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Why AI won't fix Britain's supply chains
Businesses hoping AI will solve their supply chain problems risk wasting their investment unless they first fix weaknesses in their data, skills and management, according to new research published in the Benchmarking: An International Journal.
Contrastive Learning for Authorship Verification
Our results show that contrastive learning outperforms a classification-based approach to authorship verification under the tested settings. We identify loss function, batch size, training duration, pre-trained model, input context length, and random text span data augmentation as important factors of model performance. Based on these considerations, we develop a ModernBERT Bi-Encoder model that achieves 98.4% accuracy on the PAN21 authorship verification task.
Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu drops a bold AI bombshell for investors
Wu laid out an ambitious roadmap for chips, models and infrastructure that stretches years into the future. Add TheStreet as a preferred Google …
Australia slams ‘unacceptable’ OpenAI breach of government health portal
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the tech firm took three months to tell authorities about the incident.
BREAKING: Former WWE Star Finally Responds To "R*pist" Allegation
A former WWE star has finally responded to allegations made against him of being a "r*pist." This comes after the star issued a statement.
AI model Claude discovers CRISPR-like enzyme system, Anthropic says
AI giant announces discovery amid global debate about how to safeguard against catastrophic risks.
Sovereign Grassroots Currencies: A CBDC Architecture for Credit and Monetary Policy (Full Version)
A Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is central-bank money in digital form, held by the public. Leading designs have two limitations: conversion from bank deposits into CBDC can accelerate deposit flight, requiring safeguards; the CBDC stays outside credit creation and monetary-policy operations. Here we present a CBDC architecture that overcomes these limitations, based on grassroots currencies. It has three components: (1) Money: sovereign grassroots coins, which are digital debts of one uni
International Emmy Nominations: United Kingdom Leads This Year’s Tally; Canada’s ‘Heated Rivalry’ Doesn’t Make The Cut
International Emmy 2026 nominations: United Kingdom, Brazil lead this year's tally, while Canada's hit "Heated Rivalry" didn't make the cut.
Meta made a Tamagotchi-like wearable for its Muse AI agent
The tiny hardware device creates another mobile home for its AI agent Muse.
From Static to Adaptive: Why This Fall Is the Right Time to Rethink How You Sit
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China launches first satellites for 60-spacecraft radio network
China has launched three satellites that can locate radio signals from orbit, kicking off a 60-satellite electromagnetic monitoring network.
Socioeconomic factors explain racial differences in disability insurance approvals
The results suggest that differences in allowance rates are associated with other factors-such as marital status, health conditions, and pre‐ ...
Seahawks' Darnold 'on a good track' to play vs. Commanders
Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold is "on a good track" to play Sunday against the Commanders, coach Mike Macdonald said Wednesday.
Spain’s Sanchez warns of far-right threat in UNGA speech
Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez has warned of the growing power of ‘selfish, ignorant and cruel’ forces undermining humanity.
NYT Pips Answers And Walkthrough For Thursday, September 24
Looking for help with today's New York Times Pips? We'll walk you through today's puzzle and help you match dominoes to tiles.
Ella Langley and Tucker Wetmore’s Rumored Romance Has Apparently Been Going on for Months
The country romance rumors are officially getting more tangled.
Claude scans 200,000 enzymes, uncover CRISPR-like system in phage DNA
950 Claude agents searched DNA for 21 hours and uncovered an enzyme system with unusual CRISPR-like repeat arrays.
On the Diffusibility of High-Dimensional Latents
Representation Autoencoders (RAEs) enable diffusion models to operate in the feature spaces of pretrained visual encoders. However, many off-the-shelf encoders are not optimized for faithful reconstruction, discarding fine-grained visual details. As expected, finetuning these encoders for image reconstruction recovers such details. However, perhaps counterintuitively, this procedure reduces the effective dimensionality of the resulting representation, and the altered geometry has downstream effe
Beamed energy from the ground to keep solar-powered drone airborne 24/7
BAE Systems is giving its Persistent High Altitude Solar Aircraft (PHASA-35) solar-powered stratospheric drone an upgrade under a £15.7-million (US$21 million) contract to install a system allowing it to use energy beamed from the ground.
