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Preprint finds Groth16 faster in blockchain-backed AI search prototype
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A Defunct Nuclear Site Had a Meltdown in 1959. A New Study Shows It’s Still Causing Health Problems
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More Motion Is Not Always Better Motion: Corpus Composition Governs Whether Augmentation Helps SMPL-Based Parkinsonian Gait Severity Estimation
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Cross-Generation Optimization of YOLOv26, YOLOv11, and YOLOv8 for Fine-Grained Small-Object Detection and Instance Segmentation in Complex Orchards
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The Blending Ratio Is Not Where the Performance Is: Diagnosing Prototype Blending for Few-Shot Adaptation of Vision-Language Models
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When Youth Enter The Chat: An Epistemic Shift in the Validation of LLM-Based Measures of Student Talk
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What Reaches Expert Review? Representation, Structural Screening, and Candidate-Form Dependence in AI-Assisted Item Development
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The Limits of Automatic Evaluation of Creativity in Large Language Models
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Contextual Embedding Evidence for Main--Light Verb Distinctions in Urdu
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From Causal Plausibility to Causal Reliability: Evaluating LLMs as Calibrated Direct Causal-Edge Classifiers
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FLARE: A Systematic, Uncertainty-Aware Framework for Evidence-Based Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
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AI Agents Push Humans Out of the Loop
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How much of a measured AI preference is the model, and how much is the instrument?
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Auditing the Synthetic Memoir: Measuring Scene-Level Confabulation in LLM-Generated Autobiography Against the Documented Record of the Life It Describes
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LLM Agents Perform Controlled Experiments Using Simulation Models
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RENDER: Controlling Reader-Facing Evidence in LLM Memory Evaluation
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Preprint Tests AI That Learns New Image Classes Without Replay
A modeling preprint tests a replay-free Deep artificial immune network on four grayscale class-incremental image streams. In a sklearn-digits trajectory, initial-class retention was 0.978 at the final
India's Ringg gets backing from Peak XV as it pushes voice AI past the phone call
Ringg has raised $10 million from Peak XV as a part of its Series A extension.
India’s Ringg gets backing from Peak XV as it pushes voice AI past the phone call
Ringg has raised $10 million from Peak XV as a part of its Series A extension.
This Was a Bad Day for People Who Hate X but Sometimes Like to Read X Posts Anyway
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Trump-endorsed candidate clears key hurdle in red state gubernatorial race
Mike Mazzei, a former Oklahoma state senator and financial planner, won a primary election runoff on Tuesday evening with the backing of President Donald Trump to secure the GOP nomination for governor in Oklahoma.Having beaten out Genter Drummond, the current Oklahoma attorney general, Mazzei is now the heavy favorite to become the Sooner State’s next governor. His win is also a political victory for outgoing Gov. Kevin Stitt, who has opposed Drummond for years.Stitt and Drummond have sparred o...
Newly released texts confirm Anthony Fauci and other 'experts' always knew mask mandates wouldn't work
When Sen. Rand Paul released private texts and messages from Anthony Fauci to the public several weeks ago, it brought the now-former head of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases back into the national conversation.Many involved in that national conversation have been critical of what the "Fauci diaries" revealed. That the supposedly unbiased "expert" was, in fact, anything but. Instead, he was an arrogant, self-obsessed, fame-hungry, frequently dishonest narcissist.Other "...
Pennsylvania's AG sues Snap, alleging Snapchat fails to protect teens from compulsively using the app, two weeks after filing a similar lawsuit against TikTok
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill: Pennsylvania's AG sues Snap, alleging Snapchat fails to protect teens from compulsively using the app, two weeks after filing a similar lawsuit against TikTok Pennsylvani
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At Trial, Instagram Head Denies Having ‘Stalled’ Teen ‘Take a Break’ Feature Despite Slow Rollout
How quickly is a responsible company supposed to make such a feature the default?
