Chicago photographer Gonzalo Guzman loves to capture all facets of life in photos.

arXiv:2512.03290v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) have emerged as a powerful, mesh-free paradigm for solving partial differential equations (PDEs). However, they notoriously struggle with stiff, multi-scale, and nonlinear systems due to the inherent spectr…

A new study finds an increase in risk of binge drinking among 12th graders who use two or more cannabis products.

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.

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

Merriam-Webster has selected "slop" for the dictionary company's 2025 word of the year. The leading lexicographers define slop as "digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence." We've seen an absolute deluge of AI slop this year, from fake m…

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…

Weak retail sales and spending-averse households are pushing China toward targeted stimulus — including offering digital-yuan incentives — but the results have been mixed.

The FBI and police are asking anyone who may have more video evidence or tips relating to the deadly shooting at Brown University. A person of interest was released Sunday night. CBS News law enforcement contributor Rodney Harrison has more.

Crypto lawyer Irina Heaver said the ruling reinforces limits on exchange liability and rejects claims tied to speculative future gains following BSV’s delisting

arXiv:2512.11443v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: For any symmetric discrete memoryless channel with input and output alphabet of size $q$, where $q$ is a prime power, we prove that there exist error-correcting codes approaching channel capacity encodable by arithmetic circuits (with weighted additio…

arXiv:2511.20369v3 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Implementation bugs threaten the soundness of algorithmic software verifiers. Generating correctness certificates for correct programs allows for efficient independent validation of verification results, and thus helps to reveal such bugs. Automat…

The words we use to describe gender-based violence (GBV), such as "victim," "survivor" and "person with lived experience," aren't neutral. These labels are powerful. They can affirm dignity or reinforce stigma. They can mobilize movements or obscure systemic issues.

T-Mobile is giving away free Samsung Galaxy S25 phones if you switch to the T-Mobile Essentials promo plan this holiday season.

Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. Between The Game Awards and showcases like Day of the Devs, Wholesome Snack, Latin American Games and Women-Led Games, there’s been a ton of video game news over the last week (I need Control Resonant ASAP, please and thank yo…

Tories accuse Vince of ‘morally repugnant statement’ after he says Israeli government is partly responsible for rising antisemitismWhat we know so far about the Bondi terror attackThe green entrepreneur and Labour donor Dale Vince has faced condemnation for saying the Israeli government is partly re…

No more dead American soldiers overseas — that should be our mission and our mantra.

Inside the hardcore band’s radical reimagining of big-stage touring, community energy, and what it means to stay true at scale.

arXiv:2505.04080v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Mojo is an emerging programming language built on MLIR (Multi-Level Intermediate Representation) and supports JIT (Just-in-Time) compilation. It enables transparent hardware-specific optimizations (e.g., for CPUs and GPUs), while allowing users to…

As a Pop!_OS veteran, I've not been this excited about a release since I first started using System76's in-house distribution.

NASA continues to aim its space telescopes at the visiting ice ball, estimated to be up to 3.5 miles in size.

Chevron Corp, lowered the price of Venezuelan crude offered to US refiners after a tanker was seized by American forces in the Caribbean and as global prices drifted lower.

Visible light can be used to create electrodes from conductive plastics completely without hazardous chemicals. This is shown in a new study carried out by researchers at Linköping and Lund universities, Sweden. The electrodes can be created on different types of surfaces, which opens up a new type …

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…

Cheaper than the best 256GB memory card deal during Black Friday.

The singer, who has a long history of legal problems, is facing new criminal charges for allegedly destroying hookahs and assaulting a man.

