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STAT+: Five NIH institute directors and numerous lab heads ousted in unprecedented shake-up
STAT+: Five NIH institute directors and numerous lab heads ousted in unprecedented shake-up Directors of five National Institutes of Health institutes and at least two other members of senior leadership have been placed on administrative leave or offered new assignments since Monday, topping a list of hundreds of employees notified in the last 24 hours…
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HHS firings undermine federal government’s ability to care for vulnerable Americans
HHS firings undermine federal government’s ability to care for vulnerable Americans The Trump administration’s decision to fire 10,000 workers across U.S. health agencies looks set to disrupt the flow of millions of dollars in grants and deprive Americans with disabilities of critical services they depend on, according to advocates and federal workers. The cuts, ostensibly…
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50 canceled vaccination clinics, and other local impact from HHS cuts
50 canceled vaccination clinics, and other local impact from HHS cuts Just last week, the leader of public health in Dallas had to cancel 50 vaccination clinics, including events specifically targeting schools with low immunization rates, all while the West Texas measles outbreak continues to flare. Then on Tuesday came the layoffs of thousands of…
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STAT+: FDA Commissioner Marty Makary gets off to a bruising start as agency is wracked by layoffs
STAT+: FDA Commissioner Marty Makary gets off to a bruising start as agency is wracked by layoffs WASHINGTON — Marty Makary’s first official day as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration began with employees in tears, learning from security guards that they were losing their jobs. The news release announcing the start of his…
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Kentucky Joins South Carolina, Vermont in Dismissing Coinbase Lawsuits
Kentucky Joins South Carolina, Vermont in Dismissing Coinbase Lawsuits Kentucky has dismissed its Coinbase staking suit days after passing pro-crypto legislation, following in the footsteps of other states. Vismaya V Go to decrypt.co
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There’s More to North Korea’s Hacking Ops Than Just Lazarus Group: Paradigm
There’s More to North Korea’s Hacking Ops Than Just Lazarus Group: Paradigm Paradigm researcher Samczsun has mapped North Korea’s sophisticated cyber operations, highlighting multiple threat groups and attack vectors. Vince Dioquino Go to decrypt.co
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Coinbase CEO Slams ‘Outdated’ Stablecoin Rules, Pushes for Interest Payments
Coinbase CEO Slams ‘Outdated’ Stablecoin Rules, Pushes for Interest Payments Pending legislation should allow crypto firms to offer “onchain interest” to stablecoin holders without government favoritism, Armstrong said. Callan Quinn Go to decrypt.co
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Inside OpenAI’s Massive $40B Funding Round Led by Japan’s SoftBank
Inside OpenAI’s Massive $40B Funding Round Led by Japan’s SoftBank OpenAI’s valuation has climbed to $300 billion, as its ChatGPT LLM gains another two million users in five days. Jason Nelson Go to decrypt.co
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23andMe Genetic Data on the Blockchain: What Could Go Wrong?
23andMe Genetic Data on the Blockchain: What Could Go Wrong? Sei says an acquisition of 23andMe could transform DNA data control, but experts remain skeptical of the tech. Jason Nelson Go to decrypt.co
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DGSAM: Domain Generalization via Individual Sharpness-Aware Minimization
DGSAM: Domain Generalization via Individual Sharpness-Aware Minimization arXiv:2503.23430v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Domain generalization (DG) aims to learn models that can generalize well to unseen domains by training only on a set of source domains. Sharpness-Aware Minimization (SAM) has been a popular approach for this, aiming to find flat minima in the total loss landscape.…
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Accelerated Stein Variational Gradient Flow
Accelerated Stein Variational Gradient Flow arXiv:2503.23462v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Stein variational gradient descent (SVGD) is a kernel-based particle method for sampling from a target distribution, e.g., in generative modeling and Bayesian inference. SVGD does not require estimating the gradient of the log-density, which is called score estimation. In practice, SVGD can be slow compared…
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Learning a Single Index Model from Anisotropic Data with vanilla Stochastic Gradient Descent
Learning a Single Index Model from Anisotropic Data with vanilla Stochastic Gradient Descent arXiv:2503.23642v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We investigate the problem of learning a Single Index Model (SIM)- a popular model for studying the ability of neural networks to learn features – from anisotropic Gaussian inputs by training a neuron using vanilla Stochastic Gradient…
