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Last to board: why travel may be AI’s final frontier
Travel looks perfect for AI agents. But with legacy systems, volatile fares, fragmented supply, and unfinished payments, it could be AI's last box to tick.
Federal judge restricts warrantless immigration arrests in Southern California
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge has issued an order blocking immigration officers from making warrantless arrests in Southern California unless they determine the person is likely to escape. In a preliminary injunction granted Sept. 2 and unsealed Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah
Sharks on the move expose the need for international conservation efforts
Understanding the migration pathways of sharks and rays is key to conserving some of the world's most endangered marine species, according to new University of Queensland research.
Automatic denoising and differentiation based on Savitzky-Golay filtering and Homogeneous Differentiators for attractor reconstruction via differential embedding
Differential embedding methods aim to reconstruct attractors of dynamical systems from noisy measured time series, but require accurate estimates of signal derivatives. We introduce SHADED (Savitzky-Golay and Homogeneous-differentiator based Automatic DEnoising and Differentiation), a novel methodology for denoising and estimation of derivatives up to an arbitrary order, which enables attractor reconstruction via differential embedding from noisy time series data. Homogeneous Differentiators (HD
LSU lists QB Sam Leavitt as 'doubtful' on first injury report ahead of top-10 showdown with Ole Miss
Leavitt's surprising status -- which CBS Sports reports stems from an upper body injury -- adds another intriguing storyline to Lane Kiffin's anticipated first trip back to Oxford
What are the biggest AI companies and how much are they worth?
As AI firms push for greater controls on the industry, Al Jazeera unpacks the value of the main companies in the sector.
Browns-Buccaneers matchup Sunday is more than just Baker Mayfield facing his old team
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Baker Mayfield has become the leader and face of the franchise the Cleveland Browns hoped for when they drafted him No. 1 overall in 2018.
CSI Fan-Favorite Joins Blue Bloods Spin-off in Emotional New Role
CSI fan-favorite Marg Helgenberger joins Blue Bloods spinoff Boston Blue Season 2 in a guest role that shakes up a key family.
iPhone 18 Pro Max vs iPhone 17 Pro Max: Is the New iPhone Worth the Extra Money?
iPhone 18 Pro Max vs iPhone 17 Pro Max price in India: The new Pro Max starts at Rs 1,79,900 and costs Rs 30,000 more, while the 2TB model is priced at Rs 3,29,900.
PANORAMA: Panoptic Grounded Captioning via Mask Proposal Selection
Intelligent systems that act in the world require image understanding that is both comprehensive and spatially grounded. Current vision-language models (VLMs) can generate fluent and detailed image captions, but reliably associating them with image pixels remains challenging. Existing methods that combine dense captioning with pixel-level grounding often produce either incomplete descriptions or inaccurate segmentation masks. We study this problem through panoptic grounded captioning, a task tha
Global sexual and reproductive health and rights under threat, warn experts
As world leaders gather at the 81st session of the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA 81), experts in a special collection of articles published by The BMJ warn that the proposed merger of U.N. Women and the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA)—two vital institutions for protecting sexual and reproductive health a
A decade after mercury ban, toxic skin bleachers still offered on top retailers' websites
LONDON/NEW YORK — More than 20 banned skin-bleaching products containing mercury are available for purchase on third-party marketplaces run by Amazon, Temu and TikTok Shop in several countries, despite decades of efforts by health advocates and regulators to prevent their sale, a Reuters review of p
Rockhampton's Olympic venue confirmed
The Fitzroy River in Rockhampton has been given the green light to host the Olympic and Paralympic rowing events.
Israel weaponises AI for West Bank demolitions
AI tools push forced evictions of Palestinians, automating demolitions in occupied territories under Israeli control.
Shrinkage Bayesian Causal Forest with Instrumental Variable
Discovering interpretable subgroups whose complier effects deviate from the average is a central goal of instrumental variable analysis under imperfect compliance, yet existing tree-based methods degrade when most covariates are irrelevant to the effect. We propose Shrinkage Bayesian Causal Forest with Instrumental Variable (SBCF-IV) for discovering and estimating subgroups with heterogeneous Complier Average Causal Effects (CACE) in sparse high-dimensional settings. SBCF-IV places a sparsity-in
Palace in war of words with Earl Spencer over claims in Diana book
The row threatens to overshadow a very crowded day for the royals - with the King and Princes William and Harry all attending events.
