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arXiv:2512.14617v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Many practical decision-making problems involve tasks whose success depends on the entire system history, rather than on achieving a state with desired properties. Markovian Reinforcement Learning (RL) approaches are not suitable for such tasks, while…

A new microscopy technique allows scientists to see single-atom-thick boron nitride by making it glow under infrared light. Researchers from the Physical Chemistry and Theory departments at the Fritz Haber Institute have developed a new way to visualize boron nitride layers that are just one atom th…

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Tech giant plans to roll out new AgeKey technology across multiple countries next year

Audit finds on average adults wait twice as long as children for assessment and more than 10 times as long to be treatedAdults with eating disorders in England are waiting up to 700 days for vital treatment, according to a report.The stark figures were revealed in the first report of the National Au…

The U.S. Capitol has begun displaying a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school.

Scrub screencaps from JAXA webcast.  I saw no ignition.

Bonds have risen sharply to the highest level since 2019 as the Trump administration increases pressure on Maduro

Quote from: sanman on Today at 01:26 amDifficult with metallic asteroid, but a lot of these carbonaceous asteroids are just large gravel piles that have coalesced and barely hold together. That might make them easi...

arXiv:2512.13047v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: File systems are critical OS components that require constant evolution to support new hardware and emerging application needs. However, the traditional paradigm of developing features, fixing bugs, and maintaining the system incurs significant overhe…

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arXiv:2509.23800v2 Announce Type: replace-cross
Abstract: Modern generative AI models like diffusion and flow matching can sample from rich data distributions, but many downstream tasks - such as experimental design or creative content generation - require a higher level of control than unconstrain…

arXiv:2312.04960v5 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Vision Transformers (ViTs) have emerged as a fundamental architecture and serve as the backbone of modern vision-language models. Despite their impressive performance, ViTs exhibit notable vulnerability to evasion attacks, necessitating the develo…

Owned and run by the Cassegrain family, Longchamp is flying high after being embraced by Gen Z

BYD, Chery and other Chinese automakers are winning over drivers in Britain, where tariffs are low and buyers are open to new brands.

arXiv:2411.11274v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: A conforming partition of a rectilinear n-gon P (possibly with holes) is a partition of P into rectangles without using Steiner points (i.e., all corners of all rectangles must lie on the boundary of P). The stabbing number of such a partition is …

More than a dozen Bornean elephants have been killed — including five beheaded — in Malaysia in the past 18 months, the authorities say.

arXiv:2512.13157v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: We introduce Intrinsic Image Fusion, a method that reconstructs high-quality physically based materials from multi-view images. Material reconstruction is highly underconstrained and typically relies on analysis-by-synthesis, which requires expensive …

How to watch FIFA Intercontinental Cup for free. Live stream PSG vs. Flamengo in the FIFA Intercontinental Cup final for free.

Ivanhoe Atlantic project would supply iron ore to America and allies but faces opposition in west Africa — and Washington

Howls of protest over a modest penalty from the EU contrast with Europe’s silence over far bigger punishments levied on its banks by America

Prosecutors said that Mr. Reiner killed his parents, Rob and Michelle Reiner, using a knife. He has not yet entered a plea.

The actor died on Tuesday following a battle with cancer

MetaX Integrated Circuits surged as much as 755% in its Shanghai debut as investors bet on national champions that could emerge as viable local competitors to Nvidia. The company manufactures graphics processing units, a rapidly growing industry as more consumers and businesses adopt AI services. (S…

Bundestag asked to sign off on multibillion contracts, including a €21bn order for soldiers’ protective equipment

Change marks an abrupt end to 30 years of established medical guidance and follows vote earlier this monthThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday ended a long-standing recommendation that all US newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine.The agency’s move follows a vote from…

Howls of protest over a modest penalty from the EU contrast with Europe’s silence over far bigger punishments levied on its banks by America

