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Discord launches Orbs, a virtual reward system that incentivizes users to interact with ads by completing Quests to earn digital items, after a seven week beta (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/14/discords-virtual-reward-orbs-la…

Discord’s virtual reward, ‘Orbs,’ launches out of beta | TechCrunch
According to Discord, Orbs have been popular among testers, with millions earned and spent during the seven-week beta period.

The Beta Blueprint
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: #GreatAusPods

Bear is working on web access to notes... finally!
#bearNotes

Bear Web Public Beta - You are invited!
We’re excited to share a new chapter for Bear: Bear Web is now in Public Beta! This is a big step toward making Bear available wherever you need it, and we’d love for you to give it a try. ⚠ Please read the following carefully before jumping in. About Bear Web Bear Web is a web app designed to complement the native Bear apps on Mac, iPhone and iPad, providing you with the flexibility to access your notes from any web browser. It is primarily for situations where you cannot access the n.…

Android 16: Google bohrt den Desktopmodus auf
Google hat den Desktopmodus für Android für Entwickler zum Testen mit dem Update von Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2 freigegeben – Pixel 8 oder 9 vorausgesetzt. 
https://www.

Evidence for Bose liquid from anomalous shot noise in nanojunctions of bad metal beta-Ta
Yiou Zhang, Chendi Xie, John Bacsa, Yao Wang, Sergei Urazhdin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09973

Evidence for Bose liquid from anomalous shot noise in nanojunctions of bad metal beta-Ta
We report anomalous shot noise in nanojunctions of beta-tantalum, a ``bad" metal whose electronic properties are inconsistent with the Fermi liquid theory. Fano factors cluster around even multiples of the values expected for Fermi liquids, suggesting that beta-Ta may host a correlated charge liquid of Cooper pair-like electron groups. Further evidence for correlations is provided by the effects of magnetic impurities, as well as reduced density of states near the Fermi level indicated by point…

Apples neue iOS-26-UI: Usability-Probleme und Vista-Nostalgie
Liquid Glass, Apples neues Interface, ist auf dem iPhone eine größere Umstellung als gedacht. Die Beta hakt – und führt zu scherzhaften Microsoft-Vergleichen.

🤩 The latest Safari 26 Beta does not disappoint in terms of #CSS features:
⚓️ Anchor Positioning!
🪄 Scroll-driven animations!
🌯 text-wrap: pretty!
🌈 contrast-color()!
⏲️ progress()!
and more!
And this sentence: “We value the principles of progressive enhancement and separation of concerns.” 😉
Great work, @…

News from WWDC25: WebKit in Safari 26 beta
Welcome to WWDC25!

SVG Favicons and CSS Anchor Positioning are two big wins shipping in Safari 26 Beta: https://webkit.org/blog/16993/news-from-wwdc25-web-technology-coming-this-fall-in-safari-26-beta/

macOS Tahoe 26 hands-on: Liquid Glass is slick but slightly overwrought, and the new Spotlight search features are nifty and useful, but fall short of Raycast (Antonio G. Di Benedetto/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/apple/685052/appl

Hands on with macOS Tahoe 26: Liquid Glass, new theme options, and Spotlight
macOS Tahoe 26 developer beta 1 is here, with our first glimpse at Liquid Glass on the desktop, plus the first glimmers of Spotlight’s big new moves.

Apple released a “Container” tool to run Linux containers natively in macOS on Apple Silicon. Supports macOS 15 but really meant for macOS 26 beta.
#apple #linux #containers
https://github.com/apple/container

Analytic Dilogarithm Identities
Cetin Hakimoglu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10206 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.10206

Analytic Dilogarithm Identities
By showing that the ratio of two beta-like integrals equals an integer, new Dilogarithm identities are derived, as well as analytic proofs to conjectured identities. New, non-trivial 2-term and ladder-like Dilogarithm identities are derived about ${Q}[\sqrt{2}]$, ${Q}[\sqrt{5}]$, ${Q}[\sqrt{-7}]$, and ${Q}[\sqrt{3}]$, . This also leads also to a connection between identities ${Q}[\sqrt{13}]$ and ${Q}[\sqrt{3}]$. Single-term and two-term complex Dilogarithm identities are derived, in addition to…

Ok yeah my iPad doesn’t want to download the 26 beta OTA at all. Idevicerestore and ipsw time

Android 16: Beta gewährt Blick auf Googles erweitertes Sicherheitsprogramm
Google schafft mit Android 16 eine zentrale Anlaufstelle für Sicherheitseinstellungen und baut die Funktionen des "Erweiterten Sicherheitsprogramms" aus.

Ben PinePhone'u bekliyordum ama geleceği yok. Yurtdışından getirince de vergisi kendisinin değerinin neredeyse 3 katı.
https://pine64.com/product/pinephone-pro-explorer-edition/

In iOS 26 beta 3, Apple dials back the degree of translucency in many UI elements, following user complaints about Liquid Glass (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/ios-26-beta-3-dials-back-liquid-glass/

iOS 26 beta 3 dials back Liquid Glass | TechCrunch
The early version in the first developer beta of iOS 26 and the accompanying updates for Apple's other devices still left room for improvement in terms of usability, accessibility, and legibility.

