In the last decade, the drive to understand who we are and where we've come from has been accelerated by DNA testing.

Uber is under fire after a damning New York Times investigation into how many times the company let violent felons drive.

Ann Godbehere will step down as a director at next year’s annual meeting

arXiv:2512.18365v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Diffusion models have emerged as powerful priors for image editing tasks such as inpainting and local modification, where the objective is to generate realistic content that remains consistent with observed regions. In particular, zero-shot approaches…

arXiv:2512.19643v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Numerical simulation of time-dependent partial differential equations (PDEs) is central to scientific and engineering applications, but high-fidelity solvers are often prohibitively expensive for long-horizon or time-critical settings. Neural operator…

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While Australia is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, we also have some of the highest extinction rates.

You may have noticed people out and about with little stickers on their faces. Perhaps you've seen moons, stars, clouds or even smiley faces adorning people's cheeks and chins. Maybe you wear them yourself. While some people do wear them as accessories, these colorful stickers are medicated "pimple …

Senator Richard Blumenthal is requesting information from an architect hired to oversee the ballroom design and people invited to a donor dinner with the president.

Over a dozen Jeffrey Epstein survivors shared a letter with Congress on Monday, urging lawmakers to hold the Justice Department accountable for delays in releasing all the Epstein files.The big picture: They slammed the DOJ for failing to redact some survivors' identities as required by law and for …

Violence erupted after Turkish FM Fidan said SDF was not honouring commitment to integrate into state's armed forces.

Analysis finds those from most deprived backgrounds almost twice as likely to be admitted to hospital for respiratory conditionsPeople from the poorest backgrounds in England with serious lung conditions are more likely to be admitted to hospital for emergency care than their more affluent counterpa…

arXiv:2512.19258v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: In this paper, we address the multiconsensus problem in networked systems, where agents are partitioned into disjoint subgroups and the states of agents within a subgroup are driven to consensus. Our objective is to present a distributed control law t…

arXiv:2512.17213v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Medical Vision-Language Models (VLMs) are prone to hallucinations, compromising clinical reliability. While reinforcement learning methods like Group Relative Policy Optimization (GRPO) offer a low-cost alignment solution, their reliance on sparse, ou…

Did you know Amazon's Rufus AI tool can alert you to price drops and even snag deals for you? That's just one of several game-changing features.

arXiv:2512.18296v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Data markets are emerging as key mechanisms for trading personal and organizational data. Traditional data pricing studies -- such as query-based or arbitrage-free pricing models -- mainly emphasize price consistency and profit maximization but often …

arXiv:2512.18405v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Data wrangling - the process of cleaning, transforming, and preparing data for analysis - is a well-known bottleneck in data science workflows. Existing tools either rely on manual scripting, which is error-prone and hard to debug, or automate cleanin…

arXiv:2506.15419v2 Announce Type: replace-cross
Abstract: We propose the periodic scaled Korobov kernel (PSKK) method for nonparametric density estimation on $\mathbb{R}^d$. By first wrapping the target density into a periodic version through modulo operation and subsequently applying kernel ridge …

The 50-year-old musician and producer reflected on his role as a steward of his late father John Lennon’s legacy.

arXiv:2512.19154v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Recent success in developing increasingly general purpose agents based on sequence models has led to increased focus on the problem of deploying computationally limited agents within the vastly more complex real-world. A key challenge experienced in t…

arXiv:2505.10660v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: We evaluate the conditions for surface stability of a layered magnetoelastic half-space subjected to large deformations and a magnetic field. After reviewing the fundamental measures of deformation and summarizing the magnetostatic equations in Eu…

Wheat prices hovered near a one-week high as fresh tensions between Russia and Ukraine raised the risk of supply disruptions from the Black Sea region.

