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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.
Explaining Hall-effect, TMR, and other new types of "mechanical" switches
The mechanical keyboard isn't always so mechanical anymore. Over the past six years, keyboards with optical, Hall-effect, and other "contactless" switches have become increasingly common, often going for higher prices than traditional mechanical keyboards, which already command a premium over basic membrane boards. In return, they promise some theoretical advantages, particularly for gamers. In daily use, though, the differences can be pretty subtle. So what exactly are you paying for?
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.
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.
Wilson's 2027 NFL mock draft: Arch Manning falls out of Round 1 where five QBs are taken
Jeremiah Smith leads a loaded class with five QBs landing in the first round
UK Green Party votes to define Zionism as ‘racism’
The UK’s Green Party has voted to define Zionism as a form of racism.
Once Upon a Farm Expands Kids Portfolio With Organic Electrolyte Pouches
Providing real-food fuel for the back-to-school season, this expansion solidifies the brand's leadership in organic, simple, nutritious foods for children, addressing growing parental demand for clean snack options across all early childhood stages Download High-Res Product Images Here....
Sky News paused for breaking election bombshell
A snap election has been called.
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.
Ryzen 7 9800X3D Drops To $429 With Free AIO And Game As AMD Slashes Prices Of Several X3D Chips
Grab the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D for $429 at Newegg with a free MSI AIO cooler and Onimusha game, saving nearly $140 total.
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
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
NFL Week 5 early odds: Bears favorites at Lambeau, Bills underdogs to Rams
Los Angeles is a slight favorite against Buffalo in a potential Super Bowl preview, while Chicago enters Lambeau Field favored over Green Bay
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.
AI doesn’t need to be superintelligent to be dangerous
We are in a moment of AI anxiety, plagued with the knotty and draining problems raised by the technology’s ever-growing capabilities. What will we do when AI launches massive cyberattacks that might target a government—or destabilize the global stock market? Do we need a kill switch to ensure that AI systems can’t take over the world, and is building one even possible? Should we come to terms with the prospect that AI might be a posthuman species due to inherit the earth? Could artificial intell
How Many Nannies Do Celebs Really Use? Kim Kardashian Reveals Shocking Number
Kim spilled.
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.
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
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
Cancer warning: Experts calls for ban on ingredient in processed meat
Professor Chris Elliot OBE, a former government food safety advisor, says clamping down on nitrates and nitrites could slash the rising number of bowel cancer cases.
'There's work to be done,' says Lions captain Horn ahead of Bulls showdown | The Citizen
The Lions have got their URC season off to a winning start but face a huge challenge against the Bulls at Loftus next up.
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.
30 leaders on the legislation shaping their industries
If following a piece of legislation were only as simple, and pleasant, as School House Rock depicts. Proposed legislation or passed laws can change business as usual. Sometimes for the better, sometimes with negative consequences. Often, business leaders must advocate for or against policies that impact their industry, their customers, or how they do business. We asked members of the Fast Company Impact Council what industry legislation—state or federal—they’re following right now and why. Be
Mark Ruffalo Tells Trump ‘Hands Off Our F—ing Vote’ or ‘I’m Gonna Hulk Out’: ‘You Won’t Like Me When I’m Angry’
Mark Ruffalo slammed Trump at a Hands Off Our Vote event, saying he's going to "Hulk out" if he attempts to restrict voting in the midterms.
Deliveroo says its first robot deliveries will hit 5 UK cities soon — as a popular GPS app for the blind calls them a 'major step forward' for safety
Deliveroo's first robot deliveries will take place in London this month — and they could bring an added bonus for blind or partially sighted pedestrians.
This 10-Minute Cooking Method Takes the Stink Out of Salmon
10 minutes and this countertop appliance are all you need for perfect salmon without the mess.
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
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
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.
EPAM Unveils New Frontier AI Service, Bridging the Enterprise Intelligence Gap for GenAI and Autonomous Agents
/PRNewswire/ -- EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM) today announced the launch of a new strategic offering dedicated to powering the next generation of frontier AI...
What to do if you missed out on Glastonbury tickets
Those who missed out on Sunday should not lose hope, as there are other ways to secure a ticket.
