The same historic facilities that some 50 years ago prepared NASA's twin Voyager probes for their ongoing interstellar odyssey are helping to ready a towering commercial spacecraft for a journey to the moon. Launches involve brutal shaking and astonishingly loud noises, and testing in these faciliti…

Financial markets are often seen as chaotic and unpredictable. Every day, traders around the world buy shares and sell assets in a whirlwind of activity. It looks like a system of total randomness—but is it really?

The term "culture" has a bad reputation in archaeological research—and for good reason. In the early 20th century, the German archaeologist Gustaf Kossinna argued that archaeological cultures were to be equated with racially and ethnically distinct peoples.

A global effort to better understand moisture-laden rivers in the sky, like those currently battering the West Coast, will take flight in January.

Sri Lankan Tamil migrants were held in a camp on the Indian Ocean island, which is the site of a secretive UK-US military base.

arXiv:2512.13083v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: In Dataset Condensation, the goal is to synthesize a small dataset that replicates the training utility of a large original dataset. Existing condensation methods synthesize datasets with significant redundancy, so there is a dire need to reduce redun…

Automated Content Recognition brings "mass surveillance" to homes, lawsuits say.

The University of North Carolina system's proposal to require faculty to post syllabi publicly has triggered fierce opposition from some professors; faculty who now insist that transparency itself threatens academic freedom. They are wrong. And their reaction helps explain why public confidence cont…

The signals intelligence titan and combatant command have been without a permanent leader for months since far-right activist Laura Loomer pushed for the firing of Gen. Timothy Haugh in April.

arXiv:2512.12144v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: A $C^1$-$Q_k$ serendipity finite element is a sub-element of $C^1$-$Q_k$ BFS finite element such that the element remains $C^1$-continuous and includes all $P_k$ polynomials. In other words, it is a minimum of $Q_k$ bubbles enriched $P_k$ finite eleme…

arXiv:2512.11986v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: User prompts to large language models (LLMs) are often ambiguous or under-specified, and subtle contextual cues shaped by user intentions, prior knowledge, and risk factors strongly influence what constitutes an appropriate response. Misinterpreting i…

A Space Force official hints at the possible stealthy nature of Mozhayets-6.https://breakingdefense.com/2025/12/china-russia-experiment-with-stealthy-satellites-space-force-official-says/QuoteChina, Russia experiment with stealthy satellites, Sp...

Vice President JD Vance pleaded with everybody to just hang in there a little longer, saying the economy would improve.

arXiv:2512.11940v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Software containers are widely adopted for developing and deploying software applications. Despite their popularity, major security concerns arise during container development and deployment. Software Engineering (SE) research literature reveals a lac…

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), the massive media conglomerate that owns HBO, CNN and a number of other top brands in news and entertainment, is preparing to advise its top shareholders to reject a bid from Paramount to buy the company and back a planned deal with Netflix instead. The decision, which …

arXiv:2506.05687v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: As Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems are integrated into more aspects of society, they offer new capabilities but also cause a range of harms that are drawing increasing scrutiny. A large body of work in the Responsible AI community has focused…

Exclusive: Shabana Mahmood plans to ‘use full power of the state’ to curb rise in targeted attacks using websitesConvicted sex offenders will be forced to notify police with the details of any dating app and social media accounts or face up to five years in jail, under plans announced by Shabana Mah…

US federal and state officials are lining up with the oil industry to support a plan by Phillips 66 and Kinder Morgan Inc. to deliver gasoline to California via what could become the world’s largest fuel pipeline. Phillips 66 CEO Mark Lashier spoke with Romaine Bostick and Katie Greifeld about the p…

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is paying $15 million to settle a lawsuit claiming researchers authored papers with manipulated data

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said that Tuesday’s classified briefing with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirms that the Trump administration has no legal or national security justification for the strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific…

Affinity now believes the dynamics ​of an investment have changed since it became involved in the process in October, a representative for the firm said.

arXiv:2511.02841v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: A fundamental limitation of current LLM-based AI agents is their inability to build differentiated trust among each other at the onset of an agent-to-agent dialogue. However, autonomous and interoperable trust establishment becomes essential once …

After nearly 20 years on the Red Planet, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has snapped its 100,000th image of the surface with its HiRISE camera. Short for High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE is the instrument the mission relies on for high-resolution images of features ranging…

The Oscar nominee and star NFL quarterback began dating in May 2023.