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Scalable Geometric Learning with Correlation-Based Functional Brain Networks
Scalable Geometric Learning with Correlation-Based Functional Brain Networks arXiv:2503.23653v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The correlation matrix is a central representation of functional brain networks in neuroimaging. Traditional analyses often treat pairwise interactions independently in a Euclidean setting, overlooking the intrinsic geometry of correlation matrices. While earlier attempts have embraced the quotient geometry of the correlation…
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Feature learning from non-Gaussian inputs: the case of Independent Component Analysis in high dimensions
Feature learning from non-Gaussian inputs: the case of Independent Component Analysis in high dimensions arXiv:2503.23896v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Deep neural networks learn structured features from complex, non-Gaussian inputs, but the mechanisms behind this process remain poorly understood. Our work is motivated by the observation that the first-layer filters learnt by deep convolutional neural networks…
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Graph Neural Networks Part 3: How GraphSAGE Handles Changing Graph Structure
Graph Neural Networks Part 3: How GraphSAGE Handles Changing Graph Structure In the previous parts of this series, we looked at Graph Convolutional Networks (GCNs) and Graph Attention Networks (GATs). Both architectures work fine, but they also have some limitations! A big one is that for large graphs, calculating the node representations with GCNs and…
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A Simple Implementation of the Attention Mechanism from Scratch
A Simple Implementation of the Attention Mechanism from Scratch Introduction The Attention Mechanism is often associated with the transformer architecture, but it was already used in RNNs. In Machine Translation or MT (e.g., English-Italian) tasks, when you want to predict the next Italian word, you need your model to focus, or pay attention, on the…
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Create Your Supply Chain Analytics Portfolio to Land Your Dream Job
Create Your Supply Chain Analytics Portfolio to Land Your Dream Job Supply chains are under pressure like never before. From climate-driven disruptions to geopolitical shifts, businesses must adapt to rising costs, new trade barriers and growing sustainability demands. In this new world where supply chains face uncertainty, Supply Chain Analytics is essential to keep resilient operations. Samir, can…
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Understanding the Tech Stack Behind Generative AI
Understanding the Tech Stack Behind Generative AI Understanding the Tech Stack Behind Generative AI When ChatGPT reached the one million user mark within five days and took off faster than any other technology in history, the world began to pay attention to artificial intelligence and AI applications. And so it continued apace. Since then, many…
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My Learning to Be Hired Again After a Year… Part 2
My Learning to Be Hired Again After a Year… Part 2 This is the second part of “My learning to being hired again after a year… Part I”. Hard to believe, but it’s been a full year since I published the first part on TDS. And in that time, something beautiful happened. Every so often,…
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Precisely to Acquire DTS Software to Add Mainframe Storage Optimization Software to its Data Integrity Suite
Precisely to Acquire DTS Software to Add Mainframe Storage Optimization Software to its Data Integrity Suite Precisely, a global data integrity provider, announced it is acquiring DTS Software, a global mainframe storage optimization software provider, underscoring Precisely’s commitment to delivering innovative, end-to-end solutions for optimizing the integrity and value of enterprise data, whether it resides…
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CData Unveils Microsoft Fabric Integration Accelerator, Enabling Connectivity to More Than 270 Sources
CData Unveils Microsoft Fabric Integration Accelerator, Enabling Connectivity to More Than 270 Sources CData Software, a leading provider of data connectivity solutions, is releasing its Microsoft Fabric Integration Accelerator, a comprehensive set of connectivity solutions designed to dramatically simplify and accelerate the integration between Microsoft Fabric and external data sources. The announcement was made at…
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Reltio Debuts Microsoft Fabric Integration for Zero-Copy Data Sharing
Reltio Debuts Microsoft Fabric Integration for Zero-Copy Data Sharing Reltio, a leader in AI-powered data unification and management, is unveiling Reltio Zero Copy Integration with Microsoft Fabric, enabling Reltio Data Cloud on Azure to store, manage, and share data seamlessly on OneLake. Go to dbta
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Efficient spare parts delivery model promises cost and emission reductions
