Companies that engage in aggressive tax avoidance may be saving money in the short term, but they are paying a hidden price in the eyes of investors. According to a new study by the University of Portsmouth, tax transparency is rewarded in capital markets while secrecy raises the cost of finance.

arXiv:2512.14367v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Complete perception of the environment and its correct interpretation is crucial for autonomous vehicles. Object perception is the main component of automotive surround sensing. Various metrics already exist for the evaluation of object perception. Ho…

After nearly five years on Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover has traveled almost 25 miles (40 kilometers), and the mission team has been busy testing the rover's durability and gathering new science findings on the way to a new region nicknamed "Lac de Charmes," where it will be searching for rocks to…

His announcement comes after US President Donald Trump said he "wants to go back to his show".

Dust storms regularly affect northern China, including its capital, Beijing. In recent years, Chinese scientists and officials have traced the source of the dust storms to its neighbor Mongolia.

Most spaceships are kept at Roswell, but the original Mothership currently lives in the Smithsonian.

For often-underfunded non-profits, merch can help raise funds and visibility – here are gifts that support animal conservation, civil liberties and public media19 unique small business gifts that beat predictable US big brandsSign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, b…

The special features interviews with Kathy Bates, Annette Bening, Albert Brooks, Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Jerry O'Connell and Mandy Patinkin.

Reagent-free (photo)electrochemical systems effectively break down cobalt–organic complexes while simultaneously recovering cobalt, presenting a promising strategy for advanced wastewater treatment and resource recovery.

The OnePlus 15R has launched with specs that outpace its closest competitors - and more expensive rivals.

We must do far more to address the national crisis of addiction that leaves so many households in despair as well as danger.

arXiv:2512.14424v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: The advancement to 6G calls for waveforms that transcend static robustness to achieve intelligent adaptability. Affine Frequency Division Multiplexing (AFDM), despite its strength in doubly-dispersive channels, has been confined by chirp parameters op…

arXiv:2506.24121v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Dynamic 3D (4D) content generation, particularly text-to-4D, remains a challenging and under-explored problem due to its inherent spatiotemporal complexity. Existing text-to-4D methods typically avoid direct mesh generation due to inherent topolog…

Vote on Isaacman, private astronaut and Mars missions advocate, passes 67-30 for him to be agency’s 15th leaderThe US Senate on Wednesday confirmed billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman to become Donald Trump’s Nasa administrator. The confirmation makes an advocate of Mars missions and an all…

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) on Wednesday said President Trump’s national address has to focus on affordability as Americans grapple with rising prices. “Look, I'm sure he's going to highlight the work that the administration and Congress have done throughout the course of this year. But the focus has …

Just 18 percent of respondents approve of the job congressional Democrats are doing, according to a Quinnipiac survey released Wednesday, while 73 percent disapprove. That approval rating marks a new low since Quinnipiac began asking the question in 2009, surpassing the 19 percent of voters who appr…

That slice of full-fat cheese might not just be indulgent—it could be linked to a healthier brain. A large new study suggests that people who regularly eat high-fat cheese and cream may have a lower risk of developing dementia later in life. High-fat cheeses are defined as containing more than 20% f…

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Similar to previous releases, the release of Kubernetes v1.35 introduces new stable, beta, and alpha features. The consistent delivery of high-quality releases underscores the strength of our development cycle and …

Great, he got more than 2/3 of the votes! The last thing now is that he has to be sworn-in (probabaly by VP Vance).

At this year's IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM 2025), imec, a research and innovation hub in advanced semiconductor technologies, presents the first successful wafer-scale fabrication of solid-state nanopores using extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography. Solid-state nanopores are em…

How is it December already? What happened to 2025? And how did we suddenly jump from eating Easter eggs to putting up Christmas trees?

Micron has been a victim of souring AI sentiment lately, but its upbeat outlook has Wall Street now feeling better about the path forward.

Ten years on from 'The Force Awakens', we look back at what's gone right and what's gone wrong.

FIFA's first true soccer sim after the end of its EA partnership will be available exclusively on Netflix, the streaming service announced. This "reimagined FIFA football simulation game" will be developed and published by Delphi Interactive, and be available to Netflix subscribers next year, right …

The Democratic measure was defeated mostly along party lines, along with another resolution that would have halted the military’s escalating campaign of boat attacks.

There may be an iMac Pro with the M5 chip coming to Apple users soon, if leaked documents are to be believed.

arXiv:2512.14096v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Diffusion models have emerged as the dominant paradigm for high-quality image generation, yet their computational expense remains substantial due to iterative denoising. Classifier-Free Guidance (CFG) significantly enhances generation quality and cont…

Scientists have found a way to trap and break down “forever chemicals” instead of just moving them elsewhere. Researchers at Rice University, working with international collaborators, have created a new environmentally friendly method that can quickly capture and break down toxic “forever chemicals”…

The yuan’s recent strength is doing little to boost Chinese stocks as mounting concerns over economic weakness and rising valuations sap sentiment toward equities.