'Make women feel seen': Why the Dutch have a new word for labia
Campaigners hope the new words will lead to less body shaming and more sex positivity.
Fantasy football Week 3 Start 'Em & Sit 'Em: Chuba Hubbard continues heater with a top-10 finish in sight
Jamey Eisenberg cautions Fantasy managers not to overreact after the first two weeks, but highlights several players with new opportunities to produce big due to a rash of injuries
Iran’s president brings receipts of US strikes on civilians to the UNGA
Iran’s president delivered his UN General Assembly address after US President Trump threatened to ‘annihilate’ Iran.
Do Drug Consumption Rooms Reduce Drug-Related Hospitalizations? Evidence from Switzerland
This paper estimates the causal effect of drug consumption room (DCR) openings on drug-related hospitalizations in Switzerland. I exploit the staggered introduction of DCRs across Swiss cities between 1998 and 2022, using individual-level hospital records and a difference-in-differences estimator. DCR openings reduce drug-related hospitalization rates by roughly 35\% within 5 km of a facility. The reduction is most pronounced for fatal outcomes, which fall by 35\% while narcotics poisoning hospi
Trump’s ‘Election Interference’ Lawsuit Against Des Moines Register Tossed by Iowa Judge
Judge Scott J. Beattie sided with the newspaper and pollster J. Ann Selzer over an inaccurate 2024 Iowa poll between Kamala Harris and Trump
Everything new coming to Meta’s AI agent Muse
CEO Mark Zuckerberg kicked off the company’s annual Connect event in Menlo Park on Wednesday with a keynote that made one thing clear: Meta is going all-in on Muse. It's even coming to Meta's AI glasses.
Disney+ and Hulu raise prices by up to 13 percent after doubling profits
Disney+ got its fourth price hike in four years today. Hulu prices also went up. Disney+ and Hulu’s respective standalone, ad-free plans (which also support 4K and HDR) are each increasing 13 percent from $19 per month to $21.50/month. Disney+ and Hulu’s respective standalone plans with ads increased from $12 to $12.50.Read full article Comments
Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter Cries for GeV Heavy Neutral Leptons
The ordinary and dark matter in the Universe may share a common origin in the framework of a minimal extension of the Standard Model by three right-handed neutrinos. A pair of such heavy neutral leptons (HNLs) can give masses to neutrinos, generate the baryon asymmetry at the electroweak scale and produce a large lepton asymmetry at the QCD scale, which is then resonantly transformed into an abundance of the third state that acts as sterile neutrino dark matter. The minimality of this setup, kno
Penguin data reanalyzed via Computational Taxonomy
We employ Computational Taxonomy (CT) to reanalyze the penguin data set penguins_lter by validating and addressing two biological issues: Sexual Size Dimorphism (SSD) and mate-selection criteria. Via Scientific Data Analysis (SDA) computing, CT constructs a Taxonomic Hierarchy by splitting Species first and then Sex, without involving Island, to achieve less complexity. This Taxonomic Hierarchy validates SSD as a branch comparison: (Species, Sex = Male)-vs-(Species, Sex = Female), upon which SDA
Freedmans hope for more bittersweet success with late bloomer
Magnatear has hit career-best form for Will and Richard Freedman at age seven, and the training team now hope he can keep it going for rich spring targets.
Forrestania lifts WA British Hill gold resource past 210,000 ounces
Forrestania Resources has lifted its British Hill gold resource to 212,400 ounces, a 21 per cent increase that will feed into its two-hub WA gold production strategy.
These 3 EMerge Americas Founders Addressed AI Risk Before Dario Amodei
Nearly two-thirds of respondents in McKinsey’s 2026 AI Trust Maturity Survey cited security and AI risk concerns as the leading obstacle to scaling agentic AI.
Survivor 51 Premiere Recap: 'Permanent Uncertainty' Runs Amok, As Jeff Reveals A Shocking New Spin On A Past Twist - TVLine
A former Survivor twist is coming back in a big way — read our premiere recap for all the details.
Meta launches smart glasses designed by K-Pop star LISA
"Every pair of Meta Glasses by LISA comes with an exclusive, collectible charm inspired by LISA’s own beloved pets," says Meta about the new LISA-designed collection of its smartglasses.
