the president’s tariffs are illegal – and millions of dollars are on the line The conveyors whir in the massive warehouse, boxes gliding at fast clip, filling up with toys ready to be shipped out for holiday gifts across the country. They make…

"Things That Matter," a series of planned town halls and debates sponsored by Bank of America, will launch early next year.

arXiv:2512.15319v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Few-shot anomaly detection (FSAD) denotes the identification of anomalies within a target category with a limited number of normal samples. Existing FSAD methods largely rely on pre-trained feature representations to detect anomalies, but the inherent…

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arXiv:2512.14727v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Machine learning (ML) is transforming healthcare, but safe clinical decisions demand reliable uncertainty estimates that standard ML models fail to provide. Conformal prediction (CP) is a popular tool that allows users to turn heuristic uncertainty es…

arXiv:2512.15560v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: The text encoder is a critical component of text-to-image and text-to-video diffusion models, fundamentally determining the semantic fidelity of the generated content. However, its development has been hindered by two major challenges: the lack of an …

After a three-and-a-half-month trial, anaesthetist Frédéric Péchier was sentenced Thursday in Besançon to life in prison for all the charges against him, a verdict he plans to appeal. Péchier is accused of poisoning 30 patients, 12 of whom died, between 2008 and 2017.

CBS will keep making room for a series of new town hall programs, even if the first entry in the format wasn’t the network’s biggest moment. The network said Thursday that it planned to air a series called “Things That Matter,” which would feature town halls and debates involving newsmakers and peop…

Arrests made at protests supporting imprisoned Palestine Action hunger strikers, as Gaza death toll surpasses 70,000.

Canada prioritizes AI and data sovereignty with robust security, standards and infrastructure.
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Tight vote disguises a consensus in favour of further monetary easing in 2026

The TacSat page was removed from Firefly's website and the FLTA007 page shows it just as Return to Flight with a TBA payload. Pushing to 2026 as there has been no information on an imminent launch with less than 2 weeks remaining in 2025.

A Republican-backed health care bill passed in the House of Representatives, but it does not address the Affordable Care Act tax credits that are set to expire at the end of the year. CBS News' Caitlin Huey-Burns reports.

Author and speaker James Clear says even small changes can help us get 1% better each day. The bestselling author is out with a new interactive guide, "The Atomic Habits Workbook," which includes journal prompts, guided templates and strategies for a healthier life. He joins "CBS Mornings" to discus…

Rush also starred in Grange Hill and Vera, and was the son of Coronation Street star Debbie Rush.

The Ting Smart Sensor quietly monitors your home wiring for potential hazards. Here's how it fared in my house.

President Trump promised active duty troops a $1,776 check from revenue raised by tariffs, without acknowledging that the Supreme Court is weighing the legality of the powers used to impose the levies.

Helping teens develop healthy habits around social media use and screen time is important when they first receive a smartphone. Pediatric psychologist Ann-Louise Lockhart, an Instagram brand spokesperson and author of the new book "Love the Teen You Have," joins "CBS Mornings" to share some advice a…

Brazilian President Lula has warned the EU to sign the long-delayed EU-Mercosur trade deal now or risk losing Brazil’s participation altogether. France and Italy are blocking progress over concerns about protecting their agricultural sectors, while supporters such as Germany and Spain argue the deal…

The European Union is set to decide whether to move on Russia’s frozen assets, infuriating Moscow, possibly antagonizing the United States, to fund Ukraine.

The Trump administration has announced the sale of over $10 billion in weapons to Taiwan, a move likely to upset China. Among the weapons in the sale are medium-range missiles, drones and howitzers, The Associated Press reported. The package, if approved by Congress, will be the largest agreement wi…

Luma AI's new model is available through the company's Dream Machine platform.

Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of Truth Social, announced a merger agreement with nuclear-fusion company TAE Technologies in an all-stock deal valued at more than $6 billion. Upon closing, shareholders of each company will own approximately 50% of the combined company on a fully …

Manchester United or Atlético Madrid will take on BayernReal Madrid to play Barcelona if they beat Paris FCArsenal, the defending European champions, will face Chelsea in the Women’s Champions League quarter-finals if they progress past OH Leuven in February’s knockout phase playoffs.Manchester Unit…

The legislation, which would make thousands more permits available, is part of a package of City Council bills aimed at helping the city’s vendors get on the right side of the law.

arXiv:2403.13522v3 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Exemplar-free class-incremental learning (EFCIL) aims to mitigate catastrophic forgetting in class-incremental learning (CIL) without available historical training samples as exemplars. Compared with its exemplar-based CIL counterpart that stores …

Prime minister set to oversee make-up and mandate of inquiry into military failings surrounding Hamas assault

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Corvex says Premier Inn owner should rethink strategy as company braces for business rate changes next yearBusiness live – latest updatesThe owner of Premier Inn is facing calls from an American activist investor to rethink its business strategy, just weeks after the company warned the budget would …

Thousands protest as EU leaders clash over pact farmers fear will flood Europe with cheaper South American goods.

