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Demo: TOSense -- What Did You Just Agree to?
Xinzhang Chen, Hassan Ali, Arash Shaghaghi, Salil S. Kanhere, Sanjay Jha
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00659 https://

Demo: TOSense -- What Did You Just Agree to?
Online services often require users to agree to lengthy and obscure Terms of Service (ToS), leading to information asymmetry and legal risks. This paper proposes TOSense-a Chrome extension that allows users to ask questions about ToS in natural language and get concise answers in real time. The system combines (i) a crawler "tos-crawl" that automatically extracts ToS content, and (ii) a lightweight large language model pipeline: MiniLM for semantic retrieval and BART-encoder for answer relevanc…

@… In theory, I agree. In practice… I’ve interacted with so many systems where the answer is simply “We aren’t set up to handle that case” with no further steps towards resolution.

Measuring the muon content of inclined air showers using AERA and the water-Cherenkov detectors of the Pierre Auger Observatory
Collaboration, Halim, Abreu, Aglietta, Allekotte, Cheminant, Almela, Aloisio, Alvarez-Mu\~niz, Ambrosone, Yebra, Anastasi, Anchordoqui, Andrada, Dourado, Andringa, Apollonio, Aramo, Arnone, Vel\'azquez, Assis, Avila, Avocone, Bakalova, Barbato, Mocellin, Bellido, Berat, Bertaina, Bianciotto, Biermann, Binet, Bismark, Bister, Biteau, Blazek, Bl\"umer, …

Measuring the muon content of inclined air showers using AERA and the water-Cherenkov detectors of the Pierre Auger Observatory
We present a novel approach for assessing the muon content of air showers with large zenith angles on a combined analysis of their radio emission and particle footprint. We use the radiation energy reconstructed by the Auger Engineering Radio Array (AERA) as an energy estimator and determine the muon number independently with the water-Cherenkov detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory, deployed on a 1500 m grid. We focus our analysis on air showers with primary energy above 4 EeV to ensu…

Canceled the Google account for my small business... Less money going to AI bullshit and Google's evil practices.
And I let them know.
(I had to click through a lot of screens where they tried to get me to stay, offered discounts, or offered to archive data for a few dollars a month. No thanks.)
#noAI

Enhancing Science Literacy through Cognitive Conflict-Based Generative Learning Model: An Experimental Study in Physics Learning
A Akmam, Serli Ahzari, E Emiliannur, Rio Anshari, David Setiawan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01295

Enhancing Science Literacy through Cognitive Conflict-Based Generative Learning Model: An Experimental Study in Physics Learning
This experimental study investigates the effectiveness of the Cognitive Conflict-Based Generative Learning Model (GLBCC) in enhancing science literacy among high school physics students. The novelty of this research lies in the innovative integration of cognitive conflict strategies with generative learning principles through a six stage structured framework, specifically designed to address persistent misconceptions in physics education while systematically developing scientific literacy compe…

"I hate [politician on my side not doing what I want], they need to go!"
You can blame people you basically agree with, or you can work with the people available to try to work toward better.
1st feels good for maybe 5 minutes, then ruins improvement right now, the 2nd has a chance to make things better.
Try to take your anger, your resentment, which I share, to those chiefly responsible for problems, and not to those nearest and ablest to help, even if not as fla…

Plug. Play. Persist. Inside a Ready-to-Go Havoc C2 Infrastructure
Alessio Di Santo
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00189 https://arxiv.org…

Plug. Play. Persist. Inside a Ready-to-Go Havoc C2 Infrastructure
This analysis focuses on a single Azure-hosted Virtual Machine at 52.230.23.114 that the adversary converted into an all-in-one delivery, staging and Command-and-Control node. The host advertises an out-of-date Apache 2.4.52 instance whose open directory exposes phishing lures, PowerShell loaders, Reflective Shell-Code, compiled Havoc Demon implants and a toolbox of lateral-movement binaries; the same server also answers on 8443/80 for encrypted beacon traffic. The web tier is riddled with publ…

Sensitivity of nEXO to $^{136}$Xe Charged-Current Interactions: Background-free Searches for Solar Neutrinos and Fermionic Dark Matter
G. Richardson, B. G. Lenardo, D. Gallacher, R. Saldanha, P. Acharya, S. Al Kharusi, A. Amy, E. Angelico, A. Anker, I. J. Arnquist, A. Atencio, J. Bane, V. Belov, E. P. Bernard, T. Bhatta, A. Bolotnikov, J. Breslin, P. A. Breur, J. P. Brodsky, S. Bron, E. Brown, T. Brunner, B. Burnell, E. Caden, G. F. Cao, L. Q. Cao, D. Cesmecioglu, D. Chernyak, M. Chiu,…

Sensitivity of nEXO to $^{136}$Xe Charged-Current Interactions: Background-free Searches for Solar Neutrinos and Fermionic Dark Matter
We study the sensitivity of nEXO to solar neutrino charged-current interactions, $ν_e + ^{136}$Xe$\rightarrow ^{136}$Cs$^* + e^-$, as well as analogous interactions predicted by models of fermionic dark matter. Due to the recently observed low-lying isomeric states of $^{136}$Cs, these interactions will create a time-delayed coincident signal observable in the scintillation channel. Here we develop a detailed Monte Carlo of scintillation emission, propagation, and detection in the nEXO detecto…

The Distributed and Unified Numerics Environment (DUNE), Version 2.10
Markus Blatt, Samuel Burbulla, Ansgar Burchardt, Andreas Dedner, Christian Engwer, Carsten Gr\"aser, Christoph Gr\"uninger, Robert Kl\"ofkorn, Timo Koch, Santiago Ospina De Los R\'ios, Simon Praetorius, Oliver Sander
https://arxiv.org/abs/25…

The Distributed and Unified Numerics Environment (DUNE), Version 2.10
Version 2.10 of the Distributed and Unified Numerics Environment DUNE introduces a range of enhancements across its core and extension modules, with a continued emphasis on modern C++ integration and improved usability. This release extends support for C++20 features, particularly concepts, through comprehensive refinements in dune-common and dune-grid, enabling safer and more expressive generic programming paradigms. A notable advancement is the improved support for curved geometries, includin…

Trump gambles his presidency on war
If Iran does not agree to peace on Trump’s terms,
the president’s vow that
“there are many targets left”
opened the door to a much deeper and potentially longer conflict.
Already, that prospect is angering some members of his political base.
…

With fateful decision, Trump gambles his presidency on war
Trump rose to power criticizing Middle East wars. Now he may have his own.