You can now play driving games in your Android Auto car when you're not driving
The moment we've been waiting for has finally arrived in Android Auto
Fast-Neutron Scintillation with Multi-Quantum-Well 2D Perovskites
Fast-neutron scintillators must efficiently convert neutron energy into detectable light while enabling selectivity between neutrons and the γ-ray background. Here, we report a synthesis strategy for layered two-dimensional (2D) lead halide perovskite scintillators with independent control of the macroscopic detector geometry and microscopic phase composition. Our synthesis approach produces mm-thick, large-area scintillators with a deliberately engineered multi-quantum-well energy landscape, cr
AI-Driven Neural Surrogates for In Silico Design of Cognitive-Affective Neuromodulation Targets
In neuropsychiatry, the primary goal is often not only to decode brain activity but to change it, for example to lessen a negative affective bias or an overly salient memory. Motivated by control theory, we develop an AI-driven neural-surrogate framework that proposes candidate representational changes and tests their predicted perceptual effects from snapshots of stimulus-evoked fMRI activity, without physical stimulation. The framework combines fMRI decoding, deep generative modeling, and cons
Zion Williamson Makes Major Claim in Rape Lawsuit as NBA Star Says Relationship With Accuser Was Consensual “Friends With Benefits” Arrangement
As he prepares for his seventh NBA season in 2026-27, New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson has attracted off-court attention due to a civil case filed against him.
Australia says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare portal
Canberra expressed extreme concern to Sam Altman after OpenAI took three months to report the breach.
Today’s Wordle #1923: Hints, Clues And Answer For Thursday September 24
Looking for help with today's New York Times Wordle? Here are some expert hints, clues and commentary to help you solve today's Wordle and sharpen your guessing game.
‘Gremlins 3’ Delayed to 2028 by Warner Bros.
'Gremlins 3' was delayed from Nov. 19, 2027, to Oct. 6. 2028.
Anthropic says its biology lab has already found something big
But maybe the biggest reveal is that Anthropic has not let Claude run loose in its biology lab. Humans are still, so far, in the loop.
StudentBench: AI and human tutoring yield equivalent GRE learning gains
Artificial intelligence offers an unprecedented opportunity to augment human capabilities, yet progress at the frontier has focused primarily on advancing model capabilities. We introduce StudentBench, a suite of AI teaching evaluations and a public platform that enables large-scale data collection with over 175,000 student-AI messages to study whether large language models (LLMs) produce learning gains equivalent to human tutoring. Using StudentBench, we measured learning gains on Quantitative
Differentiable astrophysics at scale: solving and differentiating ODE ensembles on the GPU
Astronomers increasingly fit their models with gradient-based methods, such as Hamiltonian Monte Carlo, which need the derivatives of the model with respect to its parameters. In many analyses a prediction requires solving a small system of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) for thousands to millions of parameter sets, and this ensemble of integrations often sets the cost of the analysis. We introduce to the astronomical community GRADSOLVE, a JAX library that moves this computation to graph
Circadian Derived Features for Early Discrimination Across Insomnia Severity Levels: At Least 8 Weeks of Monitoring Are Needed for Clinically Meaningful Assessment
Background: Wearable devices provide continuous, objective measures of daily activity and offer promise for assessing sleep disorders. However, the minimum monitoring duration needed to differentiate insomnia severity remains unclear. We investigated when wearable-derived behavioral features become informative for distinguishing Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) categories and examined the contribution of Activity Count (AC) and circadian-derived features. Methods: We analyzed wearable data from 2,3
Will Wade explains LSU's 'unconventional' four-player roster: 'We're going to be unapologetic about it'
Wade breaks his silence on the Tigers' roster before his second stint as coach of the Tigers begins
Venezuela’s Rodriguez pledges elections, path forward in UNGA speech
Venezuela’s Interim President Delcy Rodriguez says her country must abandon the ‘extremism’ of the past.
Meta’s ‘pervert glasses’ released in New Zealand, just as the technology faces bans in Australia
NZ 'poorly prepared' to deal with the new technology, expert says.