Darline Graham wins Republican primary runoff in South Carolina
Darline Graham, sister of the late Senator Lindsey Graham, won the Republican primary runoff in South Carolina for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, according to U.S. media projections, in a triumph for U.S. President Donald Trump.
Dolly Parton refused to pick political sides for decades: ‘I’m not in politics, I’m an entertainer’
Dolly Parton spent decades singing about love, heartbreak, faith and working "9 to 5," but there was one arena the country music legend repeatedly resisted entering: partisan politics."I am not political, and I refuse to get caught up in political things," Parton told USA Today in a 2020 interview.Parton, who died Tuesday at 80, maintained that position through the presidential elections, pointed questions about President Donald Trump, offers of the nation's highest civilian honor and controvers...
College athletics' latest mess: Court orders say athletes can play, but SEC and Big Ten ready to fight
The college athletics world is reeling after the SEC and Big Ten created new guidelines governing the eligibility of athletes who planned to join teams this week following injunctions and temporary restraining orders granted by multiple judges.On Tuesday, both conferences, who will soon be joined by the ACC and Big 12, voted to enact new rules that would prevent athletes who have participated in professional sports from reentering the college landscape.The decision comes after players in several...
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DEA Seized 47 Million Fentanyl-Laced Counterfeit Pills In 2025
DEA Seized 47 Million Fentanyl-Laced Counterfeit Pills In 2025 Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) confiscated more than 47 million fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills and almost 10,000 pounds of fentanyl powder in 2025. Just two milligrams of fentanyl is considered a lethal dose. Courtesy of the DEA The seized narcotics are equivalent to 369 million lethal doses of fentanyl, according to an announcement made by the Depar...
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Daniel Flores, the LAPD officer who faced criminal charges after secretly recording racist, homophobic and sexist remarks by fellow cops, has spoken out publicly for the first time, detailing the toll that the prior year and a half had taken on him.
Preprint tests location-aware rules to explain extreme-weather AI
A new machine-learning method adds geographic information to sparse autoencoders and turns their internal features into rule-based explanations. The preprint reports close computational agreement betw
Surrogate, California couple clash in court as newborn fights for life after heart surgery
The critically ill newborn at the center of a bitter surrogate custody fight was placed back on a breathing tube after his condition worsened following open-heart surgery, according to newly filed court documents.The baby is in critical condition and being closely watched at the hospital, intended parents Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed said in filings obtained by TMZ.The couple said the child suffered possible complications after a Norwood procedure, an operation used to treat his severe heart d...
Hochul remains defiant after sheriffs sue over law banning cooperation with ICE: 'Bring it on'
More than a dozen New York sheriffs are suing over a state law prohibiting law enforcement from entering into or maintaining certain agreements with ICE for civil immigration enforcement, as Gov. Kathy Hochul dared the agency heads to "bring it on."A federal lawsuit led by Rensselaer County Sheriff Kyle Bourgault argues that the law is unconstitutional and unlawfully restricts elected sheriffs’ ability to enter into federally authorized immigration-enforcement agreements."Today, Kathy Hochul esc...
California governor 'absolutely' believes Trump will restart trade talks with Canada in 'a matter of days'
California Governor Gavin Newsom says pressure from within the Republican Party will bring U.S. President Donald Trump back to the negotiating table with Canada after trade talks abruptly ended last week.
Attempted drone incursion at Virginia prison leads to $324K contraband haul with meth, 17 cellphones
Virginia prison officials intercepted a package containing an estimated $324,000 worth of contraband, including a pound of suspected methamphetamine and more than a dozen cellphones, following an attempted drone incursion at a state prison, authorities said.The Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) said corrections staff discovered the "suspicious package" at Sussex I State Prison at around 1:30 a.m. Monday.Inside, officials said they found a one-pound bag of suspected methamphetamine, 17 c...