OpenAI flags new concerning AI behavior, to track model misalignment regularly
OpenAI has disclosed six reports of “unexpected or concerning” behavior in artificial-intelligence models as the debate on AI safety becomes increasingly heated. The AI company also said Wednesday it was introducing a new framework for tracking, probing and disclosing AI model misalignment instances
A Zeroth-Order Paradigm for LLM Preference Alignment
Direct preference alignment methods are widely used to align large language models (LLMs) with human preferences because of their computational and memory efficiency. However, likelihood displacement motivates alternative ways to extract information from preference pairs with small likelihood margins. In this paper, we propose and analyze Comparison-based Preference Optimization (ComPO), a zeroth-order alignment method based on comparison oracles. ComPO extracts directional information from thes
Divergence between long- and short-wavelength magnon damping in spinel ferrites
The realization of practical, high-speed magnonic devices requires engineering magnetic materials with low dissipation over wide frequency ranges. While optical and microwave probes are used to infer the damping of low energy/long wavelength modes, the degree to which these $q\sim0$ properties translate into higher-energy, finite-momentum modes remains an important open question. Here, we utilize a combination of ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) and resonant inelastic x-ray scattering on spinel fer
Warn women in their 30s about alcohol and breast cancer link
Women in their thirties, especially those who are overweight, should be warned about the link between alcohol and breast cancer, new research suggests.
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Afghanistan hosts Team India with special dinner and souvenirs ahead of AFG vs IND 2026 3rd T20I [In Pictures]
The Afghanistan Cricket Board hosted Team India for a special dinner ahead of the third T20I of the three-game series, scheduled to be played on Thursday, September 17, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in
Rick Ross, Gene Simmons rescheduled as Utica fest shrinks to one day
Three-day Fall Music Classic will now be a single-day concert with Chris Janson, Julia Cole and Mac Watts on Friday at Utica's UWM Field.
PPML and Heavy-Tailed Trade and Factor Flows: Why Standard Inference Fails and How to Fix It
The Poisson pseudo-maximum likelihood (PPML) estimator is widely used for estimating bilateral gravity equations. Its consistency requires only a correctly specified conditional mean. Conventional inference, however, also requires finite-variance scores and Gaussian limits. We show that these conditions fail: bilateral flows are Pareto-tailed, PPML scores have a stable limit under a structural gravity data-generating process, and sandwich confidence intervals are too narrow. We retain PPML for p
‘You disrespectful fool!’ GOP House meeting reportedly descends into chaos over gas tax fight
The meeting was described as one of the wildest and most tense gatherings, marked by heated exchanges among Republican leaders
Al Gore says the real AI risk isn’t data centers — it’s what industry leaders are warning about
In an interview with TechCrunch, Al Gore suggested he isn't losing sleep over AI data center emissions — he's more worried about the AI industry's own warnings about where the technology is headed.
Manus Eyes $4 Billion Value in First Round Since Meta Breakup
Chinese-founded AI startup Manus is set to double its valuation to $4 billion in its first fundraising since Beijing ordered it to split from Meta Platforms Inc., charting a path to a fresh start after getting caught up in a geopolitical tussle.
Tech turns industrial waste heat into power, draws $100M investment
New $100M funding will help turn industrial waste heat into electricity using established organic Rankine cycle technology.
This sponge has holes. Some find that truly disgusting
Trypophobia is more than an internet meme. It is a genuine psychological experience that can range from mild discomfort to significant distress.
‘He’ll tear you apart’: Why Dane Gagai knew he couldn’t take a backward step against Latrell Mitchell
The 35-year-old Knights centre knew there was only one way to survive his battle with good mate Mitchell in the elimination final.
NASA discovers Colosseum-sized Moon crater from once-in-132-year impact
Scientists found a large lunar crater from a recent impact event. This massive hole, larger than the Roman Colosseum, was initially undetected. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured the formation in May 2024. The impact churned lunar soil, creating a cold spot around the crater. Researchers a
The customer service gap no one is fixing
Ask your department heads how things are going, and you’ll hear good news. Leads and engagement are up, sales hit quota, and customer service is chipping away at response time. Every dashboard is green. But ask your customer, the one that’s been passed along three times in five minutes between chatbots and agents and intervention specialists, and you’ll get a different report. Because she’s explaining her story for a fourth time: This company knows my birthday, my shopping history, and my sho
Robert Kraft says Ed Sheeran asked him to donate $2m in aid after Macklemore backlash
It comes after Macklemore pledged $1m to Palestinian causes, challenging the tycoon to match the sum.
