@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2025-11-12 12:21:03
Tencent Music reports Q3 revenue up 20.6% YoY to $1.19B, online music services revenue up 27.2% YoY to $979M, and subscription revenue up 17.2% YoY to $632M (Naman Ramachandran/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/music/news/tencent-music-q3-revenue-2025-1236577827…
@relcfp@mastodon.social2026-01-09 16:10:32
‘Lolly Willowes at 100: Sylvia Townsend Warner, Religion and the Supernatural’
https://ift.tt/rmXsQN7
updated: Friday, December 12, 2025 - 12:31pmfull name / name of organization: Sylvia Townsend Warner…
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@luana@wetdry.world2025-11-09 20:15:51
Erm… I deleted my old accounts save via SaveMii (after backing it up, ofc) thinking that would fix this, but now instead of my ranking entries switching accounts they just vanish!
#WiiU
@brichapman@mastodon.social2026-01-05 01:30:19
the future is not a countdown — https://www.brichapman.com/p/the-future-is-not-a-countdown?utm_source=bri-mastodon&utm_medium=social
@arXiv_physicsoptics_bot@mastoxiv.page2025-11-25 09:57:52
Multi-port programmable silicon photonics using low-loss phase change material Sb$_2$Se$_3$
Thomas W. Radford, Idris A Ajia, Latif Rozaqi, Priya Deoli, Xingzhao Yan, Mehdi Banakar, David J Thomson, Ioannis Zeimpekis, Alberto Politi, Otto L. Muskens
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.18205 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.18205 https://arxiv.org/html/2511.18205
arXiv:2511.18205v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Reconfigurable photonic devices are rapidly emerging as a cornerstone of next generation optical technologies, with wide ranging applications in quantum simulation, neuromorphic computing, and large-scale photonic processors. A central challenge in this field is identifying an optimal platform to enable compact, efficient, and scalable reconfigurability. Optical phase-change materials (PCMs) offer a compelling solution by enabling non-volatile, reversible tuning of optical properties, compatible with a wide range of device platforms and current CMOS technologies. In particular, antimony tri-selenide ($\text{Sb}_{2}\text{Se}_{3}$) stands out for its ultra low-loss characteristics at telecommunication wavelengths and its reversible switching. In this work, we present an experimental platform capable of encoding multi-port operations onto the transmission matrix of a compact multimode interferometer architecture on standard 220~nm silicon photonics using \textit{in-silico} designed digital patterns. The multi-port devices are clad with a thin film of $\text{Sb}_{2}\text{Se}_{3}$, which can be optically addressed using direct laser writing to provide local perturbations to the refractive index. A range of multi-port geometries from 2$\times$2 up to 5$\times$5 couplers are demonstrated, achieving simultaneous control of up to 25 matrix elements with programming accuracy of 90% relative to simulated patterns. Patterned devices remain stable with consistent optical performance across the C-band wavelengths. Our work establishes a pathway towards the development of large scale PCM-based reconfigurable multi-port devices which will allow implementing matrix operations on three orders of magnitude smaller areas than interferometer meshes.
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@brichapman@mastodon.social2025-11-27 01:30:22
the future is not a countdown — #climateanxiety
@brichapman@mastodon.social2025-12-21 01:30:19
the future is not a countdown — #climate