Given the extensive discussions remaining with various other facilities beyond the two launch pads, RGV Aerophotography is initiating a new series dedicated to these additional facilities.Beyond the Pad EP 1

arXiv:2501.15693v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: The performance of AI models on safety benchmarks does not indicate their real-world performance after deployment. This opaqueness of AI models impedes existing regulatory frameworks constituted on benchmark performance, leaving them incapable of …

Exact T-0 will be 05:01:58 UTC per the webcast.

arXiv:2508.11849v3 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: We introduce LocoMamba, a vision-driven cross-modal DRL framework built on selective state-space models, specifically leveraging Mamba, that achieves near-linear-time sequence modeling, effectively captures long-range dependencies, and enables eff…

Hate preachers and potential terrorists could be targeted and deported by officials pursuing their tax and immigration records under a new approach to tackling extremism.

India’s rupee strengthened the most in seven months versus the dollar after the central bank sold dollars aggressively to support the currency.

arXiv:2512.10427v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Neural scaling laws and double-descent phenomena suggest that deep-network training obeys a simple macroscopic structure despite highly nonlinear optimization dynamics. We derive such structure directly from gradient descent in function space. For…

arXiv:2512.13580v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Simulation of fermionic Hamiltonians with gate-based quantum computers requires the selection of an encoding from fermionic operators to quantum gates, the most widely used being the Jordan-Wigner transform. Many alternative encodings exist, with qu…

arXiv:2503.06109v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Daily operations in large campuses depend on how efficiently people \emph{move} through space and time. In this sense, course timetables are more than administrative schedules: they act as mobility policies that orchestrate thousands of trajectori…

Giuffre’s family calls the success of her posthumous memoir, Nobody's Girl, ‘bittersweet’ after her death in AprilA posthumous memoir by one of Jeffrey Epstein’s best-known accusers, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, has sold 1m copies worldwide in just the two months after its release.Publisher Alfred A Kn…

Warner Bros will reportedly advise its shareholders to vote against the offer as early as Wednesday.

Quote from: Vultur on 12/16/2025 11:32 pmQuote from: crandles57 on 12/16/2025 11:01 pmNot sure I would trust it, but FWIW, grok came up with 78 million tons for metallic asteroid t...

The US will restrict entry of people from Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan and Syria as well as holders of Palestinian Authority passports.

arXiv:2510.04564v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Conventional representation learning methods learn a universal representation that primarily captures dominant semantics, which may not always align with customized downstream tasks. For instance, in animal habitat analysis, researchers prioritize…

The $0.1310–$0.1315 zone is now a resistance area, with further downside likely if volume remains high on declines.

A New York intellectual and onetime liberal stalwart, his Commentary magazine became his platform as his political and social view turned sharply rightward.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Monday that "the dam is breaking” on President Trump’s influence over the Republican Party. “I think the dam is breaking. Many Republicans may not have called him out, but last week, 13 Republicans voted with Democrats to overturn one of President Trump's exe…

Revealing details too small and too fast to study otherwise.

An international team of researchers co-led by Professor Christine Stauber in the Georgia State University School of Public Health is empowering residents of low-income communities to improve sanitation in their neighborhoods through an innovative mobile app.

arXiv:2512.13559v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Verifying rumors on social media is critical for mitigating the spread of false information. The stances of conversation replies often provide important cues to determine a rumor's veracity. However, existing models struggle to jointly capture semanti…

Shares of HashKey Holdings Ltd., operator of Hong Kong’s largest licensed cryptocurrency exchange, climbed on their trading debut after an initial public offering that raised HK$1.6 billion ($206 million).

arXiv:2502.07040v4 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: In this work, we introduce high-order Basis-Update & Galerkin (BUG) integrators based on explicit Runge-Kutta methods for large-scale matrix differential equations. These dynamical low-rank integrators extend the BUG integrator to arbitrary explic…

The number of countries whose citizens face a full or partial travel ban on entry to the United States increased from 19 to 39.