The actor stepped away from the Broadway production of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club following his diagnosis in September

The choicest European and Asian regal jewels from the Al Thani Collection are on show in Paris

arXiv:2505.06646v2 Announce Type: replace-cross
Abstract: Deep learning for radiologic image analysis is a rapidly growing field in biomedical research and is likely to become a standard practice in modern medicine. On the publicly available NIH ChestX-ray14 dataset, containing X-ray images that ar…

Despite concerns, politicians continue to use Elon Musk’s platform in search of a ‘civilised debate’ with constituents

George Conway, the prominent Republican lawyer-turned-prolific critic of President Trump, filed paperwork Monday to run for an open U.S. House seat in New York as a Democrat.Why it matters: Conway is one of several candidates with a large online presence and national profile running to succeed retir…

arXiv:2408.09030v4 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: NLP-assisted solutions have gained considerable traction to support qualitative data analysis. However, there does not exist a unified evaluation framework that can account for the many different settings in which qualitative researchers may emplo…

Luxury pet pampering packages at hotels, menus with dog-friendly roast dinners and £6,000 animal-friendly charter flights. Pet travel isn't just a trend, it's something of a transformation. This is the "pawprint economy"—and it's booming.

Carr used to insist on FCC independence. Now he uses FCC to fight Trump's battles.

arXiv:2509.16187v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Code translation transforms source code from one programming language (PL) to another. Validating the functional equivalence of translation and repairing, if necessary, are critical steps in code translation. Existing automated validation and repa…

Citigroup Inc. has upgraded its recommendation on Taiwan equities, while cutting its view on China, citing stronger links to global artificial-intelligence supply chains and a more favorable earnings outlook.

See the moon phase expected for December 23, 2025 as well as when the next full moon is expected.

China’s domestic price for liquefied natural gas fell to a five-year low as inventories grew and demand for heating during winter months remained short of expectations.

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She was a white actress, he was a popular Black entertainer, and their relationship elicited racist reactions in 1960, including from John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign.

Representative Joyce Beatty, Democrat of Ohio, argues that only Congress is authorized to rename the D.C. performing arts institution.

arXiv:2512.18809v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: The rapid growth of short-form video platforms increases the need for privacy-preserving moderation, as cloud-based pipelines expose raw videos to privacy risks, high bandwidth costs, and inference latency. To address these challenges, we propose an o…

arXiv:2512.19172v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: We establish finite sample certificates on the quality of solutions produced by data-based forward-backward (FB) operator splitting schemes. As frequently happens in stochastic regimes, we consider the problem of finding a zero of the sum of two ope…

arXiv:2512.18458v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: We provide theoretical foundations and computational tools for the systematic design of optimization-based control laws with constraints that have different priorities. By introducing the concept of prioritized intersections, we extend and unify pre…

arXiv:2512.18832v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Agentic reinforcement learning increasingly relies on experience-driven scaling, yet real-world environments remain non-adaptive, limited in coverage, and difficult to scale. World models offer a potential way to improve learning efficiency through si…

Novo Nordisk A/S won approval to sell a pill version of its obesity shot Wegovy in the US. Novo will start selling the pill, the first of the blockbuster GLP-1 class, in the US in early January. It is approved to help people lose weight or maintain previous weight loss over the long term. Bloomberg’…

Scheme has not replied to complaints and Pensions Ombudsman says it needs evidence of thatI retired from the civil service five months ago and I’ve still not received my pension. I’ve complained to the Civil Service Pension Scheme (MyCSP) repeatedly, but it doesn’t reply.The Pensions Ombudsman says …

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At least two candidates have already been identified as potential replacements for Pep Guardiola, but who could take over from him at Manchester City?

Family man Arslan (Khan) is given a bumper bonus in Stuffed. Plus: a septuagenarian on First Dates at Christmas. Here’s what to watch this evening9pm, BBC OneWhen you’ve just got an unexpected £8,000 bonus, what are the options? “Sit and watch GB News with Uncle Colin” – or head to Lapland? Guz Khan…

Ireland’s 2015 Gender Recognition Act was born in an era of optimism and consensus, but as gender-critical activism grows so does debate whether it can holdSoon after Ireland passed its Gender Recognition Act in 2015, Kevin Humphreys, a Labour politician, visited a residential home for senior citize…

arXiv:2512.19124v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Online harassment, incitement to violence, racist behavior, and other harmful content on social media can damage social harmony and even break the law. Traditional blocklisting technologies can block malicious users, but this comes at the expense of i…

arXiv:2512.18766v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Reinforcement learning (RL) has demonstrated significant potential for post-training language models and autoregressive visual generative models, but adapting RL to masked generative models remains challenging. The core factor is that policy optimizat…

England will "look into" reports of players drinking excessively during a break from the Ashes series in Noosa, says director of cricket Rob Key.

