Investment firm GLP Pte has selected banks for a Hong Kong initial public offering that may take place as soon as the first half of 2026, according to people familiar with the situation.

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Abstract: Diffusion models have recently emerged as powerful generative models in medical imaging. However, it remains a major challenge to combine these data-driven models with domain knowledge to guide brain imaging problems. In neuroimaging, Bayesian inv…

Airlines on track for the biggest holiday season getaway in history as industry braces for record demand

WH Smith Plc is under investigation by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority over the accounting error in its North American business that triggered a stock slump and the resignation of its chief executive officer.

arXiv:2512.15945v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Reddit is a major venue for mental-health information interaction and peer support, where privacy concerns increasingly surface in user discourse. Thus, we analyze privacy-related discussions across 14 mental-health and regulatory subreddits, comprisi…

Several Gulf Coast LNG and utility executives dismissed the importance of sustainability for LNG projects at the Reuters Energy LIVE 2025 conference in Houston, Texas, last week. “So, at the end of the day, all the sustainability stuff, I’m not going to belittle it too much,” Vivek Chandra, CEO of G…

Coty Inc. is selling the remainder of its stake in Wella to KKR & Co. for $750 million and the right to a share of future proceeds from a sale or initial public offering of the haircare brand.

Protesters torch several buildings in Dhaka after Sharif Osman Hadi, who was shot last week, succumbs to his injuries.

The Bank of France raised its growth forecasts as the euro area’s second-largest economy shows resilience to prolonged political turbulence and fiscal uncertainty.

arXiv:2512.15955v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Decision-tree methods are widely used on structured tabular data and are valued for interpretability across many sectors. However, published studies often list the predictors they use (for example age, diagnosis codes, location). Privacy laws increasi…

The European Union has imposed asset freezes totalling hundreds of billions of dollars on at least 31 countries.

Exclusive: Labour says Nigel Farage’s party should swiftly condemn Chris Parry after further comments emerge A Reform UK mayoral candidate who said David Lammy should “go home to the Caribbean” has suggested that at least eight other politicians from minority ethnic backgrounds do not have a primary…

arXiv:2512.15782v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly deployed behind safety guardrails such as system prompts and content filters, especially in settings where product teams cannot modify model weights. In practice these guardrails are typically hand-tuned, …

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Abstract: Computational stylometry studies writing style through quantitative textual patterns, enabling applications such as authorship attribution, identity linking, and plagiarism detection. Existing supervised and contrastive approaches often rely on da…

arXiv:2512.16784v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Datasets are essential to train and evaluate computer vision models used for traffic analysis and to enhance road safety. Existing real datasets fit real-world scenarios, capturing authentic road object behaviors, however, they typically lack precise …

FTAV goes hedge fund headhunting through the ages

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Lynsey Addario is a Pulitzer Prize winning war photographer who has been abducted twice while documenting conflict from Afghanistan to Sudan. She tells The Mishal Husain Show why her job is to "bear witness." This interview contains descriptions of abduction, violence and sexual assault which some v…

arXiv:2512.16250v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Recent multimodal large language models (MLLMs) such as GPT-4o and Qwen3-Omni show strong perception but struggle in multi-speaker, dialogue-centric settings that demand agentic reasoning tracking who speaks, maintaining roles, and grounding events ac…

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said late Thursday the Trump administration will pause the diversity visa lottery program, which she said was used by alleged Brown University shooter Claudio Manuel Neves Valente.

arXiv:2512.15742v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) face a fundamental memory wall: their learned basis functions create parameter counts that impose extreme bandwidth demands, hindering deployment in memory-constrained environments. We show that Vision KANs exhibit a …

arXiv:2512.16101v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: In recent years, user generated content (UGC) has become the dominant force in internet traffic. However, UGC videos exhibit a higher degree of variability and diverse characteristics compared to traditional encoding test videos. This variance challen…

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Abstract: As the automotive industry shifts its focus toward software-defined vehicles, the need for faster and reliable software development continues to grow. However, traditional methods show their limitations. The rise of Generative Artificial Intellige…

Advertising group’s new CEO plans restructuring and says traditional agency model is from a ‘bygone era’

In the Peloponnese mountains, the usually hardy trees are turning brown even where fires haven’t reached. Experts are raising the alarm on a complex crisisIn the southern Peloponnese, the Greek fir is a towering presence. The deep green, slow-growing conifers have long defined the region’s high-alti…

arXiv:2512.16649v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Recent advances in reinforcement learning for large language models have converged on increasing complexity: multi-stage training pipelines, dynamic hyperparameter schedules, and curriculum learning strategies. This raises a fundamental question: \tex…

The annual event gives ordinary Russians a chance to question their leader, with queries expected on an end to the Ukraine war and boosting the economy.

