President Trump delivered remarks Wednesday night looking back at his first year back in office. Nancy Cordes reports.

For decades, science fiction writers have tried their best to prepare us for eventual contact with aliens. Their efforts are dominated by several recurrent tropes. There's the invasion by a warlike species, there's the highly-evolved species trying to communicate with our primitive species, there's …

O’Neill tapped to lead global oil and gas giant, which has broken from net zero strategy and will ramp up fossil fuelsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMeg O’Neill, the Woodside Energy CEO who has previously criticised young people for taking an “ideological” stance against …

A federal court filing says the Army crew piloting a Black Hawk helicopter could have avoided the nighttime accident in January if it had been able to see and avoid a commercial jet.

arXiv:2512.15003v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Monitoring issue tracker submissions is a crucial software maintenance activity. A key goal is the prioritization of high risk, security-related bugs. If such bugs can be recognized early, the risk of propagation to dependent products and endangerment…

arXiv:2512.15433v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Face recognition systems store face templates for efficient matching. Once leaked, these templates pose a threat: inverting them can yield photorealistic surrogates that compromise privacy and enable impersonation. Although existing research has achie…

New attack brings death toll to nearly 100 from US strikes on vessels in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean.

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Measures include fresh penalties for 'those who spread hate' as well as new powers to cancel or refuse visas.

The Pentagon has released plenty of video clips that show American missiles blowing boats suspected of carrying drugs out of the water. But the “double tap” strike on Sept. 2 is being kept under wraps.

A long and winding road to reach NASA's headquarters in Washington, DC.

Most Americans say President Trump’s use of presidential power is going too far, according to a new poll. Quinnipiac University found that 54 percent of voters think Trump is going too far with his presidential authority while 37 percent think he is handling it about right. Seven percent think the p…

Quote from: Vultur on 12/17/2025 08:36 pmQuote from: Starship Trooper on 12/17/2025 06:27 pmHaving said that, the indefatigable dreamer, James Oberg came up with ideas for terrafor...

Philippine official said 'mere visit' to the country does not support claims the men underwent 'terrorist training'.

Williamson later remarked that he “was so relieved and so honored” to perform the song in remembrance to those whose lives were lost.

arXiv:2504.13676v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: As the number of web applications and API endpoints exposed to the Internet continues to grow, so does the number of exploitable vulnerabilities. Manually identifying such vulnerabilities is tedious. Meanwhile, static security scanners tend to pro…

A U.S. military strike killed four people on a suspected drug vessel in international waters in the eastern Pacific, defense officials said Wednesday

President Trump on Wednesday sought to make the case that his administration has made progress on key issues in a rare primetime address amid slumping poll numbers and persistent questions about affordability. The president addressed the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House, …

The US Senate has confirmed billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator, installing a strong advocate of Mars missions to lead the space agency as it faces deep budget cuts and intensifying competition with China to return humans to the Moon.

Nicolás Maduro's administration is calling President Trump's blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela a "grotesque threat." CBS News senior national security correspondent Charlie D'Agata has more.

A 40% slide in shares of Pop Mart from a peak in August shows growing worries that Labubu mania may be fading. Lackluster US Black Friday sales and cooling resale demand are also reviving comparisons to the 1990s Beanie Babies bust. (Source: Bloomberg)

arXiv:2512.13716v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Personalized decision-making is essential for human-AI interaction, enabling AI agents to act in alignment with individual users' value preferences. As AI systems expand into real-world applications, adapting to personalized values beyond task complet…

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer, as the saying goes. Vanity Fair photographer Christopher Anderson has caused a stir with extreme close-up images of the Trump team, injection marks and all.

President Trump addressed the nation from the White House on Wednesday night in a speech looking back on the first 11 months of his second term. Political strategists Joel Payne and Kevin Sheridan join with analysis. Then, CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes joins to unpack Mr. Tru…

Her film “Who Killed Vincent Chin?” earned an Oscar nomination in 1988 and was inducted into the National Film Registry for its cultural significance.