Your startup’s next teammate might be an AI agent: Gusto, Insight Partners, and Leland explain what that changes at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
This session will explore how early-stage companies are building teams where humans and AI agents work alongside each other — and how founders can do that without sacrificing speed, accountability, or culture. Learn more at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Register before September 25 to save up to $200.
Objective vs. Search: Decomposing What Makes a Good Tokeniser
Two dominant tokenisation algorithms are used by modern language models: byte-pair encoding (BPE) and UnigramLM. These differ along two orthogonal axes: their optimisation objective (compression vs. log-likelihood) and their search procedure (bottom-up merging vs. top-down pruning). Existing comparisons confound these axes, making it unclear whether their observed differences stem from what is being optimised vs. how it is being optimised. We disentangle the two by introducing two new tokenisati
Floquet-Plasmon Enhanced Charge Transfer at Catalytic Interfaces
Plasmonic excitation of metallic nanostructures can generate energetic carriers capable of transferring charge into nearby adsorbed molecules, providing a possible pathway for driving chemical transformations. In many theoretical descriptions of this process, charge transfer is determined by the equilibrium electronic structure of the molecule and substrate together with the time-dependent carrier distribution produced during plasmon decay. However, the intense transient electric fields associat
Quantum Probability Current Guided Reduction of Coupling Control Degrees of Freedom for Excitation Transport
Time-dependent coherent control can enhance excitation transport in open quantum networks, but independently controlling every inter-site coupling creates a control space of high dimension and leads to difficult optimization problems. We introduce an edge-ranking strategy based on the control-induced change in the gradient component of the time-integrated quantum probability current, which is obtained via a graph Hodge decomposition. When our strategy is applied to the seven-site Fenna-Matthews-
NCAA says Michigan-Western Michigan result 'would have been different' if replay protocols were followed
The committee lacks authority to overturn the 13-12 result, but it confirmed no time should have been added for the Wolverines' game-winning Hail Mary
Westland uses backhoe to take down Flock cameras
Westland's police chief announced in July the department would no longer use Flock cameras because the City Council was 'deeply split' over their use.
Beyond Pretrends: A Discordance-Based Sensitivity Analysis for Difference-in-Differences
In the canonical Difference-in-Differences design, the control group's post-treatment change serves as an imputation of the treated group's counterfactual change in the same period, an imputation justified by parallel trends. However, differences in group composition can produce between-group differences in how outcomes would evolve over time, rendering this imputation vulnerable to confounding. An alternative imputation -- such as one based on the treated group's pre-treatment change -- avoids
Maria Sten: Neagley wants to uncover truth, stick it to bad guys - UPI.com
Maria Sten says there are several reasons why "private detective" is the perfect job for her character in the "Reacher" spin-off, "Neagley."
Elastic Insights from Australia's AI Showcase
Elastic joined Australia's first Parliamentary AI Industry Showcase to make the case that better AI starts with better data — and that safety requires visibility through comprehensive, searchable logg...
Credentials Are Still the Shortest Path In
Credential testing now spans 14 more protocols, reuses confirmed logins across your environment, and finds RDP backdoors.
APOD: 2026 September 17 – A Treasure Chest in the Carina Nebula
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 17 – A… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. A Treasure Chest in the Carina Nebula Explanation: This treasure chest is full of stars.
China airports surge in global-connectivity ranking, led by Shanghai, Guangzhou
Third terminal helps Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport jump 17 places in global standings, while airports in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong also improve.
Giants deny they're rebuilding after Greene's exit
GWS are describing a list overhaul, headlined by Toby Greene leaving for Geelong, as resetting rather than rebuilding.
OpenAI reports more incidents of models acting deceptively
The ChatGPT creator says it is introducing a public reporting framework to share unexpected AI behaviour.
Chunghwa Telecom Receives Frost & Sullivan's 2026 Taiwanese Customer Value Leadership Recognition for AI-Powered Customer Services
/PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce that Chunghwa Telecom has received the 2026 Taiwanese Customer Value Leadership Recognition in the...
Boy, 13, is new voice of Thomas the Tank Engine
A new Thomas series also stars The Gentleman actor Henry Golding.
Snap tries to make the case again for its $2,200 smart glasses
Since Specs' debut earlier this year, Snap has clearly been looking for an opportunity to explain why the smart glasses deserve to exist.