Microscopic Scattering Approach to In-Gap States: Cr Adatoms on Superconducting \beta-Bi2Pd
Joseph Sink, Hari Paudyal, Divya Jyoti, Andreas J. Heinrich, Deung-Jang Choi, Nicol\'as Lorente, Michael E. Flatt\'e
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.08740

Microscopic Scattering Approach to In-Gap States: Cr Adatoms on Superconducting β-Bi2Pd
We develop a microscopic scattering formalism to describe Yu-Shiba-Rusinov (YSR) states due to a single Cr adatom on the Bi-terminated surface of $β-Bi_2Pd$, by combining ab initio Wannier functions with a real-space Green's function approach in the Bogoliubov-de Gennes formalism. Our framework reproduces key scanning tunneling spectroscopy features, including a single particle-hole asymmetric YSR peak and isotropic dIdV maps around the impurity. Decomposing the YSR states reveals contribution…

Uncertainty relations for unified ($\alpha$,$\beta$)-relative entropy of coherence under mutually unbiased equiangular tight frames
Baolong Cheng, Zhaoqi Wu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09779

Uncertainty relations for unified ($α$,$β$)-relative entropy of coherence under mutually unbiased equiangular tight frames
Uncertainty relations based on quantum coherence is an important problem in quantum information science. We discuss uncertainty relations for averaged unified ($α$,$β$)-relative entropy of coherence under mutually unbiased equiangular tight frames, and derive an interesting result for different parameters. As consequences, we obtain corresponding results under mutually unbiased bases, equiangular tight frames or based on Tsallis $α$- relative entropies and Rényi-$α$ relative entropies. We …

Replaced article(s) found for physics.ins-det. https://arxiv.org/list/physics.ins-det/new
[1/1]:
- Combining Hybrid and Opaque Scintillator Techniques in the Search for Double Beta Plus Decays
Collaboration, et al.

I appreciate that beta 3 now identifies itself as *OS 26 for apps built with any version of the SDK, rather than claiming to be macOS 16, iOS 19, iPadOS 19, and visionOS 3 for apps built with older (i.e. shipping) SDKs.

Quasi-Vertical $\beta$-Ga$_2$O$_3$ Schottky Diodes on Sapphire Using All-LPCVD Growth and Plasma-Free Ga-Assisted Etching
Saleh Ahmed Khan, Ahmed Ibreljic, A F M Anhar Uddin Bhuiyan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.06353

Quasi-Vertical $β$-Ga$_2$O$_3$ Schottky Diodes on Sapphire Using All-LPCVD Growth and Plasma-Free Ga-Assisted Etching
This work demonstrates quasi-vertical beta-Ga2O3 Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) fabricated on c-plane sapphire using an all-LPCVD, plasma-free process integrating epitaxial growth of high-quality beta-Ga2O3 and in-situ Ga-assisted etching. A 6.3 micron-thick (-201)-oriented beta-Ga2O3 layer was grown on c-sapphire with a 6-degree miscut, comprising a 3.15 micron moderately doped (2.1e17 cm^-3) drift layer and a heavily doped (1e19 cm^-3) contact layer on a UID buffer. Mesa isolation used Ga-ass…

Great opportunity to show people the accessibility settings.
https://mastodon.social/@andjsch/114655906181034852

Andreas Schantl (@andjsch@mastodon.social)
Attached: 2 images Just installed the iOS 26 Beta for a test drive on my spare iPhone and while the glassy look is fancy to some degree, it makes things poorly visible. I am sure a lot of people will have troubles reading text on such transparent layers and generally finding small icons with bad contrast. #ios26 #apple #wwdc25 #accessibility

iPadOS 26: Fast ein Mac – aber nur fast
Apple gönnt seinem Tablet mehr Desktop-Features als je zuvor. In der Praxis gibt es aber zumindest in der Beta noch Fußangeln.
https://www.heise.de/news/iPadOS-26-F…

It's less than 6 months to Xmas, you might as well vote for the Lego Idea
"National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - Griswold House"
https://beta.ideas.lego.com/product-ideas/4e51e9fe-f325-4ae6-a835-45cac06da106
…

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - Griswold House | LEGO® Ideas
Are you serious Clark? - It’s the gift that keeps on giving the whole year! LEGO is the world’s most iconic toy and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation is on…

Hey folks! I'm not dead I promise
I finally migrated my website to Hugo, its in beta! Can you guys try it out and tell me what you think, or if there's problems etc..?
https://beta.mirkodi.eu/
Thanks yall!

The new window management in iPadOS beta is so good. We should have been doing it this way for 10 years.

Hell yeah, finally a standalone #Threema desktop app¹ that works without an active connection to the phone! 🥳🎉
First time using a #Flatpak for me². Luckily, :nixos: #NixOS has a way to manage Flatpaks dec…

Electronic and optical properties of the thio-apatites phases Ba$_5$(VS$_{\alpha}$O$_{\beta}$)$_3$X [X=Cl, F, Br, I]: impact of multiple anionic substitution
Smritijit Sen, Houria Kabbour
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.08308

Electronic and optical properties of the thio-apatites phases Ba$_5$(VS$_α$O$_β$)$_3$X [X=Cl, F, Br, I]: impact of multiple anionic substitution
A systematic study of the electronic structure and optical properties of the thio-apatites Ba$_5$(VS$_α$O$_β$)$_3$X (X= Cl, F, Br, I) is carried out through first principles density functional theory simulations. The band gap and properties evolution from fluorine to iodine on fixed O/S ratios, as well as by substituting sulfur (S) for oxygen (O) are discussed. The reduction of the band gap by raising valence band energy levels, with an increasing S/O ratio can also be further modulated by th…

