World in a Pulse
Briflio distills the day's signals into one calm feed — a personalized mix of the top stories across every topic, with context, not noise.
Can ‘super intelligence’ and a non-binding safety pact solve AI’s image problem?
On Equity, we discussed the Trump administration's attempts to rebrand AI.
Why developers are giving Jev a shot
A new AI model called Jev has developers buzzing. We cut through the hype to find out what makes it different - and why it matters.
Illuminating early ZrC oxidation using ensemble small-cell DFT with dynamic gas management
During zirconium carbide oxidation, liberated carbon can remain beneath the oxide or escape as gas, complicating the interpretation of mass measurements. We adapt the small-cell ensemble method using sixteen 140 ps ab initio molecular dynamics trajectories at 873-1273 K under a sustained high oxygen flux with gas removal. The average rates of net mass gain and total carbon transfer into gas or retained chains follow Arrhenius trends. Above 973 K, gas evolution levels off while total carbon trans
Training for Your First Marathon? Avoid These Common Injuries - Baptist Health
Individual needs vary considerably based on fitness, running history, age, previous injuries and health conditions. Dr. Swartzon has previously ...
Chiefs very interested in a Tyreek Hill reunion amid injuries at receiver, per report
Kansas City has reportedly reached out to Hill's agent
UAE wants death penalty for flydubai co-pilot who stabbed pilot in terror attack
UAE wants death penalty for flydubai co-pilot who stabbed pilot in terror attack
Cross-Fitting Under Nonregularity: Normality and Inference via Locality
Cross-fitting is routine in much of applied research. While conventional confidence intervals that ignore cross-fold dependence are asymptotically valid in several settings, they undercover in many applications that share a common form of nonregularity: from the classic cross-validation problem of testing whether a fitted model outperforms another, to testing for heterogeneous treatment effects with machine learning, to estimating the value of a potentially non-unique optimal treatment regime. E
Bassam Tariq Defends Kevin Feige After Their Failed 'Blade' Reboot: Competing With Wesley Snipes Was an 'Impossible Task'
"Blade" with Mahershala Ali never happened, but director Bassam Tariq still thinks Marvel chief Kevin Feige is a "good dude."
Tech powerhouse’s regulatory push bears similarities to a notorious Washington strategy
Anthropic's AI regulation push mirrors Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto lobbying playbook, with millions in donations and safety rhetoric critics call capture.
SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son Has Rare Cautionary Note on AI Safety
Speaking at a tech forum in Kyoto, Masayoshi Son called for global cooperation on AI safeguards, warning that superintelligence could pose a greater threat than conflict between humans if misused. Bloomberg tech editor Mayumi Negishi said the caution marks a notable shift in tone from the longtime t
Second-order Raman and anharmonic lattice dynamics in lead-halide perovskites
We explore the microscopic origin of THz-driven lattice dynamics in methylammonium lead bromide CH$_3$NH$_3$PbBr$_3$ using two-dimensional THz Kerr-effect spectroscopy. The analysis of the experiment enables discrimination between competing nonlinear excitation mechanisms and reveals that the dominant pathway is phonon-mediated rather than purely photonic. In particular, we argue that the commonly observed 1.15~THz Raman-active $A_g$ mode is not excited directly by the THz electric field. Instea
Exercise before surgery improves outcomes and shortens recovery time – new research
Globally, about two in three people will need major surgery at some point in their lives. While preparing for a major operation, patients usually focus on the surgery…
Week 4 Fantasy Football panic meter: Early Week 5 waiver wire adds, Keon Coleman emerging as post-hype sleeper
There's nothing quite like the overreactions from Fantasy Football managers that pour in after every Sunday, so let's try and parse through what actually matters.
Brazil’s presidential race: Three key takeaways from the first round
Flavio Bolsonaro beat polling expectations as Brazil’s right gained ground, setting up October 25 run-off with Lula.
