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…

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 …

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…

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has released detailed plans for a major survey that will reveal our home galaxy, the Milky Way, in unprecedented detail. In one month of observations spread across two years, the survey will unveil tens of billions of stars and explore previously unchart…

A paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution, reports that Italian bears living in areas with many villages evolved and became smaller and less aggressive.

Between 128,000 and 186,000 years ago, when ice covered the Sierra Nevada, a lake 100 miles long and 600 feet deep sat in eastern California in what is now the Mojave Desert.

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.

Medline Inc. is guiding prospective investors to expect its IPO to price in the upper half of the marketed range, according to people familiar with the matter, in what could be the year’s biggest listing.

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…

arXiv:2512.11007v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: The pseudovariety $\mathbf{DS}$ consists of all finite monoids whose regular $D$-classes form subsemigroups. We exhibit a uniform winning strategy for Synchronizer in the synchronization game on every synchronizing automaton whose transition monoid li…

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.

Hello and welcome to the newsletter, a grab bag of daily content from the Odd Lots universe. Sometimes it's us, Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway, bringing you our thoughts on the most recent developments in markets, finance and the economy. And sometimes it's contributions from our network of expert…

Quote from: hplan on Today at 02:23 pmQuote from: Vultur on Today at 01:50 pmYou could be right, a "soft" bubble burst is a plausible scenario. But the other outcome is also p...

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

While Tesla shares have pared gains, optimism is building for the company’s efforts in AI and autonomous driving.

Nick Reiner was taken in for questioning after Rob and Michele Singer were found dead Sunday at their Los Angeles homeRob Reiner found dead in apparent homicideRob Reiner – a life in picturesReiner changed Hollywod for everNick Reiner has been arrested following after the death of his parents, Rob R…

Star Air, India’s largest regional carrier, is considering the purchase of as many as 20 Embraer SA aircraft, according to people familiar with the matter, in what would be a breakthrough for the Brazilian manufacturer in one of the fastest-growing aviation markets.

These Apple TV tweaks can enhance your viewing experience, and here's what I recommend adjusting.

This is partner content. Billboard News, presented by Amazon Prime, breaks down notable highlights from Billboard’s Greatest of All Time Holiday 100 Songs, including fan favorites from Katy Perry, Jonas Brothers and Wham!, to name a few. With festive sound cues and seasonal flair, the segment celebr…

The Miami Dolphins are headed to Pittsburgh to face the Steelers tonight. Here's how to stream the game without cable

The strike action marks the latest disruption for the museum after a jewel theft and water damage.

It’s an eclectic list, to say the least, encompassing pop, traditional pop, rock, hard rock, R&B, rap, country and reggae.

City’s small shops are reaching tipping point amid higher business rates, staff costs and big chains eager to move inIt’s lunchtime at Dormitory, an independent bedlinen store on Gloucester Road in Brighton, and proprietors Sue Graham and Cathy Marriott are peering across the street at the Brighton …

Photos taken on Android phones are appearing with a haunting red filter over them in the iPhone Photos app.

The president wrote that the beloved director's apparent homicide was brought on by his opposition to the administration's actions

Nick Reiner, the 32-year-old son of Rob and Michele Reiner, is in custody after the apparent homicide of the director and his wife on Sunday afternoon. Nick Reiner was arrested Sunday night at 9:15 p.m. and booked on a felony charge on Monday at 5:04 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Police Departm…

Stranger Things a scifi fantasy horror series set in the 80s timeline, it got many awards, Primetime Emmy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Award nominationsThey are worried about the special fx for Season 1 they should be more worried about how...

He and his father, the director Rob Reiner, also worked together on a film that was loosely inspired by the son’s early life.

Attorney General Pam Bondi said the FBI and Justice Department thwarted "what would have been a massive and horrific terror plot" in Southern California.

Authorities released a person of interest after determining that the evidence "points in a different direction."

Australia is in mourning after gunmen opened fire on Bondi beach on Sunday, killing at least 15 people in an attack on the Jewish community during its Hanukah celebrations. One of the alleged gunmen was also killed during the incident Continue reading...

Writers including Sir Philip Pullman back a proposal to automatically sign up newborns to a library in a bid to boost literacy.

New form of quantum advantage emerges from study of game theory and quantum information
The post Playing games by the quantum rulebook expends less energy appeared first on Physics World.

Australia is mourning the 15 people who were killed in a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach. CBS News foreign correspondent Anna Coren has the latest details.

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…

Oracle Corp.’s aggressive artificial intelligence spending plan has put the cloud computing giant’s corporate bonds under a harsh spotlight as Wall Street searches for cracks in the AI boom.

