World in a Pulse
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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.
4DCodeBench: Benchmarking Agents on Inverse Graphics of Dynamic Scenes
We introduce 4DCodeBench, a benchmark for 4D inverse graphics through code generation, in which agents reconstruct dynamic scenes from video as executable graphics programs. To accomplish this, agents must translate visual observations into compact representations of scene structure and dynamics, by implementing abstractions such as physical simulations to reproduce complex behavior. To evaluate this capability, we curate a set of real-world videos and construct synthetic scenes spanning diverse
Starwatch: how to spot Saturn as it makes it closest approach to Earth this year
The planet looks like a moderately bright, creamy-white object and is easily visible to the naked eye
Lampard Inquiry considers early findings on Essex deaths
Early recommendations could be issued if evidence highlights patient safety risks, the chair says.
College football odds, picks, predictions for Week 6, 2026: Computer likes Arkansas, Nebraska
SportsLine's model has revealed its 2026 Week 6 college football picks for matchups such as Alabama vs. Georgia, Oregon vs. UCLA and LSU vs. Kentucky
US abruptly withdraws bombers from UK’s RAF Fairford
The US has abruptly withdrawn all of its aircraft from the UK’s RAF Fairford, citing concerns about a potential attack.
Mukbangers are answering the age-old question, ‘Who is keeping Long John Silver’s in business?’
Long John Silver’s, the nautical seafood purveyor, has a fresh wind in its sails—and it’s (mostly) thanks to Instagram Reels. In early June, the food content creator Kishia Moore (@eateatwithkeysh) posted an Instagram eating video with her Long John Silver’s order. “They out here talking about who keeping Long John Silver’s in business,” Moore muses in the clip as she loads up a piece of fried fish with malt vinegar. “Who keeping Long John Silver’s in business? Me!” The video has now be
General Hospital Spoilers for What Happens This Week (October 5-9)
General Hospital spoilers reveal what is set to happen during the week of October 5 to 9. Check out the preview here!
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.
MoSE3: Learning World-Space SE(3) at Every Pixel
Dense 3D point tracking has been a prominent paradigm for modeling motion in dynamic scenes, but a point track is just a 3-DoF translation curve per pixel: it captures where pixels go, not the rotation of the underlying part, nor which pixels move together as one body. We propose MoSE3, the first feed-forward model that predicts dense SE(3) motion from monocular RGB video, producing full 6-DoF rigid transforms at every pixel in world space. Per-pixel SE(3) motion offers a richer view of how a sc
Ending clock changes? Health evidence favors permanent standard time over daylight saving
Several Canadian jurisdictions are moving toward ending the twice-yearly clock change, but a new analysis published in Canadian Medical Association Journal argues that eliminating the clock change is only half the decision: Governments must also decide whether to adopt permanent standard time or per
Early Lampard findings could come within weeks
Early recommendations could be issued if evidence highlights patient safety risks, the chair says.
ONE Fight Night 49 Main Event: Gabriel vs Rasulov Confirmed
Lucas Gabriel and Alibeg Rasulov will headline ONE Fight Night 49 in a lightweight MMA clash with major title implications in Bangkok.
The Republican consensus on Israel is starting to fracture
Christian Zionism made support for Israel a Republican cause. America First Republicans are challenging that consensus.
The woman behind the AI actor Tilly Norwood says Hollywood shouldn’t panic
What happens when you interview an AI? If you can believe it, it’s stranger than you’d expect. Eline van der Velden, the Dutch actress-turned-tech-founder who created AI “actor” Tilly Norwood, explains how a personal art project became one of the most controversial figures in entertainment—attracting talent agency interest, death threats, and a global debate about whether AI will kill acting or democratize it. She makes the case that great storytelling still requires human craft, and that the mo
Inside Eamonn Holmes' relationship with girlfriend Katie Alexander after she 'mo
Eamonn Holmes's two-year relationship has taken another turn amid reports that partner Katie Alexander has 'moved out'.