They're betting people won't notice.

arXiv:2512.12511v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Resiliency is the ability of a system to quickly recover from a violation (recoverability) and avoid future violations for as long as possible (durability). In the spatial setting, recoverability and durability (now known as persistency) are measured …

Reuters/Ipsos survey suggests Americans are increasingly unhappy with Trump's handling of the economy.

President Trump on Tuesday more than doubled the list of countries subject to his travel ban or to heavy restrictions, bringing the total number of nations affected to 39.

Energy Capital Partners has returned more than $5.5 billion to investors in one of its best years since being founded two decades ago, according to people familiar with the private equity firm’s performance.

During 11 interviews with Vanity Fair over President Trump’s first year back in office, Ms. Wiles, his chief of staff, opened up about the president, the people around him and their internal fights.

In a banner year for share sales in Asia, one bank has pulled far ahead of the rest: Morgan Stanley.

SBI Shinsei Bank Ltd. will start trading in Tokyo on Wednesday after raising ¥322 billion ($2.1 billion) in Japan’s second-biggest initial public offering of the year.

Winter cold 'becomes lethal' as Israel restricts entry of tents, blankets and other shelter supplies to ravaged enclave.

A newly revealed molecular tug-of-war may have implications for better understanding how a multitude of diseases and disorders—including cancers, neurodegenerative diseases and immune disorders—originate, as well as how to potentially treat them, according to researchers at Penn State. The team made…

The White House rushed to defend chief of staff Susie Wiles on Tuesday after her blunt private views on President Trump's first year were revealed in a series of stunning on-the-record interviews.Why it matters: Wiles is the most powerful aide in the White House — credited with running a more discip…

Reiner said his son "hasn't been doing drugs for over six years"

arXiv:2511.16689v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: The rise of social networks has not only facilitated communication but also allowed the spread of harmful content. Although significant advances have been made in detecting toxic language in textual data, the exploration of concept-based explanati…

arXiv:2512.12209v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Controllable video synthesis is a central challenge in computer vision, yet current models struggle with fine grained control beyond textual prompts, particularly for cinematic attributes like camera trajectory and genre. Existing datasets often suffe…

Not the TV or movie version, but the books that Isaac Asimov wrote about the Three Laws of Robotics have held up remarkably well.The technology of the day means that the stories can seem ...

The White House has never had a more loathsome occupant.

Two students were killed and nine others were wounded during a mass shooting on the campus of Brown University in Rhode Island.

America voted, now it's time to see which out of the six contestants will end up on top.

Both offer viable ways to borrow $50,000 worth of home equity, but only one has timely benefits worth knowing now.

arXiv:2512.12048v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: This paper presents a novel context-sensitive multi\-agent coordination for dynamic resource allocation (CAMAC-DRA) framework for optimizing smart electric vehicle (EV) charging ecosystems through the Smart2Charge application. The proposed system coor…

arXiv:2512.11837v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Self-supervised learning (SSL) leverages vast unannotated medical datasets, yet steep technical barriers limit adoption by clinical researchers. We introduce Vision Foundry, a code-free, HIPAA-compliant platform that democratizes pre-training, adapt…

arXiv:2406.16743v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: With the widespread application of Large Language Models (LLMs), it has become a significant concern to ensure their safety and prevent harmful responses. While current safe-alignment methods based on instruction fine-tuning and Reinforcement Lear…

If you're driving home for Christmas (insert Chris Rea earworm here)—and by that I mean the old family home—you're likely to be experiencing a familiar mix of excited anticipation and faint dread of being trapped in close quarters with relatives. There's nothing like Christmas for mental time travel…

Exclusive: Health bosses say mediation urgently needed to break deadlock as resident doctors prepare to strike from WednesdayExasperated NHS bosses have urged Wes Streeting and the British Medical Association to agree to independent mediation to end industrial action by resident doctors, who will be…

Newly released documents are renewing interest in how Jeffrey Epstein amassed his fortune. Here's how he made his money.