The International Monetary Fund expects a gradual recovery in Mali’s economy next year on higher mining output, after the government resolved a two-year dispute with Barrick Mining Corp.

BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton takes on Zambian rapper Sampa the Great - and AI - with his predictions for this weekend's Premier League fixtures.

"But which science fiction does Elon Musk want to turn into reality???", as if this is some mystery when Elon Musk just tells you the answer upfront: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2001740667605958950QuoteThe robots and AI will build whatever house ...

Volumes edged down 0.1 per cent after analysts predicted a rise

Newly crowned Sports Personality of the Year winner Rory McIlroy says he has "a lot more I want to achieve" after an "incredible" 2025.

"I know there are a lot harder jobs, but this is not an easy job to do," the late-night host acknowledged

arXiv:2507.03558v3 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Brain stroke is a leading cause of mortality and long-term disability worldwide, underscoring the need for precise and rapid prediction techniques. Computed Tomography (CT) scan is considered one of the most effective methods for diagnosing brain …

arXiv:2512.16148v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Disaggregated memory (DM) is a promising data center architecture that decouples CPU and memory into independent resource pools to improve resource utilization. Building on DM, memory-disaggregated key-value (KV) stores are adopted to efficiently mana…

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Abstract: [Context] AI assistants, like GitHub Copilot and Cursor, are transforming software engineering. While several studies highlight productivity improvements, their impact on maintainability requires further investigation. [Objective] This study inves…

“Bloomberg: The China Show” is your definitive source for news and analysis on the world's second-biggest economy. From politics and policy to tech and trends, Yvonne Man gives global investors unique insight, delivering in-depth discussions with the newsmakers who matter. (Source: Bloomberg)

European Central Bank Governing Council member Madis Muller said it’s too soon to say where borrowing costs may go next.

One in four Americans, or 64 million people, has had a package stolen at some point, and 9 million adults have had a package stolen in just the last 3 months.

UK government borrowing fell in November as the economy continued to generate healthy tax receipts and debt costs declined, a modest boost for Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves weeks after she unveiled a difficult budget.

arXiv:2512.15824v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Circular economy (CE) triage is the assessment of products to determine which sustainable pathway they can follow once they reach the end of their usefulness as they are currently being used. Effective CE triage requires adaptive decisions that balanc…

Homeland security secretary Kristi Noem pauses high-profile visa program, saying shooting suspect Claudio Neves Valente gained green card in 2017The homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, has ordered the suspension of the green card lottery program at Donald Trump’s direction, saying it allowed t…

arXiv:2512.16093v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: We introduce TurboDiffusion, a video generation acceleration framework that can speed up end-to-end diffusion generation by 100-200x while maintaining video quality. TurboDiffusion mainly relies on several components for acceleration: (1) Attention ac…

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Abstract: This paper proposes a training data augmentation pipeline that combines synthetic image data with neural style transfer in order to address the vulnerability of deep vision models to common corruptions. We show that although applying style transfe…

Transport groups warn of unprecedented congestion as commuters, shoppers and holidaymakers travel at onceBritain’s roads and runways will take a festive pounding on Friday as traffic peaks before Christmas and record numbers head to the skies.Motoring organisations are forecasting exceptionally busy…

An unlikely partnership could allow Tokyo and Seoul to counter China.

See the moon phase expected for December 19, 2025 as well as when the next full moon is expected.

UN estimates that 55,000  families have been affected by rain in enclave where reconstruction is a distant prospect

Officials identified a man from Portugal as the suspect in the deadly shooting at Brown University and the killing of an M.I.T. professor. The police said on Thursday he died from a self-inflicted gunshot.

Restricting Tehran’s growth and water use — however politically difficult — would be more prudent than trying to engineer ever more elaborate workarounds.

Keith Lee took home the highest honors at the first-ever U.S. TikTok awards.

England are pushed towards the precipice of the fastest Ashes series defeat in more than 100 years as a Travis Head century maintains Australia's grip on the third Test in Adelaide.