Sheina Gutnick's dad came to Australia to escape persecution for his Jewish faith, and his murder in Bondi has left her feeling "betrayed by the government."

arXiv:2512.11067v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Traditional DBMSs execute user- or application-provided SQL queries over relational data with strong semantic guarantees and advanced query optimization, but writing complex SQL is hard and focuses only on structured tables. Contemporary multimodal sy…

arXiv:2512.11507v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Abutment design is a critical step in dental implant restoration. However, manual design involves tedious measurement and fitting, and research on automating this process with AI is limited, due to the unavailability of large annotated datasets. Altho…

As artificial intelligence moves from experiments to everyday use, companies are realizing that making it work at scale within an enterprise AI partner ecosystem is harder than building an isolated demo. Practical concerns like cost and reliability are now shaping how organizations deploy AI systems…

The brain has an ability to regain function after traumatic injury, even though it is often said that neurons cannot regenerate. This raises an important question: how does healing occur? In a new JNeurosci paper published today (December 15), Athanasios Alexandris and his team at Johns Hopkins Univ…

Rival companies both gearing up for £5bn sales

arXiv:2512.11725v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: This paper continues the study of a new variant of graph coloring with a connectivity constraint recently introduced by Hsieh et al. [COCOON 2024]. A path in a vertex-colored graph is called conflict-free if there is a color that appears exactly once …

Google has revealed that its “dark web report” feature will be discontinued starting February 16, 2026. Launched initially about a year and a half ago, this tool aimed to help users monitor their personal information on the dark web For some users, the dark web report seemed like a valuable tool, sc…

Quote from: zubenelgenubi on Today at 06:09 pmQuote from: Galactic Penguin SST on Today at 03:29 pmDelayed to December 17 per SpaceX's mission page.Booster recovery weather ri...

As a Pop!_OS veteran, I've not been this excited about a release since I first started using System76's in-house distribution.

Quote from: Vultur on Today at 04:15 pmThat makes sense; I'd just rather not see them moving up that ladder of risk.No risk, no frisk.Every single achievement they own right now is a result of risk taking...

As of Dec. 15, you can get the Sony Inzone M9 II 27-inch 4K gaming monitor for $698, down from $949.99, at Amazon.

arXiv:2410.01933v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Synthetic tabular data generation has gained significant attention for its potential in data augmentation and privacy-preserving data sharing. While recent methods like diffusion and auto-regressive models (i.e., transformer) have advanced the fie…

Listen to new must-hear songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like Otis Kane and GENA.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved waivers for six states to restrict the purchase of junk food and sweetened beverages with SNAP benefits, in an effort to promote healthier eating habits and reduce the chronic disease epidemic.

President Trump's national security trade actions are delivering real results, as evidenced by increased investment in the U.S., new jobs, and stronger local economies, due to tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.

The composition of Uranus and Neptune, the two outer most planets, might be more rocky and less icy than previously thought.

Glaciers are melting worldwide. In some regions, they could even disappear completely. Looking at the number of glaciers disappearing, the Alps could reach their peak loss rate as early as 2033 to 2041. Depending on how sharply the planet warms, this period may mark a time when more glaciers vanish …

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Anthony Geary, an eight-time Daytime Emmy winner for playing Luke Spencer on the long-running soap opera “General Hospital,” died due to complications from a medical procedure. He was 78. His husband, Claudio Gama, confirmed the news to TV Insider, saying, “It was a shock for me and our families and…

There used to be this thing called “flipping back a few pages.”

Scientists have discovered a new nerve cell signaling mechanism could transform our understanding of pain and lead to better treatments.

Economists want to see whether the combined report shows a sharp deterioration in an already fragile labor market — or whether the job market appeared to stabilize.

Lyle Feisel, an influential engineering educator and dedicated IEEE volunteer, died on 5 November at the age of 90.Feisel was a professor of electrical engineering and the founding dean of the Watson engineering school at the State University of New York, Binghamton. He established its organizationa…

The U.S. thwarted an alleged terror plot in California by members of the Turtle Island Liberation Front, a far-left anti-government group, authorities said. The members were allegedly planning to carry out the bomb attacks across Southern California on New Year's Eve. CBS News justice reporter Jake …

The narrowing spread between yields on STRD and the 10-year U.S. Treasury could signal boosted demand for the preferred stock.

