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August 2025 was the third-warmest August globally, behind only 2023 and 2024, with an average surface air temperature of 16.60°C, 1.29°C above the estimated 1850-1900 average used to define the pre-industrial level.
https://climate.copernicus.eu/surface-air-temper…

Ukraine's Security Service denies investigating top anti-graft prosecutor: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/09/ukraines-security-service-denies-investigating.html

Oriole GO train station parking lot is closing permanently. The location of this station is so car centric that the usage is likely to plummet
https://www.gotransit.com/en/find-a-station-or-stop/or/service-alerts

NFL says Carter's ejection serves as suspension https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46209167/nfl-says-jalen-carter-ejection-serves-suspension-spitting

The whole domain registration industry is a cesspit of rentier crooks working for the benefit of rentier crooks. Including ICANN.
It was a mistake to end the InterNIC.
https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115167305897549859

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https://social.growyourown.services/@FediFollows/115168267173849766

How to watch the NFL in 2025: Streaming services, exclusive dates https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/how-to-watch-the-nfl-in-2025-streaming-services-exclusive-dates

Do Large Language Models Need Intent? Revisiting Response Generation Strategies for Service Assistant
Inbal Bolshinsky, Shani Kupiec, Almog Sasson, Yehudit Aperstein, Alexander Apartsin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.05006

Do Large Language Models Need Intent? Revisiting Response Generation Strategies for Service Assistant
In the era of conversational AI, generating accurate and contextually appropriate service responses remains a critical challenge. A central question remains: Is explicit intent recognition a prerequisite for generating high-quality service responses, or can models bypass this step and produce effective replies directly? This paper conducts a rigorous comparative study to address this fundamental design dilemma. Leveraging two publicly available service interaction datasets, we benchmark several…

I hereby propose a new service: Microsoft Authenticator As A Service, or MSAaaS for short. This service will provide your password, deal with expired sessions, re-enter your password if that is apparently randomly needed, it will check for the MFA token, acknowledge it and enter the MFA token back into the service which created it in the first place.
https:…

Haushaltsroboter auf der IFA: R1D2 macht die Wäsche, R2D3 das Geschirr
Sharp hat zwei Serviceroboter-Protoypen von OpenDroids gezeigt, die auf Sprachkommando durchs Zuhause rollen und mit Greifarmen Hausarbeiten erledigen.