MINDS: Detection of an inner gas disk caused by evaporating bodies around HD 172555
M. Samland, T. Henning, A. Caratti o Garatti, T. Giannini, J. Bouwman, B. Tabone, A. M. Arabhavi, G. Olofsson, M. G\"udel, N. Pawellek, I. Kamp, L. B. F. M. Waters, D. Semenov, E. F. van Dishoeck, O. Absil, D. Barrado, A. Boccaletti, V. Christiaens, D. Gasman, S. L. Grant, H. Jang, T. Kaeufer, J. Kanwar, G. Perotti, K. Schwarz, M. Temmink

MINDS: Detection of an inner gas disk caused by evaporating bodies around HD 172555
Mechanisms such as collisions of rocky bodies or cometary activity give rise to dusty debris disks. Debris disks trace the leftover building blocks of planets, and thus also planetary composition. HD 172555, a stellar twin of beta Pic, hosts a debris disk thought to have resulted from a giant collision. It is known for its extreme mid-infrared silica dust feature, indicating a warm population of silica-rich grains in the asteroid belt (~5 au), cold CO observed by ALMA, and small bodies evaporat…

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, But It Will Be Optimized (Presented in Beta)
"5) Conflict-Free Engagement
No shouting. Just push notifications: 'You may be complicit. Tap to learn more.'"
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/art…

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, But It Will Be Optimized (Presented in Beta)
Gone are the days of storming the gates. In this new era of resistance, we A/B test the gates, analyze the bounce rate of our demands, and push our...

Wow such AI https://social.lol/@keenan/114801484115645305

Keenan (@keenan@social.lol)
Attached: 1 image iOS 26 beta broke the only thing that Siri has ever been reliably good for. “Set a timer for X minutes” now results in this, rather than a timer being set.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.12483 has been replaced.
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Beta function without UV divergences
In this paper, we construct the beta function in the functorial formulation of two-dimensional quantum field theories (FQFT). A key feature of this approach is the absence of ultraviolet divergences. We show that, nevertheless, in the FQFT perturbation theory, the local observables of deformed theories acquire logarithmic dimension, leading to a conformal anomaly. The beta function arises in the functorial approach as an infinitesimal transformation of the partition function under the variation…

Hm das Claimen und Anmelden scheint bei der OWI-Beta (OpenWebIndex) #owi #OpenWebIndex

Characterization of Generalized Alpha-Beta Divergence and Associated Entropy Measures
Subhrajyoty Roy, Supratik Basu, Abhik Ghosh, Ayanendranath Basu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.04637

Characterization of Generalized Alpha-Beta Divergence and Associated Entropy Measures
Minimum divergence estimators provide a natural choice of estimators in a statistical inference problem. Different properties of various families of these divergence measures such as Hellinger distance, power divergence, density power divergence, logarithmic density power divergence, etc. have been established in literature. In this work, we propose a new class of divergence measures called "generalized alpha-beta divergence", which is a superfamily of these popular divergence families. We prov…

I’m really glad Mastodon 4.4.0 will allow server admins to opt into sending the Referer header, and I hope admins of large instances will turn it on.
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.4.0-beta.1
I also hope that third-party mobil…

Periodic Korteweg-de Vries soliton potentials generate quasisymmetric magnetic field strength in a finite plasma-beta equilibrium
W. Sengupta, R. Madan, S. Buller, N. Nikulsin, E. J. Paul, R. Nies, A. A. Kaptanoglu, S. R. Hudson, A. Bhattacharjee
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.06480

Periodic Korteweg-de Vries soliton potentials generate quasisymmetric magnetic field strength in a finite plasma-beta equilibrium
Quasisymmetry (QS) is a hidden symmetry of the magnetic field strength, B, that enables effective confinement of charged particles in a fully three-dimensional (3D) toroidal plasma equilibrium. Such equilibria are typically modeled by the ideal magnetohydrostatic (MHS) equation. The nonlinear, overdetermined nature of the quasisymmetric MHS equations severely complicates our understanding of the interplay between 3D shaping, equilibrium properties such as pressure and rotational transform, and …

»Pay up or stop scraping – Cloudflare program charges bots for each crawl:
Cloudflare now beta testing pay-per-crawl feature to stop endless AI scraping.
Cloudflare is now experimenting with tools that will allow content creators to charge a fee to AI crawlers to scrape their websites.«
This is certainly a good idea, but on the other hand, the competition is trying to eliminate each other. I'm curious… 🍿😎

Pay up or stop scraping: Cloudflare program charges bots for each crawl
Cloudflare now beta testing pay-per-crawl feature to stop endless AI scraping.

Two imaginarity monotones induced by unified $(\alpha,\beta)$-relative entropy
Chuanfa Wu, Zhaoqi Wu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09799 https://

Two imaginarity monotones induced by unified $(α,β)$-relative entropy
Complex numbers play a pivotal role in both mathematics and physics, particularly in quantum mechanics, and are extensively utilized to depict the behavior of microscopic particles. Recognizing the significance of complex numbers, a framework of imaginarity resource theory has recently been established. In this work, we propose two types of imaginarity monotones induced by the unified $(α,β)$-relative entropy and investigate their properties. Moreover, we give explicit examples to illustrate …

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Remote fetch replies is set as experimental and also asynchronous, unclear if it would be ready for the final release. https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/114625074809479231

#ios26 beta seems to be quite stable and fast. I like the new look !