Evaluating Threshold Policies in Randomized Threshold Designs: A Cautionary Tale for Regression Discontinuity Designs
Many policies assign treatment according to whether a score crosses a cutoff. Regression discontinuity (RD) designs identify the effect of treatment assignment, but the threshold policy itself may also reshape individuals' incentives, inducing behavioral responses that affect outcomes even holding treatment status fixed---a channel that conventional RD designs cannot capture. We develop a framework that exploits randomized variation in policy thresholds, together with rank-invariance-type restri
Trump Lashes Out at Fox News for 'Not Covering' His Ohio Rally: 'Who Makes These Decisions?'
President Donald Trump lashed out at Fox News on Truth Social, claiming the network wasn't covering his rally in Ohio.
Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
This week, our first place winner is danderbandit with a comment about the California ruling against a rogue sheriff who seized 650,000 ballots: So a sheriff broke the law, was confirmed by the sta…
S$^{2}$-PINN: Stochastic Separable Physics-Informed Neural Networks
Uncertainty quantification (UQ) for random partial differential equations (PDEs) is ubiquitous in computational science and engineering. However, classical spectral solvers for this class of problems face the curse of dimensionality, and existing neural solvers often ignore the stochastic structure that makes moments and calibration tractable. We introduce a stochastic separable physics-informed neural network, dubbed S$^{2}$-PINN, that represents the solution $u(t,\mathbf{x},\mathbf{Z})$ of a r
Algebra of symmetry allowed physical properties of crystals
The symmetry of a physical system given by the 122 magnetic point groups (MPGs) leads to only 21 sets of restrictions on any physical tensors. Those, so called, tenor forms were labeled by letters from A to U by R. R. Birss (Symmetry and Magnetism, North Holland, Amsterdam, 1964). A new concept of property-related point groups (PRPGs) is proposed. It is shown that the 21 PRPGs isomorphic to the 21 non-centrosymmetric crystallographic point groups (CPGs) corresponds to the 21 tensor forms. Theref
Aroa Biosurgery boosts Symphony clinical case with faster diabetic wound healing | Stockhead
ARX (ASX:ARX) has boosted the case for Symphony, with a RCT finding better healing outcomes for DFUs compared to standard care.
"The injury must really be serious" - Fans fear for Jannik Sinner after Italian reportedly plans to skip Six Kings Slam
Jannik Sinner hasn't played a tour-level match since winning his fifth Grand Slam title at the 2026 Wimbledon Championships as he continues to deal with a knee injury.
Ethiopia’s forces retake Mekelle amid renewed Tigray fighting
The capture of Tigray’s regional capital revives fears of another prolonged conflict, displacement and crisis.
Tech-driven defence boom sparks demand for UK offices and research labs
Property investors in Britain are targeting defence clients to capitalise on growing spending on rearmament, including to occupy former bank offices in London's Canary Wharf financial district, real estate companies have told Reuters. A boom in defence technology — from drone programming to AI-enhan
Sister Wives' Janelle Brown Reacts to Ex Kody Brown Trying to Ruin Her Image: "F--k Him"
Sister Wives' Janelle Brown would like to slam the door on Kody Brown's claims she concocted a "backdoor deal" to screw Meri Brown out of money. She detailed her side on the series' Oct. 4 premiere.
Former Anthropic researcher Coxon to testify at New York AI hearing, Bloomberg reports
News agency Reuters could not immediately verify the report Read more at The Business Times.
Asia Among Most Vulnerable to AI Correction, Asean Unit Warns
Southeast Asia plus China, Japan and South Korea are more at risk than most economies to any potential collapse in the artificial-intelligence boom, which could trigger shocks across financial markets and the real economy.
Smart wallpaper turns your wall into a small indoor powerplant
Rooftop solar panels power millions of homes around the world. But a team of researchers at Binghamton University is asking what happens if some of that electricity came from inside the house. Their answer is a study, described in Advanced Energy Materials, that turns indoor humidity into a small…
NeuroLens: Learning Latent Embeddings of Neural Semantics from Chronic Recordings
Understanding how neural activity represents higher-order cognition and how these representations evolve over time has long been a central pursuit in neuroscience. However, current analytical tools cannot easily distinguish representational plasticity from recording instability in chronic neural recordings. Here, we introduce NeuroLens (Latent Embeddings of Neural Semantics), a self-supervised model based on the Joint-Embedding Predictive Architecture (JEPA) framework that learns denoised, seman
Falcons vs. Saints predictions, odds, time: Week 4 'Monday Night Football' picks from proven model
SportsLine's model has revealed its Atlanta Falcons vs. New Orleans Saints picks for 'Monday Night Football'
Nearly 1,500 migrants arrive in Myanmar from Malaysia despite UN warnings
Malaysia continues mass refugee deportations despite warnings from the UN about unsafe conditions in an active war zone.