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
I love the Pixel 11 Pro, but Google has 3 big problems to fix for the Pixel 12 Pro
The Pixel 11 Pro is a fantastic smartphone. But it also highlights a few lingering issues Google needs to fix with the Pixel 12 Pro.
Should we keep children away from sugar for their first 1000 days? | New Scientist
The list of age-related conditions we can avoid by limiting sugar is shockingly long. But does that mean we should stop our children eating any sugar at all? Columnist Alice Klein takes a look at the evidence for cutting out sugar from conception to age 2
Broken scale symmetries in undercomplete linear autoencoders
Neural network loss landscapes have many symmetries, which are preserved by gradient flow but broken by finite-stepsize stochastic gradient descent (SGD). A canonical example of such a symmetry is scale in homogeneous networks: one can scale up the parameters in one layer and down in the next without changing the network output. Previous work has documented cases in which SGD breaks this symmetry in favor of balancing gradient noise or minimizing fluctuations. Here, we show that the solution geo
Cover 32: Packers don't instill any faith on possible playoff run, plus game balls, biggest gaffes from Week 4
Tyler Sullivan dives into all the biggest items from Week 4 in the NFL, including CeeDee Lamb's historic day and Mike Vrabel's bizarre tiff
Libyan teachers’ strike escalates as union demands major education reforms
School year is on hold with teachers on strike and other unions threatening to take action.
Why Unilever acquired Grüns and Dr. Squatch
Hello and welcome to Modern CEO! I’m Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepreneurs, and from the pages of Inc. and Fast Company. If you received this newsletter from a friend, you can sign up to get it yourself every Monday morning. During the past decade, the British consumer goods giant Unilever has un
Melinda Messenger, 55, is unrecognisable ditching blonde hair for natural grey
TV star Melinda Messenger is now embracing her natural grey hair and says she is 'enjoying the freedom' of avoiding 'wobbles' about her looks – and she looks fabulous
Will Claude ever win a Nobel Prize for medicine?
“Are we entering a world in which some (or all) Nobels will be awarded to Claude, ChatGPT, or their AI successors, rather than human scientists?” asks Jeffrey Flier.
Less Decoder is More Encoder: Geometric Representation Learning from Novel View Synthesis
This paper examines the role of Novel View Synthesis (NVS) in geometric representation learning. In principle, NVS should reason about 3D scene structure, thereby enabling transferable multi-view geometric representations. Yet, existing encoder-based NVS methods yield poor representations. This is not because of a lack of supervisory signal, but rather due to inconspicuous architectural choices: \textit{spatially expressive decoders} that dilute representational capabilities of the scene encoder
Moon-Like Madagascar
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Moon-Like Madagascar 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 From an astronaut’s perspective looking back at Earth, a patch of bright rock in arid southern Madagascar m
Nobel Prize awarded for showing how nerve cells shape feelings
US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have been awarded for their work.
Gattuso revisits early days at Milan, important team-mates and autoimmune disease
Gennaro Gattuso has spoken in detail about his time at AC Milan, from his arrival as a player not up to scratch, to experiencing great success.
Bosnia election: New technology might have stopped votes being cast on behalf of dead voters, but the result remains unchanged
New technology has stopped votes being cast on behalf of dead or absent voters, and turnout has fallen to a record low. But it was a case of deja vu in Bosnia's elections with the same parties winning along ethnic lines.
Your next hike could be at a Microsoft data center
The growing opposition to data centers tends to stem from concerns about the environmental toll of these massive, resource-intensive facilities. Their high use of land, energy, and water has turned some communities and elected officials against the projects, and noise pollution has led to lawsuits. Meanwhile, It’s expected that the power demands of data centers will continue to rise, more than doubling from 2025 to 2027. To try to soften some of the negative impacts, Microsoft is de
Indian singer Anuv Jain on finding success without the Bollywood boost
The star reveals why he is "very selective" about releasing music - and shares his future collab hopes.
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.
iPhone 18 Pro review – forget the Duo, this is a serious professional tool
The new 18 Pro has stepped up its performance, battery life and camera to offer a product worthy of its professional name
White House tracking suspected plague death and quarantines in Russia
Panic swept through the region of eastern Siberia following the death of a technician at the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute.
