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"Populism, platforms, and the challenges of science communication"
https://elephantinthelab.org/populism-platforms-and-the-challenges-of-science-communication/
"Teresa Völker interviewed Jeanette Hofmann about the rol…

Mustafa Suleyman says "Seemingly Conscious AI" is coming but is something to avoid, and that developers must build AI for people, not to be a digital person (Mustafa Suleyman)
https://mustafa-suleyman.ai/seemingly-conscious-ai-is-coming

We must build AI for people; not to be a person

MACTAS: Self-Attention-Based Module for Inter-Agent Communication in Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning
Maciej Wojtala, Bogusz Stefa\'nczyk, Dominik Bogucki, {\L}ukasz Lepak, Jakub Strykowski, Pawe{\l} Wawrzy\'nski
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.13661

MACTAS: Self-Attention-Based Module for Inter-Agent Communication in Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning
Communication is essential for the collective execution of complex tasks by human agents, motivating interest in communication mechanisms for multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL). However, existing communication protocols in MARL are often complex and non-differentiable. In this work, we introduce a self-attention-based communication module that exchanges information between the agents in MARL. Our proposed approach is fully differentiable, allowing agents to learn to generate messages in …

Persistent and Partitioned MPI for Stencil Communication
Gerald Collom, Jason Burmark, Olga Pearce, Amanda Bienz
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.13370 https://a…

Persistent and Partitioned MPI for Stencil Communication
Many parallel applications rely on iterative stencil operations, whose performance are dominated by communication costs at large scales. Several MPI optimizations, such as persistent and partitioned communication, reduce overheads and improve communication efficiency through amortized setup costs and reduced synchronization of threaded sends. This paper presents the performance of stencil communication in the Comb benchmarking suite when using non blocking, persistent, and partitioned communica…

Google unveils the Pixel Watch 4 in 41mm and 45mm sizes, with an Actua 360 curved display and emergency satellite communication, starting at $349 from October 9 (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/20/goog…

Google debuts Pixel Watch 4 with domed display, emergency Satellite Communication | TechCrunch
The 41mm Pixel Watch 4 starts at $349 for Wi-Fi and $449 for LTE, while the 45mm version starts at at $399 for Wi-Fi and $499 for LTE.

Aha!!! This is one of the pieces I was trying and failing to think of upthread, from the always excellent @… (and I’m embarrassed that I couldn’t bring it to mind earlier, sorry Jennifer, it’s so good and so important):
https://jenniferplusplus.com/the-free-software-commons/
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Ukraine STRIKES BACK! Drones targeting Moscow – war is coming home #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/21/ukraine-strikes-back-drones-targeting.html

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #90TEEN
J. William Parker:
🎵 Hear My Train Coming
#JWilliamParker
https://jwilliamparkerggb.bandcamp.com/track/hear-my-train-coming-jimi-hendrix-cover
https://open.spotify.com/track/0iu0ZMvYyHk9Q2birsIz27

🌽 Closely sown corn plants communicate to defend themselves
https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2025-08-24/closely-sown-corn-plants-communicate-to-defend-themselves.html

Closely sown corn plants communicate to defend themselves
By releasing an alcohol into the air that causes neighbors’ roots to exude pesticides, they can even protect subsequent generations of crops

Google announces Gemini for Home, a new voice assistant for Google Home, with support for Gemini Live, coming later this year and replacing Google Assistant (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/762370/googl

Gemini for Home is Google’s biggest smart home play in years
Gemini is finally, officially coming to Google Home. The all-new assistant will arrive on Nest smart speakers and displays later this year.