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Iran's largest crypto exchange Nobitex says it was hacked, and pro-Israel group Predatory Sparrow claims responsibility; Elliptic: $90M was stolen and "burned" (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/18/hack

Hackers steal and destroy millions from Iran's largest crypto exchange | TechCrunch
It's the latest cyberattack on Iran claimed by a pro-Israeli hacking group since the latest flare up in tensions between the two countries.

Exploring MLLMs Perception of Network Visualization Principles
Jacob Miller, Markus Wallinger, Ludwig Felder, Timo Brand, Henry F\"orster, Johannes Zink, Chunyang Chen, Stephen Kobourov
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14611

Exploring MLLMs Perception of Network Visualization Principles
In this paper, we test whether Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) can match human-subject performance in tasks involving the perception of properties in network layouts. Specifically, we replicate a human-subject experiment about perceiving quality (namely stress) in network layouts using GPT-4o and Gemini-2.5. Our experiments show that giving MLLMs exactly the same study information as trained human participants results in a similar performance to human experts and exceeds the performanc…

Somehow I got myself on this mailing list, every month or 3 they send a list of used printing equipment in Europe. I actually enjoy glancing at it, definitely a Heavy Metal vibe, for example this thing, made in 2011, has printed 137M impressions, and can be yours for a mere 420,000€. Free shipping probably not available.

Vela: Scalable Embeddings with Voice Large Language Models for Multimodal Retrieval
Ruofan Hu, Yan Xia, Minjie Hong, Jieming Zhu, Bo Chen, Xiaoda Yang, Minghui Fang, Tao Jin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14445

Vela: Scalable Embeddings with Voice Large Language Models for Multimodal Retrieval
Multimodal large language models (MLLMs) have seen substantial progress in recent years. However, their ability to represent multimodal information in the acoustic domain remains underexplored. In this work, we introduce Vela, a novel framework designed to adapt MLLMs for the generation of universal multimodal embeddings. By leveraging MLLMs with specially crafted prompts and selected in-context learning examples, Vela effectively bridges the modality gap across various modalities. We then prop…

lkml_reply: Linux kernel reply network
A network of replies among email address found on the Linux kernel mailing list. Nodes are email addresses and each directed edge represents a reply from email address i to email address j. The date of this snapshot is uncertain.
This network has 63399 nodes and 1096440 edges.
Tags: Social, Communication, Unweighted, Multigraph, Timestamps

Gift article from WaPo.
At the #capybara cafe, people line up to snuggle the world’s largest rodents
Owners of Florida’s Capybara Café say they are surprised by its popularity, hosting about 100 customers per day.
By Kyle Melnick
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At the capybara cafe, people line up to snuggle the world’s largest rodents
Owners of Florida’s Capybara Café say they are surprised by its popularity, hosting about 100 customers per day.

1,9 millions manquants
Ces gros contribuables qui négocient leurs redressements fiscaux avec l’Etat
https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2025/06/18/quand-les-gros-contribuables-nego…

Quand les gros contribuables négocient leurs redressements fiscaux
En 2024, l’Etat a conclu des accords amiables avec 92 particuliers et 223 entreprises en délicatesse avec le fisc. Les montants demandés ont été réduits de 71,5 %. Bercy a ainsi renoncé à 1,9 milliard d’euros, un record. Une pratique contestée par un rapport parlementaire.

A look at embedded and immersion chip-cooling tech; industry sources indicate Nvidia is mulling 6,000W to 9,000W TDP for its next-gen GPUs, up from ~1,200W now (Anton Shilov/Tom's Hardware)
https://www.

A look at China's efforts to grow its "low-altitude economy", or airspace below 1,000 meters, by leveraging its strengths in drone production and R&D (William Langley/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/65e4bb30-b04c-4f0e-8686-effb96398999…

China made millions of drones. Now it has to find uses for them
Authorities bet ‘low-altitude economy’ will be next driver of growth

Netflix signs a landmark deal with French network TF1 to show linear TV for the first time; TF1 will broadcast all five channels, showing live sports and more (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/4dc9accc-0024-46b6-bf33-a4125239e238

Netflix strikes landmark deal with France’s TF1 to show traditional TV
Deal will be closely watched by broadcasters, who are losing millions of viewers to streaming giants