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
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
Scientists found a new way to make hydrogen from water using light; the material avoids an expensive metal catalyst and could make clean hydrogen production cheaper
Hydrogen has long carried the promise of becoming a cleaner fuel, but making it sustainably remains one of the biggest challenges. Now, researchers at Oregon State University have developed a new material that uses light to split water and produce hydrogen, opening another possible route to solar-po
Nobel Prize 2026 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.
2026-27 Week 5 College Football Playoff, bowl projections
Following dominant victories and a few close calls, here are our postseason projections following Week 5.
WMA members must call for release of detained Palestinian medics
All World Medical Association members have a duty to uphold their commitment to the protection of healthcare workers.
Wendy’s is facing more store closures: See an updated list of shuttered locations from franchise bankruptcy
Fast food giant Wendy’s 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 listed on We
Princess Charlene of Monaco is a vision in Elie Saab as she joins husband Prince Albert to host a state banquet
The glamorous Monégasque royal wore the Princess of Wales-approved designer to a sparkling night at the opera
Former OpenAI safety employee says company’s safety culture is broken — exits company after failed kill switch and July HuggingFace hack
David Robinson argues that Silicon Valley lacks the wisdom on how to handle AI safely and urges the industry to seek outside experts to help build a culture that prioritizes it.
'Ted Lasso' Season 4: When to Watch the Finale on Apple TV - CNET
The 10th and final episode of Ted Lasso season 4 drops this week on Apple TV. You can stream the first nine episodes now.
Florida's Burmese pythons are carrying three previously unknown RNA viruses; scientists are investigating whether they could reach native snakes
an alphavirus, a hepacivirus and an arterivirus. They also detected a previously characterised serpentovirus.
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
College football score predictions for Week 6, 2026: Model backs Kentucky (+10) against LSU
SportsLine's model has revealed its 2026 Week 6 college football score predictions for Alabama vs. Georgia, Oregon vs. UCLA and more
At least 30 dead and dozens missing after boat collision on Congo River
The two boats crashed into each other on Sunday
Do the humanities need a rebrand?
As entry-level job opportunities constrict, tuition costs rise, and AI threatens to disrupt the entire world, questions about the value of a liberal arts degree have intensified. I recently spoke with our client, Christa Acampora, dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences at University of Virginia, about the state of higher education. We also talked about the job prospects for liberal arts majors, and why the humanities increasingly matter in an AI world. Celia Jones: As
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'.
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra deal: Get £380 off
Amazon is now offering 30% off the flagship Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra. It's been updated this year with the brilliant Privacy Display feature
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
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
Suspected Trump election interference sparks police raids in Brazil: report
Computer equipment and communications were seized in Brazil’s largest city as part of a new Brazilian investigation announced Sunday into “possible external interference by the United States” in the nation’s presidential election, Agencia EFE reported.On Sunday, Brazil held its first-round president
Breaker Launches Newsletter MCP + API for AI Workflows and RealClick™ for Verified Metrics
/PRNewswire/ -- Email marketers may be making performance decisions with click data that has little to do with actual reader behavior. Omeda found that 87.3%...
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
Can Safeworld convince people that gen AI robots won’t hurt them?
Safeworld is building digital humans to make sure robots don't hurt the real ones.
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
When Anesthesia Goes Wrong
A teenage boy went into surgery for a broken arm and emerged with brain damage. His mother was determined to figure out what had happened.
German, U.S. scientists win Nobel in medicine for advancements in optogenetics
Scientists Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for "discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics," the award-giving body said Monday.
Ranking the NBA's best starting fives: 76ers look great on paper, but champion Knicks hold No. 1 spot
With the 2026-27 NBA season fast approaching, we're ranking the five best starting units in the league
Boat collision on the Congo River kills at least 30, dozens missing, officials say
Two boats collided over the weekend on the Congo River, killing at least 30 people and leaving dozens missing
The $64 billion functional drink boom has found its next target: kids
Mere decades ago, children would quench their thirst with sugary, neon-colored Hi-C, Kool-Aid, and Capri Sun, and in more desperate moments, even the backyard garden hose was sufficient. But recently, there’s been a proliferation of new children-focused beverage innovations from mainstay brands like Kraft Heinz’s Capri Sun and Kool-Aid and Nestlé’s Gerber, as well as startups founded by Jennifer Garner, the actress, and Michelle Obama, the former first lady, that come with stronger hydr
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.