Apple reportedly building server packed with M-series Ultra chips for AI
Apple is working on an AI server that would use Apple’s high-performance M-series Ultra chips found in Mac desktops. The potential product’s expected release in 2029 would mark the first Apple server to hit the market in nearly two decades—and could capitalize on the surging popularity of Apple hardware among AI developers. The enterprise server would come in two configurations that include either two or four of Apple’s future M8 Ultra chips, according to The Information.
An Atlas and Design Rules for Single- and Dual-Atom Alloys
A long-standing goal across heterogeneous catalysis, materials science, and condensed matter physics is to design alloys with prescribed local atomic arrangements. Recent experiments show that dilute trimetallic alloys unlock chemistries inaccessible to bimetallics, but realizing this potential requires knowing which dopant structures form across an enormous compositional space. Using density functional theory screening, we construct an atlas spanning transition metal single- and dual-atom alloy
Neural noise enables accurate internal simulation of rare events
The brain needs an accurate internal model of the world to generate predictions and guide behavior. However, it must estimate the statistical structure of the environment from limited experience. This is particularly difficult for rare events, whose observed frequencies in a limited sample may substantially under- or overestimate their true frequencies. How the brain constructs an accurate internal model despite this sampling problem remains unclear. We address this problem using a Bayesian Conf
Lionel Messi's 100th Inter Miami goal seals Campeones Cup final victory over Cruz Azul
Messi won another piece of hardware with the Herons on Wednesday night
US bars Palestinian president from attending UNGA for second year
The United States has declined to grant visas to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Govinda's co-actress became overnight sensation at 16. Later, one mistake destroyed her career. Mandakini reveals not getting paid for 16-17 films
Mandakini opened up about her early Bollywood career and the working culture of that era. She revealed that she was not paid for 16 to 17 films during her career. The actress also discussed the damaging impact of the Dawood Ibrahim photograph controversy. She stated that the photograph was taken at
Why Ciara Miller Made Carrie Ann Inaba Cry on Dancing With the Stars Premiere
After Ciara Miller’s first Dancing With the Stars performance—a foxtrot to Whitney Houston’s “Exhale (Shoop Shoop)”—judge Carrie Ann Inaba revealed why the dance made her emotional.
Iceland-based Treble raises $18 million for its voice simulation platform
Treble's voice simulation platform is used by voice AI model developers, AI wearable, and robotics companies
Epstein had huge cache of child sex pics; victims sue to find out who's in them
On Tuesday, two survivors of child sex abuse accused the Justice Department of failing to notify dozens of victims found in Jeffrey Epstein’s massive collection of child sex images. In a proposed class action, survivors explained that Epstein apparently started collecting child sex images in the 1990s, many of which the DOJ recovered after his arrest.
Summer Goes Out With a Heat Dome
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Summer Goes Out With a Heat Dome Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth Human Dimensions Natural Events Oceans Remote Sensing Technology Snow & Ice Water More Content Collections Global Maps World of Change Articles Earth Matters Blog Blue Marble: Next Generation EO Kids Mission: Biomes About About Us Subscribe 🛜 RSS Contact Us Search An area of high pressure over the south-central U.S.
Racing Louisville's Savannah DeMelo sues doctors following mid-game cardiac arrest
... medical conditions, including, but not limited to, her cardiac disease.” This, the complaint alleges, led to DeMelo suffering severe physical ...
Fantasy football Week 2 Start 'Em & Sit 'Em: Baker Mayfield eyes revenge against Browns in Bucs' home opener
Jamey Eisenberg urges Fantasy managers not to overreact after Week 1, but injuries create concerns for several stars
Argentinian judge orders suspension of Falklands oil project
The symbolic move comes as Argentina escalates its claim over the British-administered territory.
Gen Z doesn’t trust anyone—especially their bosses, data shows
Only 13% of Gen Z say that most people can be trusted, according to a report by a political scientist at Washington University in St. Louis, while 74% think “you can’t be too careful.” “Gen Z will be the least trusting generation in modern American history,” wrote Ryan Burge, who is also a data analyst and professor of practice at the university, in the report. Millennials were slightly more trusting than Gen Z at 24%, while 30% of Gen X and 29% of boomers agreed that most people can be
Reacher Spin-off Reveals Why Neagley Doesn't Let People Touch Her
The Reacher spin-off finally explains why Frances Neagley doesn't let people touch her, tracing it back to a buried childhood trauma.