No Women No Innovation? The Effect of Women on Boards on Hard and Soft Innovation in SMEs
The role of women on corporate boards and its impact on innovation remains heavily debated. While existing literature offers conflicting perspectives on whether female board representation spurs or hinders innovaiton, most research has focused exlusively on large firms. This studt adresses this gap by investigating the causal impact of women on boards on both "hard" (technological) and "soft" (non-technological) innovation within SMEs. Using a longitudinal dataset f 2762 Italian innovative SMEs
Fact Check: Is Trump planning to file a $10B lawsuit if Democrats win the midterms?
The claim surfaced as Republicans are projected to lose the November midterm election
Google froze its open source bug bounty program due to a ‘significant rise’ in AI submissions
AI slop seems to be overwhelming bug bounty programs.
You should avoid using a screen protector on your MacBook — here's why - Engadget
Screen protectors can do more harm than good.
Easing constipation: A 20-minute walk can get your gut moving almost immediately
Researchers found that just 20 minutes of comfortable walking can rapidly stimulate the gut. Within one to two minutes after exercise, bowel sounds became stronger, more frequent, and lasted longer, suggesting increased intestinal movement. The boost was brief, fading within a few minutes, but it ma
Health Check: CSL places $500m-plus bet on rare kidney and liver disease drug candidate | Stockhead
CSL will pay an upfront US$355 million ($515m) to co-develop an external drug candidate aimed at treating rare kidney and liver diseases.
John Cena Says He Was Terrified When Filming Controversial Apology To China
John Cena filmed an apology video for China after receiving a ton of backlash. Now, the star has admitted that he was very afraid.
US hit go-fast boat said to be involved in drug trafficking
According to the US Southern Command, four persons were killed
Clay Stevenson set for first Winnipeg Jets start against Penguins
DETROIT — Clay Stevenson, the stage is yours.
'Off Campus' co-stars Mika Abdalla and Josh Heuston go public with romance at Valentino’s Paris Fashion Week show; fans call them 'It couple of the year' - WATCH
Mika Abdalla and Josh Heuston have gone public with their romance!
US lead in AI over China narrows after DeepSeek gains, BI says
That improving performance spells further market share gains for Chinese contenders Read more at The Business Times.
Wrong Organ, Right Physics: Transferring Echocardiography Pretraining to Lung Ultrasound for Tuberculosis Screening
Lung ultrasound (LUS) is attractive for tuberculosis (TB) screening at primary-care level, but labelled cohorts are small. Echocardiography carries no such constraint, while sharing the same underlying ultrasound imaging physics, signal processing and B-mode appearance as LUS. We ask whether an encoder pretrained on that high-resource ultrasound domain carries representations that remain usable in the low-resource one. Only the encoder varies, across seventeen encoders spanning three architectur
World’s tallest wind turbine reaches nearly 1,200 feet in Germany
A 1,197-foot wind turbine has reached its full height in Germany, making it the world’s tallest wind turbine.
Response Variability and Stability in Human Reasoning
Understanding how humans reason -- and how reasoning responses vary across tasks and individuals -- remains a core challenge for modeling and explanation in cognitive science. We investigate the stability of response patterns within reasoners and whether variation in these patterns can be used to predict learning effects. We introduce a formal, geometry-based method to quantify distances between individual reasoning patterns and their internal variability, grounded in heuristic theories. The pro
NFL reviewing heated exchange between referee, Vikings' Eric Wilson
The league is looking into two separate incidents involving a player and an official during Week 4
Ukrainian budget lost $691 mln due to explosions since early 2026
According to late summer forecasts, the Ukrainian budget will lose about $155 mln more by the end of this year
Asset manager Schroders to expand in Hong Kong after Nuveen merger: CEO
Government actions are making Hong Kong ‘a more appealing location for private markets professionals’, Richard Oldfield says.