Efficient spare parts delivery model promises cost and emission reductions A distribution model designed to streamline spare parts delivery to roadside assistance vehicles could cut costs in half, according to work published in the International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics. Go to techxplore
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Organic solar cells face efficiency challenge due to slow current flow, researchers show
Organic solar cells face efficiency challenge due to slow current flow, researchers show Researchers from the Chair of Optics and Photonics of Condensed Matter led by Prof. Dr. Carsten Deibel at the Chemnitz University of Technology and other partner institutions are currently working on solar cells made from novel organic semiconductors that can be produced…
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AI and satellites help aid workers respond to Myanmar earthquake damage
AI and satellites help aid workers respond to Myanmar earthquake damage Just after sunrise on Saturday, a satellite set its long-range camera on the city of Mandalay in Myanmar, not far from the epicenter of Friday’s 7.7 magnitude earthquake that devastated the Southeast Asian country’s second-largest city. Go to techxplore
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Information and communication technology in US could do more to combat rising CO₂ emissions, study says
Information and communication technology in US could do more to combat rising CO₂ emissions, study says Information and communication technology (ICT) is a factor augmenting CO2 emissions in the United States and doing little to address the host of environmental challenges facing the planet, research published in the journal Environmental Sciences Europe suggests. Go to…
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Hidden surface degradation mechanism discovered in cathodes of lithium-ion batteries
Hidden surface degradation mechanism discovered in cathodes of lithium-ion batteries A research team has identified a previously unknown degradation mechanism that occurs during the use of lithium-ion batteries. Their findings are published in Advanced Energy Materials. Go to techxplore
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The expanding role of 5G in retail
The expanding role of 5G in retail Since 5G first debuted in the late 2010s, it has gone from ancillary technology to a vital link that powers critical communications for industries worldwide. For retail specifically, it is both growing in popularity and showing a tangible return on investment. According to a recent industry report from…
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How the explosion of non-human identities is changing cybersecurity
How the explosion of non-human identities is changing cybersecurity A quiet transformation is reshaping enterprise cybersecurity. Many organisations don’t realise that an increasing volume of digital interactions now happens between machines — automated systems, APIs, bots and IoT devices — not humans. This surge in machine-to machine communication and non-human identities is transforming the landscape,…
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Nearly 2,000 top researchers call on Trump administration to halt ‘assault’ on science
Nearly 2,000 top researchers call on Trump administration to halt ‘assault’ on science Since taking office, President Donald Trump has slashed biomedical research funding, fired thousands of federal agency scientists, canceled training programs for young researchers, temporarily removed access to public datasets, and pressured scientists to alter or abandon work ideologically opposed to the White…
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STAT+: Texas judge strikes down FDA’s plan to regulate lab-developed tests
STAT+: Texas judge strikes down FDA’s plan to regulate lab-developed tests WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Texas squashed the Food and Drug Administration’s plan to regulate lab-developed tests on Monday, ruling in favor of lab trade groups that said the agency was overstepping its bounds. “The Court VACATES and SETS ASIDE, in its entirety,…
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STAT+: Cassidy gave himself a difficult task. RFK Jr. isn’t making it any easier on him
STAT+: Cassidy gave himself a difficult task. RFK Jr. isn’t making it any easier on him WASHINGTON — Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said he would be Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s keeper, but the physician-turned-politician is struggling to stop the nation’s health secretary from undermining public trust in vaccines. Cassidy has taken the lead for his…
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Emotional whiplash for PTC Therapeutics
Emotional whiplash for PTC Therapeutics Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Morning. Today, we process the shockwaves in biotech following the ouster of CBER chief Peter Marks, see a radiopharmaceutical expand its reach, and more. Read the rest… Meghana Keshavan…
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Want to Help Myanmar, Thailand’s Earthquake Crisis Using Crypto? Here’s How
