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Hertz and other car rental agencies are increasingly relying on scanners that use high-res imaging and AI to flag even tiny blemishes, angering some customers (Gabe Castro-Root/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/travel/rental-car-ai-scann…

Hertz and Other Rental Car Agencies Turn to AI for Damage Detection
Hertz and other agencies are increasingly relying on scanners that use high-res imaging and A.I. to flag even tiny blemishes, and customers aren’t happy.

Ukraine showcases DF-3 remotely operated electronic warfare system to jam Russia’s Mavic drones: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/09/ukraine-showcases-df-remotely-operated.html

Rheinmetall liefert Ukraine Drohnenabwehr-System
Der Rüstungskonzern Rheinmetall will der Ukraine zur Drohnenabwehr sein neues Luftverteidigungssystem Skyranger liefern. Ein entsprechender Vertrag werde am Mittwoch auf der Verteidigungsmesse DSEI in London unterzeichnet, sagte Vorstandschef Armin Papperger dem ZDF-Magazin Wiso. "In diesem Jahr werden die ersten noch geliefert." Nach Angaben des Magazins handelt es sich um ein…
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Merz warnt vor "imperialistischen" Plänen Putins ++
Bundeskanzler Merz hat vor einer Ausweitung russischer Machtbestrebungen über die Ukraine hinaus gewarnt. Das russische Militär hat ukrainischen Angaben zufolge bei neuen Luftangriffen ein Wärmekraftwerk in der Region Kiew attackiert.

Rheinmetall to deliver Skyranger counter-drone systems on Leopard chassis to Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/09/rheinmetall-to-deliver-skyranger-counterdrone.html

Quantum Lattice Boltzmann Method for Multiple Time Steps Without Reinitialization for Linear Advection-Diffusion Problems
Aaron Nagel, Johannes L\"owe
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.05965

Quantum Lattice Boltzmann Method for Multiple Time Steps Without Reinitialization for Linear Advection-Diffusion Problems
To simulate highly-resolved flow fields, we extend the Quantum Lattice Boltzmann Method (QLBM) to be able to simulate multiple time steps without state extraction or reinitialization. We adjust and extend given QLBM approaches from the literature to completely remove the need to measure or reinitialize the flow field in between the simulation time steps. Therefore, our algorithm does not require to sample the entire flow field at any time. We solve the linear advection-diffusion problem and der…

Dark Matter in a Three-Brane Randall-Sundrum Scenario out of the Evanescent Limit
Andrea Donini, Miguel G. Folgado, Alejandro Mu\~noz-Ovalle
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.04580 htt…

Dark Matter in a Three-Brane Randall-Sundrum Scenario out of the Evanescent Limit
The Nature of Dark Matter (DM), that constitutes approximately 25\% of the energy density in the Universe, is still eluding us. An intriguing possibility is that DM does indeed interacts with SM particles only gravitationally (the only mean by which we have detected it so far), albeit in an extra-dimensional scenario yet it has not been possible to detect it by some non-gravitational means. In a three-brane Randall-Sundrum setup, with DM located on a Deep Infra-Red GeV-TeV brane, and the SM on …

Toward Model Matching for Remotely Controlled Differential Drive Robotic Vehicles
Nikolaos D. Kouvakas, Fotis N. Koumboulis, Konstantinos G. Tzierakis, John Sigalas, Anastasios Dimakakos
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.06081

Toward Model Matching for Remotely Controlled Differential Drive Robotic Vehicles
The problem of regulation of the orientation angle of a remotely controlled differential-drive mobile robot with actuator dynamics and network-induced delays is studied. Using a preinstalled two-layer nonlinear control scheme that decouples linear and angular velocities and regulates heading, a third, delay-dependent layer that achieves exact model matching from the orientation angle command to the orientation angle is introduced. The proposed outer loop controller is a delay dependent dynamic …

Rheinmetall to supply Ukraine with Skyranger systems to counter drones as Russia escalates strikes: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/09/rheinmetall-to-supply-ukraine-with.html

'Ultracompetitive baller': Cowboys' $3M rental may be bellcow of team's future https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/10/07/cowboys-rb-javonte-williams-bellcow-quotes/86558567007/…

Rep. Emily Randall (D, WA) is fighting the "atrocious" conditions in Trump's immigration facilities - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/rep-emily-randall-is-fighting-the-atrocious-conditions-in-trumps-immigration-facilities/