Five years ago Intel began introducing "workload hints" used for thermal and power purposes with their SoCs and in turn on the software-side being enabled with their INT340X kernel driver on Linux systems. That Intel workload hint coverage was added to the Linux kernel in late 2020 and then a big ad…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday boasted of Russian military advances in Ukraine and ruled out any compromises with Kyiv ahead of meetings with U.S. officials in Miami this weekend aimed at agreeing to terms to end Moscow’s nearly four-year war.  Putin was speaking at his annual, end-of-ye…

Also, the case for another banner year for emerging-market stocks and how six young traders each made a killing

arXiv:2504.11900v3 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Stories are a fundamental aspect of human experience. Engaging deeply with stories and spotting plot holes -- inconsistencies in a storyline that break the internal logic or rules of a story's world -- requires nuanced reasoning skills, including …

Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), who’s poised to become the No. 2 Senate Democrat after the midterms, called for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to release its autopsy report of the 2024 election. “I believe the DNC should release the report because 1) that’s what they said they were going to d…

OpenAI updated its guidelines for how its AI models should behave with users under 18, and published new AI literacy resources for teens and parents. Still, questions remain about how well policies translate into practice.

The divisive festive vegetable is cheaper now than in 2019 as farmers lament collapse in consumption

arXiv:2512.16913v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: In this work, we present a panoramic metric depth foundation model that generalizes across diverse scene distances. We explore a data-in-the-loop paradigm from the view of both data construction and framework design. We collect a large-scale dataset b…

Video producer Matt Fornwald takes us on a mind-bending journey through (mostly) every 2025 Hallmark holiday movie to discover the formula behind what draws so many people to Hallmark holiday movies every year.

arXiv:2512.15925v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Reading stories evokes rich interpretive, affective, and evaluative responses, such as inferences about narrative intent or judgments about characters. Yet, computational models of reader response are limited, preventing nuanced analyses. To address t…

The latest version of iPadOS feels more Mac-like with all the cool new multitasking features. Here's why you may not need a Mac if you're a multitasker.

arXiv:2512.16269v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: We introduce a numerical framework for reconstructing the potential in two dimensional semilinear elliptic PDEs with power type nonlinearities from the nonlinear Dirichlet to Neumann map. By applying higher order linearization method, we compute the F…

arXiv:2507.05859v3 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Free-Viewpoint Video (FVV) enables immersive 3D experiences, but efficient compression of dynamic 3D representation remains a major challenge. Existing dynamic 3D Gaussian Splatting methods couple reconstruction with optimization-dependent compres…

The US Justice Department begins the release of several hundred thousand documents Friday from the investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with more files to be published over coming weeks. The publication marks the clearest opportunity yet to shed light on a politically explosive…

Circle remains the bank's top pick in the sector, with Bullish and Coinbase following.

arXiv:2511.07503v3 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: The increased availability of genetic data has transformed genomics research, but raised many privacy concerns regarding its handling due to its sensitive nature. This work explores the use of language models (LMs) for the generation of synthetic …

The company is working on an image and video model and new text-based model, which aids with coding.

arXiv:2512.16233v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: We address network structure learning from zero-inflated count data by casting each node as a zero-inflated generalized linear model and optimizing a smooth, score-based objective under a directed acyclic graph constraint. Our Zero-Inflated Continuo…

arXiv:2512.16262v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Real-world agentic tasks, unlike synchronous Markov Decision Processes (MDPs), often involve non-blocking actions with variable latencies, creating a fundamental \textit{Temporal Gap} between action initiation and completion. Existing environment-side…

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India unveils DHRUV64, its first homegrown 64-bit dual-core processor, targeting embedded and industrial systems.
The post India Launches DHRUV64, First Indigenous 64-Bit Dual-Core Processor appeared first on EE Times.