When most people see a leafhopper in their backyard garden, they notice little more than a tiny green or striped insect flicking from leaf to leaf. But these insects are actually master engineers, capable of building some of the most complex natural nanostructures known, which makes them invisible t…

That makes sense; I'd just rather not see them moving up that ladder of risk.

arXiv:2509.00269v3 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Despite the recent success of multi-view diffusion models for text/image-based 3D asset generation, instruction-based editing of 3D assets lacks surprisingly far behind the quality of generation models. The main reason is that recent approaches us…

arXiv:2511.07438v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is a powerful imaging technique for reconstructing three-dimensional molecular structures from noisy tomographic projection images of randomly oriented particles. We introduce a new data fusion framework, termed …

Comments

https://twitter.com/blueorigin/status/2000607603127365836QuoteWelcome to Astronaut Village, NS-37 Crew!

Two students, Ella Cook and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, identified in shooting after authorities released sole suspect Brown University shooting – latest updatesTwo students who died in Saturday’s mass shooting at Brown University were being remembered Monday – as a manhunt for their killer continued …

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is planning to enact stricter gun laws after a shooting at a Hanukkah event that left at least 16 people dead on Sunday. "What we saw yesterday was an act of pure evil, an act of antisemitism, an act of terrorism on our shores in an iconic Australian locat…

Tesla Inc. shares extended a rally climbing as much as 4.9% Monday and are on pace to close at an all-time high for the first time since December 2024, defying growing concerns about the company’s soaring valuation.

Lightspeed Venture Partners, a Silicon Valley venture firm, has amassed more than $9 billion to invest in artificial intelligence. That is its biggest haul.

This is the online version of STAT's weekly email newsletter Health Care Inc.

Philip Rivers’s unretirement, at age 44, probably feels familiar to the growing number of retirees — including FIRE members — who return to work. And it’s often not about money.

The European Union expanded sanctions against Belarus, just days after the US said it would lift restrictions on exports of potash from the country, underscoring diverging approaches to the close ally of Russia.

After a very cold and snowy start to December, temperatures will shift toward unseasonable warmth just in time for Christmas.

Zoom is allowing free users to try its AI assistant in limited capacity

A JetBlue pilot said a “midair collision” was avoided in an incident near Venezuela that the commercial pilot is blaming on the pilot of a U.S. Air Force refueling tanker.  “We almost had a midair collision up here,” the JetBlue pilot said, according to a recording of his conversation with air traff…

Comments

Comments

Industry concerns over Netflix acquiring Warner Bros has led executives to address fears regarding jobs and theatrical releases.

arXiv:2512.11147v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Tool calling agents are an emerging paradigm in LLM deployment, with major platforms such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini adding connectors and autonomous capabilities. However, the inherent unreliability of LLMs introduces fundamental security risks w…

A HELOC can be a flexible, low-cost borrowing option for homeowners, but is it the best way to borrow money now?

arXiv:2512.09687v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Recent advances in generative models have demonstrated an exceptional ability to produce highly realistic images. However, previous studies show that generated images often resemble the training data, and this problem becomes more severe as the mo…

Video of Ahmed el Ahmed disarming one of the gunmen has gone viral, and officials around the world have hailed his bravery.

The Meta Quest 3 (512GB) is on sale at Amazon for $407.10, down from the normal price of $499.99. That's a 19% discount and it comes with a free $100 digital credit from Amazon.

Ukraine has intensified attacks on Russia’s Caspian region, hitting energy production and refining assets, amid ongoing talks to clinch a peace deal.

Saros for PS5 is now available to preorder at various retailers for $69.99. It's set to be released next year on April 30.

Netflix has appointed Dani Dudeck as chief communications officer. She starts on Jan. 12 and will report to co-CEO Ted Sarandos. Dudeck is joining Netflix from Instacart, where she serves as chief corporate affairs officer. She’s also held posts at Zynga and MySpace. Dudeck’s hiring comes amid Netfl…

During a town hall with CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, Erika Kirk said her husband Charlie "never incited violence" through his political rhetoric. CBS News political contributor Chuck Rocha and Republican strategist Kevin Sheridan join to discuss the rise of political violence in the U.S.

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca is evasive when asked to explain his claim that he has endured his "worst 48 hours" at the club and lacked support.

arXiv:2512.10995v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Cancer patients may undergo lengthy and painful chemotherapy treatments, comprising several successive regimens or plans. Treatment inefficacy and other adverse events can lead to discontinuation (or failure) of these plans, or prematurely changing …

These are CME’s smallest crypto contracts to date, aimed at active participants who prefer to trade in spot market terms without managing contract expiries or rollovers.

arXiv:2511.20445v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Stellarators are a prospective class of fusion-based power plants that confine a hot plasma with three-dimensional magnetic fields. Typically framed as a PDE-constrained optimization problem, stellarator design is a time-consuming process that can…

This is a breaking news story.

Shenzhen-based Picea Robotics, its lender and primary supplier, will acquire all of iRobot’s shares.

More than 30,000 Spotify users reported issues with the streaming-music service on Monday morning, according to outage reports compiled by DownDetector.

Gaza’s residents face deadly winter storms as weakened, bombed-out homes collapse.