After the latest in a series of deadly attacks on the global Jewish community, Jews are angry. And we have good reason to beDave Rich is director of policy at the Community Security TrustHeaton Park, Boulder, Washington DC – and now Bondi beach. Add the murders of Rabbi Zvi Kogan in the UAE and Ziv …

Bloomberg data pegs global dealmaking at $4.5 trillion this year. It's the second-highest total on record, and the biggest ever haul of $30 billion–plus megadeals. Bloomberg Senior Deals Reporter Michelle Davis joined Bloomberg Open Interest to talk about the M&A outlook. (Source: Bloomberg)

As it tries to demonstrate its continuing ability to fight, Ukraine said it had used drones to inflict serious damage on a Russian Kilo-class submarine at a Black Sea port.

The White House sent a stern private message to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressing that the killing of a top Hamas military commander over the weekend constituted a violation of the ceasefire agreement brokered by President Trump, two U.S. officials tell Axios. Why it matters: The a…

Radio astronomy has a pollution problem. Satellites thousands of kilometers overhead, designed to broadcast communications or relay data, are increasingly contaminating the frequencies astronomers use to study the universe. While much attention has focused on SpaceX's Starlink and other low Earth or…

Back in July 2024, Ampere Computing announced AmpereOne M on their road-map for Q4'2024 to provide AmpereOne with 12 channel DDR5 memory compared to eight memory channels with the original AmpereOne processors. Then this past May the AmpereOne M SKUs were announced while Ampere Computing stated thes…

arXiv:2512.06236v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: We explore the node classification task in the context of graph domain adaptation, which uses both source and target graph structures along with source labels to enhance the generalization capabilities of Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) on target gra…

Germany says Americans will provide security guarantees as Kyiv and Washington admit differences on territorial issues

"We've known that breast milk reflects what moms eat, but we were surprised by how quickly and clearly we saw these changes..."

arXiv:2502.03090v3 Announce Type: replace-cross
Abstract: Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) is essential for the reliable application of computational models in engineering and science. Among surrogate modeling techniques, Gaussian Process Regression (GPR) is particularly valuable for its non-paramet…

Wondering if your debt load is too high? Here's how to gauge it — and what else you should keep in mind right now.

arXiv:2512.11168v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: We consider the problem of learning an unknown, possibly nonlinear operator between separable Hilbert spaces from supervised data. Inputs are drawn from a prescribed probability measure on the input space, and outputs are (possibly noisy) evaluations …

This will be the sixth and final launch of the year for United Launch Alliance. Teams are targeting liftoff from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 3:49 a.m. EST (0849 UTC).

As tech journalists we have a lot of opinions. So if we really like something, it's probably good!

arXiv:2512.11350v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Road traffic accidents represent a leading cause of mortality globally, with incidence rates rising due to increasing population, urbanization, and motorization. Rising accident rates raise concerns about traffic surveillance effectiveness. Traditiona…

The Leapfrog Group said more organizations received the Top Hospital award this year due to improvements in some patient safety metrics.

Smaller hospitality businesses are angry at unexpected increase in business rates

arXiv:2512.00862v3 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: We introduce HBLLM, a wavelet-enhanced high-fidelity $1$-bit post-training quantization method for Large Language Models (LLMs). By leveraging Haar wavelet transforms to enhance expressive capacity through frequency decomposition, HBLLM significan…

A study suggests psychiatric disorders can share the same genetic signatures and that they may stem from shared biological mechanisms.

arXiv:2512.11015v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: In the quest for fairness in artificial intelligence, novel approaches to enhance it in facial image based gender classification algorithms using text guided methodologies are presented. The core methodology involves leveraging semantic information fr…

Actor and director Robert Reiner and his wife Michele were found dead in their Los Angeles home over the weekend.

Kathy Bates, Norman Lear, Paul Walter Hauser, Ben Stiller, Stephen King, Paul Feig, Jamie Lee Curtis, and more mourn the death of the acclaimed actor, director, and activist

Quote from: sanman on 12/11/2025 02:48 pm"Bridging the Swarm" - seems like a straightforward descriptive title - but where's the pun?"Bringing the storm" would probably be the relevant homophone.