In Metallica's hands, Sphere is a totally brutal Vegas vacation
Metallica makes no bones about their ambitions. Of course they were curious about Sphere, a venue that could go toe-to-toe with their firepower.
Shlexball: Mac file search that understands descriptions
Describe what you remember and Shlexball finds the file on your Mac. It searches names and the text inside PDFs and Word documents, with an AI model that runs entirely on your Mac.
These Prime Day Deals Slash Up to $501 Off TCL TVs and Gaming Monitors - CNET
Upgrade your computer monitor or TV with these TCL deals, starting at $219.
V2G system sucks energy out of parked EVs to supply the grid
Electric vehicles already solve a lot of problems: they reduce our dependence on gas and help reduce emissions. At the same time, EVs are a major source of electricity consumption, and most existing electricity grids were simply not designed for this level of demand. That creates new challenges,…
Multimodal reasoning for broadly neutralizing antibody discovery from label-free human B cell repertoires across virus families
Discovering broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) from human natural immune repertoires remains a fundamental challenge in immunology, hindered by: the extreme rarity of bnAb, incomplete understanding of their cellular origins across pathogens, and the inability of existing computational tools to generalize across emerging viral threats. Here we present ImmuneAgent, a closed-loop AI system that integrates multimodal reasoning with continual meta-learning and wet-lab feedback to overcome these
Eagles' offense completely collapses vs. Rams: Who's to blame and what needs to change
The offensive meltdown after having the chance to deliver the knockout punch to Los Angeles highlights an uncomfortable truth in Philadelphia
Spitting allegations as Ireland and Israel fight out ill-tempered draw
Ireland and Israel drew 1-1 in a second ill-tempered Nations League match.
Chick-fil-A on whether AI will take over its drive-thru as rivals embrace new tech
Chick-fil-A is drawing a line on AI in its drive-thru — even as major fast-food competitors embrace the technology.
'Fearmongering, false statements’: Todd Blanche hits back at armed poll monitor claims
AG Blanche made the remarks Sunday in an interview, as Democrats warned Trump could deploy federal agents at polling places
Why Oracle’s 1.3GW Project Lighthouse may not see full power until 2029
After 10 months of review, Oracle’s 1.3 GW Wisconsin Data Center fails to get power approval — restarts the entire process
JOVE: Joint Execution and Verification for Resource-Aware LLM Task Graphs
Complex reasoning queries can be decomposed into directed acyclic task graphs and distributed across heterogeneous LLMs, reducing latency through parallelism and enabling smaller models to solve complex tasks. In practice, however, the suitability of an LLM for a given subtask may be a priori unknown, and execution alone does not reveal output correctness. We propose JOVE, an online framework that jointly assigns executor LLMs and selects intermediate outputs for paid verification. Verification
Trial results show no survival benefit with the use of proton therapy in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma
Initial results of the NRG Oncology NRG-GI003 clinical study comparing proton and photon therapy for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) indicate that proton therapy did not improve the primary objective of overall survival (OS). At the planned interim analysis, the trial was relea
Exercise Timing in Type 1 Diabetes: Before or After Meals?
Discover how exercise timing in type 1 diabetes, meal timing, insulin on board, and workout intensity can influence glucose responses.
LSU's Will Wade lands first 2027 5-star in guard King Gibson
LSU landed five-star guard King Gibson after the No. 13-ranked prospect in 2027 chose the Tigers over Arkansas, Louisville and Providence.
Can the KKK find a new foothold in the US?
The infamous hate group is trying to rebrand itself as the 'Knights Party' in an attempt to grow its base.
Airbus board appointments herald CEO decision next year, sources say
PARIS: Airbus has announced a series of board changes including its first female chairperson and the first from outside its Franco-German power base, marking the beginning of crucial leadership decisions expected in the coming year.
'Tracker' Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Air?
Justin Hartley returns as Colter Shaw, a skilled tracker and lone-wolf survivalist, when "Tracker" heads back to CBS this fall.