I installed the new iOS/iPadOS/WatchOS 26 beta on: an iPhone 1 Pro Max. An M1 iPad Pro and an Apple Watch Series 7. All up and running just fine, with no serious issues found yet. In fact, no issues at all so far. #Apple

Export proceeds repatriation policies: A shield against exchange rate volatility in emerging markets?
Sondang Marsinta Uli Panggabean, Mahjus Ekananda, Beta Yulianita Gitaharie, Leslie Djuranovik
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09168

Export proceeds repatriation policies: A shield against exchange rate volatility in emerging markets?
We examine the impact of mandatory export proceeds repatriation on exchange rate stability in three emerging markets, Iran, Sri Lanka, and Turkey, using the Generalized Synthetic Control framework. By modeling exchange rate stochastic volatility as our outcome of interest and controlling for interest rate differentials, exchange rate regime shifts, and inflation rate gaps, we address both unobserved time-varying confounders and heterogeneous treatment effects. Our estimates reveal no statistica…

Adobe launches a Photoshop app for Android in beta for devices running Android 11 or later with 6GB of RAM, including core desktop features like layering (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/03/adobe-launches-beta-…

Adobe launches beta version of its Photoshop app on Android | TechCrunch
The app offers a similar set of editing tools as the desktop version, including layering and masking, but is optimized for mobile screens.

New Polynomial Identities and Some Consequences
Kunle Adegoke
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.06617 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.06617

New Polynomial Identities and Some Consequences
Using an elementary approach involving the Euler Beta function and the binomial theorem, we derive two polynomial identities; one of which is a generalization of a known polynomial identity. Two well-known combinatorial identities, namely Frisch's identity and Klamkin's identity, appear as immediate consequences of the polynomial identities. We subsequently establish several combinatorial identities, including a generalization of each of Frisch's identity and Klamkin's identity. Finally, we dev…

If the Finder icon looks reversed to you in macOS 26, then my guess is that you aren’t using Dark Mode…

Asteroseismology of the G8 subgiant beta Aquilae with SONG-Tenerife, SONG-Australia and TESS
Hans Kjeldsen, Timothy R. Bedding, Yaguang Li, Frank Grundahl, Mads Fredslund Andersen, Duncan J. Wright, Jack Soutter, Robert Wittenmyer, Claudia Reyes, Dennis Stello, Courtney Crawford, Yixiao Zhou, Mathieu Clerte, Pere L. Palle, Sergio Simon-Diaz, Joergen Christensen-Dalsgaard, Rasmus Handberg, Hasse Hansen, Paul Heeren, Jens Jessen-Hansen, Mikkel Lund, Mia S. Lundkvist, Karsten Brogaard, Re…

Asteroseismology of the G8 subgiant beta Aquilae with SONG-Tenerife, SONG-Australia and TESS
We present radial velocities of the G8 subgiant star beta Aql obtained in 2022 and 2023 using SONG-Tenerife and SONG-Australia. We also analysed a sector of TESS photometry that overlapped with the 2022 SONG data. We processed the time series to assign weights and to remove bad data points. The power spectrum clearly shows solar-like oscillations centred at 430 muHz. The TESS data show the oscillations at lower signal-to-noise because photometric measurements are much more affected by the granu…

watchOS 26: Beta 2 lässt Hermès-Apple-Watch crashen
Nutzer der Apple Watch Hermès berichten über Probleme mit der jüngsten watchOS-Beta. Apple hat eine klare Empfehlung.
https://www.

Online Regularized Learning Algorithms in RKHS with $\beta$- and $\phi$-Mixing Sequences
Priyanka Roy, Susanne Saminger-Platz
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.05929

Online Regularized Learning Algorithms in RKHS with $β$- and $ϕ$-Mixing Sequences
In this paper, we study an online regularized learning algorithm in a reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces (RKHS) based on a class of dependent processes. We choose such a process where the degree of dependence is measured by mixing coefficients. As a representative example, we analyze a strictly stationary Markov chain, where the dependence structure is characterized by the \(ϕ\)- and \(β\)-mixing coefficients. Under these assumptions, we derive probabilistic upper bounds as well as convergence…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.20121 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csLO_…

The Computability Path Order for Beta-Eta-Normal Higher-Order Rewriting (Full Version)
We lift the computability path order and its extensions from plain higher-order rewriting to higher-order rewriting on beta-eta-normal forms where matching modulo beta-eta is employed. The resulting order NCPO is shown to be useful on practical examples. In particular, it can handle systems where its cousin NHORPO fails even when it is used together with the powerful transformation technique of neutralization. We also argue that automating NCPO efficiently is straightforward using SAT/SMT solve…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.01759 has been replaced.
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Alpha-Beta HMM: Hidden Markov Model Filtering with Equal Exit Probabilities and a Step-Size Parameter
The hidden Markov model (HMM) provides a powerful framework for inference in time-varying environments, where the underlying state evolves according to a Markov chain. To address the optimal filtering problem in general dynamic settings, we propose the $αβ$-HMM algorithm, which simplifies the state transition model to a Markov chain with equal exit probabilities and introduces a step-size parameter to balance the influence of observational data and the model. By analyzing the algorithm's dyna…

XRISM insights for interstellar Sulfur
Lia Corrales, Elisa Costantini, Sascha Zeeger, Liyi Gu, Hiromitsu Takahashi, David Moutard, Megumi Shidatsu, Jon M. Miller, Misaki Mizumoto, Randall K. Smith, Ralf Ballhausen, Priyanka Chakraborty, Marua Diaz Trigo, Renee Ludlam, Takao Nakagawa, Ioanna Psaradaki, Shinya Yamada, Caroline A. Kilbourne
https://

XRISM insights for interstellar Sulfur
The X-ray Imaging Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) provides the best spectral resolution with which to study Sulfur (S) K-shell photoabsorption features from the interstellar medium (ISM). For the first time, we demonstrate the high-signal detection of interstellar atomic SII K-beta absorption in the spectrum of X-ray binaries (XRBs) 4U 1630-472 and GX 340+0. The persistence of this feature across multiple instruments, targets, and flux states implies that it is interstellar in nature. We measure t…