Breakdown of the 67 to 30 vote by Senator:https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00650.htm

Israel’s granting of an export permit is the final step to allow the deal, first announced by energy companies in August, to proceed.

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And don’t get me started on office Secret SantasAs we head into the so-called silly season – that sun-drenched summer of drinks and parties, barbecues and socialising – there’s a shadow looming over the festivities.The office Christmas party. Continue reading...

India aims to be an additional manufacturing hub for companies wanting to expand production beyond China.

During much of the 12.5-minute call, President Trump reiterated his claims that he had won Georgia, a state he lost by more than 11,000 votes that year.

Canada's population declined by more than 76,000 people between July and October, driven by a drop in foreign students and temporary workers.

In a move that reverses nearly a decade of practice, California wildlife officials have quietly begun to allow killing mountain lions in order to protect another iconic native—bighorn sheep.

Hailed as a visionary, the Yorkshireman will be remembered for his sculptured silhouettes and theatricality.

Imagine a grain field in Western Jutland, winter wheat standing tall and golden. Now picture it being plowed up and replaced with clover grass: one of the crops intended to drive the green transition in Danish agriculture.

Earth system models offer insight into how climate change will affect communities. But residents of those communities are rarely consulted on the design and deployment of these models, which can lead to the models being misused in local decision-making. To bridge this divide, Cheng et al. collaborat…

arXiv:2511.02503v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: The automation of workflows in advanced microscopy is a key goal where foundation models like Language Models (LLMs) and Vision-Language Models (VLMs) show great potential. However, adapting these general-purpose models for specialized scientific …

arXiv:2509.10353v4 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: This paper introduces a Data-Fused Model Predictive Control (DFMPC) framework that combines physics-based models with data-driven representations of unknown dynamics. Leveraging Willems' Fundamental Lemma and an artificial equilibrium formulation,…

US President Donald Trump gave an address at the White House on Wednesday, attempting to cast his first year back in office as a success, deflecting concerns about the cost of living and offering few new policy details as he looked ahead to the 2026 midterm elections.

President Trump announced Wednesday night that all members of the military will receive a $1,776 "warrior dividend," while touting his tariffs and economic policies more broadly.Why it matters: The president's move signals an attempt to connect with working-class families as the administration tackl…

The maverick British designer helped shape the style of David Bowie, Roxy Music, Duran Duran, and more recently, Queen Camilla.

The world’s best-performing stock is turning into a cautionary tale for investors chasing outsized returns from the artificial-intelligence boom.

https://twitter.com/whoisheartbreak/status/2001502554342011132QuoteJessie Anderson@whoisheartbreakHuge congratulations to @rookisaacman on the incredible role of NASA Administrator! Very well-earned with a staggering  list of accomplishments and ...

arXiv:2511.17874v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: LLM applications (i.e., LLM apps) leverage the powerful capabilities of LLMs to provide users with customized services, revolutionizing traditional application development. While the increasing prevalence of LLM-powered applications provides users…

arXiv:2506.01626v5 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Probabilistic separation logic offers an approach to reasoning about imperative probabilistic programs in which a separating conjunction is used as a mechanism for expressing independence properties. Crucial to the effectiveness of the formalism i…

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The lawsuit is just the latest in a string of copyright-related legal complaints aimed at the AI industry.

President Trump delivered an address to the nation on Wednesday night intended to mark the close of his first year back in power. Trump appeared before the cameras in the White House’s Diplomatic Reception Room with his poll ratings at a mediocre ebb, and the issue of affordability in particular ser…

Deaths and damage to ship reported in attack in Rostov-on-Don; Zelenskyy to reportedly push EU plan to use frozen Russian assets. What we know on day 1,394Ukrainian forces have struck a tanker in a southern Russian port and caused deaths, the regional governor said early on Thursday. The strike in t…

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Sounds like all near-term Cape F9 launches will be from SLC-40.https://twitter.com/TurkeyBeaver/status/2001424468141297900?s=20 [Dec. 17]QuoteCongrats to the entire @SpaceX...