RNADyn: A Benchmark for Generating and Understanding RNA Dynamics
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) functions through conformational changes that are not fully captured by static structures. However, large-scale standardized RNA dynamics data remain limited, and existing approaches typically treat trajectory generation and dynamics understanding as separate objectives. Here, we introduce RNADynBench, a standardized RNA molecular dynamics (MD) benchmark with 2585 quality-controlled 100-ns all-atom trajectories and leakage-controlled splits. Building on RNADynBench, we dev
Yankees vs. Rays prediction, odds, time: 2026 ALDS Game 2 picks by proven model
SportsLine's model simulated Rays vs. Yankees in the AL Divisional Series as the 2026 MLB playoffs continue Monday
Growing outrage in Japan after US Marine arrested in woman’s killing
The 20-year-old soldier denies the charge as protests held on Okinawa and in Tokyo.
Larry Ellison to list Palm Beach property for $165 million
Billionaire Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison is planning to bid farewell to the third-largest oceanfront parcel in Florida’s Palm Beach County, with hopes to fetch $165 million.
Sky News paused for breaking election bombshell
A snap election has been called.
OpenAI's Altman says AI benefits warrant accepting some risks
Oct 4 (Reuters) - OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman said the benefits of artificial intelligence justify accepting some risks and argued the technology should remain broadly accessible to the public
I wasn’t prepared for Element and Millet’s new outdoor collab to go this hard – those hairy suede approach shoes are simply incredible
The second Millet x Element collection takes skate style into the mountains, and some of its best pieces are already disappearing
Symmetry Engineering Enables Deterministic Ensemble Polarization Control in Hexagonal Boron Nitride
Optical polarization is a key degree of freedom in quantum photonic and sensing technologies, enabling efficient light--matter coupling and directional emission. However, in defect ensemble-based quantum systems, orientational averaging across many defects suppresses optical anisotropy and eliminates a deterministic polarization axis. Here, symmetry engineering is introduced as a strategy to restore collective optical anisotropy in negatively charged boron vacancy (V_B^-) ensembles hosted in hex
Symptoms that show you need to be taking cheap daily pill
A GP says you will even see an improvement in your mood and energy levels
Guardians vs. White Sox prediction, odds, time: 2026 ALDS Game 2 picks by proven model
SportsLine's model simulated White Sox vs. Guardians in the American League Divisional Series as the 2026 MLB playoffs continue on Monday
Former Prince Andrew launches challenge to ‘quash’ police search warrants
A London court is likely to hold a private hearing on Thursday as Mountbatten-Windsor challenges Thames Valley Police.
MorningStar Farms gets a retro rebrand in the era of the fake meat culture wars
The plant-based meat category has spent the last several years fighting an uphill battle in a cultural climate that’s turned food into a political statement. MorningStar Farms, one of the oldest players in the game, just rebranded to remind people that meat alternatives are nothing new—and they’re not going anywhere. MorningStar has been making plant-based meat long before “plant-based” was its own category in the frozen section. The brand was founded in 1974 and acquired by Kellogg (now Kell
Matthew Rhys takes Best Actor at Bafta Cymru for performance in Netflix thriller
The actor added another award to his cabinet after winning two lead acting Emmys last month.
Former Anthropic researcher Coxon to testify at New York City AI hearing, Bloomberg News reports
Oct 4 (Reuters) - Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon will testify at a New York City hearing on artificial intelligence, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.
New forensic evidence supports Egyptian "retainer sacrifice"
Egyptologists have long debated whether the earliest pharoahs of the First Dynasty were buried with various servants and officials to serve them in the afterlife—a form of human sacrifice. But there is very little archaeological evidence available, given that many of the earliest Egyptian tombs were plundered and/or hastily excavated. A new paper published in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology reassesses a collection of skulls excavated from tombs in the 1920s and concludes that over one-third show evidence of blunt force trauma.