Efter 50 år på den här planeten är jag förvånad över att människan fortfarande inte verkar vilja dela den med någon annan art. Vi trycker undan djur och växter alltmer, många av dem till den grad att de utrotas helt. En del göms undan i industrier där vi utvinner "nytta" och "produkter" – men utan att beblanda oss med dem. Bina får allt svårare att pollinera, korna får inte beta på sina ängar, renarna tvingas gå andra vägar när vi spränger hål i berget.
Är det verkli…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.05564 has been replaced.
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Bayesian Inference of the Landau Parameter $G'_0$ from Joint Gamow-Teller Measurements
The Landau-Migdal parameter $G'_0$ characterizes the main part of the spin-isospin nucleon-nucleon interaction. Consequently, the $G'_0$ is closely related to the Gamow-Teller resonance (GTR), the beta and double-beta decay rates of finite nuclei, the spin response of hot and dense nucleonic matter that determines the neutrino-nucleon reaction rates in core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) and binary neutron star (BNS) mergers, and finally the critical density for pion condensation in neutron stars.…

I solved today's puzzle!
Calling All Channels by Lina Santos
Yay! I did it in 2 tries!
This game feels like it’s out of beta and I really like how they’ve tweaked things!
#4x3game #WordPuzzle

#WritersCoffeeClub Jun 6
What are the conventions of the genre in which you write? How strictly do you follow them?
Um.. . I don't know, I write high/epic/dark fantasy (according to my beta readers) but I follow my story where it leads me. Are there conventions? Probably. Do I care? Not consciously.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.00671 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_mat…

Sylvester's problem for beta-type distributions
Consider $d+2$ i.i.d. random points $X_1,\ldots, X_{d+2}$ in $\mathbb R^d$. In this note, we compute the probability that their convex hull is a simplex focusing on three specific distributional settings: (i) the distribution of $X_1$ is multivariate standard normal; (ii) the density of $X_1$ is proportional to $(1-\|x\|^2)^β$ on the unit ball (the beta distribution); (iii) the density of $X_1$ is proportional to $(1+\|x\|^2)^{-β}$ (the beta prime distribution). In the Gau…

The Browser Company launches Dia, a macOS browser in beta for Arc users based around an AI chat sidebar that can access tabs, history, and logged-in sites (David Pierce/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/web/685232/dia-browser-ai-arc

The Dia browser is a big bet on the web — and an even bigger bet on AI
Dia uses a simple interface and a chatbot that lets you chat with tabs and get more done. It’s a big bet that AI is the future of the internet.

Ad on the tube says 'Humans were the beta test. The era of AI employees is here'.
I can't *imagine* why people are a bit resistant to AI! At least offshoring never advertised on the tube. The enshittification of 21st century life continues.

Pffffrrrfffft! https://social.lol/@keenan/114801484115645305

For Zotero users, the Android app is finally out of closed beta. It supports saving papers directly from the browser or other apps, which takes several steps out of my workflow for increasing my TBR pile.
https://www.zotero.org/blog/zotero-for-android/

Confident Splatting: Confidence-Based Compression of 3D Gaussian Splatting via Learnable Beta Distributions
AmirHossein Naghi Razlighi, Elaheh Badali Golezani, Shohreh Kasaei
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22973

Confident Splatting: Confidence-Based Compression of 3D Gaussian Splatting via Learnable Beta Distributions
3D Gaussian Splatting enables high-quality real-time rendering but often produces millions of splats, resulting in excessive storage and computational overhead. We propose a novel lossy compression method based on learnable confidence scores modeled as Beta distributions. Each splat's confidence is optimized through reconstruction-aware losses, enabling pruning of low-confidence splats while preserving visual fidelity. The proposed approach is architecture-agnostic and can be applied to any Gau…

A Statistical Framework for Co-Mediators of Zero-Inflated Single-Cell RNA-Seq Data
Seungjun Ahn, Zhigang Li
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.06113 https://

A Statistical Framework for Co-Mediators of Zero-Inflated Single-Cell RNA-Seq Data
Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) has revolutionized the study of cellular heterogeneity, enabling detailed molecular profiling at the individual cell level. However, integrating high-dimensional single-cell data into causal mediation analysis remains challenging due to zero inflation and complex mediator structures. We propose a novel mediation framework leveraging zero-inflated negative binomial models to characterize cell-level mediator distributions and beta regression for zero-inflati…

@…
Hello !
There’s a lot of TL jumping since beta 3. Either while inside the app or when going away/back

The precision measurement of the electron anti-neutrino spectrum in beta-decay of $\rm{^{144}Pr}$ nuclei
A. V. Derbin, I. S. Drachnev, D. V. Ivanov, I. M. Kotina, V. N. Muratova, N. V. Niyazova, D. A. Semenov, M. V. Trushin, E. V. Unzhakov
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.03716

The precision measurement of the electron anti-neutrino spectrum in beta-decay of $\rm{^{144}Pr}$ nuclei
The $\rm{^{144}Ce - ^{144}Pr}$ electron antineutrino source is one of the most suitable radiochemical sources for experiments searching for the oscillations of active neutrinos to the light sterile state. In the current work the $β$-spectra of $\rm{^{144}Ce - ^{144}Pr}$ source have been measured by two types of $β$-spectrometers based on silicon Si(Li) detectors in order to determine the energy spectrum of electron anti-neutrino emitted in the $β$-decay of $\rm{^{144}Pr}$ nuclei. The nuclear…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.00040 has been replaced.
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A Short Proof of Knuth's Old Sum
We give a short proof of the well-known Knuth's old sum and provide some generalizations. Our approach utilizes the binomial theorem and integration formulas derived using the Beta function. Several new polynomial identities and combinatorial identities are derived.