Britain and the European Union agreed on December 17, 2025 to allow UK students to rejoin the bloc's popular student exchange programme Erasmus+ from 2027, a small but symbolic sign of improved relations after Brexit.

Another reduction expected next year but monetary policy committee is deeply divided over inflation prospectsBusiness live – latest updatesRachel Reeves has reason to be cheerful. After last month’s budget, the Bank of England cutting interest rates will come as an early Christmas tonic for the chan…

The model is cracking and needs to be reimagined.

The proposed Department of Community Safety would send mental health teams to respond to 911 calls, rather than the police, according to Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s plans.

Researchers at Keele University find swearing can help people feel focused and confident and frees them to ‘go for it’It may not be in keeping with the festive spirit, but if you find yourself dropping the F-word while wrestling a Christmas tree up a flight of stairs, scientists say you could be on …

arXiv:2512.07057v2 Announce Type: replace-cross
Abstract: We propose a decoder for quantum low density parity check (LDPC) codes based on a beam search heuristic guided by belief propagation (BP). Our beam search decoder applies to all quantum LDPC codes and achieves different speed-accuracy tradeo…

The influential progressive third party announced Thursday that it was putting out a recruitment call for candidates specifically opposed to data centers.

Iran’s currency depreciated to record lows against the dollar this week as multiple challenges including oil sanctions, regional tensions and spiraling inflation plague the economy.

Parliament Question: Major Space Missions of ISRO [Dec 17, translated]QuoteTo further strengthen launch vehicle capabilities to meet the expanded space vision, ...

OpenAI is the latest to make a political hire as big tech spreads its tentacles around the world. So what’s the attraction?George Osborne getting a new job isn’t exactly news. Since leaving frontline politics, the former chancellor has served as the chair of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, edit…

arXiv:2512.14971v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: The innovative agriculture system is revolutionizing how we farm, making it one of the most critical innovations of our time! Yet it faces significant connectivity challenges, particularly with the sensors that power this technology. An efficient sens…

The West handed China the advantage, and now we will suffer.

President Lula has indicated he will veto legislation but conservative lawmakers likely to overturn his decision Brazil’s congress has approved a bill to reduce the prison term of Jair Bolsonaro, the former president who was sentenced to more than 27 years in prison for masterminding an attempted co…

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Intel ISPC 1.29 released on Wednesday as the newest feature update to this Implicit SPMD Program Compiler as a C variant able to target Intel hardware from their CPUs to GPUs for SIMD programming...

The Trump administration’s goal of releasing housing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from government control will take far longer than many investors realize, and there are underappreciated risks for retail traders who’ve driven a threefold surge in their shares, according to a new Bloomberg Intel…

Venezuela on Wednesday said its crude oil exports were not impacted by US President Donald Trump's announcement of a potentially crippling blockade, insisting it was proceeding with business as usual.

arXiv:1810.12277v3 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: We propose a new arrangement problem on directed graphs, Maximum Directed Linear Arrangement (MaxDLA). This is a directed variant of a similar problem for undirected graphs, in which however one seeks maximum and not minimum; this problem known as…

arXiv:2512.15365v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Traditional search applications within Research Data Management (RDM) ecosystems are crucial in helping users discover and explore the structured metadata from the research datasets. Typically, text search engines require users to submit keyword-based…

arXiv:2512.15120v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Designing effective reward functions remains a central challenge in reinforcement learning, especially in multi-objective environments. In this work, we propose Multi-Objective Reward Shaping with Exploration (MORSE), a general framework that automati…

New measures are part of decade-long push to encourage individuals to invest in region’s companies

Companies want workers to embrace AI — but a hardline ultimatum will backfire

Streams of soil turn sand and surrounding water red, creating sharp contrast with blue waters of Persian GulfRainfall on Iran’s Hormuz Island briefly transformed the coastline of its Red Beach into a striking natural scene this week, as red soil flowed into the sea and turned the water shades of dee…

Sainsbury’s, Barclays and University College London have all drawn on themes created by IWD site run by London business with no link to UNNobody owns International Women’s Day, but if you asked the 193 countries, countless businesses and NGOs that mark it each year, they would probably agree it has …

North Korea-linked hackers drove a record year for crypto thefts, favoring rare but massive attacks on centralized services, led by Bybit’s $1.4 billion breach.