A new stem cell–based therapy challenges traditional pain treatment by using pain-sensing neurons to reduce inflammation and protect joints. Newly released preclinical data describes an unconventional strategy for managing chronic pain while helping preserve joint tissue. The findings focus on SN101…

Police in Australia are investigating a trip made by the suspects of the Bondi Beach anti-Semitic terrorist attack to the southern Philippines island of Mindanao, just weeks before they shot and killed 15 people and wounded dozens more. The region has long grappled with Islamist militancy, but Presi…

US stocks climbed Friday morning as traders grappled with a record options expiration and assessed gains by tech firms including Oracle Corp., which is leading a group to buy TikTok.

The attacker, who threw smoke grenades inside a train station in Taiwan’s capital, later continued his rampage nearby and died in falling from a building.

The deal will gives Cursor, currently valued at $29 billion, more code review and debugging capabilities

Thousands of people were without power in Colorado early Friday, and forecasters said some of the most extreme conditions were expected later in the day.

Officials say suspect, who died after falling from a building during police chase, carried out 'indiscriminate attacks'.

Apple TV’s sci-fi hit is nearing the end of its first season, but there’s still so much story to tell.

Kevin Costner and ABC are delivering a second dose of holiday tidings with a repeat airing of the actor’s new Christmas special. “Kevin Costner Presents: The First Christmas” originally premiered on Dec. 9 on ABC, though it was interrupted in some parts of the country by coverage of President Trump’…

Despite calls from some data protection campaigners, the UK's agreement to allow data movement with European Economic Area countries is extended until 2031

Using an executive order, he opened up research possibilities and eased taxes for businesses. But does it go far enough?

arXiv:2512.15738v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Financial market prediction is a challenging application of machine learning, where even small improvements in directional accuracy can yield substantial value. Most models struggle to exceed 55--57\% accuracy due to high noise, non-stationarity, and …

DOT has support in the $1.72-$1.74 zone.

Trump Media plans to merge with a company developing nuclear fusion technology, putting the president’s financial interests in competition with other energy companies over which his administration holds sway.

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Popular YouTube channels Screen Culture and KH Studio were shut down for repeatedly posting AI-generated movie trailers that misled viewers.

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Singer-songwriter and actress Teyana Taylor joins "CBS Mornings" to give an update on her whirlwind year, celebrating her first-ever Golden Globe nomination for her role in "One Battle After Another" and her return to music with fourth studio album "Escape Room," which earned her a Grammy nod for Be…

Pacific Investment Management Co. and Witkoff Group, the real estate developer founded by US special envoy Steve Witkoff, are in default on a $400 million-plus loan tied to a luxury apartment complex in Santa Monica, California, according to a notice filed with Los Angeles County.

The news that the EU will be loaning Ukraine €90 billion for the next two years is good news for the country, who is spends most of its tax revenue on defence to fight off the Russian invasion. Volodymyr Zelensky said the money will help the country invest in ramping up the production of innovative …

The White House is getting ready to announce more deals with drugmakers aimed at lowering drug prices.

All eyes were on Brussels as EU leaders met for a make-or-break summit  to find a way to lend billions of euros to Ukraine. But as Belgium pushed back against the use of frozen Russian assets, demanding guarantees against potential repercussions from Russia, the EU settled on another plan: a €90 bil…

Mette-Marit has pulmonary fibrosis, a disease that stiffens the lungs, making it hard to breathe.

Let's explore what's next for the year's surprise odd couple: Trump Media's merger with TAE Technologies, a company trying to commercialize fusion.Why it matters: The deal injects new cash into TAE as fusion — long more science fiction than energy reality — moves closer to commercial scale. The merg…

The Colorado River Compact was negotiated in 1922 to end the fighting over the river's use, and the current round of negotiations is just as important, as more than 40 million people rely on the river for water security, and the Upper Basin states have put forward serious measures to stabilize the r…

Your weekly roundup of promotions, hires and exits across music. This go-round? Big departures at Warner Classics and [PIAS], and a wave of promotions at UTA.

Rapid advances in the kind of problems that quantum computers can tackle suggest that they are closer than ever to becoming useful tools of scientific discovery

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have also released their official Christmas card and renamed their charity.

The Trump administration is planning to announce an overhaul to the childhood immunization schedule early next year, recommending fewer shots and aligning U.S. policy with that of Denmark. A source familiar with the matter told News Nation correspondent Libbey Dean that a new vaccination schedule to…

The suspect's spree began at Taipei's main metro station before he moved to another station nearby.