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Abstract: Recent research efforts indicate that federated learning (FL) systems are vulnerable to a variety of security breaches. While numerous defense strategies have been suggested, they are mainly designed to counter specific attack patterns and lack ad…

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Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) increasingly rely on thinking models that externalize intermediate steps and allocate extra test-time compute, with think-twice strategies showing that a deliberate second pass can elicit stronger reasoning. In contras…

CASA and Space Agency formalise cooperationThe agreement formalises cooperation between the two agencies to support efforts to enhance the safety of spaceflight and air navigation.It establishes a framework for stronger regulatory cooperation ...

arXiv:2512.15907v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Evaluating the quality of tables generated by large language models (LLMs) remains an open challenge: existing metrics either flatten tables into text, ignoring structure, or rely on fixed references that limit generalization. We present TabReX, a ref…

Things weren’t looking good for Vestas Wind Systems A/S in January, with the return of Donald Trump and his anti-renewables policies after an already difficult stretch for the turbine maker.

Medical professionals and some in conservative circles feel argument of Lee Jae Myung may be a bit thinSouth Korean president Lee Jae Myung has instructed his government to consider extending public health insurance to cover hair-loss treatments, arguing that baldness has become a “matter of surviva…

Malaysia’s Sunway Healthcare Holdings Bhd. will start gauging investor interest as soon as January for an initial public offering that may raise around $700 million, according to people familiar with the matter.

Productivity Commission recommends waiting three years to establish review into technology after furious response from creative industriesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Productivity Commission has abandoned a propo…

arXiv:2512.15825v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Block-Based Programming (BBP) platforms, such as Snap!, have become increasingly prominent in K-12 computer science education due to their ability to simplify programming concepts and foster computational thinking from an early age. While these platfo…

Really? Ask Chuck what he thinks of your "rules"

"This is the closest we have been to realizing the science fiction vision of expanding across the Solar System."

arXiv:2512.15761v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Thrombosis in rotary blood pumps arises from complex flow conditions that remain difficult to translate into reliable and interpretable risk predictions using existing computational models. This limitation reflects an incomplete understanding of how s…

arXiv:2512.16763v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: A complex system comprises multiple interacting entities whose interdependencies form a unified whole, exhibiting emergent behaviours not present in individual components. Examples include the human brain, living cells, soft matter, Earth's climate, e…

Quote from: thespacecow on 12/18/2025 09:24 amRelated: https://x.com/StockSavvyShay/status/2001391832241181103QuoteElon Musk told xAI staff that winning the AI race comes down to surviving the next 2–3 years &amp...

Rambling, badly drafted government proposals are leading to late nights and endless scrutiny

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Wind farm expansion is threatening Sami land rights, livelihoods and an Indigenous way of life.

arXiv:2512.16896v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Synthetic 3D scenes are essential for developing Physical AI and generative models. Existing procedural generation methods often have low output throughput, creating a significant bottleneck in scaling up dataset creation. In this work, we introduce S…

The initiative forms part of Laneway’s ongoing Solar Slice fund, which channels $1 from every ticket sold into sustainability and charitable projects.

Atmospheric research should be under NOAA and not under NASA.  NASA should be totally space oriented.  Just my opinion.  NOAA should handle anything under the Karman line.  NASA above.  It is just my opinion.  Many government agencies overlap.

CEO turnover at US public companies is running at its highest level since 2010

arXiv:2512.16899v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Reward models (RMs) are essential for training large language models (LLMs), but remain underexplored for omni models that handle interleaved image and text sequences. We introduce Multimodal RewardBench 2 (MMRB2), the first comprehensive benchmark fo…

arXiv:2512.15788v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Integrating autonomous and adaptive behavior into software-intensive systems presents significant challenges for software development, as uncertainties in the environment or decision-making processes must be explicitly captured. These challenges are a…

Third Test, day three: Australia 371 & 271-4; England 286Hosts amass 356-run lead to leave England’s hopes hanging by a threadThere were flickers of hope for England on the third day in Adelaide but like some of the murmurs thrown up by Snicko during this pivotal third Ashes Test, they were never en…

Assange said awarding Venezuela opposition leader is a 'gross misappropriation' of funds, risks facilitating war crimes.