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New Simulations Show How Galactic Centers Grow Together
Using a state-of-the-art galaxy simulation, a team led by scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) gained new insights into the processes shaping galactic centres across the Universe and the formation history of the Milky Way.
Falcons' starting QB post is Michael Penix Jr's to lose amid Tua Tagovailoa's struggles: report
Tua Tagovailoa’s next chapter in the NFL isn’t going well at all, so much so that the Atlanta Falcons may have to rush Michael Penix Jr. back faster than they hoped.When Tagovailoa joined the Falcons after being released by the Miami Dolphins ahead of this season, the team reportedly hoped he would play well enough in new head coach Kevin Stefanski’s offense that it would be comfortable starting the season with the veteran left-hander while Penix, coming off an ACL injury, had more time to recov...
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A San Diego County man who allegedly drove around with a guillotine in the back of his truck was arrested near the Supreme Court building, authorities say.
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SoCal man with a guillotine is arrested near U.S. Supreme Court building, police say
A San Diego County man who allegedly drove around with a guillotine in the back of his pickup truck has been arrested near the U.S. Supreme Court Building, authorities say.
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Scandal-Plagued KPMG To Cut Australian Workforce Following Government Contract Suspension
Scandal-Plagued KPMG To Cut Australian Workforce Following Government Contract Suspension A major consultancy firm under fire for misconduct in its audit business is cutting its local workforce following a suspension from applying for new government contracts. KPMG’s U.S. headquarters at Two Manhattan West. Photo via Emily Louick Photography and Entropy Film Works Inc. KPMG - one of the "Big Four" accounting firms alongside Deloitte, PwC, and EY - revealed on Aug. 24 that its annua...
Preprint puts a ceiling on worst-case safety risks in uncertain systems
The preprint turns a worst-case safety question into an optimization over possible starting distributions. Its examples show that the resulting upper bounds depend on relaxation level, unsafe-region c
Preprint reports stronger reward steering for an AI language model
A computational preprint describes inference-time methods that steer a discrete diffusion language model toward sequence-level rewards without retraining. Its main comparison favored the nested method
Timberwolves’ LaMelo Ball hires driver following reckless driving incidents in Charlotte, brother Lonzo says
LaMelo Ball’s extensive car collection has drawn attention since his rise to basketball stardom. But the Minnesota Timberwolves guard has now decided to employ a personal driver to help him get around his new NBA home, according to his older brother, Lonzo Ball.During a recent edition of the "Curious Mike" podcast, Lonzo Ball pointed to his younger brother while discussing which member of the Ball family spends the most money with Brooklyn Nets forward Michael Porter Jr."Who in your family out o...
Trump endorsement boosts sister of late Lindsey Graham to historic runoff victory
A powerful name and an endorsement from President Donald Trump proved more than enough to score an unlikely candidate a win in the latest runoff election in South Carolina.Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., toppled Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., in a whirlwind race to replace her brother, the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, as the GOP nominee for the Senate after his sudden death in July.Just a little over a month after his death at 71 years old, South Carolinians opted to stick with a familiar name in Graham, ...
Democratic newcomer scores runoff upset in Oklahoma, vows to impeach Trump if elected
A political newcomer just scored a victory in ruby-red Oklahoma, and, if elected, she would put all her energy into impeaching President Donald Trump.N’Kiyla Jasmine Thomas, a nurse who has never run for office before, bested Jim Priest, a lawyer and nonprofit executive, in the runoff race for the Democratic Senate nomination in Oklahoma. Thomas, though a new face, scored the highest percentage of votes in the June primary contest that featured five total candidates vying for the nomination.It t...
Seattle man allegedly targeted governor after telling hospital of murderous plan: docs
A Seattle man accused of threatening Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson allegedly laid out a deadly plan during a hospital stay one authorities say put the governor and those around him in danger.The alleged scheme began to unravel after Nathaniel David Foster, 34, checked himself into Swedish First Hill on July 18, while experiencing suicidal and homicidal thoughts, charging documents reviewed by Fox News Digital state.During an evaluation, Foster allegedly told a hospital caseworker he planned to he...