Want to Help Myanmar, Thailand’s Earthquake Crisis Using Crypto? Here’s How We know things aren’t looking good in the crypto market right now, but there’s never a wrong time to help out. Vince Dioquino Go to decrypt.co
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Australia Puts Crypto ATM Providers ‘On Notice’ Over Money Laundering Concerns
Australia Puts Crypto ATM Providers ‘On Notice’ Over Money Laundering Concerns Crypto kiosks are under fire for allegedly enabling scams, prompting swift regulatory pushback from Australia’s financial regulator. Vismaya V Go to decrypt.co
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Iran Officials Allegedly Steal $21 Million in Crypto While ‘Investigating’ Corruption
Iran Officials Allegedly Steal $21 Million in Crypto While ‘Investigating’ Corruption Cryptoland CEO Sina Estavi was tricked into paying $10,000 to “buy back” stolen tokens from what he believed was a third party. Vismaya V Go to decrypt.co
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Elon Musk Says US Government Has No Plans to Use Dogecoin
Elon Musk Says US Government Has No Plans to Use Dogecoin Despite similar names and past endorsements, Musk says federal agency D.O.G.E. has nothing to do with the meme coin. Callan Quinn Go to decrypt.co
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Japan Eyes Giving Crypto Assets Legal Status: Report
Japan Eyes Giving Crypto Assets Legal Status: Report The country’s financial regulator is rethinking how it wants to treat crypto, including provisions to curb insider trading. Vince Dioquino Go to decrypt.co
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Structured and sparse partial least squares coherence for multivariate cortico-muscular analysis
Structured and sparse partial least squares coherence for multivariate cortico-muscular analysis arXiv:2503.21802v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Multivariate cortico-muscular analysis has recently emerged as a promising approach for evaluating the corticospinal neural pathway. However, current multivariate approaches encounter challenges such as high dimensionality and limited sample sizes, thus restricting their further applications. In this paper, we…
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Is Best-of-N the Best of Them? Coverage, Scaling, and Optimality in Inference-Time Alignment
Is Best-of-N the Best of Them? Coverage, Scaling, and Optimality in Inference-Time Alignment arXiv:2503.21878v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Inference-time computation provides an important axis for scaling language model performance, but naively scaling compute through techniques like Best-of-$N$ sampling can cause performance to degrade due to reward hacking. Toward a theoretical understanding of how to best…
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Rolled Gaussian process models for curves on manifolds
Rolled Gaussian process models for curves on manifolds arXiv:2503.21980v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Given a planar curve, imagine rolling a sphere along that curve without slipping or twisting, and by this means tracing out a curve on the sphere. It is well known that such a rolling operation induces a local isometry between the sphere…
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An Artificial Trend Index for Private Consumption Using Google Trends
An Artificial Trend Index for Private Consumption Using Google Trends arXiv:2503.21981v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: In recent years, the use of databases that analyze trends, sentiments or news to make economic projections or create indicators has gained significant popularity, particularly with the Google Trends platform. This article explores the potential of Google search data to…
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Improving Equivariant Networks with Probabilistic Symmetry Breaking
Improving Equivariant Networks with Probabilistic Symmetry Breaking arXiv:2503.21985v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Equivariance encodes known symmetries into neural networks, often enhancing generalization. However, equivariant networks cannot break symmetries: the output of an equivariant network must, by definition, have at least the same self-symmetries as the input. This poses an important problem, both (1) for prediction…
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Weekly Entering & Transitioning – Thread 31 Mar, 2025 – 07 Apr, 2025
Weekly Entering & Transitioning – Thread 31 Mar, 2025 – 07 Apr, 2025 Welcome to this week’s entering & transitioning thread! This thread is for any questions about getting started, studying, or transitioning into the data science field. Topics include: Learning resources (e.g. books, tutorials, videos) Traditional education (e.g. schools, degrees, electives) Alternative education (e.g.…
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Researchers develop new design and fabrication method to make lightsails for interstellar travel
Researchers develop new design and fabrication method to make lightsails for interstellar travel In a potential step toward sending small spacecraft to the stars, researchers have developed an ultra-thin, ultra-reflective membrane designed to ride a column of laser light to incredible speeds. Go to techxplore