Infamous hacking group ShinyHunters has claimed responsibility for the theft of a large dataset tied to Pornhub Premium users, threatening to leak or sell the information unless the company pays a ransom. The hack of PornHub was first revealed by the adult video website on Dec. 12, which it describe…

arXiv:2410.13597v4 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Molecular optimization (MO) is a crucial stage in drug discovery in which task-oriented generated molecules are optimized to meet practical industrial requirements. Existing mainstream MO approaches primarily utilize external property predictors t…

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YouTube will stop submitting its data to the U.S. Billboard charts next month due to a dispute over how streams are counted, according to an announcement Wednesday from the streamer’s global head of music Lyor Cohen. At the center of the issue is the methodology Billboard counts paid/subscription ve…

President Trump confirmed on Wednesday that FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino "wants to go back" to hosting his talk show. CBS News justice correspondent Scott MacFarlane has the details.

Nick Reiner made his first court appearance on Wednesday since being arrested for the killings of his parents, Rob and Michele. CBS News correspondent Adam Yamaguchi has more.

The measure is part of the government's strategy to tackle violence against women and girls which will be unveiled on Thursday.

The order is set to impact around 700 workers at four agencies.

Despite the fact that Mount Vesuvius triggered one of the most infamous ancient tragedies, not everyone agrees on exactly when it took place.

Sree Chaguturu, CVS Health Executive Vice President and President of Health Care Delivery, says the fee for service model is broken and that value based care is critical to the future of health care. He speaks with Romaine Bostick and Katie Greifeld on “The Close.” (Source: Bloomberg)

In a new study published in The Crop Journal on November 7, researchers developed an AI model named TillerPET that enables simultaneous in-situ high-throughput phenotyping of tiller number and compactness from post-harvest rice RGB images. It demonstrates stable performance across multi-year, multi-…

The internet giant expressed its frustration with the way subscription-supported streams are still weighted more than ad-supported streams

Every living being must cope with a changing world—summer gives way to winter, one year it floods and the next is a drought. It's obvious that populations of plants and animals must constantly face new challenges, says University of Vermont scientist Csenge Petak. But what's not obvious is how these…

YouTube announced that it will no longer share data with Billboard for the creation of the Billboard Hot 100 and other charts because the video platform doesn't believe they're calculated fairly. The issue lies, per YouTube, with how Billboard weighs on-demand streams in its rankings: The publicatio…

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says defence "must be the first priority of any government".

NASA is at an inflection point. 2026 will now begin with a newly-confirmed Jared Isaacman as a NASA Administrator with the White House directive to beat China back to the moon with astronauts. On the science side, we hope that NASA will continue its in-depth exploration of the Earth, solar system an…

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission is permitting dozens of asset managers including BlackRock, JPMorgan, Fidelity and State Street to offer multi-share class funds.

From cases and screen protectors to controllers and chargers, here’s everything you need for your brand-new Switch 2.

Cheese can be part of a brain-healthy diet and might even help lower dementia risk, researchers in Sweden have concluded.

Scientists have expressed alarm about the dominant version of the virus that’s circulating now.

American Jews are arguing with one another in a moment of real danger. That fear is heartbreaking and regrettably justified. But fear does not confer moral license. It does not excuse contempt, nor absolve us of the obligation to argue with care rather than cruelty.
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Brennan Lee Mulligan takes us to a sun-scorched post-apocalyptic adventure in this trailer for the next season of "Dimension 20," entitled "Gladlands."

How can merchants trust agentic transactions? Visa and Akamai's partnership is here to help.

From one favorite child to another: here’s how to keep that title this Christmas with one of these top-rated gifts

A dispute on a Brooklyn street appeared to explode after the perpetrator accosted the victim with antisemitic statements, the police said.

Data compromises carry real financial risk to organizations. It's imperative to invest in the right multifunctional data protection software that ensures security.

The region has faced significant flooding in the last week. Powerful winds from another storm have compounded the misery.

Gaza's health ministry says one baby has died from hypothermia and 11 other people have died in building collapses over the past week.

A woman who was once a child bride in Afghanistan escaped, along with her infant son, and found her way years later to winning third place at a bodybuilding competition, representing Norway. NBC News’ Daniele Hamamdjian reports on Roya Karimi’s journey.

OpenAI Group PBC is in talks to raise at least $10 billion from Amazon.com Inc., The Information reported late Tuesday. The retail and cloud giant is no stranger to investing in large language model startups. It’s the biggest backer of Anthropic PBC, OpenAI’s top rival. A few weeks ago, Amazon Web S…

The main dark-money group backing Kamala Harris and Joe Biden raised a staggering $613 million last year, while its pro-Trump counterpart brought in $275 million, new filings show.

From best-selling vibrators to penis rings, these sex toys will bring more joy to their world

Children under the age of 16 needed protecting and the moral argument wasn’t winning. Government regulation can change the terms of debateOn 10 December, the world watched as Australia enacted the first social media ban for under-16s. Whether it will have the desired effect of improving young people…

Government announces return to Erasmus study scheme in 2027.