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Macroeconomic Data Is Really A Tool For Government Intervention
Macroeconomic Data Is Really A Tool For Government Intervention Authored by Frank Shostak via Mises Institute, It is common for commentators and economists to refer to something called the "economy," which sometimes performs well and, at other times, poorly. The "economy" is presented as an entity apart from individuals. Within this framework, the "economy" is assigned paramount importance, while the role of individuals is barely mentioned. It must be realized that, at no stage, do...
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Meta’s Instagram boss admits touting teen safety tool but omitting it wasn’t used
The Take A Break and Quiet Mode tools were barely touched by teen users, figures show.
Daughter of late House Dem loses runoff bid to finish father's term
Marcye Scott, the daughter of late Rep. David Scott, D-Ga., fell short Tuesday in her bid to succeed her father in Congress for the final few months of his term, despite leading the first-round of voting last month.Former teacher and Gwinnett County school board chairman Everton Blair defeated Scott in the special election runoff for the remainder of David Scott's term in Georgia’s heavily Democratic 13th Congressional District, which covers parts of metro Atlanta. Blair will hold the seat only ...
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Mamdani administration officials said they had used new data to shrink the pool of properties potentially subject to the tax and extended the deadline for homeowners to prove city residency.
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The child has undergone seven operations to repair damage caused in the June 18 incident.
Haters of fashion attack Aryna Sabalenka with 'streetwalker' insult simply because she wore fishnet at US Open
Good luck being a leader and trying something new, especially when it comes to fashion. I've said it before, I'm not an expert nor will I pretend to be one. That doesn’t mean there aren't others more than willing to pretend.There are, and they've set their sights on Aryna Sabalenka. She dared to show up to the US Open in what haters of fashion have labeled a fishnet dress. The adults out there may refer to it, correctly, as a mesh dress.I’d like to take a moment to thank Dua Lipa for several les...
IndyCar's Freedom 250 Grand Prix spectacle in Washington, DC draws massive TV ratings
Race fans turned out in droves to check out the NTT IndyCar Series' Freedom 250 Grand Prix around the streets of Washington, DC, and a whole lot more were watching at home.How many?Well, enough to make it the most-watched non-Indianapolis 500 race the Series has seen since the Champ Car and IRL merger in 2008.FOX Sports reports that 3.282 million viewers tuned in to see open-wheel racing around some of the most iconic landmarks the nation's capital has to offer.That figure is a staggering 279% o...
South Korean AI services platform Wrtn raised a ~$72.2M Series C at a $722M+ valuation, bringing its total funding to ~$166M
Joyce Lee / Reuters: South Korean AI services platform Wrtn raised a ~$72.2M Series C at a $722M+ valuation, bringing its total funding to ~$166M South Korean AI services platform Wrtn Technologies
California school district sued over field trip to mosque where students allegedly donned Muslim garb
A group of multi-faith parents has filed a joint lawsuit against Palo Alto Unified School District in California and Palo Alto High School's principal Brent Kline over a field trip to a local mosque last year.According to the August 7 lawsuit, as part of the school's Social Justice Pathway curriculum, students took a tour of a mosque hosted by the Muslim Community Association and took part in several religious activities and were allegedly encouraged to don religious garb without parental consen...
Major record labels, AMD back $76M round for Stability AI
Artificial intelligence developer Stability AI Ltd. today announced that it has raised $76 million in funding from a group of prominent investors. The consortium included Sony Music Group, Universal M
Preprint proposes a geometric way to count quantum uncertainty
An arXiv preprint dated 20 August 2026 describes a Boltzmann-style framework that assigns a logarithmic entropy to the Hilbert-space volume of quantum states compatible with a preparation. Analytical
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OpenAI loses a top data center exec, as stream of high-profile departures continues
Before Malone left, OpenAI had already reshuffled its infrastructure org, shifting his reporting line away from President Greg Brockman and putting Vice President Sachin Katti in charge of the group.
