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Google acquires Common Sense Machines, whose AI models create 3D assets from 2D images, and was last valued at $15M after raising $10M from a16z and others (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/exclusive-google-acquires-3d-im…

Exclusive: Google Acquires 3D Image Generator Startup
Google has acquired Common Sense Machines, a Cambridge, Mass.,-based startup developing generative artificial intelligence models to create three-dimensional assets from two-dimensional images, a Google spokesperson confirmed. The deal closed this week, according to the spokesperson. The spokesperson declined to provide a price. The company had around a dozen employees, according to its

Trump’s pledge to raise the global baseline tariff rate from 10% to 15% is reverberating across markets, with investors now weighing whether a recent rally in overseas equities can hold.
In a post on TruthSocial, Trump said he would immediately increase the worldwide tariff rate to 15% following a Supreme Court decision related to trade authority. He also signaled that additional, “legally permissible” tariffs could be introduced in the coming months, reinforcing a more aggressive trade…

Kolanovic warns of reversal in overseas stocks after Trump signals tariff hike — Seeking Alpha
President Donald Trump’s pledge to raise the global baseline tariff rate from 10% to 15% is reverberating across markets, with investors now weighing whether a recent rally in overseas equities can hold.

"Pigments of the Imagination: Art & Archaeology from Across the Colour Spectrum" Bodleian Libraries blog: https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/sackler/2026/01/23/pigments-of-the-imagination-art-archaeology-fro…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SeekAndDestroy
Agriculture:
🎵 Hallelujah
#Agriculture
https://agriculturemusic.bandcamp.com/track/hallelujah
https://open.spotify.com/track/4hUGDt867pkbSllxFbVUy2

Crossmodal interaction of flashes and beeps across time and number follows Bayesian causal inference #SiFI

Crossmodal interaction of flashes and beeps across time and number follows Bayesian causal inference - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
Multisensory perception requires the brain to dynamically infer causal relationships between sensory inputs across various dimensions, such as temporal and spatial attributes. Traditionally, Bayesian Causal Inference (BCI) models have generally provided a robust framework for understanding sensory processing in unidimensional settings where stimuli across sensory modalities vary along one dimension such as spatial location, or numerosity (Samad et al., PloS one, 10 (2), e0117178, 2015). However…

ICE Invades Airports Across the US (Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/ice-invades-airports-across-the-us/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260323/p73#a260323p73

Außergewöhnliche Supernova soll bei der Auflösung der „Hubble-Spannung“ helfen
Die Kosmologie rätselt, warum zwei Methoden zur Vermessung der Expansion des Kosmos verschiedene Ergebnisse liefern. Jetzt soll eine dritte Methode helfen.

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Agriculture:
🎵 Bodhidharma
#Agriculture
https://agriculturemusic.bandcamp.com/track/bodhidharma
https://open.spotify.com/track/1NoYnWzMQ1mY67jo7gDakq

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SeekAndDestroy
Agriculture:
🎵 The Reply
#Agriculture
https://agriculturemusic.bandcamp.com/track/the-reply
https://open.spotify.com/track/6C4MS01E2CU2vp8FkHbOHT

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SeekAndDestroy
Agriculture:
🎵 The Weight
#Agriculture
https://agriculturemusic.bandcamp.com/track/the-weight
https://open.spotify.com/track/5joRgMimXbuf4GaqthWbeD