Meet Key Players Shaping Makoto Daito's Journey in STRANGER THAN HEAVEN
SEGA is thrilled to pull back the curtain on some of the pivotal figures in Makoto Daito’s 50-year saga in STRANGER THAN HEAVEN, launching January 15, 2027. From 1915 to 1965, Makoto Daito fights to survive across five cities in search of a place to call home. Born to an American father and a Japane
Meta introduces camera-free AI glasses
Meta says the camera-free glasses will be lighter and have up to 12 hours battery life.
Trump’s China rivalry and “AI race” delusion may endanger US, experts say
This week, the US and China, the two world leaders on AI, finally started talks meant to keep the whole world safe from emerging safety risks. But whether meetings between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping can lead to a reliable global governance framework for AI depends on how much the fierce rivals are actually willing to cooperate. It's clear Trump wants it to seem like discussions are going well. Before Trump and Xi meet on Thursday and Friday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that both sides had already discussed setting up a new AI safety notification mechanism.
Rare wasp spider spotted in UK county for first time as experts issue warning
A rare wasp spider has been recorded in Cheshire for the first time - and conservationists say her discovery highlights the need to make space for nature
Could tweakments REALLY make me look better aged 47 than at 37?
Could my skin be smoother, fresher and better at 47 than it was when I had the considerable biological advantage of being ten years younger?
Gregg Popovich marries ex-wife of his former longtime Spurs assistant coach
Popovich and Mike Budenholzer coached together in San Antonio for nearly two decades and won four NBA titles
The Trump effect: Why cracks are widening in financial markets
It is one of the world’s most important markets, and the alarm bells are starting to ring louder.
Shopping by algorithm: How agentic AI deploys human heuristics as a surrogate consumer
Consumers increasingly delegate purchasing decisions to Large Language Models (LLMs) acting as surrogate consumers. Using "Tool-Lab," an adaptation of information-board process tracing that places product attributes behind costly tool calls, we examine how marketing pricing cues (i.e., just-below pricing and promotional framing) influence AI shopping agents. Across eight commercially deployed LLMs from three providers, we trace pre-choice information acquisition. Under zero cost, pricing cues ra
Barry Diller Drops Bid to Acquire MGM Resorts: ‘We Didn’t Feel the Mix Was Coming Together’
People Inc., the media company controlled by Barry Diller, is scrapping its proposed bid to acquire MGM Resorts International.
AI glasses: The lens technology bringing AI into your line of sight
AI glasses are moving beyond simple displays. NBC News’ Janis Mackey Frayer visits South Korean startup LetinAR to explore its PinTILT lens technology, designed to put AI and digital information directly in your line of sight.
Here's the Torcal, the first fully electric Bentley
Bentley provided flights from Washington, DC, to Monterey, California, and accommodation so Ars could ride in a preproduction Torcal EV as well as drive the Supersports and ride in a 1920s Bentley as well. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. A few weeks ago, Bentley gave Ars a ride in a new camouflaged electric vehicle. Named after a Spanish rock formation, the Torcal is the brand’s first battery EV, and today the production car had its formal unveiling. That camo was effective: The real car is less bulbous and more blocky than its disguise would suggest.
NASA Modernizes Commercial Airline Systems - NASA
For years, NASA has worked to improve your experience when flying by developing new technologies to modernize the commercial airline system. Key NASA
Dana Williamson sentencing delayed over health issues - KCRA
New court records filed Wednesday describe her health as "unstable," as the judge overseeing the case agreed to reschedule the status conference that ...
Rumor Killer: WWE Not Letting Drew McIntyre Get Back On TV
Drew McIntyre is currently on a lengthy WWE hiatus, sparking crazy fan theories regarding his absence.
‘They uprooted it all’: Israel bulldozes Palestinian-owned olive groves
Israeli bulldozers uprooted olive groves near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank weeks before the annual harvest.
‘American Horror Story’ Season 13 Release Schedule, Cast List And How To Watch
"American Horror Story" returns this week with Season 13 and several familiar faces, including Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Angela Bassett and Kathy Bates. Get the start time of the show, the release schedule and more.
Metaphor: ReFantazio - Official Gallica Character Trailer
Don't miss the Gallica Character Trailer for Metaphor: ReFantazio, the hit anime turn-based RPG developed by Atlus. Players can embark on a grand adventure with the fairy companion Gallica, to lend her abilities and expertise along the way. Metaphor: ReFantazio is launching on Nintendo Switch 2 on N