The U.S. military says it has conducted 26 strikes on alleged drug-trafficking vessels in the Eastern Pacific or Caribbean since early September, killing at least 99 people.

arXiv:2512.13927v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Spherical equivariant graph neural networks (EGNNs) provide a principled framework for learning on three-dimensional molecular and biomolecular systems, where predictions must respect the rotational symmetries inherent in physics. These models extend …

Bloomberg Television brings you the latest news and analysis leading up to the final minutes and seconds before and after the closing bell on Wall Street. Today's guests are Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s Andrew Szczurowski, Portal Innovations’ John Flavin, Wedbush Securities’ Matt Bryson, C…

The England and Wales Cricket Board will meet with the game's governing body in an attempt to review and raise standards of the decision review system.

The Ecovacs Deebot T80 robot vacuum is on sale at Amazon for $499.99, down from the list price of $999.99. That's a 50% discount.

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Quote from: Jim on Today at 01:24 amQuote from: DanClemmensen on 12/17/2025 04:05 pm NASA is only getting one worthless cargo mission unsubstantiated and uninformed sta...

I have a dangerous relationship with digital storefronts, and this week did nothing to improve it.

Save 83 percent on FileJump’s 2TB cloud storage lifetime subscription, now $79.97 (reg. $467) through Dec. 21.

Pat Cummins takes his second wicket of the innings as Joe Root is caught behind for 19 as England fall to 71-4 in their first innings, 300 runs behind Australia's 371, as the home side take control on day two of the third Ashes Test in Adelaide.

arXiv:2512.14425v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Object-centric process mining is a new branch of process mining where events are associated with multiple objects, and where object-to-object interactions are essential to understand the process dynamics. Traditional event data models, also called cas…

Connections is a New York Times word game that's all about finding the "common threads between words." How to solve the puzzle.

US alt-rock band announce they are finally parting ways, following fisticuffs, accusations and lawsuitsUS alt-rock band Jane’s Addiction has announced they are parting ways after a tumultuous 15 months of fisticuffs, accusations and lawsuits.The veteran Californian group, who have a history of drama…

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Quote from: Nomadd on Today at 01:20 am 1 launch short of 14 per month average. But with a hint of higher rates next year, if the last 3 weeks are anything to go by.

Foreign investors bought the most Japanese bonds in eight months last week as rising yields attracted overseas demand.

Momentus Completes Key Milestone for Next Launch of Spacecraft with Customer Payloads [Dec. 16][q...

The NYT Strands hints and answers you need to make the most of your puzzling experience.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has sought to purchase a portion of New World Development Co.’s loans at a discount, an indication of how one potential investor would value the debt of a builder that’s become a poster child of Hong Kong’s property woes.

The Justice Department said in court filings that an Army Black Hawk helicopter and air traffic controller may be at fault for the deadly crash.

Is there any significance to the naming of the Kuiper satellites on Celestrak's supplemental GP? https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/table.php?FILE=kuiper&FORMAT=tleThe constellation started at Kuiper-008, but since then it has consisten...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries adhered to a single principle to defeat Speaker Mike Johnson on extending Affordable Care Act tax credits: Don't give an inch to Republican moderates looking for an escape hatch.Why it matters: It worked. By following that simple strategy, Jeffries got everythin…

arXiv:2512.14450v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: We introduce a benchmark for system identification based on 75k real-world samples from the Crazyflie 2.1 Brushless nano-quadrotor, a sub-50g aerial vehicle widely adopted in robotics research. The platform presents a challenging testbed due to its mu…

1 launch short of 14 per month average.