Darnold hits Smith-Njigba for winning OT TDSeahawks erase 16-point fourth-quarter deficitSeattle move ahead of Rams atop NFC WestSam Darnold connected with Jaxon Smith-Njigba for a touchdown in overtime, then hit a wide-open Eric Saubert for the winning two-point conversion, and the Seattle Seahawks…

Many Chinese exporters have turned to transshipping to reduce tariff payments—a process that led them to route goods through ASEAN countries before shipping them to America.

Quote from: meekGee on Today at 04:30 amQuote from: thespacecow on 12/18/2025 09:24 amRelated: https://x.com/StockSavvyShay/status/2001391832241181103QuoteElon Musk told xAI ...

arXiv:2512.16029v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: This study introduces an innovative multilingual bias evaluation framework for assessing bias in Large Language Models, combining explicit bias assessment through the BBQ benchmark with implicit bias measurement using a prompt-based Implicit Associati…

Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk endorsed Vice President JD Vance for president in 2028 at the organization's annual youth conference.

Nike Inc. warned that sales will decline this quarter amid persistent weakness in China and at its Converse brand. The world’s largest sportswear company expects revenue to be down in the low-single digits in the three months that started Dec. 1, a surprising turn after two straight periods of growt…

arXiv:2509.24639v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: This paper explores stability properties of periodic solutions of (nonlinear) fractional-order differential equations (FODEs). As classical Caputo-type FODEs do not admit exactly periodic solutions, we propose a framework of Liouville-Weyl-type FO…

arXiv:2512.16816v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Nowadays, Large Language Models (LLMs) are foundational components of modern software systems. As their influence grows, concerns about fairness have become increasingly pressing. Prior work has proposed metamorphic testing to detect fairness issues, …

arXiv:2510.12796v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Scaling Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models on large-scale data offers a promising path to achieving a more generalized driving intelligence. However, VLA models are limited by a ``supervision deficit'': the vast model capacity is supervised by sp…

Insight with Haslinda Amin, a daily news program featuring in-depth, high-profile interviews and analysis to give viewers the complete picture on the stories that matter. The show features prominent leaders spanning the worlds of business, finance, politics and culture. (Source: Bloomberg)

arXiv:2512.16911v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Standard practice across domains from robotics to language is to first pretrain a policy on a large-scale demonstration dataset, and then finetune this policy, typically with reinforcement learning (RL), in order to improve performance on deployment d…

Tech giant Amazon, which has for years portrayed itself as a global corporate climate leader, sponsored an AI energy summit featuring prominent climate deniers, DeSmog can reveal. The C3 Energy Summit on “American Leadership in Energy Innovation,” which took place in Washington, D.C., this week, fea…

At a lavish New York City party last Saturday, dozens of European politicians brushed shoulders with powerful Republican Party elites and allies. DeSmog has identified more than 20 elected lawmakers from Germany and Italy who attended the event — the annual New York Young Republican Club (NYYRC) gal…

Borrowing - the difference between public spending and tax income - was £11.7bn last month.

Quote from: TrevorMonty on 12/18/2025 10:54 pmQuote from: AndrewM on 12/18/2025 05:48 pmIt will also be interesting to see which of the 4 options Rocket Lab & Stoke take....

US military declares five alleged drug traffickers killed in Pacific OceanThe US military said it killed on Thursday five more alleged drug traffickers aboard two vessels in the Pacific Ocean, bringing the divisive campaign’s death toll to over 100.The Trump administration has carried out such strik…

arXiv:2512.15728v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) sets the federal funds rate, shaping monetary policy and the broader economy. We introduce \emph{FedSight AI}, a multi-agent framework that uses large language models (LLMs) to simulate FOMC deliberations and…

Dispatches investigates this growing crimewave. Plus: it’s getting very hot in the kitchen for the MasterChef final. Here’s what to watch this evening8pm, Channel 4 There are some real grinches out there: a parcel is stolen in Britain every seven seconds. Reporter Tir Dhondy is on a mission to get t…

France sided with Belgium, Italy and smaller states in backing joint debt for Ukraine instead

arXiv:2512.15949v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Recent advances in multimodal large language models (MLLMs) have yielded increasingly powerful models, yet their perceptual capacities remain poorly characterized. In practice, most model families scale language component while reusing nearly identica…

Nick Reiner said he destroyed his parents' guesthouse and had a "cocaine heart attack" in a 2018 episode of the "Dopey Podcast."

Gravitational waves from black holes may soon reveal where dark matter is hiding. A new model shows how dark matter surrounding massive black holes leaves detectable fingerprints in the waves recorded by future space observatories.