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PAWS: Four-legged robot can reproduce animal movement with fewer actuators
PAWS: Four-legged robot can reproduce animal movement with fewer actuators Many of the robotic systems developed in the past decades are inspired by four-legged (i.e., quadruped) animals, such as dogs, cheetahs and horses. By replicating the agile movements of these animals, quadruped robots could move swiftly on the ground, crossing long distances on various terrains…
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‘Something is rotten’: Apple’s AI strategy faces doubts
‘Something is rotten’: Apple’s AI strategy faces doubts Has Apple, the biggest company in the world, bungled its generative artificial intelligence strategy? Go to techxplore
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STAT+: FDA’s ‘key man’ Peter Marks is out. Biotech investors will now deal with the consequences
STAT+: FDA’s ‘key man’ Peter Marks is out. Biotech investors will now deal with the consequences Robert F. Kennedy Jr. forcing Peter Marks out of the Food and Drug Administration has blown a hole in the agency’s leadership ranks and threatens to unmoor the oversight of drugs and vaccines from bedrock scientific principles. For biotech…
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Opinion: STAT+: Peter Marks’ ouster is an ominous sign for biotech — and for public health
Opinion: STAT+: Peter Marks’ ouster is an ominous sign for biotech — and for public health Welcome to Lab Dish, a new First Opinion column on regenerative medicine from Paul Knoepfler. There are certain leaders who quietly make complex organizations operate well including in the toughest of times — leaders like Peter Marks, director of…
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Why ‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic Launched a Solana Meme Coin From Behind Bars
Why ‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic Launched a Solana Meme Coin From Behind Bars “I’m knee-deep in lawyer bills,” former wildlife park owner Joe Exotic told Decrypt from prison this week. André Beganski Go to decrypt.co
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This Week in Bitcoin: GameStop Reveals Reserve, But Inflation Fears Rear Their Head
This Week in Bitcoin: GameStop Reveals Reserve, But Inflation Fears Rear Their Head Bitcoin was flying high earlier this week amid GameStop’s reserve moves, but inflation and trade war fears torpedoed the optimism. Mathew Di Salvo Go to decrypt.co
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What is Dogwifhat (WIF)? The Solana Dog Meme Coin With a Hat
What is Dogwifhat (WIF)? The Solana Dog Meme Coin With a Hat Dogwifhat has become one of the biggest crypto meme coins. But what actually is it? And where did it come from? Ryan Gladwin Go to decrypt.co
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Will the Nintendo Switch 2 Be Too Big?
Will the Nintendo Switch 2 Be Too Big? Before Nintendo spills all the beans on its launch plans, there’s growing concern that bigger won’t actually be better with the Switch 2. Eric Frederiksen Go to decrypt.co
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Dogecoin Started as a Joke, But DOGE Mining Is Getting Serious
Dogecoin Started as a Joke, But DOGE Mining Is Getting Serious Dogecoin mining is a profitable alternative to Bitcoin, vendors told Decrypt at Mining Disrupt—and small businesses are cashing in. Mathew Di Salvo Go to decrypt.co
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Everything you say to an Alexa speaker will be sent to Amazon—starting today
Everything you say to an Alexa speaker will be sent to Amazon—starting today Amazon has disabled two key privacy features in its Alexa smart speakers, in a push to introduce artificial intelligence-powered “agentic capabilities” and turn a profit from the popular devices. Go to techxplore
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Tunisian startup turns olive waste into clean energy
Tunisian startup turns olive waste into clean energy In a northern Tunisian olive grove, Yassine Khelifi’s small workshop hums as a large machine turns olive waste into a valuable energy source in a country heavily reliant on imported fuel. Go to techxplore
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Elon Musk sells X to his own xAI for $33 billion in all-stock deal
Elon Musk sells X to his own xAI for $33 billion in all-stock deal Elon Musk has sold social media site X to his own xAI artificial intelligence company in a $33 billion all-stock deal, the billionaire announced on Friday. Go to techxplore
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DNA scaffolds enable self-assembling 3D electronic devices
DNA scaffolds enable self-assembling 3D electronic devices Researchers at Columbia Engineering have for the first time used DNA to help create 3D electronically operational devices with nanometer-size features. Go to techxplore
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STAT+: Ouster of FDA’s Peter Marks alarms a biopharma industry that saw him as an ally