World's first full-stack open-source bipedal humanoid robot showcased
RP1 robot is designed with the goal of providing a humanoid robotics system that can be used, modified, trained and continuously extended in real development workflows.
Three years since October 7 • Their mission after October 7 sent these Israeli soldiers to a psych ward
Three years since October 7 | The Israeli army tasked them with determining which bodies believed to be terrorists were actually dead Israeli soldiers and civilians. For weeks, they lived among the dead. Three years later, each had 'become one of the crazies,' as one puts it
Transfer rumors, news: Bayern brace for tough contract talks with Olise
Bayern Munich could be facing an uphill battle to sign winger Michael Olise to a new contract. Transfer Talk has the latest.
Gaza mothers seek breastfeeding support amid hunger and siege
Palestinian mothers are finding it increasingly difficult to breastfeed their babies in Gaza.
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby on the lessons he learned as a Texas trucker
I’m going to cheat a little because there are actually two “first jobs” that taught me valuable leadership lessons that I’ve carried with me in my time at United: The most valuable gift you can offer someone is your time, and what people will remember most about you is how you make them feel. Truckin’ The summer just before I turned 15, I got my first job at a trucking company in North Texas. I spent 8 to 12 hours a day in and out of an 18-wheeler in the hot summer sun, h
How to Turn Down Sex Without Making Your Partner Feel Rejected
Research suggests a warm, reassuring no can protect relationship satisfaction better than hostility, avoidance, or reluctant sex.
People really hate AI, so why can’t they get enough?
Around the world, a love/hate attitude toward AI is very much the vibe right now.
Nvidia Shield TV gets a significant update seven years after launch, but it's not one everyone will welcome with open arms
Regarded as one of the best streamers on the market today, the Shield TV Pro just got a whole lot more expensive
Higgsino dark matter compatible with the LUX-ZEPLIN high-energy nuclear-recoil event and IceCube constraints
We examine Higgsino dark matter (DM) as a potential explanation of the $248~\mathrm{keV}$ nuclear-recoil event of interest reported by the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment, taking into account IceCube constraints on DM annihilation in the Sun. In the nearly pure Higgsino limit, two neutral Majorana states separated by a small mass splitting $δ$ are connected by an off-diagonal coupling to the $Z$ boson, providing a natural realization of inelastic DM. Using a likelihood analysis, we identify 90\% conf
Contrastive Neural Embeddings Reveal Individual Traits Beyond Conversational Role
Contrastive representation learning is increasingly used to recover low-dimensional structure from neural recordings, but its output is typically validated by decoding accuracy rather than by the geometry of the manifold it produces. We apply CEBRA to EEG recorded from dyads in conversation, and analyze the resulting embedding, which training constrains to the 2D sphere. Labels describing the dyads, including the absolute difference between partners' autism-quotient scores, decode well above cha
Southern Miss vs. Troy prediction, odds, time: Week 6 college football Tuesday picks by proven model
The SportsLine Projection Model has revealed its best bets for the Tuesday Sun Belt matchup between the Southern Miss Golden Eagles vs. Troy Trojans
Photos: Yemen’s hospitals struggle to operate amid persistent power outages
Families in Aden endure sleepless nights and spoiled food as blackouts become a defining feature of daily life.
Wendy’s is facing more store closures: See an updated list of shuttered locations from franchise bankruptcy
Wendy’s, the big fast food chain, faced a fresh wave of permanent store closures on Friday for the second weekend in a row as one of its biggest franchisees scrambled to restructure operations in the aftermath of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. According to a court docket filed late Friday, five additional restaurants owned by the Michigan-based Meritage Hospitality Group were slated to be abruptly shuttered and vacated that day. As of early Monday morning, the five locations were still li
Wonyoung, Tzuyu, Fourth Nattawat: Celebs you can catch over the F1 weekend
The Formula 1 weekend is approaching, and this means regional celebrities will also be landing in Singapore. Here's a list of who will be here and where you can catch them.K-pop idol Sangwon from Alpha Drive One will be at two Puma stores — 313@Somerset as well as VivoCity — on Oct 7. View this post