Omnibus theatre, LondonSweet and funny show is based on rumoured vampire sightings in north London in the 1960s and 70s – though it could do with producing a few more goosebumpsFor a time in the late 1960s and early 70s, the area around Highgate cemetery in north London was believed to be terrorised…

The Christmas homecoming of Jack Hibbert, who was shot in the head and shoulder, is a "miracle", his family say.

Met Office says temperatures are tracking ahead of 2022 after year of heatwaves and drought, though late cold spell could yet interveneForecasters say 2025 is “more likely than not” to break the record for the hottest year in the UK since records began, after a summer of heatwaves and drought follow…

arXiv:2512.18194v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Disaggregated LLM serving improves resource efficiency by separating the compute-intensive prefill phase from the latency-critical decode phase. However, this architecture introduces a fundamental bottleneck: key/value (KV) tensors generated during pr…

Amid claims of AudioBoom share price manipulation, a judge found Bonnier lied to secure investment from Nick Candy

Mexico's Navy says the plane crashed in the waters off the US state of Texas while carrying out a medical transfer.

Scientists are beginning to understand that ageing is not simply a linear process and we age, according to recent research, in three accelerated bursts: at about 40, 60 and 80 years old. In this episode from July, Ian Sample talks to Stanford University’s Prof Michael Snyder, who explains what the d…

The political point scoring that has erupted after the terror attack last week is unusual in Australia, where leaders tend to unite after catastrophes.

arXiv:2512.17267v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Evaluating user-facing AI applications remains a central challenge, especially in open-ended domains such as travel planning, clinical note generation, or dialogue. The gold standard is user feedback (e.g., thumbs up/down) or behavioral signals (e.g.,…

arXiv:2512.17593v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: In this paper we consider the limiting case of neural networks (NNs) architectures when the number of neurons in each hidden layer and the number of hidden layers tend to infinity thus forming a continuum, and we derive approximation errors as a funct…

arXiv:2512.17722v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: This paper introduces a standardized model card framework specifically designed for digital and web forensics. Building upon established model card methodologies and recent work on abstract models for digital forensic analysis, this paper presents a w…

When you walk around the Groupama Stadium in Lyon (France), you can't miss them. Four majestic lions in the colors of Olympique Lyonnais stand proudly in front of the stadium, symbols of the influence of a club that dominated French football in the early 2000s.

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Trump again called for Venezuela’s president to leave power and said the US would keep or sell the oil it had seizedChina and Russia have expressed support for Venezuela as it confronts a US blockade of sanctioned oil tankers, while Donald Trump continues to ramp up his pressure campaign on the Sout…

In his first comments since the release, the president expressed sympathy for high-profiles figures, including Bill Clinton, who have come under scrutinyDonald Trump has broken his silence on the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, complaining that people who “innocently met” the convicted paedoph…

The judge said the administration had to decide by Jan. 5 whether it wanted to “facilitate” the men’s return to the United States or let them contest their initial removals in the federal courts.

The US Coast Guard on Monday continued for a second day to chase a sanctioned oil tanker that the Trump administration describes as part of a “dark fleet” Venezuela is using to evade US sanctions. On Monday night, US President Donald Trump summarized Washington's multi-pronged campaign targeting the…

Mohamed Salah puts Liverpool controversy ‌behind him with dramatic winner against Zimbabwe in their AFCON opener.

arXiv:2512.10621v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: A hypergraph is a generalization of a graph, in which a hyperedge can connect multiple vertices, modeling complex relationships involving multiple vertices simultaneously. Hypergraph pattern matching, which is to find all isomorphic embeddings of …

arXiv:2512.08350v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: In the Small Cuts Cover problem we seek to cover by a min-cost edge-set the set family of cuts of size/capacity $

“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, David Ingles and Annabelle Droulers give global investors unique insight, delivering in-depth discussions with the newsmakers who matter. (S…

A new method could enable users to design portable medical devices, like a splint, that can be rapidly converted from flat panels to a 3D object without any tools.