A new twist on bromine-based flow batteries could make large-scale energy storage cheaper, safer, and far longer-lasting. Bromine-based flow batteries store and release energy through a chemical reaction involving bromide ions and elemental bromine. This approach offers several advantages, including…

Exclusive: federal document reveals children arriving as undocumented immigrants being threatened with detentionBorder officials are pressuring unaccompanied children who arrive in the US as undocumented immigrants to quickly agree to return to their countries of origin, even if they express fear fo…

arXiv:2512.16175v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Understanding the magnetic field environment around Mars and its response to upstream solar wind conditions provide key insights into the processes driving atmospheric ion escape. To date, global models of Martian induced magnetosphere have been exc…

John F. Bentivegna, the chief master sergeant of the Space Force, joined CBS News as the branch celebrates its sixth birthday.

The award show will be hosted by Big Brother host Julie Chen Moonves and will air live on CBS.

Cuts will be used to reduce fees charged to public companies and broker-dealers

Several members of Congress criticized the department’s No. 2, Todd Blanche, after he said more documents would be coming weeks late.

Score the Elegoo Centauri Carbon for just $299.99 (save $80). This high-speed, enclosed 3D printer is perfect for beginners and arrives by Christmas.

Man, 27, from northern Taiwan reported to have fallen to his death in police chase after rampage through capitalAt least four people have died in a rare mass stabbing incident in central Taipei after an attacker used smoke grenades to cause chaos as he went on a violent rampage through Taiwan’s capi…

arXiv:2503.08453v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: The new class of alternating-conjugate splitting methods is presented and analyzed. They are obtained by concatenating a given composition involving complex coefficients with the same composition but with the complex conjugate coefficients. We sho…

When I mention this to him, he changes the subject.

arXiv:2512.16247v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: One of many impediments to applying graph neural networks (GNNs) to large-scale real-world graph data is the challenge of centralized training, which requires aggregating data from different organizations, raising privacy concerns. Federated graph lea…

Deputy attorney-general Todd Blanche says thousands more will be unveiled in ‘next couple of weeks’

Photos, data and videos show increasing military pressure on Nicolás Maduro after US president refuses to rule out war

As of Dec. 19, get the LG 65-inch B5 Series AI OLED 4K TV at Amazon for $896.99. That saves you $100, and is the TV's lowest price ever. Shop now and get it before Christmas.

PRESS REVIEW – Friday, December 19: A new batch of Epstein files includes photos of famous men, chat screenshots and "Lolita" quotes written on a woman's body. Next, Kristin Cabot, the HR boss caught on the Coldplay kiss cam, speaks out in an exclusive interview. Finally, we bring you some Christmas…

At his annual press conference on Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the ball was in Kyiv and its allies' court to end the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin chief also said he was certain that Moscow would take more cities and towns in eastern Ukraine before the end of the year.

Children’s Health Defense using familiar playbook to defend health secretary as it downplays dangers of disease and exaggerate risks of vaccines, public health experts sayThe non-profit group that Robert F Kennedy Jr built into a giant of the anti-vaccine movement is defending its old boss even as t…

Coders and engineers in Gaza’s tech sector are fighting to finish projects and keep clients.

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim hits out at 'entitlement' at Old Trafford as culture change remains priority.

With a gorgeous OLED screen and powerful hardware, the Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition is a high-performance device that many should consider.

arXiv:2504.16112v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: The attention layer, a core component of Transformer-based LLMs, brings out inefficiencies in current GPU systems due to its low operational intensity and the substantial memory requirements of KV caches. We propose a High-bandwidth Processing Uni…

arXiv:2503.17299v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Offline multi-objective optimization aims to identify Pareto-optimal solutions given a dataset of designs and their objective values. In this work, we propose a preference-guided diffusion model that generates Pareto-optimal designs by leveraging …

Researchers demonstrated that newly developed molecules designed to block an immune checkpoint can trigger a powerful immune response against tumors. Scientists at MIT and Stanford University have introduced a new method for activating the immune system to recognize and attack cancer cells, offering…

Anointing a new Santa; a child refugee’s tale; a dangerous journey across frozen wastes; a YA roadtrip romance and moreThe Great Christmas Tree Race by Naomi Jones, illustrated by James Jones, Ladybird, £7.99Star always goes on top of the Christmas tree – until new decoration Sparkle kicks off a rac…

A new viral video shows a Waymo driving straight into oncoming traffic in Austin.