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Limits On Border Patrol Arrests In California Lifted By Federal Appeals Court
Limits On Border Patrol Arrests In California Lifted By Federal Appeals Court Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, A federal appeals court on Aug. 24 rescinded a preliminary injunction that limited U.S. Border Patrol stops and arrests in California's Central Valley. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found that a federal district court failed to properly analyze whether the plaintiffs had standing to seek forward-looking relief based on alleged harms in th...
Agentic web search infrastructure startup Keenable raises $26M
Artificial intelligence startup Keenable.ai Inc. said today it’s launching with $26 million in funding to try to revamp a web search infrastructure that was built for humans, not the billions of auton
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Liquid AI Open-Sources Pipette: A Reproducible Benchmarking Suite That Measures On-Device Models, Quantization, Runtime and Hardware Together
Model cards report quality under server-class, full-precision conditions. Those numbers rarely predict how the same model behaves on a phone. This week, Liquid AI released Pipette. It is an open-sourc
Preprint reports higher simulated accuracy for a blockchain caching model, but noise remains a weakness
A blockchain-based framework for mobile edge caching reported higher detection accuracy than two cited comparator schemes under 10% noisy feedback. The arXiv preprint also reported higher cache hit ra
Elissa Slotkin calls out Hasan Piker for blaming Jewish Americans targeted over their Israel views
Democratic Sens. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., and Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., condemned livestreamer Hasan Piker after he said that Jewish Americans will face inevitable consequences for supporting Israel.Last week, Piker told his viewers, "If Jews in America keep putting this idea out there that they are singularly invested in Israel, eventually someone is going to come around and take action, not against the state of Israel, mind you, but against American Jews."Slotkin, who is widely believed to be a pot...
Dolly Parton dies at the age of 80: A look at her life through photos
Dolly Parton got her start in the entertainment industry after making her debut at the Grand Ole Opry at the age of 13. Here is a look back at her career in music, film and philanthropy.
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Bluetooth Glitch Exposes Alibaba's Secret Tracking Of Users, Developer Says
Bluetooth Glitch Exposes Alibaba's Secret Tracking Of Users, Developer Says A San Francisco-based developer discovered that Alibaba Group's AliExpress marketplace secretly hijacked his computer's audio system through hidden browser scripts, allowing the website to run inaudible sound waves at zero volume to create "fingerprints" used to track devices without relying on cookies. The privacy-focused Brave browser revealed in a series of X posts that the AliExpress marketplace was ke...
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L.A. City Council hopes to regulate phenibut, a drug one councilmember says is widely available to children in gas stations and convenience stores.
Former news anchor pleads guilty to stabbing mother to death on Halloween
A former Missouri television news anchor has admitted to fatally stabbing her mother on Halloween last year after apparently believing she was the devil, authorities said last week.Angelynn "Angie" Mock, 48, pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree murder in connection with the slaying of her mother, 80-year-old Anita Avers, on Oct. 31, 2025, the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday.Under the terms of the plea, Mock faces life in prison with eligibility for parole after...
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The Wood fire prompts evacuations in Riverside County
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Judge Rules For Doctor Who Prescribed Ivermectin For COVID-19
Judge Rules For Doctor Who Prescribed Ivermectin For COVID-19 Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, A doctor's lawsuit against Maine's medical board can proceed, a federal judge has ruled. An order from the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine that Dr. Meryl Nass undergo a psychological evaluation for allegedly spreading misinformation about COVID-19 was "based on no evidence or process," including no probable cause, U.S. District Judge Lance Walker said in an Aug. 20...