The change is being implemented to reflect an increase in streaming revenue, along with changing music consumption behaviors.

Democrats are looking to hold onto a state Senate seat in Kentucky that was vacated earlier this year when David Yates stepped down to serve as Jefferson County Clerk. The special election Tuesday night pits Democrat Gary Clemons, an Army veteran and union leader, against Republican Calvin Leach, an…

President Trump announced Tuesday that he'll deliver a primetime address to the nation Wednesday night. The announcement comes after a bombshell Vanity Fair article about Mr. Trump's inner circle. CBS News' Ed O'Keefe reports.

arXiv:2512.13671v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Industrial anomaly detection (IAD) is difficult due to the scarcity of normal reference samples and the subtle, localized nature of many defects. Single-pass vision-language models (VLMs) often overlook small abnormalities and lack explicit mechanisms…

NASA is now accepting concepts for a new research challenge. The Opportunities in Research, Business, Innovation, and Technology (ORBIT) challenge is a multi-phase innovation competition designed to empower university and college students to develop next-generation solutions that benefit life on Ear…

arXiv:2512.11829v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Adaptive behavior in volatile environments requires agents to switch among value-control regimes across latent contexts, but maintaining separate preferences, policy biases, and action-confidence parameters for every situation is intractable. We intro…

arXiv:2512.11839v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Designing control policies to ensure robust network services is essential to modern digital infrastructure. However, the dominant paradigm for network optimization relies on designing specialist policies based on handcrafted rules or deep learning mod…

Santa Baby, trust us — she’s dreaming of more than just a new pair of socks. Shop these editor-tested gifts instead

The public crypto wallet firm joins Circle and PayPal in issuing stablecoins.

arXiv:2512.12046v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Goal-Conditioned Reinforcement Learning (GCRL) mitigates the difficulty of reward design by framing tasks as goal reaching rather than maximizing hand-crafted reward signals. In this setting, the optimal goal-conditioned value function naturally forms…

We can quibble over the exact timeline, but the quantum future is an approaching certainty, argues Arpa Network CEO Felix Xu. The time to act is now, while we still can.

The health secretary is winning the battle of public opinion but has not convinced those who matter most in this disputeThere are an array of numbers relating to the NHS that, it’s safe to assume, make Wes Streeting wince.Take, for example, the number of hospital tests and treatments people in Engla…

US adds five Arab and African countries to travel ban list as right-wing politicians intensify Islamophobic rhetoric.

One of the bystanders who tried to stop the attack came to Australia from the USSR to escape anti-Semitic persecution.

CIOs must guide IT through AI-driven role shifts by reskilling teams and updating governance. Start planning now to ensure your operations remain resilient.

Automakers Hyundai and Kia have reached a settlement with dozens of states over anti-theft technology in models of their vehicles.

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NASA Ignites New Golden Age of Exploration, Innovation in 2025 [Dec 16]QuoteFor future CLPS flights, NASA awarded Blue Origin a task order wi...

President Trump and his Cabinet members on Tuesday defended White House chief of staff Susie Wiles after Vanity Fair published what she described as a “disingenuously framed hit piece.” Wiles sat for 11 interviews with the outlet to describe her role as the first female chief of staff and the intric…

The latest Fed rate cut has pulled mortgage rates down further from this year's highs, improving affordability.

