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🧊 Intense groundwater flow destabilizes ice in North America's Great Lakes, simulations show
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-intense-groundwater-destabilizes-ice-north.html

Intense groundwater flow destabilizes ice in North America's Great Lakes, simulations show
Powerful pulses of groundwater flow up from beneath Lakes Michigan and Huron, which together form one of the largest freshwater systems in the world. This groundwater flux may dramatically alter how and where ice forms, with important implications for ice-climate models. As climate change pressures the system, new research suggests that conventional models may underestimate how groundwater can destabilize lake ice along its shorelines (coasts).

"Geoff Horsman, an associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Wilfrid Laurier University... testified that his application for an NSERC grant renewal was turned down because 'I was unable to profess sufficiently enthusiastic support for the official state ideology of EDI.'"
Or maybe, I dunno, dude's grant application just wasn't good enough?

Parliament reviews EDI for research grants - University Affairs
Witnesses testify for and against applying diversity criteria to scientific funding.

Towards Understanding Visual Grounding in Visual Language Models
Georgios Pantazopoulos, Eda B. \"Ozyi\u{g}it
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.10345 https://

Towards Understanding Visual Grounding in Visual Language Models
Visual grounding refers to the ability of a model to identify a region within some visual input that matches a textual description. Consequently, a model equipped with visual grounding capabilities can target a wide range of applications in various domains, including referring expression comprehension, answering questions pertinent to fine-grained details in images or videos, caption visual context by explicitly referring to entities, as well as low and high-level control in simulated and real …

Before you head out for the weekend, don't miss today's Metacurity -- our last daily newsletter before a two-week summer break -- for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--US feds crack down on Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex,
--US seeks to seize $2.8m from ransomware actor's wallet,
--Polish city fended off likely Russian attack on water supply,
--Iranian hackers infiltrated former Israeli justice minister's phone…

US feds crack down on Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex
US seeks to seize $2.8m from ransomware actor's wallet, Polish city fended off likely Russian attack on water supply, Iranian hackers infiltrated former Israeli justice minister's phone, BtcTurk lost $48m in hack, Odin.fun exploited for $7m, Duo pleads guilty in stolen data pandemic fraud, much more

Sources: Raymond Zage and James Lu, who control most of Grindr, are in talks to take it private after a Temasek unit sold shares pledged for personal loans (Liz Hoffman/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/10/13/2025/grindr-explor…

Grindr explores take-private after lender calls insiders’ loans
Dating app’s controlling shareholders are discussing buyout financing with Fortress Investment Group for a deal that would likely have national-security implications, people familiar with the matter said.

A New Way To Stop Cancer Growth: Groundbreaking Drug Enters Human Trials
https://scitechdaily.com/a-new-way-to-stop-cancer-growth-groundbreaking-drug-enters-human-trials/

Spotify ermöglicht Nutzern der kostenlosen Version neue Features
Der Musik-Streaming-Dienst Spotify ändert grundlegende Einschränkungen für User der kostenlosen Version. Ab jetzt haben diese mehr Möglichkeiten.

Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills (Martin E. Comas/Orlando Sentinel)
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/14/judge-grants-ex-girlfriend-restraining-order-against-rep-cory-mills/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251015/p1#a251015p1

Toshiba quetscht 12 Glasscheiben in eine Festplatte
Ab 2027 will Toshiba 40-TByte-Festplatten verkaufen. Dazu wechselt der Hersteller das Trägermaterial von Aluminium auf Glas.
https://www.…

Mittwoch: Wetransfer zieht Nutzungsrechte zurück, Robotaxis aus China per Uber
Druck auf Wetransfer erfolgreich Uber-App für Robotaxis Drohnenangriffe kein Grundgesetzverstoß Kartellamt für Mindfactory-Übernahme Bit-Rauschen zu KI