The 13-inch M4 Apple MacBook Air is on sale for just $749 at Amazon and Best Buy (or $250 off). That's a record-low price for most of its colorways.

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Bitcoin’s most entrenched investors are still cashing out — and the pressure is starting to show.

Prasad's exit comes after Amazon struggled to show its internal AI efforts could match those of rivals—and just as reports surface that Amazon is discussing a big investment into OpenAI

The White House is standing by Chief of Staff Susie Wiles after Vanity Fair published a piece that included many candid and critical remarks from a series of interviews. Its author, Chris Whipple, joins "The Takeout" to discuss what the story tells us about President Trump's second term.

The robot uprising has been postponed.

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arXiv:2512.14240v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: This paper addresses the problem of learning reaction-diffusion (RD) systems from data while ensuring physical consistency and well-posedness of the learned models. Building on a regularization-based framework for structured model learning, we focus o…

Creators and publishers have long worried about Meta's ability to throttle links to outside content. Now, the company is testing out a new scheme that effectively puts link-sharing behind a paywall for creators on Facebook.Under the test, a Meta Verified subscription will determine how many links a …

From our NSF photographerhttps://twitter.com/EShoreSpaceflt/status/2001429020219527520QuoteEasternShoreSpaceflight@EShoreSpaceflt·Rocket Lab's Electron rocket “Don’t Be Such a Square” is vertical at Wallops Island, Virginia. The launch window op...

Also, New York will allow the terminally ill to end their lives. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.

NECA's 'Ultimate Blood Pennywise' will let you act out the events of the HBO show's season one finale—fog machine not included.

Venezuela may soon have to start closing some oil wells as it runs low on storage capacity following last week’s tanker seizure and US plans to block other sanctioned vessels.

Cave caught one of Radiohead’s recent shows at the O2 in London, which left him "deeply moved and humbled."
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arXiv:2512.13711v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Machine unlearning aims to efficiently remove the influence of specific training data from a model without full retraining. While much progress has been made in unlearning for LLMs, document classification models remain relatively understudied. In thi…

Zooey Deschanel revealed during an interview on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast that she was offered the female lead in Jon Favreau’s 2003 Christmas movie classic “Elf” only after Katie Holmes dropped out of the film due to scheduling conflicts (via The Daily Beast). Deschanel was only 21 years old whe…

The singer/actress didn't hold back when talking to followers on Instagram recently.

arXiv:2511.22662v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Building reliable deception detectors for AI systems -- methods that could predict when an AI system is being strategically deceptive without necessarily requiring behavioural evidence -- would be valuable in mitigating risks from advanced AI syst…

In 2022, he told Marketing Brew Sweetgreen seeks “intimacy at scale” as it expands while talking about collaborations with Naomi Osaka and Devin Booker.

Trump is also set to preview his 2026 priorities during Oval Office 'address to the nation'.

The roof of a war-damaged family home collapses during winter storm in Gaza City’s Shati refugee camp.

The festival happened Nov. 21-22 at New York's Brooklyn Storehouse.

arXiv:2512.13980v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: This paper proposes a structure-aware decoding method based on large language models to address the difficulty of traditional approaches in maintaining both semantic integrity and structural consistency in nested and overlapping entity extraction task…

Though the forced distribution of performance ratings is “categorically prohibited” under current rules, federal agencies already appear to be adopting the system, before the proposal has even been announced.

Negative views of the nation's economy persist as 2025 draws to a close.

Medline’s stock soared more than 40% above its IPO price on Wednesday, its first day of trading.

Asio facing scrutiny over investigation of alleged attackers as Jewish community in Bondi prepares for a second round of funeralsFull report: Bondi terror attack Victims of Bondi beach shootingWhat we know so far about the Bondi terror attack Follow the latest live updatesTony Burke says he has “ful…

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Also in today’s newsletter: Putin’s hardline speech on the Ukraine war, and iRobot CEO says previous management was ‘in denial’

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC), one of the largest space and defense contractors in the United…
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So, yes, he's younger Kurt Russell again in a new spinoff to 'Monarch: Legacy of Monsters,' coming to Apple TV.

Murray Auchincloss will step down as CEO with immediate effect

Guggenheim Investments President Dina DiLorenzo discusses her investment strategy going into 2026. Speaking on "Bloomberg The Close," DiLorenzo says private credit will keep growing next year and comments on the company's utilization of AI. (Source: Bloomberg)

Cuts, which affect projects focused on issues including early identification of autism, made without prior notice to AAPThe US department of health and human services (HHS) has terminated several multi-million-dollar grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics following the association’s criticisms…

Scientists found a way to let people perceive an intense blue-green hue unlike anything they had seen before – and the technique could help people with colour blindness

MoonPay Inc. said Caroline Pham, the acting chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, will join the crypto payments firm as its chief legal officer.