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arXiv:2512.12067v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: The Internet community has taken major efforts to decrease latency in the World Wide Web. Significant improvements have been achieved in accelerating content transport and in compressing static content. Less attention, however, has been dedicated to d…

Columba McVeigh, from Donaghmore in County Tyrone, was murdered in 1975 when he was 19.

The move followed multiple failed attempts to sustain momentum above recent resistance, leaving XRP vulnerable once support levels were tested again.

Quarterly payments of $200 to be offered via stablecoin or traditional currency in a scheme designed to ease cost of living pressures in the Pacific nationThe Marshall Islands has introduced a national universal basic income (UBI) scheme that offers payments via cryptocurrency, alongside more tradit…

China is selling large volumes of soybeans from its state reserves, as it steps up purchases from the US to fulfill an apparent agreement between the two countries in late October.

Costa Rica’s legislature on Monday rejected a second request to strip President Rodrigo Chaves of his legal immunity, blocking an effort by the country’s electoral authority to make the leader face charges that he has been using his power to meddle in ...

arXiv:2407.15226v5 Announce Type: replace-cross
Abstract: In this work, we propose a method for tracking multiple extended targets or unresolvable group targets in a clutter environment. Firstly, based on the Random Matrix Model (RMM), the joint state of the target is modeled as the Gamma Gaussian …

Version 1.6 of libopus as the library for the open-source Opus audio codec is now available. Opus 1.6 brings new machine learning "ML" based features in building atop the machine learning features initially added to Opus 1.5...

Hong Kong has tentatively embraced cryptocurrencies and digital assets as a way to shore up its status as an international financial center.

The Doggfather will take center stage during the Detroit Lions and the Minnesota Vikings game on Dec. 25, streaming on Netflix

In successful challenge, X argued the video wasn’t excessively offensive and was an objective record of a ‘public event of historical and political significance’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian classification review board has overturned a decision to block Au…

arXiv:2512.13631v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Quasi-periodic trajectories with two or more incommensurate frequencies are ubiquitous in nonlinear dynamics, yet the classical Fourier-based time-spectral method is tied to strictly periodic responses. We introduce a torus time-spectral method that l…

"Fallout 2" is full of game details. From Pip-Boys to power armor, the Prime Video series is a fan's Wasteland. Here's a guide.

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The Singapore insurer has begun rolling out Salesforce Agentforce to assist customer service teams, with plans to extend the use of the technology to financial advisers and direct customer interactions

Gar O’Rourke joins the likes of Frederick Wiseman with an immersive observational documentary that takes a sensitive look at a community attempting to relax under conditions of growing unease. Though O’Rourke is an Irish filmmaker, working with majority Irish funding, his chosen location is Ukraine,…

New multi-temperature coronal mass ejection observations might help us better understand how life emerged and evolved on Earth
The post Plasma bursts from young stars could shed light on the early life of the Sun appeared first on Physics World.

arXiv:2511.03909v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: The weighted Euler characteristic transform (WECT) and Euler characteristic function (ECF) have proven to be useful tools in a variety of applications. However, current methods for computing these functions are either not optimized for speed or do…

Chinese President Xi Jinping has expressed full support for Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee, praising his administration’s performance after a year defined by a deadly fire, a financial turnaround and the conviction of the city’s top national security target.

arXiv:2510.09995v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Lens flare occurs when shooting towards strong light sources, significantly degrading the visual quality of images. Due to the difficulty in capturing flare-corrupted and flare-free image pairs in the real world, existing datasets are typically sy…

Jolie, whose mother died from cancer at the age of 56, underwent a preventative double mastectomy in 2013

HBO Max's official trailer for 'The Pitt' Season 2 shows Dr. Robby (Noah Wyle) working a July 4 emergency room shift.