(NEXSTAR) – While addressing the nation Wednesday, President Trump announced that military service members would be receiving checks. "More than 1,450,000 military [service members] will receive a special Warrior Dividend before Christmas Day," The White House said in a social media post. The checks…

The Nazis adopted Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. Happy Birthday hides a tale of corporate greed. And Putin uses Shostakovich’s Leningrad symphony as a call to arms. That’s why I put them in my soundtrack to the complexities of human existenceThe idea was always a ludicrous one: to reduce millennia of human…

OCISLY starts off December with 2½ weeks at 10/month rateThen finishes with 2 weeks at 0/month rate (the one remaining Vandy flight is RTLS)I wouldn't be too surprised to see it spotted in a dry dock

While discussing with someone else from Taiwan, they noted that the launch contract for TASA's FORMOSAT-8A & 8B were given at the same time to SpaceX. (+) It appears that FORMOSAT-8B might be on this launch, [url=https://www.tasa.org.tw/en-US/missions/...

Looking for the ideal distribution for KDE Plasma? Your choice may come down to one of these two options, and the differences are subtle but significant.

At a jaw-dropping 954 kilometers per second.

Chief Financial Officers now play a critical role in shaping corporate strategy and positioning organizations to meet future challenges. This episode profiles Gina Goetter, CFO and COO of Hasbro. She's the architect of the company's transformation, while diversifying its manufacturing footprint and …

Quote from: sstli2 on Today at 01:17 amI would reiterate the "on average" modifier of that cadence. We know FM2 is ready, and the recent FCC notice did use the language "accelerated launch slot [...] as early as Ja...

arXiv:2512.14360v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: The human visual system is remarkably adept at adapting to changes in the input distribution; a capability modern convolutional neural networks (CNNs) still struggle to match. Drawing inspiration from the developmental trajectory of human vision, we p…

Tesla has filed a patent for a new roof structure that would allow satellite signals to pass through. Are Starlink antennas coming to Tesla cars?

"What in the UFO are they building??" | SpaceX Starbase [Dec. 13]

Copper fell as broader markets shifted to a risk-off tone, with stocks dropping on concern over technology valuations.

In his first over of the match, Nathan Lyon removes Ollie Pope and Ben Duckett as England fall to 42-3, in pursuit of Australia's 371, on day two of the third Ashes Test in Adelaide.

arXiv:2512.14232v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: The presence of MGMT promoter methylation significantly affects how well chemotherapy works for patients with Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM). Currently, confirmation of MGMT promoter methylation relies on invasive brain tumor tissue biopsies. In this s…

With BlueBird 6 targeting December 23rd, a 45-day cadence would put BlueBird 7 on February 6th. Will be nice to get confirmation of it shipping to the Cape.https://twitter.com/AS...

I would reiterate the "on average" modifier of that cadence. We know FM2 is ready, and the recent FCC notice did use the language "accelerated launch slot [...] as early as January 2026". FM3+ are of a new design (carbon composite), and I don't recall ...

Sir Keir Starmer is set to unveil the agenda for the next phase of his government in the aftermath of May's elections.

The country has stored goods worth roughly the combined market cap of its three most globally known corporate names

Sir Keir Starmer's warning to former Chelsea FC owner and the doctors' strike are prominent on Thursday's papers.

A report from Reuters claims that scientists in China have created a prototype of a machine that could eventually be used to produce semiconductor chips capable of powering artificial intelligence. Sources told the publication that a team in Shenzhen completed the prototype of an extreme ultraviolet…

With the weather set to turn much colder for Christmas, will it be cold enough to snow? Chris Fawkes has a festive update.

Africa has been the hardest hit by the Trump administration's expanded travel ban that includes 20 more countries

President Trump participated in a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base on Wednesday, honoring two members of the Iowa National Guard and an interpreter who were killed in Syria last weekend. CBS News correspondent Lana Zak has more from Iowa City.

The United States admitted fault for a January midair collision that killed 67 people in a Wednesday filing that said it breached its “duty of care” for passengers. An American Airlines flight and Army helicopter collided near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport earlier this year.  The commerc…

The White House said the U.S. would be "lucky" to have President Trump remain in office for a longer period, after lawyer Alan Dershowitz told the Wall Street Journal he shared a draft of his new book exploring the possibility of a third presidential term.The big picture: Trump and his administratio…