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Pete Hegseth’s purge of top generals leaves the US Army rudderless
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Utah library confirms LGBTQ 'Pride' book for its 'smallest patrons' is kept easily accessible
A Utah public library confirmed to Fox News Digital that an LGBTQ-themed children's book highlighted by a conservative outlet is part of its collection for its "smallest patrons" and is intentionally kept "central and easily accessible," while pushing back on claims that the book was on display."I can confirm that the library does own a copy of ‘Pride Is Love’ along with the other small board books that were pictured in the post you referenced," Carla Z. Gordon, director of library services at P...
Adam Mosseri says it's 'news to me' that Instagram employees limited his exposure to teen safety data
The head of Instagram is the first high-profile exec to testify in the latest social media addiction trial.
Dolly Parton's ‘all-American heart’: How country icon forged special bond with US military
Dolly Parton wore rhinestones and fringe, not a military uniform, but the American music legend spent decades finding her own ways to serve those who served America.Parton, who died Tuesday at 80 in Nashville, forged a lasting connection with the military during her seven-decade career.Her iconic blonde likeness appeared on U.S. military aircraft, she performed for troops and military families, recorded patriotic music and once took the Grand Ole Opry stage as American service members watched fr...
Alabama Launches Investigation Into OpenAI's Hack of Hugging Face
Alabama's attorney general has subpoenaed OpenAI as part of an investigation into whether inadequate safeguards contributed to an incident in which an unreleased cybersecurity model escaped its isolated environment and hacked Hugging Face. TechCrunch reports: The investigation comes weeks after OpenAI admitted that one of its unreleased and guardrail-free cybersecurity models had escaped an isolated environment, connected to the internet, and hacked AI dataset platform Hugging Face. As Reuters f...
Colin Kaepernick to receive Muhammad Ali Award for fighting 'racial injustice'
Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick will receive the Muhammad Ali Center’s Humanitarian of the Year Award later this year.The center told Reuters that it selected Kaepernick for his advocacy "against racial injustice" and support for underserved communities through his Know Your Rights Camp and other philanthropic efforts.Lonnie Ali, Muhammad’s late wife and co-founder of the center, added:"Colin has used his platform to advocate for equality, human dignity, and social change, even when doin...
Preprint finds AI stronger at proof ideas than formal theorem writing
A preprint benchmark found a wide gap between language models’ ability to describe proof strategies and their ability to translate theorems into machine-checkable form. In a separate experiment, six o
Congresswoman Wants to Add Images to Legislation to Keep Pace With the Post-Literate Future
"For too long, our laws have been written for 'staffer bros' with bow ties," writes Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez.
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Dear Truck Owners: Secure Your Tailgates First, thieves were cutting catalytic converters off petrol-powered vehicles because of the valuable platinum, palladium, and rhodium inside the exhaust systems, which convert toxic engine gases into safer emissions. Now, it appears thieves are targeting trucks in one part of the country, not for precious metals, but for entire tailgates. CBS affiliate KHOU 11, which serves Houston, Texas, recently reported on a vehicle-parts theft ring tar...
Here are three sick Gibson guitar controllers made for Stage Tour's Dec. 10 release
CRKD is mining nostalgia for its latest guitar trio.
Helicopter rescue crew caught on camera saving 2 climbers trapped along popular California beach cliff
Two climbers in California stranded on a steep Big Sur cliffside Saturday found themselves 600 feet below the roadway with a California Highway Patrol (CHP) helicopter crew their only way out.Video released by the CHP shows the H-70 helicopter hovering above a steep ravine near Hurricane Point as a rescue technician is lowered on a cable to reach the trapped pair.Big Sur Fire requested help from CHP’s Paso Robles Air Unit at about 6:24 p.m., according to the agency.NOVICE CLIMBER SURVIVES 1,500-...