STAT+: Ouster of FDA’s Peter Marks alarms a biopharma industry that saw him as an ally When Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime and visceral critic of pharmaceutical and biotech companies, was nominated by President Trump to be the nation’s health secretary, the head of biotech’s largest trade group issued a statement saying that he…
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Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine regulator, forced out
Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine regulator, forced out Peter Marks, the top Food and Drug Administration official who oversaw vaccines, gene therapies, and the blood supply, resigned Friday after being told by Trump administration officials he would be fired if he did not step down, according to people familiar with the situation. In his resignation…
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Elon Musk Folds X Into xAI, Creating a $113 Billion Juggernaut
Elon Musk Folds X Into xAI, Creating a $113 Billion Juggernaut The merger between Elon Musk’s X and xAI creates a closed loop of 600 million user inputs, model training, and distribution. Jason Nelson Go to decrypt.co
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FDIC Clears Path for Bank Crypto Activities Without Prior Approval
FDIC Clears Path for Bank Crypto Activities Without Prior Approval The Federal agency reverses policy that required banks to seek permission before offering cryptocurrency services—a significant shift in the U.S. regulatory landscape Jose Antonio Lanz Go to decrypt.co
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Hawk Tuah Girl Says SEC Dropping Probe Into Solana Meme Coin: TMZ
Hawk Tuah Girl Says SEC Dropping Probe Into Solana Meme Coin: TMZ Haliey Welch went viral last year following an interview about sexual techniques. André Beganski Go to decrypt.co
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The Art of Hybrid Architectures
The Art of Hybrid Architectures In my previous article, I discussed how morphological feature extractors mimic the way biological experts visually assess images. This time, I want to go a step further and explore a new question:Can different architectures complement each other to build an AI that “sees” like an expert? Introduction: Rethinking Model Architecture…
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A Little More Conversation, A Little Less Action — A Case Against Premature Data Integration
A Little More Conversation, A Little Less Action — A Case Against Premature Data Integration When I talk to [large] organisations that have not yet properly started with Data Science (DS) and Machine Learning (ML), they often tell me that they have to run a data integration project first, because “…all the data is scattered…
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Master the 3D Reconstruction Process: A Step-by-Step Guide
Master the 3D Reconstruction Process: A Step-by-Step Guide The 3d Reconstruction journey from 2D photographs to 3D models follows a structured path. This path consists of distinct steps that build upon each other to transform flat images into spatial information. Understanding this pipeline is crucial for anyone looking to create high-quality 3D reconstructions. Let me…
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AI Agents from Zero to Hero — Part 3
AI Agents from Zero to Hero — Part 3 Intro In Part 1 of this tutorial series, we introduced AI Agents, autonomous programs that perform tasks, make decisions, and communicate with others. In Part 2 of this tutorial series, we understood how to make the Agent try and retry until the task is completed through…
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From Physics to Probability: Hamiltonian Mechanics for Generative Modeling and MCMC
From Physics to Probability: Hamiltonian Mechanics for Generative Modeling and MCMC Phase space of a nonlinear pendulum. Photo by the author. Hamiltonian mechanics is a way to describe how physical systems, like planets or pendulums, move over time, focusing on energy rather than just forces. By reframing complex dynamics through energy lenses, this 19th-century physics…
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Diversified Delivers Secure, Automated, and Flexible Cloud Environments with Atlas Orchestrate
Diversified Delivers Secure, Automated, and Flexible Cloud Environments with Atlas Orchestrate Diversified, a leading global technology solutions provider, is introducing Atlas Orchestrate, a breakthrough platform that eliminates the complexity of cloud deployment by enabling organizations to set up cloud environments and software packages. Go to dbta
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Green solvent innovation: High-speed doctor-blading boosts organic solar cell efficiency
Green solvent innovation: High-speed doctor-blading boosts organic solar cell efficiency In a recent advancement, researchers have developed a high-speed doctor-blading technique that enhances the efficiency of organic solar cells (OSCs) while using eco-friendly, non-halogenated solvents. Go to techxplore
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Optical innovations for solar modules—which are the most promising?