The color display and integrated AI make a compelling product, but these glasses have some things to solve before I can recommend them.

The Coldplay singer lands by helicopter to play at a wedding in Staffordshire.

Progressive former Waltham City Councilor Jonathan Paz announced on Monday that he’s challenging House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) for her seat.  “I’m challenging one of the most powerful Democrats in the House because we need new leadership,” Paz said in a roughly two-minute ad. “Let’…

The latest meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner wrapped in Berlin on Monday. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer has the latest details.

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto is working on legislation to strengthen the U.S. critical mineral supply chain and reduce reliance on China, by creating a tax credit for American companies that process rare earth minerals and establishing a Critical Minerals Security Alliance with global trading partner…

The data centers used for work on artificial intelligence can cost tens of billions to build. Tech giants are finding ways to avoid being on the hook for some of those costs.

In the consumer products space, rulers are dethroned with alarming speed

A jury has found Massachusetts man Brian Walshe guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his wife Ana Walshe.

It’s Monday. Welcome back!  In today's issue: 🚓 TALK OF THE MORNING  Rest in peace: Actor Rob Reiner’s son, Nick Reiner, has been arrested after his parents were found dead in their home on Sunday. Rob and Michele Reiner reportedly suffered stab wounds — they appear to be victims of a homicide. Nick…

The Bose QuietComfort headphones are on sale for $170.05 at Amazon, putting them about $10 away from their record-low Black Friday pricing.

The decline appeared technical, rather than tied to BNB-specific negative news, and was accompanied by a wider crypto market downturn.

If passed, the bill would see the ex-president and others receive shorter sentences for coup-related crimes.

UK prime minister finishes 2025 with approval ratings at rock bottom and Labour languishing below 20 per cent in the polls

Lee esta nota de prensa en español aquí. Our universe is filled with galaxies, in all directions as far as our instruments can see. Some researchers estimate that there are as many as two trillion galaxies in the observable universe. At first glance, these galaxies might appear to be randomly scatte…

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) slammed President Trump on the social platform X on Monday after he made remarks about recently deceased Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele.  “Regardless of how you felt about Rob Reiner, this is inappropriate and disrespectful discourse about a man who wa…

Volume surged 86% above average during resistance rejection, though late-session breakout signals potential reversal from bearish structure.

Ian Murray says he has still not been given an explanation for his demotion to technology ministerUK politics live – latest updatesThe former Scottish secretary Ian Murray has hit out at the prime minister for his “humiliating” sacking, despite deciding to remain a minister in the government.In a ca…

A growing number of parents are putting something more old-fashioned under the tree this year: a landline. Experts explain the benefits.

Researchers have shown that certain psychedelic compounds break the link between neurological functions and blood flow in the brain.

With Linux 6.19-rc1 released, the merge window for Linux 6.19 has now concluded. Here is a summary of the interesting Linux 6.19 new features and changes with this kernel version.

AI Mode is mangling recipes by merging instructions from multiple creators – and causing them huge dips in ad trafficThis past March, when Google began rolling out its AI Mode search capability, it began offering AI-generated recipes. The recipes were not all that intelligent. The AI had taken eleme…

arXiv:2512.11284v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Unsupervised industrial anomaly detection requires accurately identifying defects without labeled data. Traditional autoencoder-based methods often struggle with incomplete anomaly suppression and loss of fine details, as their single-pass decoding fa…

Score the Sony WH-1000XM6 noise-cancelling headphones for just $398 at Amazon. That's $61.99 off and matches the Black Friday deal.

FBI director said his agency helped detain ‘person of interest’ in Brown shooting – who was released hours laterKash Patel, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations, is once again facing criticism for rushing to social media to tout his agency’s work on tracking down a person of interest…

The European political elite still holds onto the belief that Ukraine can somehow prevail on the battlefield if funded.