The Falcon 9 rocket launching the Starlink 15-13 mission will fly on a south-easterly trajectory upon leaving pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Liftoff is for 7:22 a.m. PST (10:22 a.m. EST / 1522 UTC).

Vice-president urges patience on affordability after Trump veers off script on cost of living crisis

South Korean super-app Toss has brought in investors including Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC Pte and investment firms Baillie Gifford, Wellington, and WCM, people familiar with the matter said.

Update: Link for alternative live coverage site:Here is a consolidated post of available video links for this launch:SpaceX's direct live broadcast onWebsite:  https://www.spacex.com/launches/sl-15-13 Twitter:  https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1BdGYZoZzj...

Copper gained as investors await the US inflation data that could impact the Federal Reserve’s stance on further rate cuts.

A new AI model is demonstrating an unprecedented ability to anticipate human actions by interpreting visual and contextual cues in real time. Rather than simply reacting to movement, the system reasons about what people are likely to do next. Researchers from the Texas A&M University College of Engi…

The long-term health and environmental sustainability of some of Alaska’s most pristine landscapes and intact ecosystems, including the Teshekpuk Lake wetlands complex and the Arctic National...

arXiv:2512.03522v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Robots are often required to localize in environments with unknown object classes and semantic ambiguity. However, when performing global localization using semantic objects, high semantic ambiguity intensifies object misclassification and increas…

Q2 & Q3 Financial ResultsBlackSky reports second quarter 2025 results [Aug. 7]QuoteBlackSky Technology Inc. (“BlackSky” or the “Company”) (NYSE: BKSY) anno...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) slammed briefings on recent strikes on alleged drug boats, calling them “a joke.” “Were you satisfied with the answers that — you’ve gotten so far today in these classified briefings —” journalist Pablo Manríquez asked Ocasio-Cortez in a clip posted to the soci…

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Investors questioned whether Hong Kong’s dominant licensed exchange can turn surging volumes and regulatory advantage into sustainable profits.

Robinhood Markets Inc. is rolling out additional sports-wagering capabilities, such as preset combination contracts for professional football games.

Yields on Japan’s long-dated bonds reached multi-year highs in early December, signaling weak investor demand amid concerns about increased government spending and the possibility of an interest-rate hike on Dec. 19.

Treasurer says his Myefo, which shows a small improvement in the budget bottom line, is “the most responsible” on recordJim Chalmers has claimed “the most responsible mid-year update on record”, unveiling a multi-billion dollar improvement in the budget bottom line alongside extra money for mental h…

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The Late Night host and pop star indulge in adult beverages as they play party games like truth or drink, blind-reading cue cards, guessing pet sounds, and opening presents with oven mitts.
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Cantor says Hyperliquid is trading infrastructure, not speculative DeFi, with HYPD and PURR offering exposure to fees, buybacks, and CEX share gains.

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OpenAI Group PBC today launched GPT Image 1.5, a new artificial intelligence model optimized for image generation tasks. The algorithm is rolling out a few weeks after Google LLC introduced a new image generator of its own. Nano Banana Pro, as the model is called, is better than its predecessors at …

arXiv:2512.13282v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: The high computational and memory demands of modern deep learning (DL) workloads have led to the development of specialized hardware devices from cloud to edge, such as AMD's Ryzen AI XDNA NPUs. Optimizing general matrix multiplication (GEMM) algorith…

arXiv:2512.14697v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Non-parametric quantization has received much attention due to its efficiency on parameters and scalability to a large codebook. In this paper, we present a unified formulation of different non-parametric quantization methods through the lens of latti…

Samsung's T9 SSD offers up to 4TB of storage and transfer speeds of up to 20Gbps - in an form factor that you just can't hate.

arXiv:2512.14002v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Vehicular Edge Computing (VEC) has emerged as a promising paradigm for enhancing the computational efficiency and service quality in intelligent transportation systems by enabling vehicles to wirelessly offload computation-intensive tasks to nearby Ro…