With a powerful dual-lead-singer lineup, the Ontario band has gone back to their roots and captured the No. 1 song on the Billboard Canada Mainstream Rock chart for 2025.

President Trump weighed in on the apparent homicide of director Rob Reiner and his wife in a TruthSocial post on Monday, suggesting the cause of death was reportedly “Trump derangement syndrome.” “A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very…

Comedy group Smosh is scrubbed in for its next live digital special: “Smosh Hospital,” a spoof of TV medical dramas like “The Pitt,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “E.R.” “Smosh Hospital” is billed as a one-night-only, fully improvised medical-drama parody — in which the scripted “doctors” walk into each scen…

Quote from: woods170 on Today at 08:23 amQuote from: hektor on 12/14/2025 10:48 pmAnd this was perfectly fine, since until the very final months of the Obama administration, it w...

A significant clue.

arXiv:2512.04890v3 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: We present E(3)-Pose, a novel fast pose estimation method that jointly and explicitly models rotation equivariance and object symmetry. Our work is motivated by the challenging problem of accounting for fetal head motion during a diagnostic MRI sc…

arXiv:2304.09995v3 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: We present a novel approach to the core set/instance selection problem in machine learning. Our approach is based on recent results on (proportional) representation in approval-based multi-winner elections. In our model, instances play a double ro…

arXiv:2512.11080v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: General-purpose robotic end-effectors of limited complexity, like the parallel-jaw gripper, are appealing for their balance of simplicity and effectiveness in a wide range of manipulation tasks. However, while many such manipulators offer versatility …

arXiv:2506.11152v3 Announce Type: replace-cross
Abstract: Single-cell transcriptomics and proteomics have become a great source for data-driven insights into biology, enabling the use of advanced deep learning methods to understand cellular heterogeneity and gene expression at the single-cell level…

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...

A new theory proposes that the universe’s fundamental forces and particle properties may arise from the geometry of hidden extra dimensions. These dimensions could twist and evolve over time, forming stable structures that generate mass and symmetry breaking on their own. The approach may even expla…

Warning: the following contains spoilers for part one of Stranger Things season fiveWith just over a week to go until Netflix releases the next batch of Stranger Things episodes, the company has dropped a trailer for the second part of season five. The clip begins in the aftermath of the action-pack…

The Croatian adaptation of young adult drama series “Skam,” whose second season received a special mention in the best TV series in Central and Eastern Europe category at the NEM Awards in Zagreb, has premiered the trailer (below) for its third season. The new season will premiere on Jan. 1. Season …

When the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship launched its first race through Beijing’s Olympic Park in 2014, the idea of all-electric motorsport still bordered on experimental. Batteries couldn’t yet last a full race, and drivers had to switch cars mid-competition. Just over a decade later, Formula…

Comments

Two new big battery projects have been energised on Australia's main grid in the past few days, underlining the speed and scale of the storage rollout in Australia.
The post Two new big batteries energised on grid, underlining speed and scale of storage rollout appeared first on Renew Economy.

Meta’s secure-by-default frameworks wrap potentially unsafe OS and third-party functions, making security the default while preserving developer speed and usability. These frameworks are designed to closely mirror existing APIs, rely on public and stable interfaces, and maximize developer adoption b…

Goodbye walls of text. Hello rich visual guides that help you decide faster.

Blaise Metreweli warns the world is ‘more dangerous and contested now than for decades’ as AI and new technologies emergeBritain is caught in “a space between peace and war” complicated by the rise of artificial intelligence and other technologies dominated by powerful individuals and corporations, …

Chinese companies are no longer hiding their intent to clone SpaceX. They're advertising it.

arXiv:2512.10963v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: With the rapid growth of AI-generated content (AIGC) across domains such as music, video, and literature, the demand for emotionally aware recommendation systems has become increasingly important. Traditional recommender systems primarily rely on user…

arXiv:2509.09613v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Robots designed for therapy and social interaction aim to evoke a sense of animacy in humans. While many studies have focused on life like appearance or joint based movements, the effect of whole body volume changing movements commonly observed in…

arXiv:2512.10961v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Through extensive experience training professionals and individual users in AI tool adoption since the GPT-3 era, I have observed a consistent pattern: the same AI tool produces dramatically different results depending on who uses it. While some frame…

arXiv:2512.10964v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: In light of recent hardware advances, it is striking that real arithmetic in balanced ternary logic has received almost no attention in the literature. This is particularly surprising given ternary logic's promising properties, which could open new av…

arXiv:2512.11114v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Balancing competing objectives is omnipresent across disciplines, from drug design to autonomous systems. Multi-objective Bayesian optimization is a promising solution for such expensive, black-box problems: it fits probabilistic surrogates and select…

arXiv:2511.22425v3 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: We present WUKONG, a novel training-free framework for high-fidelity textured 3D morphing that takes a pair of source and target prompts (image or text) as input. Unlike conventional methods -- which rely on manual correspondence matching and defo…