Perplexity AI launches Portable Computer on-device AI agent
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US Olympic hero Nancy Hogshead launches petition calling for WNBA to restrict gender eligibility
Three-time Olympic swimming gold medalist Nancy Hogshead is calling on the WNBA to explicitly restrict player eligibility to biological females.Hogshead recently launched a Change.org petition asking the league to clarify the meaning of "woman" in its eligibility rules. The petition has collected more than 11,000 signatures since its Aug. 14 launch."We’re calling for the WNBA to clarify that its eligibility rules are for women only," Hogshead told Fox News Digital. "If you wanna participate, you...
Lego Skylines is a cozy city builder from the studio that's repairing Cities: Skylines II
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Peyton Manning pays tribute to Dolly Parton: 'Tennessee won't be the same without her!'
Tributes, condolences and more are pouring in after news of country music legend Dolly Parton’s death at 80 surfaced on Tuesday.Among those was Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning, who shared a connection with Parton given their ties to Tennessee."There was only one Dolly and I feel lucky to have known her," Manning, who played his college football at the University of Tennessee, wrote in an Instagram post walking alongside Parton at a Vols game.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DO...
This tiny township in Ontario almost shut down services last year. So far, no one's running for council
Two people who had filed to run in Fauquier-Strickland for the Oct. 26 Ontario municipal election have withdrawn, leaving the township northeast of Timmins with no candidates. The deadline to sign up has been extended. Here's what could happen if no one steps up to run.
The EPA’s Response to AI Data Center Backlash: Keep Building, but Keep It Hush-Hush
A proposed change to the 1970 Clean Air Act would eliminate a 30-day public comment period before construction of so-called “minor sources” of industrial pollution.
New Zealand Introduces Under-16 Social Media, AI Companion Ban
New Zealand has introduced legislation that would ban children under 16 from social media platforms and AI companion services. "We have protections to keep children safe in the real world and we need them in the virtual world too," said Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in announcing the bill. Jurist.org reports: The Online Safety (Minimum Age and Child Safety Risk Assessment) Bill would require an age restriction on platforms with harmful features for children. These features include recommender...
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"The Magic Deportation Bus": US Prepares For Largest-Ever Mass Visa Revocation In History
"The Magic Deportation Bus": US Prepares For Largest-Ever Mass Visa Revocation In History Shortly after AP News reported Monday evening that the Trump administration was preparing the largest mass visa revocation in US history, targeting up to 200,000 foreigners, the White House posted a meme on X spoofing the animated series The Magic School Bus and renaming Ms. Frizzle's vehicle "The Magic Deportation Bus." Please let this be a normal field trip... pic.twitter.com/YkhmpEQpvb — ...
Preprint reports cheaper AI-agent testing with selective tasks
An arXiv preprint reports Task-CoEvolve, a method for comparing AI-agent harnesses with an adaptive subset of validation tasks. It reported stronger online text-classification results than a fixed-sub
Clinton-appointed judge triggers appeal after blocking key voter citizenship law
A Clinton-appointed judge in Ohio is blocking the implementation of an Ohio law that requires voting registrants to provide photo ID proof of their citizenship before enrollment.In a decision delivered on Tuesday, Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. stayed the law, citing what he saw as a conflict with federal requirements."The court grants plaintiff’s motion for preliminary injunction … from relying on House Bill 54’s amendment to require any driver’s license or renewal to produce documentary proof of cit...
Female Virginia officer sues police department after allegedly sharing locker room with biological male
A former Norfolk, Virginia, police officer filed a lawsuit against the city and its police chief earlier this month after the police department allegedly allowed a biological male to use the women's locker rooms.According to the documents obtained by Fox News Digital, the Aug. 10 legal complaint stemmed from an August 2024 incident in which former Norfolk police officer Meghan Grabow was changing in the women's locker room and stripped down to her underwear when a recruit described as a "biologi...
‘Darth Vader’ Wants You to Know He Definitely Supports Flock Surveillance
Anthony Ralphs was frustrated by the San Diego City Council's support for Flock. He decided it would take something more than reasoned argument to get their attention.
