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Google says users created 100M videos using its AI filmmaking tool Flow since its May launch; Flow leverages Veo 3 and focuses on maintaining visual consistency (Katelyn Chedraoui/CNET)
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-sof

Google's AI Filmmaker Program Flow Helped Creators Make 100 Million Videos
Google confirmed the 100 million milestone exclusively to CNET. Here's what's coming next for Flow and its AI-assisted creators.

Google says users created 100M videos using its AI filmmaking tool Flow since its May launch; Flow leverages Veo 3 and focuses on maintaining visual consistency (Katelyn Chedraoui/CNET)
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-sof

Google's AI Filmmaker Program Flow Helped Creators Make 100 Million Videos
Google confirmed the 100 million milestone exclusively to CNET. Here's what's coming next for Flow and its AI-assisted creators.

The spectral Tur\'{a}n problem: Characterizing spectral-consistent graphs
Longfei Fang, Huiqiu Lin, Mingqing Zhai
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.12070 https://

The spectral Turán problem: Characterizing spectral-consistent graphs
Let ${\rm EX}(n,H)$ and ${\rm SPEX}(n,H)$ denote the families of $n$-vertex $H$-free graphs with the maximum size and the maximum spectral radius, respectively. A graph $H$ is said to be spectral-consistent if ${\rm SPEX}(n,H)\subseteq {\rm EX}(n,H)$ for sufficiently large $n$. A fundamental problem in spectral extremal graph theory is to determine which graphs are spectral-consistent. Cioabă, Desai and Tait [European J. Combin. 99 (2022) 103420] proposed the following conjecture: Let $H$ be…

Special Cases of the Shafarevich Conjecture for Complete Intersections in Abelian Varieties
Frank Lu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14935 https://

Special Cases of the Shafarevich Conjecture for Complete Intersections in Abelian Varieties
In this paper, we prove the Shafarevich conjecture for certain complete intersections of hypersurfaces in abelian varieties defined over a number field $K$ using the Lawrence-Venkatesh method. The main new inputs we need are computation of certain Euler characteristics of these complete intersections and a big monodromy statement for the variation of Hodge structure arising from the middle cohomology of a family of such complete intersections. Following \cite{ls25}, we prove the latter by relat…

London #FT reports on investors that lost billions on #PumpAndDump stock scheme that inflated values of little known traded entities of small US-listed #ChineseStocks that plunged in value shortly after being heavily

Three different iOS Mastodon apps: Icecubes, Trunks, and the official, reference implementation. In addition to very different experiences and quirks, each show a noticeably different Home time line view. Order, missing toots, hashtag following, filter handling, etc.
A web browser and IceCubes seem to give the best, most consistent view I'd expect, but the scrolling bug in IceCubes makes it practically unusable for many.
:-(

Maybe it wasn’t a waste of time after all.
““We were able to win the following concession: That the United States could offer Article 5-like protection, which is one of the real reasons why Ukraine wants to be in NATO,” Witkoff told CNN’s “State of the Union.”
But the question is, what about the territory?
#RussiaUkraineWar
https://apnews.com/article/trump-witkoff-ukraine-russia-putin-war-048aa829a69b4020ca368577bfe18aee

"U.S. total consumption of fossil fuels is no longer falling. Importantly, it should be clarified this pattern was already emerging before Trump took office. Another reminder: Trump has only been in office for 8 months. So, the vast majority of changes to fossil fuel use and decarbonization are yet to come."
Slipping into Darkness - by Gregor Macdonald

Slipping into Darkness
Monday 18 August 2025

Google says it has stopped charging Canadian advertisers a 2.5% surcharge after Canada rescinded the DST following President Trump's threats (Pippa Norman/Globe and Mail)
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/arti…

Google stops charging Canadian advertisers extra fee after digital services tax dropped
Amazon, which was also subject to tax, said it will wait until DST is officially rescinded before making any changes

Prosecutor's release 42,000 word response to That 70's Show star #DannyMasterson's appeal to be released from 30 yr #California #prison term on forcible rape & drugging charges.
The details are not prett…