GitLab 18.1 supports Orcid identifiers in user profiles: https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/06/19/gitlab-18-1-released/#orcid-identifier-in-user-profile

GitLab 18.1 released with Maven virtual registry (beta) and Duo Code Review
GitLab 18.1 released with Maven virtual registry (beta), Duo Code Review, Compromised password detection, and SLSA level 1 with components!

On one of my #OpenWRT routers I can't update all packages because of low free space on /overlay partition.
According to sources like https://forum.openwrt.org/t/not-enough-space/1…

So, umm, I'm guessing that "uname -r” on macOS 26 will return version 25.x? Guess it's time to install the beta and find out!

Replaced article(s) found for physics.space-ph. https://arxiv.org/list/physics.space-ph/new
[1/1]:
- A Unified Phenomenology of Ion Heating in Low-$\beta$ Plasmas: Test-Particle Simulations
Zade Johnston, Jonathan Squire, Romain Meyrand

#WritersCoffeeClub
June 11: Who sees your WIP before it’s done?
Good case scenario, my friends. Otherwise, no one. Having beta readers is a luxury.
With #ТемнаНаука it is actually my friends (if we count translation as a form of wri…

Inhibiting Alzheimer's Disease by Targeting Aggregation of Beta-Amyloid
Ananya Joshi, George Khoury, Christodoulas Floudas
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14052

Inhibiting Alzheimer's Disease by Targeting Aggregation of Beta-Amyloid
Alzheimer's disease is characterized by dangerous amyloid plaques formed by deposits of the protein Beta-Amyloid aggregates in the brain. The specific amino acid sequence that is responsible for the aggregates of Beta-Amyloid is lys-leu-val-phe-phe (KLVFF). KLVFF aggregation inhibitors, which we design in this paper, prevent KLVFF from binding with itself to form oligomers or fibrils (and eventually plaques) that cause neuronal death. Our binder-blocker peptides are designed such that, on one s…

Figma releases Dev Mode Model Context Protocol server, which provides more context about how AI designs are created in Figma (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/679439/figma-dev-mode-mcp-server-beta-release

Figma will let your AI access its design servers
Figma is launching a Dev Mode MCP Server that can help AI models more effectively translate designs into fully coded applications.

The role of electron interactions in a failed insulator revealed by shot noise
Mateusz Szurek, Hanqiao Cheng, Zilu Pang, Yiou Zhang, Sergei Urazhdin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.05481

The role of electron interactions in a failed insulator revealed by shot noise
In materials known as failed insulators, electrical resistivity increases as temperature decreases, yet does not diverge - a phenomenon inconsistent with single-particle theories. We investigate the origin of this behavior by measuring shot noise in nanojunctions of nitrogen-doped beta-Ta, a prototypical failed insulator. Junctions as short as 8 nanometers exhibit hot-electron shot noise, indicating strong electron interactions. We show that charge hopping mediated by these interactions explain…

iOS 26 Developer Beta 2: Apple entglast das iPhone wieder etwas
Die erste Vorabversion von iOS 26 bekam eine Menge Kritik ab. Die zweite bringt eine Menge Verbesserungen, darunter solche optischer Art.

The entire album really ->
"Who is dis doin' this synthetic type of alpha beta psychedelic funkin'?"
Elektrobank - The Chemical Brothers (Dig Your Own Hole, 1997)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeAZyu2zh0Q

Very first seconds of first impression. I actually don’t mind the look of the icons at all. They’re quite nice. I’ll reserve judgement for any future transparent versions that were demonstrated today. But these are good.
Noticed a slight tremor in the display of the home screen upon initial welcome to the new beta. But other than that, things are working well enough for me to dictate this by Siri.
#Apple #WWDC #iPadOS #Beta

Nested economies of scale in city mass
Kangning Huang, Mingzhen Lu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.03960 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.03960

Nested economies of scale in city mass
A longstanding puzzle in urban science is whether there's an intrinsic match between human populations and the mass of their built environments. Previous findings have revealed various urban properties scaling nonlinearly with population, yet existing models of city built mass are still dominated by per-capita linear thinking. Our analysis of >3,000 cities globally reveals universal sublinear scaling of city mass with population at both the city (\{beta}=0.90) and neighborhood levels (δ=0.75).…

@… Nudge-nudge!
https://tapbots.social/@ivory/114581036568303599

Wow. This looks great. If it had been available 2 months ago my summer holidays would look a bit different!
Next time...
https://mastodon.social/@stefanlindbohm/114733502859245671
stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social - Today we’re quietly (and finally!) opening up Railfinder to the public! This is our beta version and - hopefully - the first step towards that one booking site for trains across Europe that we all dream of.
Lots of work has gone into this and equally lots still to do before reach that vision, but if you’d like to try what we’be built you can now just go to https://www.railfinder.eu and have a go!
Any and all feedback more than welcome 🙏

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.00493 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_…

Asteroseismology of the G8 subgiant beta Aquilae with SONG-Tenerife, SONG-Australia and TESS
We present radial velocities of the G8 subgiant star beta Aql obtained in 2022 and 2023 using SONG-Tenerife and SONG-Australia. We also analysed a sector of TESS photometry that overlapped with the 2022 SONG data. We processed the time series to assign weights and to remove bad data points. The power spectrum clearly shows solar-like oscillations centred at 430 muHz. The TESS data show the oscillations at lower signal-to-noise because photometric measurements are much more affected by the granu…

