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Interesting analysis of how memes and humor are used in Kenya‘s GenZ protests: "One protester, clutching a phone still streaming to thousands online, summed up the day: “They tax, we meme. They shoot, we stream.”"
https://democracyinafrica.org/humour-a

Humour as a Form of Resistance in the Kenyan Gen Z Protests | Democracy in Africa

ST-DAI: Single-shot 2.5D Spatial Transcriptomics with Intra-Sample Domain Adaptive Imputation for Cost-efficient 3D Reconstruction
Jiahe Qian, Yaoyu Fang, Xinkun Wang, Lee A. Cooper, Bo Zhou
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.21516

ST-DAI: Single-shot 2.5D Spatial Transcriptomics with Intra-Sample Domain Adaptive Imputation for Cost-efficient 3D Reconstruction
For 3D spatial transcriptomics (ST), the high per-section acquisition cost of fully sampling every tissue section remains a significant challenge. Although recent approaches predict gene expression from histology images, these methods require large external datasets, which leads to high-cost and suffers from substantial domain discrepancies that lead to poor generalization on new samples. In this work, we introduce ST-DAI, a single-shot framework for 3D ST that couples a cost-efficient 2.5D sam…

#FuckEricAdams so so much. And fuck Hochul for not removing him. #BikeNYC
https://hellgateny…

Automatically discovering heuristics in a complex SAT solver with large language models
Yiwen Sun, Furong Ye, Zhihan Chen, Ke Wei, Shaowei Cai
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22876 h…

Automatically discovering heuristics in a complex SAT solver with large language models
Satisfiability problem (SAT) is a cornerstone of computational complexity with broad industrial applications, and it remains challenging to optimize modern SAT solvers in real-world settings due to their intricate architectures. While automatic configuration frameworks have been developed, they rely on manually constrained search spaces and yield limited performance gains. This work introduces a novel paradigm which effectively optimizes complex SAT solvers via Large Language Models (LLMs), and…

"The complicity exposed by this report is just the tip of the iceberg; ending it will not happen without holding the private sector accountable, including its executives. International law recognizes varying degrees of responsibility – each requiring scrutiny and accountability, particularly in this case, where a people’s self-determination and very existence are at stake. This is a necessary step to end the #genocide

Safety Evaluation of Motion Plans Using Trajectory Predictors as Forward Reachable Set Estimators
Kaustav Chakraborty, Zeyuan Feng, Sushant Veer, Apoorva Sharma, Wenhao Ding, Sever Topan, Boris Ivanovic, Marco Pavone, Somil Bansal
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22389

Safety Evaluation of Motion Plans Using Trajectory Predictors as Forward Reachable Set Estimators
The advent of end-to-end autonomy stacks - often lacking interpretable intermediate modules - has placed an increased burden on ensuring that the final output, i.e., the motion plan, is safe in order to validate the safety of the entire stack. This requires a safety monitor that is both complete (able to detect all unsafe plans) and sound (does not flag safe plans). In this work, we propose a principled safety monitor that leverages modern multi-modal trajectory predictors to approximate forwar…

1/2: Eeek!
https://blog.google/products/chrome/store-reviews/
Just me, or is this a horrifying prospect? The SEO wars and the Amazon homepage have taught us that businesses will do anything - ANYTHING, ethics be damned, to game their online reputations. This …

Chrome is helping you shop smarter and safer with store reviews.
We’re introducing store reviews to Google Chrome in the U.S. to make your online shopping experience safer and more efficient. This feature uses data from Google Shopping and other popular review websites to provide people with helpful insights when shopping on e-commerce sites.Just click the icon to the left of the web address and you can access an AI-generated summary of reviews. The description will cover topics like customer service, product quality, shipping, pricing and returns, helping…

Kommt noch jemand von Euch morgen in die #CyBARsecurity nach Bochum?
Würde mich freuen, mal ein paar aus der #Security Bubble im Fediverse persönlich kennen zu lernen.
PS: ich produziere übrigens seit einigen Jahren den WeTalkSecurity - ESET Podcast. Hört den jemand von Euch?

WeTalkSecurity - der ESET Podcast
WeTalkSecurity ist der deutschsprachige ESET Security Podcast zu den Bereichen Digitalisierung und IT-Sicherheit. Unsere Themen reichen vom Online-Shopping, Cyber-Spionage bis zur Absicherung des Unternehmensnetzwerks. Jeden Monat sprechen wir mit interessanten Gästen über aktuelle Themen aus der IT-Security. Über ESET ESET ist ein europäisches Unternehmen mit Hauptsitz in Bratislava (Slowakei). Seit 1987 entwickelt ESET preisgekrönte Sicherheits-Software, die bereits über 110 Million…

Series B, Episode 02 - Shadow
GAN: The manual controls won't respond.
VILA: Do something, Gan.
GAN: Something is draining off the power. [Lights dim]
VILA: Orac, it has to be Orac.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/202/565 B7B3

Series B, Episode 10 - Voice from the Past
JENNA: Complaining of some sort of noise.
AVON: A sort of tone, he said.
CALLY: Oscillating. It was there again just now.
AVON: As a part of his nightmare?
CALLY: Yes, I think so.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/210/85

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