Senators demand Big Tech pay upfront for data center spikes in electricity bills.

Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), a large class of synthetic chemicals, are valued for their ability to withstand heat, water, and oil. These materials are used in the production of everyday as well as industrial items. PFAS molecules are made up of a chain of carbon and fluorine atoms linked toget…

Space-based data centers, which enable edge computing in space, have the potential to revolutionize data management by reducing latency and optimizing satellite communications.

Two rare diseases — Duchenne muscular dystrophy and metachromatic leukodystrophy — added to newborn screening recommendations

Grok, ChatGPT, and Claude all insist the image is real.

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. is planning to reject Paramount Skydance Corp.’s hostile takeover bid due to concerns about financing and other terms, people familiar with the matter said. After deliberating and reviewing Paramount’s bid, Warner Bros.’ board will urge shareholders to reject the tender o…

arXiv:2512.13655v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Safety alignment mechanisms in large language models prevent responses to harmful queries through learned refusal behavior, yet these same mechanisms impede legitimate research applications including cognitive modeling, adversarial testing, and securi…

arXiv:2512.09200v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: The rapidly evolving landscape of products, surfaces, policies, and regulations poses significant challenges for deploying state-of-the-art recommendation models at industry scale, primarily due to data fragmentation across domains and escalating …

The Dominican Republic and Trinidad and Tobago are hosting U.S. forces and facilities. Grenada is considering it.

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As Facundo Buonanotte saddled up beside Alejandro Garnacho on the advertising hoardings in front of the pocket of away supporters after the latter opened the scoring at a jam-packed Cardiff City Stadium, for a moment or two everything seemed all right in the often chaotic world of Chelsea. Then, wit…

When we gaze up at the night sky, we assume that what we're seeing is a representative population of similar stars at similar distances. But it's not. The stars we see are a mixture of massive and small, distant and near. In fact, we can't even see our closest neighbour, Proxima Centauri. We see the…

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The New York Times examined data from 18 of the nation’s top law schools and found that first-year Black enrollment had increased at only four, including at Harvard.

Of course 'Monopoly: San Diego Edition' includes multiple Comic-Con-related locations.

Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman said a decision on whether his office will seek capital punishment has not yet been made

Quote from: JulesVerneATV on 12/15/2025 02:23 pmStranger 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...

On WikiFlix, a Netflix-inspired archive of public domain films, you can watch movies like "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Noseferatu" for free.

Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners investment firm is no longer part of Paramount Skydance’s acquisition bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. Affinity Partners said in a statement to Bloomberg, which first reported the news: “With two ​strong competitors ​vying to secure ​the future ​of this ​unique Ameri…

Roderick MacLeod, 70, was walking his dogs when he was allegedly struck by a driver with dozens of prior arrests.

The new rules, which will take effect in 2028, aim to cut emissions by 75 percent by 2035.

In his 10 years at MIT, Loureiro helped illuminate the physics occurring at the center of fusion vacuum chambers and at the edges of the universe.

Senate Republicans are aiming to move forward on a new package of funding bills before leaving for the holidays, with just weeks to go before the next deadline to avoid another shutdown.

While the application requirement may actually be a test on using artificial intelligence tools, an AI expert said that the skills being measured are not relevant to the job listed.

“You struck people head-on, knocked others onto the bonnet, drove over limbs, crushed prams and forced those nearby to scatter in terror,” a Liverpool judge told Paul Doyle.

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South African authorities raided a U.S. refugee facility in the country, briefly detaining U.S. staff who have been processing white Afrikaner refugees.  The episode is sure to be a source of further tension between U.S. and South African officials who have denied claims from President Trump that th…

Medline Inc. is considering pricing its initial public offering at $29 per share, according to people familiar with the matter.

Written by Michael Allen An international team of astronomers using NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) has identified the origin of X-rays in a supermassive black hole’s jet, answering a question that has been unresolved since the earliest days of X-ray astronomy. Their findings are de…