Cognitive Load-Driven VR Memory Palaces: Personalizing Focus and Recall Enhancement
Zhengyang Li, Hailin Deng
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02700 https://

Cognitive Load-Driven VR Memory Palaces: Personalizing Focus and Recall Enhancement
Cognitive load, which varies across individuals, can significantly affect focus and memory performance.This study explores the integration of Virtual Reality (VR) with memory palace techniques, aiming to optimize VR environments tailored to individual cognitive load levels to improve focus and memory. We utilized EEG devices, specifically the Oculus Quest 2, to monitor Beta wave activity in 10 participants.By modeling their cognitive load profiles through polynomial regression, we dynamically a…

We are closing in on #Studioworks Beta launch (finally 😴; I’ve barely done anything but work on this (and under-sleep) all year).
During the month-long beta period, we’ll be letting Founding Members (people who sign up before the beta) use the product before paid subscriptions start—they also get lifetime discounts. We don’t intend to offer free trials after this.
If you’re interested i…

Studioworks: Join now
Reserve your studio handle and select your future plan to become a Founding Member. In return, you’ll get lifetime discounts and other perks.

Explicit Formulas For Generalized Polylogarithmic Integrals, Euler Sums, And BBP-Type Series
Ali Olaikhan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.04205 https://

Explicit Formulas For Generalized Polylogarithmic Integrals, Euler Sums, And BBP-Type Series
This paper explores closed-form expressions for some polylogarithm integrals with integrands containing five parameters. These closed form expressions are given in terms of the Lerch transcendent function, which reduces, in some cases, to well-known special functions, such as the Riemann zeta, Dirichlet eta, Dirichlet beta, the Hurwitz zeta, and the polygamma functions. Related Euler sums and BBP-type series will also be discussed.

Pathfinding Quantum Simulations of Neutrinoless Double-$\beta$ Decay
Ivan A. Chernyshev, Roland C. Farrell, Marc Illa, Martin J. Savage, Andrii Maksymov, Felix Tripier, Miguel Angel Lopez-Ruiz, Andrew Arrasmith, Yvette de Sereville, Aharon Brodutch, Claudio Girotto, Ananth Kaushik, Martin Roetteler
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.057…

Pathfinding Quantum Simulations of Neutrinoless Double-$β$ Decay
We present results from co-designed quantum simulations of the neutrinoless double-$β$ decay of a simple nucleus in 1+1D quantum chromodynamics using IonQ's Forte-generation trapped-ion quantum computers. Electrons, neutrinos, and up and down quarks are distributed across two lattice sites and mapped to 32 qubits, with an additional 4 qubits used for flag-based error mitigation. A four-fermion interaction is used to implement weak interactions, and lepton-number violation is induced by a neutr…

Steam bekommt ein neues Overlay für Performance-Messungen
Bislang konnte man sich über Steam lediglich die fps anzeigen lassen – nicht immer die beste Metrik. Im Beta-Client gibt es nun einen neuen Performance-Monitor.

Bayesian Inference of the Landau Parameter $G'_0$ from Joint Gamow-Teller Measurements
Zidu Lin, Gianluca Col\`o, A. W. Stiner, Amber Stinson
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.05564 …

Bayesian Inference of the Landau Parameter $G'_0$ from Joint Gamow-Teller Measurements
The Landau-Migdal parameter $G'_0$ characterizes the main part of the spin-isospin nucleon-nucleon interaction. Consequently, the $G'_0$ is closely related to the Gamow-Teller resonance (GTR), the beta and double-beta decay rates of finite nuclei, the spin response of hot and dense nucleonic matter that determines the neutrino-nucleon reaction rates in core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) and binary neutron star (BNS) mergers, and finally the critical density for pion condensation in neutron stars.…

Search for the in-situ production of $^{77}$Ge in the GERDA neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment
M. Agostini, A. Alexander, G. Araujo, A. M. Bakalyarov, M. Balata, I. Barabanov, L. Baudis, C. Bauer, S. Belogurov, A. Bettini, L. Bezrukov, V. Biancacci, E. Bossio, V. Bothe, R. Brugnera, A. Caldwell, S. Calgaro, C. Cattadori, A. Chernogorov, P. -J. Chiu, T. Comellato, V. D'Andrea, E. V. Demidova, N. Di Marco, E. Doroshkevich, M. Fomina, A. Gangapshev, A. Garfagnini, C. Gooch, P. …

Search for the in-situ production of $^{77}$Ge in the GERDA neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment
The beta decay of $^{77}$Ge and $^{77\mathrm{m}}$Ge, both produced by neutron capture on $^{76}$Ge, is a potential background for Germanium based neutrinoless double-beta decay search experiments such as GERDA or the LEGEND experiment. In this work we present a search for $^{77}$Ge decays in the full GERDA Phase II data set. A delayed coincidence method was employed to identify the decay of $^{77}$Ge via the isomeric state of $^{77}$As (9/2$^+$, 475 keV, ${T_{1/2} = 114}\,μ$s, $^{77\mathrm{m}}…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.01759 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_ees…

Alpha-Beta HMM: Hidden Markov Model Filtering with Equal Exit Probabilities and a Step-Size Parameter
The hidden Markov model (HMM) provides a powerful framework for inference in time-varying environments, where the underlying state evolves according to a Markov chain. To address the optimal filtering problem in general dynamic settings, we propose the $αβ$-HMM algorithm, which simplifies the state transition model to a Markov chain with equal exit probabilities and introduces a step-size parameter to balance the influence of observational data and the model. By analyzing the algorithm's dyna…

