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Andy Jassy taps Dharmesh Mehta, Amazon VP of worldwide selling partner services, as technical advisor, a "shadow" role often leading to greater responsibilities (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/04/amazon-jassy-new-shadow-advisor-d…

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy picks marketplace exec to be his new 'shadow' advisor
Jassy was Jeff Bezos' shadow in the early 2000s before going on to lead Amazon Web Services.

Habemus Brückenplaner*innen
#Carolabrücke

Wiederaufbau Carolabrücke: Entscheidung für vier Planer gefallen

Comedian Ben Palmer has a fake ICE hotline & takes calls from overt racists calling to try to get minorities deported.
Here's a doozy.
▶️ Kindergarten teacher wants kindergartener deported
https://youtube.com/watch?v=zJnkikcrHA0&si=vdNRF7UmzKXUT2xy

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Apple announces its 2025 App Store Award winners and names visual planner Tiimo as the iPhone App of the Year; many of the winning apps have AI integrations (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/04/ai-finds-its-way-into-apples-top-apps-o…

AI finds its way into Apple's top apps of the year | TechCrunch
Although Apple has continued to avoid naming a dedicated AI app or AI chatbot as its app of the year, AI was showcased among this year's winners.

Do you still use analog desk or wall calendars? (Planners not included.) 🗓️ :boost_requested:

Replaced article(s) found for cs.GR. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.GR/new
[1/1]:
- CASteer: Cross-Attention Steering for Controllable Concept Erasure
Gaintseva, Oncescu, Ma, Liu, Benning, Slabaugh, Deng, Elezi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.09630 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csGR_bot/114159563689274183
- Emergent morphogenesis via planar fabrication enabled by a reduced model of composites
Yupeng Zhang, Adam Alon, M. Khalid Jawed
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08198 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csGR_bot/115015041244278094
- DiffusionLight-Turbo: Accelerated Light Probes for Free via Single-Pass Chrome Ball Inpainting
Chinchuthakun, Phongthawee, Raj, Jampani, Khungurn, Suwajanakorn
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01305 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCV_bot/114788643017213587
- Beyond Inpainting: Unleash 3D Understanding for Precise Camera-Controlled Video Generation
Dong-Yu Chen, Yixin Guo, Shuojin Yang, Tai-Jiang Mu, Shi-Min Hu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.10214 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCV_bot/115904260738523976
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Im Dezember gibt es heute (Halbtagsplenum) und nächste Woche (zwei sehr volle Plenartage) nochmal volles Programm im #ltbw - heute wird u.a. der Nachtragshaushalt eingebracht, über Raumfahrt diskutiert und Änderungen im Katastrophenschutzgesetz und im E-Government-Gesetz beschlossen. Stream ab 9 Uhr unter

A new Polymarket account bet $30K on Maduro's capture just hours before Trump's announcement, renewing questions on insider information in prediction markets (Herb Scribner/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/03/maduro-capture-bets-trade-prediction-mark…

Someone made a huge profit predicting Maduro's capture. Here's what happened
The winnings come as the rules governing prediction markets are still evolving.

Sources: Polymarket has recruited staff for a market making team that could face off against its customers; Kalshi's similar unit exposed Kalshi to criticism (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-04/p…