Follow the news? Take our quiz to see if you can locate some of the biggest stories of 2025.

People escaping fighting, lack of essential supplies in Heglig area faced with tough conditions in search for safety.

India has not opened its market to GM soya or corn, one of the sticking points in US trade talks.

New Zealand companies will get more opportunities to invest in India under the terms of the two nations’ new free-trade accord, Trade Minister Todd McClay tells Bloomberg. (Source: Bloomberg)

The political point scoring that has erupted after the terror attack last week is unusual in Australia, where leaders tend to unite after catastrophes.

Tax fraud charges escalate schism within Agnelli dynasty as troubles mount across billionaire’s business empire

arXiv:2512.18991v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Dominant paradigms for 4D LiDAR panoptic segmentation are usually required to train deep neural networks with large superimposed point clouds or design dedicated modules for instance association. However, these approaches perform redundant point proce…

Overharvesting has raised conservation concerns for a widely foraged plant, but researchers say that better genetic insights could support more effective protection efforts. For years, the wild ramp community has disagreed about how many kinds there really are. Some have insisted the plant is just a…

After years of planning for cars that would let drivers take their hands off the wheel and eyes off the road, China’s regulators have become more cautious.

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Trading volume surged to 721 million tokens, indicating active repositioning rather than thin price movement.

Vince Zampella, a video game developer known for pioneering iconic franchises like "Call of Duty," died in a car crash on the Angeles Crest Highway in Los Angeles County on Sunday afternoon.

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As the UK government launches its violence against women and girls strategy, the situation it is seeking to remedy makes for hard reading.

At least six people were killed when a Mexican Naval plane crashed in Galveston Bay off the Texas coast on Monday afternoon, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The office of the Secretary of the Mexican Navy said on X Monday evening that the aircraft, with eight people on board, was conducting a medical sup…

President Trump has responded to the release of the Epstein files, saying Monday that the release of photos risked ensnaring "highly respected" people with no connection to Epstein's crimes.

A union representing career diplomats said such a mass recall had never happened in the history of the U.S. Foreign Service.

Moon-bound astronauts rehearse their launch-day activities with a repurposed ride.

There’s no doubt that 2025 has been one of the most politically chaotic years of the 21st century. Amid the domestic and geopolitical mayhem unleashed by Donald Trump’s return to the White House, powerful interests were busy enacting a radical anti-democratic agenda that has already changed our worl…

Here's the answer for "Wordle" #1647 on December 23 as well as a few hints, tips, and clues to help you solve it yourself.

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

arXiv:2512.17310v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Pseudorandom error-correcting codes (PRC) is a novel cryptographic primitive proposed at CRYPTO 2024. Due to the dual capability of pseudorandomness and error correction, PRC has been recognized as a promising foundational component for watermarking A…

Team director Rob Key has ‘no issue’ with Noosa trip after second TestBut tourists will investigate claims some players spent six days drinkingRob Key has defended England’s mid-tour break in Noosa but confirmed he will look into reports that excessive drinking by players in between the second and t…

Amazon's chief security officer said North Koreans tried to apply for remote working IT jobs using stolen or fake identities.

The yen outperformed its Group-of-10 peers on Tuesday, strengthening after Japan’s Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said in an interview that the government has a “free hand” to take bold action against the currency if its moves are out of line with fundamentals.

One of Google's most critical features is hidden behind a single toggle - turn it on to protect against theft, scams, spam, and more.

arXiv:2512.17251v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Large language models are exposed to risks of extraction, distillation, and unauthorized fine-tuning. Existing defenses use watermarking or monitoring, but these act after leakage. We design AlignDP, a hybrid privacy lock that blocks knowledge transfe…

Donald Trump is on a naming spree; Schumer asks Senate to back legal action over partial Epstein files release – key US politics stories from Monday 22 December at a glanceDonald Trump has announced plans for the US navy to build a new generation of warships – known as “Trump-class”.The ships will b…