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Can a visual neuroprosthesis communicate with the brain? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/can-visual-neuroprosthesis-communicate-brain-2025a1000yhe Archived at

Can a Visual Neuroprosthesis Communicate With the Brain?
A closed-loop cortical implant generates functional percepts of shape, motion, and letters in two individuals with acquired blindness.

KLM-topvrouw na rampweek op Schiphol: ‘Onze communicatie naar reizigers moet beter’ | Trouw
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Trump’s Katrina Is Coming - The American Prospect
https://prospect.org/2025/12/05/trumps-katrina-is-coming-fema/

The Communication Complexity of Combinatorial Auctions with Additional Succinct Bidders
Frederick V. Qiu, S. Matthew Weinberg, Qianfan Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.06585 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.06585 https://arxiv.org/html/2512.06585
arXiv:2512.06585v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: We study the communication complexity of welfare maximization in combinatorial auctions with bidders from either a standard valuation class (which require exponential communication to explicitly state, such as subadditive or XOS), or arbitrary succinct valuations (which can be fully described in polynomial communication, such as single-minded). Although succinct valuations can be efficiently communicated, we show that additional succinct bidders have a nontrivial impact on communication complexity of classical combinatorial auctions. Specifically, let $n$ be the number of subadditive/XOS bidders. We show that for SA $\cup$ SC (the union of subadditive and succinct valuations): (1) There is a polynomial communication $3$-approximation algorithm; (2) As $n \to \infty$, there is a matching $3$-hardness of approximation, which (a) is larger than the optimal approximation ratio of $2$ for SA, and (b) holds even for SA $\cup$ SM (the union of subadditive and single-minded valuations); and (3) For all $n \geq 3$, there is a constant separation between the optimal approximation ratios for SA $\cup$ SM and SA (and therefore between SA $\cup$ SC and SA as well). Similarly, we show that for XOS $\cup$ SC: (1) There is a polynomial communication $2$-approximation algorithm; (2) As $n \to \infty$, there is a matching $2$-hardness of approximation, which (a) is larger than the optimal approximation ratio of $e/(e-1)$ for XOS, and (b) holds even for XOS $\cup$ SM; and (3) For all $n \geq 2$, there is a constant separation between the optimal approximation ratios for XOS $\cup$ SM and XOS (and therefore between XOS $\cup$ SC and XOS as well).
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'Largest economic development in history': $20 billion dollar data center coming to Southaven (Hannah Kozlowski/Action News 5)
https://www.actionnews5.com/2026/01/08/largest-economic-development-history-20-billion-dollar-data-center-coming-southaven/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260108/p106#a260108p106

Liam Coen is 'totally fine' with Jaguars not getting respect: 'That's the beauty of it. It ain't coming.' https://www.nfl.com/news/liam-coen-is-totally-fine-with-jaguars-not-getting-respect-that-s-t…

The Right to Communications Confidentiality in Europe: Protecting Privacy, Freedom of Expression, and Trust
Frederik J. Zuiderveen Borgesius, Wilfred Steenbruggen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08247

The Right to Communications Confidentiality in Europe: Protecting Privacy, Freedom of Expression, and Trust
In the European Union, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provides comprehensive rules for the processing of personal data. In addition, the EU lawmaker intends to adopt specific rules to protect confidentiality of communications, in a separate ePrivacy Regulation. Some have argued that there is no need for such additional rules for communications confidentiality. This Article discusses the protection of the right to confidentiality of communications in Europe. We look at the right's…

Sources say DeepSeek will launch its next-generation V4 model in the coming weeks and claim it outperformed Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's GPT series in coding (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/deepseek-re…

DeepSeek To Release Next Flagship AI Model With Strong Coding Ability
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is expected to launch its next-generation AI model that features strong coding capabilities in the coming weeks, according to two people with direct knowledge of the plan. The new model, V4, is a successor to the V3 model DeepSeek released in December 2024. Initial ...

#Blakes7 Series B, Episode 13 - Star One
AVON: [On communicator] What is it, Jenna?
JENNA: There's a ship, its coming in for a surface landing.
AVON: [On communicator] Have they spotted you?
JENNA: I've got the detector shield up.

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