Optical innovations for solar modules—which are the most promising? In 2023, photovoltaic systems generated more than 5% of the world’s electrical energy and the installed capacity doubles every two to three years. Optical technologies can further increase the efficiency of solar modules and open up new applications, such as colored solar modules for facades. Go…
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Beyond the chicken-and-egg dilemma—uncovering the hidden challenges of the digital platform business model
Beyond the chicken-and-egg dilemma—uncovering the hidden challenges of the digital platform business model Some of the most valuable companies in the world owe their success to digital platforms. But why do several companies fail when attempting to follow in their footsteps? Khaled Abed Alghani’s doctoral dissertation in strategic management at the University of Vaasa sheds…
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How AI is ‘saving the Mona Lisa’: A paradigm shift in digital forensics
How AI is ‘saving the Mona Lisa’: A paradigm shift in digital forensics In the digital age, the recovery of deleted data is a key challenge in digital forensics. With the constant increase in data volumes and storage methods, conventional methods are reaching their limits. This is where the Carve-DL research project comes in: an…
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Improving steel pipelines for safe transport of hydrogen: Synchrotron light captures 3D images of cracks formed inside
Improving steel pipelines for safe transport of hydrogen: Synchrotron light captures 3D images of cracks formed inside Hydrogen is increasingly gaining attention as a promising energy source for a cleaner, more sustainable future. Using hydrogen to meet the energy demands for large-scale applications such as utility infrastructure will require transporting large volumes via existing pipelines…
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Trump chooses Fox News contributor Sara Carter as next drug czar
Trump chooses Fox News contributor Sara Carter as next drug czar President Trump has selected Sara Carter, a conservative journalist and Fox News contributor, as the nation’s next drug czar. Carter’s selection comes as a surprise: Her background is not in drug policy, public health, or law enforcement, and she has never served in government.…
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STAT+: Amgen loses its battle against Colorado over a prescription drug affordability board
STAT+: Amgen loses its battle against Colorado over a prescription drug affordability board In a blow to the pharmaceutical industry, a U.S. court judge ruled that a Colorado state board can proceed with plans to place limits on the prices paid for medicines, the first such decision to support the controversial attempts by some states…
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STAT+: HHS emergency response unit given two days to figure out its fate
STAT+: HHS emergency response unit given two days to figure out its fate WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plan to reshape the federal health department has left its roughly 1,000 emergency response workers in limbo, and with a daunting order: Sort out how you break up — this weekend. The George W. Bush-founded Administration for…
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Texas reaches 400 measles cases as U.S. deals with outbreaks in 5 states
Texas reaches 400 measles cases as U.S. deals with outbreaks in 5 states At least five states have active measles outbreaks as of Friday, and Texas’ is the largest with 400 cases. Already, the U.S. has more measles cases this year than in all of 2024, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said. Other states with outbreaks —…
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STAT+: FDA to staff: No need to work from pantries for now
STAT+: FDA to staff: No need to work from pantries for now Some Food and Drug Administration employees who were previously working in pantries and conference rooms can work from home for now, according to an email reviewed by STAT. FDA managers sent an email Friday granting some workers temporary work-from-home exceptions, either because their…
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France’s Public Investment Bank Bpifrance to Invest $27 Million in Crypto
France’s Public Investment Bank Bpifrance to Invest $27 Million in Crypto Bpifrance said it will use the fund to back early-stage crypto tokens, pushing to keep Web3 talent and innovation at home. Vismaya V Go to decrypt.co
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Influencer Behind Solana Meme Coin Files Abuse Lawsuit Against Andrew Tate
Influencer Behind Solana Meme Coin Files Abuse Lawsuit Against Andrew Tate Stern has detailed her allegations of sexual assault from Tate describing it as a “traumatic” encounter tied to crypto promotions. Vince Dioquino Go to decrypt.co
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No, Trump Didn’t Unveil the Bitcoin Whitepaper in the Oval Office
No, Trump Didn’t Unveil the Bitcoin Whitepaper in the Oval Office A fake video of Trump showing off the Satoshi whitepaper is making the rounds, but his real crypto revolution is no joke. Callan Quinn Go to decrypt.co
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SEC Officially Drops Cases Against Kraken, ConsenSys, and Cumberland DRW
SEC Officially Drops Cases Against Kraken, ConsenSys, and Cumberland DRW The agency has officially ended what has been characterized as a “wasteful, politically motivated campaign” against the crypto industry. Vince Dioquino Go to decrypt.co
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How a Solo Bitcoin Miner Beat the Odds and Banked $266K
How a Solo Bitcoin Miner Beat the Odds and Banked $266K Against incredible odds, a solo Bitcoin miner turned a modest home setup into a BTC haul worth $266,000. Here’s how they did it. Logan Hitchcock Go to decrypt.co