A class of high-beta, large-aspect-ratio quasiaxisymmetric Palumbo-like configurations
Andrew Brown, Wrick Sengupta, Nikita Nikulsin, Amitava Bhattacharjee
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.17528

A class of high-beta, large-aspect-ratio quasiaxisymmetric Palumbo-like configurations
The space of high-beta, approximately quasiaxisymmetric, large-aspect-ratio stellarator configurations is explored using an inverse coordinate approach and a quadratic polynomial ansatz for the flux function, following the method of Palumbo, extended by Hernandes and Clemente. This approach yields a system of nonlinear ODEs that, when solved, give equilibria exhibiting positive or negative triangularity, cusps, and (in an extreme limit) current singularities. It is shown that a cubic ansatz may…

Windows-Insider-Vorschau ermöglicht Export der Recall-Schnappschüsse – in der EU
In Windows-Insider-Vorschauen im Beta- und Developer-Kanal testet Microsoft in der EU eine Export-Funktion für Recall-Schnappschüsse.

Twitch plans to start testing the ability to host a vertical livestream and rolls out an open beta of 2k streaming, letting creators stream at 1440p (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/677548/twitch-twitchcon-e…

Twitch is getting vertical livestreams
Twitch is announcing a bunch of updates at TwitchCon Europe, including vertical livestreams and an open beta test that lets creators stream at a higher quality.

(beta) launch day 😬
🤞🤞

Neuer Wiederherstellungsassistent: iOS 26 kann sich selbst reparieren
Apple hat in der zweiten Beta von iOS 26 eine neue Funktion eingeführt, die bei iPhone-Startproblemen helfen soll. Es bekommt erstmals einen Recovery Assistant.

What an exciting WWDC25! Liquid Glass. Foundation Models. iPad windows.
After WWDC, we like to take a moment. To quote one of the great philosophers of the '80s, Ferris Bueller, "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."
Today, we share our post-WWDC roadmap update for @…

Next-to-leading-order prediction for the neutrinoless double-beta decay
Y. L. Yang, P. W. Zhao
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.24121 https://

Next-to-leading-order prediction for the neutrinoless double-beta decay
The neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0νββ$) of two neutrons$nn \rightarrow ppee$ is the elementary subprocess of $0νββ$ decay in nuclei. Accurate knowledge of the $nn \rightarrow ppee$ amplitude is required to pin down the short-range contributions in the nuclear matrix elements of the candidate nuclei for large-scale $0νββ$ searches. In this Letter, we report the first next-to-leading-order prediction of the nn \rightarrow ppee amplitude, with Bayesian uncertainty quantification. This…

Canadian Contributions to the Search for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay
Thomas Brunner, Jason D. Holt, David McKeen, Alexander Wright
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14712

Canadian Contributions to the Search for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay
The search for neutrinoless double beta decay has internationally been recognized as the most promising approach to determine the Majorana nature of neutrinos. This hypothesized decay would, if observed, violate lepton number in weak interactions by two units, hence, prove the existence of physics beyond the Standard Model. Current experiments with sensitivity to neutrinoless double beta decay half lives of $10^{26}$ years did not observe such a decay and worldwide efforts are ongoing to deploy…

Daydream, which raised a $50M seed in June 2024 to build a generative AI shopping agent for fashion, launches in beta, with an app expected later this summer (Hilary Milnes/Vogue Business)
https://www.voguebusiness.com/story/techno

Is Daydream’s AI platform the answer to fashion’s discovery problem?
Founder Julie Bornstein raised $50 million last year to create the ultimate AI shopping experience. Today, it launches in beta.

Mistral releases Mistral Code, a "vibe coding" client forked from open source project Continue, in private beta on JetBrains platforms and VS Code (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/04/mistral-releases-a-vibe-co…

Mistral releases a vibe coding client, Mistral Code | TechCrunch
French AI startup Mistral is releasing its own 'vibe coding' client, Mistral Code, to compete with incumbents like Windsurf, Anysphere's Cursor, and GitHub Copilot.

Ring rolls out Video Descriptions, an AI-powered beta feature that generates text summaries of motion activity from its doorbells and cameras (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/692523/ring-ai-powe…

Ring camera alerts are about to get a lot smarter
Ring’s new Video Descriptions feature will tell you what your video doorbell or security camera sees, so you don’t have to watch the video.

Anthropic now lets Claude app users build, host, and share AI-powered apps directly in Claude via Artifacts, launching in beta on Free, Pro, and Max tiers (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/693342/anthropic-claude-ai-apps-artifact

Anthropic now lets you make apps right from its Claude AI chatbot
Anthropic is adding a new feature to its Claude AI chatbot that lets you build AI-powered apps right inside the app. It builds upon Anthropic’s Artifacts feature.

Hands-on with Apple's new Speech framework components in the macOS Tahoe beta: the APIs deliver transcription speeds significantly faster than OpenAI's Whisper (John Voorhees/MacStories)
https://www.macstories.net/stories/hands-o…

Hands-On: How Apple’s New Speech APIs Outpace Whisper for Lightning-Fast Transcription
Late last Tuesday night, after watching F1: The Movie at the Steve Jobs Theater, I was driving back from dropping Federico off at his hotel when I got a text: Can you pick me up? It was from my son Finn, who had spent the evening nearby and was stalking me in Find My. Of