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34 arrests in Spain during action against the ‘Black Axe’ criminal organisation
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/34-arrests-in-spain-during-action-against-black-axe-crimi…

34 arrests in Spain during action against the ‘Black Axe’ criminal organisation – Criminal network engaged in a multitude of criminal activities and present in dozens of countries | Europol
The Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional), in close cooperation with the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office (Bayerisches Landeskriminalamt) and with the support of Europol, has conducted an operation against the international criminal organisation ‘Black Axe’. The action resulted in 34 arrests and significant disruptions to the group's activities. Black Axe is a highly structured, hierarchical group with its origins in Nigeria and a global presence in dozens of countries. The core …

A fairly handy new app just released: #Aivi. It allows you to create iOS live activities that can be controlled via REST, for example via #HomeAssistant. Downsides: proprietary and another subscription, but at least it’s from some guy in Sweden, not a big company or shady startup. Will probably…

Aivi • iOS Live Activities over API | Smart Home Integration
Turn any device into a Live Activity on iPhone with Aivi's simple HTTP API. Perfect for Home Assistant, smart home devices, 3D printers, EV charging & IoT.

Open-Access Scientific Game-Theory Paper Shows Religion Worth a Damn
Fear of supernatural PUNISHMENT can harmonize human societies with nature: an evolutionary game-theoretic approach
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-025-05734-7?ref=404media.co
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Fear of supernatural punishment can harmonize human societies with nature: an evolutionary game-theoretic approach - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Human activities largely impact the natural environment negatively and radical changes in human societies would be required to achieve their sustainable relationship with nature. Although frequently overlooked, previous studies have suggested that supernatural beliefs can protect nature from human overexploitation via beliefs that supernatural entities punish people who harm nature. Studies of folklore and ethnology have shown that such supernatural beliefs are widely found. However, it remains…

China’s coastal cities are sinking as seas rise at record speed #China

China’s coastal cities are sinking as seas rise at record speed
Sea levels are rising faster than at any time in 4,000 years, scientists report, with China’s major coastal cities at particular risk. The rapid increase is driven by warming oceans and melting ice, while human activities like groundwater pumping make it worse. In some areas, the land itself is sinking faster than the ocean is rising. Still, researchers see progress as cities like Shanghai adopt new technologies to stabilize the ground and prepare for the future.

Trump administration prepares sweeping crackdown on leftist networks
Thursday marks a first deadline,
set this month in a memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi,
for all federal law enforcement agencies to “coordinate delivery”
to the FBI of their intelligence files
on “Antifa” and “Antifa-related” activities.
Bondi has tasked the FBI with using those files to draw up lists of Americans and foreigners to investigate
as part of a campaign directed by …

Trump administration prepares sweeping crackdown on leftist networks
The Justice Department’s program to root out violent “Antifa” extremism is raising First Amendment concerns.

PromoGuardian: Detecting Promotion Abuse Fraud with Multi-Relation Fused Graph Neural Networks
Shaofei Li, Xiao Han, Ziqi Zhang, Minyao Hua, Shuli Gao, Zhenkai Liang, Yao Guo, Xiangqun Chen, Ding Li
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12652

PromoGuardian: Detecting Promotion Abuse Fraud with Multi-Relation Fused Graph Neural Networks
As e-commerce platforms develop, fraudulent activities are increasingly emerging, posing significant threats to the security and stability of these platforms. Promotion abuse is one of the fastest-growing types of fraud in recent years and is characterized by users exploiting promotional activities to gain financial benefits from the platform. To investigate this issue, we conduct the first study on promotion abuse fraud in e-commerce platforms MEITUAN. We find that promotion abuse fraud is a g…

Extreme events scaling in self-organized critical models
Abdul Quadir, Haider Hasan Jafri
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08733 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.08733…

Extreme events scaling in self-organized critical models
We study extreme events of avalanche activities in finite-size two-dimensional self-organized critical (SOC) models, specifically the stochastic Manna model (SMM) and the Bak-Tang-Weisenfeld (BTW) sandpile model. Employing the approach of block maxima, the study numerically reveals that the distributions for extreme avalanche size and area follow the generalized extreme value (GEV) distribution. The extreme avalanche size follows the Gumbel distribution with shape parameter $ξ=0$ while in the …

Prismo: A Decision Support System for Privacy-Preserving ML Framework Selection
Nges Brian Njungle, Eric Jahns, Luigi Mastromauro, Edwin P. Kayang, Milan Stojkov, Michel A. Kinsy
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09985

Prismo: A Decision Support System for Privacy-Preserving ML Framework Selection
Machine learning has become a crucial part of our lives, with applications spanning nearly every aspect of our daily activities. However, using personal information in machine learning applications has sparked significant security and privacy concerns about user data. To address these challenges, different privacy-preserving machine learning (PPML) frameworks have been developed to protect sensitive information in machine learning applications. These frameworks generally attempt to balance desi…