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Fundamental Safety-Capability Trade-offs in Fine-tuning Large Language Models
Fundamental Safety-Capability Trade-offs in Fine-tuning Large Language Models arXiv:2503.20807v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Fine-tuning Large Language Models (LLMs) on some task-specific datasets has been a primary use of LLMs. However, it has been empirically observed that this approach to enhancing capability inevitably compromises safety, a phenomenon also known as the safety-capability trade-off in LLM fine-tuning.…
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Debiasing Kernel-Based Generative Models
Debiasing Kernel-Based Generative Models arXiv:2503.20825v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We propose a novel two-stage framework of generative models named Debiasing Kernel-Based Generative Models (DKGM) with the insights from kernel density estimation (KDE) and stochastic approximation. In the first stage of DKGM, we employ KDE to bypass the obstacles in estimating the density of data without…
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Squared families: Searching beyond regular probability models
Squared families: Searching beyond regular probability models arXiv:2503.21128v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We introduce squared families, which are families of probability densities obtained by squaring a linear transformation of a statistic. Squared families are singular, however their singularity can easily be handled so that they form regular models. After handling the singularity, squared families possess…
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DeepRV: pre-trained spatial priors for accelerated disease mapping
DeepRV: pre-trained spatial priors for accelerated disease mapping arXiv:2503.21473v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Recently introduced prior-encoding deep generative models (e.g., PriorVAE, $pi$VAE, and PriorCVAE) have emerged as powerful tools for scalable Bayesian inference by emulating complex stochastic processes like Gaussian processes (GPs). However, these methods remain largely a proof-of-concept and inaccessible to practitioners. We propose…
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Constraint-based causal discovery with tiered background knowledge and latent variables in single or overlapping datasets
Constraint-based causal discovery with tiered background knowledge and latent variables in single or overlapping datasets arXiv:2503.21526v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In this paper we consider the use of tiered background knowledge within constraint based causal discovery. Our focus is on settings relaxing causal sufficiency, i.e. allowing for latent variables which may arise because relevant information…
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Data Science: From School to Work, Part III
Data Science: From School to Work, Part III Introduction Writing code is about solving problems, but not every problem is predictable. In the real world, your software will encounter unexpected situations: missing files, invalid user inputs, network timeouts, or even hardware failures. This is why handling errors isn’t just a nice-to-have; it’s a critical part…
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Japanese-Chinese Translation with GenAI: What Works and What Doesn’t
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Talk to Videos
Talk to Videos Large language models (LLMs) are improving in efficiency and are now able to understand different data formats, offering possibilities for myriads of applications in different domains. Initially, LLMs were inherently able to process only text. The image understanding feature was integrated by coupling an LLM with another image encoding model. However, gpt-4o…
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What is intelligent document processing (IDP)?
What is intelligent document processing (IDP)? Go to techtarget
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AWS boosts Q in QuickSight with AI-powered scenario analysis
AWS boosts Q in QuickSight with AI-powered scenario analysis Go to techtarget
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The importance of data products
The importance of data products Go to techtarget
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Pulumi Unveils New Enhancements for Fortifying Cloud Security with Automation
Pulumi Unveils New Enhancements for Fortifying Cloud Security with Automation Pulumi, a leader in infrastructure as code and platform engineering solutions, is announcing new capabilities designed to strengthen security, streamline automation, and offer greater control over cloud resources at scale. Go to dbta
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Datadobi Unlocks Unparalleled Value and Visibility from Unstructured Data with StorageMAP 7.2
Datadobi Unlocks Unparalleled Value and Visibility from Unstructured Data with StorageMAP 7.2 Datadobi, a global leader in vendor-neutral unstructured data management, is releasing the next version of its software platform, StorageMAP 7.2?introducing new metadata insights and expanded data reporting. Go to dbta
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CloudCasa by Catalogic Offers Integration with SUSE Rancher Prime Extension
CloudCasa by Catalogic Offers Integration with SUSE Rancher Prime Extension CloudCasa by Catalogic, a leader in Kubernetes backup and disaster recovery, is providing an integration with SUSE Rancher Prime via a new Rancher Prime Extension, delivering stress-free infrastructure to securely deploy, run, and manage modern workloads anywhere. Go to dbta
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Updates to Qdrant Cloud Boost Automation, Security, and Observability
Updates to Qdrant Cloud Boost Automation, Security, and Observability Qdrant, the high-performance, open source vector database, is unveiling new capabilities for Qdrant Cloud that address various operational bottlenecks associated with powering large-scale AI deployments. Go to dbta