Tottenham manager Thomas Frank says he "feels supported" despite their recent run of poor results and has no doubts the Spurs players are "with me or going in the same direction."

Donald Trump is the president of the United States, and if there is any chance at all that he is suffering from dementia, it’s everyone’s business.

It’s down to 12 teams in this year’s College Football Playoff. Here’s how to stream every game online

Will Arnett and director Bradley Cooper turn a sad-dad-turned-stand-up story into a totally unexpected, left-field triumph

Bitcoin bulls are putting up a fight on Friday to break this week's choppy action that has capped all advances at around $90,000.

An offshore fund is buying about $6 billion of Colombian local bonds on Friday through a direct negotiation with the government.

During his annual year-end news conference, which lasted four and a half hours on Friday, President Vladimir Putin highlighted that Russian forces were making progress on the battlefield in Ukraine and expressed confidence that the Kremlin would accomplish its military objectives if Kyiv refuses to …

Investigators are piecing together a detailed timeline of Claudio Neves Valente's actions before, during and after the Brown and MIT shootings.

arXiv:2106.12905v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Background: Early forecasts of dengue are an important tool for disease mitigation. Neural networks are powerful predictive models that have made contributions to many areas of public health. In this study, we reviewed the application of neural ne…

LG has announced a series of new speakers and soundbars, all of which support the brand's new Sound Suite and Dolby Atmos Flex tech.

The couple are gearing up for the Broadway opening of “Bug,” about a descent into paranoia and psychosis in a squalid motel room.

arXiv:2501.15108v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: The rapid advancement of large language models (LLMs) in biological-medical applications has highlighted a gap between their potential and the limited scale and often low quality of available open-source annotated textual datasets. In addition, th…

Collection agencies will buy debts for pennies on the dollar, but what does that mean for your rights?

arXiv:2512.16707v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: We formalize two independent computational limitations that constrain algorithmic intelligence: formal incompleteness and dynamical unpredictability. The former limits the deductive power of consistent reasoning systems while the later bounds long-ter…

arXiv:2512.15743v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: We present a framework for generating physically realizable assembly instructions from natural language descriptions. Unlike unconstrained text-to-3D approaches, our method operates within a discrete parts vocabulary, enforcing geometric validity, con…

The fast-fashion giant welcomed the judgement and said its priority remains protecting French consumers.

The artificial intelligence money scramble continues all the way into the end of the year, as OpenAI may raise $10 billion from Amazon, perhaps part of as much as $100 billion from a range of investors, at a valuation of $750 billion. And Databricks is doing a $4 billion Series L round — first time …

Suspect Claudio Manuel Neves Valente was found dead in New Hampshire storage facility after five-day manhuntInvestigators turned on Friday to the search for a motive in the murders of two Brown University students and a physics professor in Massachusetts in separate but linked attacks, after the pri…

Leaders on the continent should be wary of beating the drums of war too loudly

On December 19, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelinsky both gave addresses. In the morning, the Russian president spoke during his annual press conference, broadcast on television. He once again blamed the Ukrainian authorities for the war that has been raging for four years. A few hours later, it w…

The Kennedy Center began updating its signage on Friday, a day after the institution’s board voted to update the name to include President Trump. One image showed a sign outside the building including part of Trump’s name. Images shared online showed a blue tarp draped over the front of the building…

It is a blunt admission that Canada has run out of room to hide a systemic failure that has long undermined both its national defense and its value as an ally.

Claudio Neves Valente, 48, the suspected gunman in the recent Brown University and MIT shootings, was found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility on Thursday night. Authorities told reporters that Neves Valente died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The incident at Brown University on Saturday…