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Towards Reliable and Interpretable Document Question Answering via VLMs
Alessio Chen, Simone Giovannini, Andrea Gemelli, Fabio Coppini, Simone Marinai
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.10129

Towards Reliable and Interpretable Document Question Answering via VLMs
Vision-Language Models (VLMs) have shown strong capabilities in document understanding, particularly in identifying and extracting textual information from complex documents. Despite this, accurately localizing answers within documents remains a major challenge, limiting both interpretability and real-world applicability. To address this, we introduce \textit{DocExplainerV0}, a plug-and-play bounding-box prediction module that decouples answer generation from spatial localization. This design m…

Maybe weird question, but does anyone have a favorite moving blanket or tarp, ideally one with metal grommets?
I want something that can be tied down with straps when used to cover stuff like furniture on a pickup truck truckbed.
(Please only answer if you have direct experience and have a favorite product.)

From <Answer> to <Think>: Multidimensional Supervision of Reasoning Process for LLM Optimization
Beining Wang, Weihang Su, Hongtao Tian, Tao Yang, Yujia Zhou, Ting Yao, Qingyao Ai, Yiqun Liu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.11457

From to : Multidimensional Supervision of Reasoning Process for LLM Optimization
Improving the multi-step reasoning ability of Large Language Models (LLMs) is a critical yet challenging task. The dominant paradigm, outcome-supervised reinforcement learning (RLVR), rewards only correct final answers, often propagating flawed reasoning and suffering from sparse reward signals. While process-level reward models (PRMs) provide denser, step-by-step feedback, they lack generalizability and interpretability, requiring task-specific segmentation of the reasoning process. To this en…

Amkor breaks ground on advanced chip packaging campus in Arizona, with production expected by early 2028; state officials say Amkor's investment could reach $7B (Luke James/Tom's Hardware)
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry

Amkor breaks ground on Arizona advanced packaging campus, plugging critical gap in US semiconductor supply chain — production expected in 2028, investment could extend to $7 billion with 3,000 jobs in tow
Amkor moves in next door to TSMC as CHIPS Act funding continues to turn the Phoenix metro area into a chips hub.

We must stay angry and keep calling out these completely lawless killings by Trump. The International waters around Venezuela are a shooting gallery where Trump may kill as he likes.... No ally is protesting...
#trump #criminal

google glass and snapchat spectacles were both such wildly successful products, which we all trampled one another to get, of course facebook-wunderkind-who-isn't-really-a-wunderkind will succeed with possibly the most unappealing glasses ever made since someone ended up with auto glass in their eyes after flying through a windshield in a collision. It's a sure thing! /s

Mark Zuckerberg is making a major bet on the future. He’s about to share it
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a bold claim on the social media giant’s earnings call in July. Answering a question from an analyst, he said people without smart glasses may one day be at a “significant cognitive disadvantage” compared to those who do use the tech.

#Balkonsolar, aber als Architekturelement.
Fotografiert in Aarhus Ø. Ansonsten habe ich in Aarhus wenig Photovoltaik entdeckt. Dänemark produziert etwa 60% der Energie erneuerbar; Den Großteil durch Windturbinen.

Ukraine fordert 20 Milliarden Dollar an Militärhilfe für 2026
Die Ukraine benötigt im kommenden Jahr nach eigenen Angaben zwischen zwölf und 20 Milliarden Dollar an Militärhilfe. Dies sei Teil der NATO-Initiative zum Kauf von US-Waffen. Weiter sagt Verteidigungsminister Denys Schmyhal in Brüssel, die Ukraine könne bei ausreichender Finanzierung durch Verbündete im kommenden Jahr zehn Millionen Drohnen produzieren.
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Stromabschaltungen in vielen Teilen der Ukraine ++
Nach erneuten russischen Angriffe auf Energieanlagen hat die Ukraine in vielen Landesteilen die Stromversorgung massiv eingeschränkt. Die Zahl junge Ukrainer, die als Schutzsuchende nach Deutschland kommen, ist im Sommer gestiegen.

Orthogonal polynomials, quantum walks and the Prouhet-Tarry-Escott problem
Frederico Can\c{c}ado, Gabriel Coutinho, Thom\'as Jung Spier
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.09948 http…

Orthogonal polynomials, quantum walks and the Prouhet-Tarry-Escott problem
This paper is motivated by the following problem. Define a quantum walk on a positively weighted path (linear chain). Can the weights be tuned so that perfect state transfer occurs between the first vertex and any other position? We do not fully answer this question - in fact, we show that a particular case of this problem is equivalent to a solution of a particular case of the well known Prouhet-Tarry-Escott problem, deeming our original task certainly harder than anticipated. In our journey, …

Flip side of this: ~3 years ago, I got automated calls from “RBC Visa”. I ignored them.
Then my card stopped working.
So I called the number on the back of my card and said as much.
The agent gave me a hard time: “So you JUST IGNORED our calls about this?”
“No; I didn’t know they were you calling.”
“How did you not know they were us?! It says ‘this is RBC Visa’ when you answer!”
“That’s indistinguishable from fraud.”
He did not like that. He thought …