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Japan, driven by labor shortages, is increasingly adopting robotics and physical AI, with a hybrid model where startups innovate and corporations provide scale (Kate Park/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/05/japan-is-proving-e…

In Japan, the robot isn't coming for your job; it's filling the one nobody wants | TechCrunch
Driven by labor shortages, Japan is pushing physical AI from pilot projects into real-world deployment.

What do Ukraine and Japan have in common? They are leaders in robotics, and for the right reasons
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/05/japan-is-proving-experimental-physical-ai-is-ready-for-the-real-world/

In Japan, the robot isn't coming for your job; it's filling the one nobody wants | TechCrunch
Driven by labor shortages, Japan is pushing physical AI from pilot projects into real-world deployment.

"The moral is to the physical as three is to one.”
– Napoleon Bonaparte

A very worthwhile long read on how different State actors are trying to undermine European democratic values.
"small, deniable physical actions are rapidly followed by coordinated online activity designed to confuse the public, assign blame and undermine trust in authorities and the wider system."
https://ecfr.eu/publication/from-shield-to-sword-europes-offensive-strategy-for-the-hybrid-age/#lessons-from-then-and-now

Intel taps Alex Katouzian, an ex-Qualcomm EVP, to lead Client Computing & Physical AI group, and names Pushkar Ranade as CTO, after serving on an interim basis (Dylan Martin/CRN)
https://www.crn.com/news/components-periph

Intel Taps Top Qualcomm Exec To Lead Client Computing, Physical AI Group
Intel said Monday that it has hired a top Qualcomm executive for a new position that will have him oversee the alignment of its long-running and critical PC business with the emerging field of physical AI, which its CEO has made a priority.

Survey: 59% of Gen Z users in the US, UK, and AU actively add and drop streaming services to view a single movie or series, 71% stopped buying physical music (Jennifer Maas/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/gen-z-cancels-streaming-sub…

Gen Z Cancels Streaming Subs for One Show, Don't Buy Full-Price Games
A study has found that more than half of Gen Z cancels and renews streaming subscriptions based on the availability of one TV series or film.

Bar plots like these may raise more questions than answers.
Without any y-axis label what are we to make of this? We don't really have a sense of scale.
Are two months on the x-axis long enough to show correlation or just coincidence?
They show graphs only for select neighbor countries all with a spike on or around around 3/1. What about non-neighbor countries? Could this have been a global phenomenon?
Don't want to pick on the source (in the image alt text)…

RE: https://meta.masto.host/@GamingNews/116529674646601494
The whole idea of mogging being based on physical appearance just seems wrong to me.

https://www.stvn.sh/writing/programming-still-sucks-fqffhyp

Happening now in North Minneapolis somewhere just southwest of 2nd Ave N and Van White Memorial Boulevard, police ordering more people with nowhere to go to leave otherwise-unused land by 1pm today. The City of Minneapolis has been using violence (physical force or the threat of physical force) to shove unhoused people around constantly since the destruction of community-supported encampments, and so long as this is allowed, the human right to housing will never be fulfilled. See you there…

Most Americans say Trump is mentally, physically unfit to serve effectively: Poll (Ashleigh Fields/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5862406-trump-mental-fitness-physical-health-poll/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260504/p72#a260504p72

For millennia, the “source code” of human survival was written in the soil
— held in the physical seeds exchanged by farmers across the Eastern Ghats, the Andes and the African savannah.
Today, that code has been digitised into ATGC sequences,
stored on servers largely located in the Global North
and increasingly governed by intellectual property regimes that risk excluding the very communities that developed this biological heritage.
The issue is no longer lim…

Value food
Value food

finally got my copy of #phrack 72 👾

Bills Named in Mega Trade Pitch for Raiders’ Maxx Crosby https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/bills-mega-trade-pitch-maxx-crosby/

Alcatraz, which develops AI-powered facial-recognition security systems for building access, raised a $50M Series B, bringing its total funding to $100M (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2026/04/02/alcatraz-r…

Alcatraz raises $50M to bring Apple Face ID-style security to physical buildings - SiliconANGLE
Alcatraz raises $50M to bring Apple Face ID-style security to physical buildings - SiliconANGLE

Source: Agreed-to Epenesa-Browns deal now off https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48343827/source-browns-opt-not-sign-aj-epenesa-physical

Cowboys Have 53-Man Roster Upset Brewing With Physical Freak UDFA Michael Trigg https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/dallas-cowboys-have-53-man-roster-upset-brewing-physical-freak-udfa-michael-trigg

Physical shops would much rather people shop online.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/03/guilty-until-proven-innocent-shoppers-falsely-identified-by-facial-recognitio…

Guilty until proven innocent: shoppers falsely identified by facial recognition system struggle to clear their names
People shamed and ordered to leave shops after being misidentified then ‘given no help’ to investigate verdicts

Good morning friends!
It's a bit chill this morning. Another IT event ahead this evening. I'm curious how it will go.
But it also means, no physical activity or photos this evening.
Anyways, enjoy your day!
#goodmorning #bayern

Trump’s CISA nominee said he left Coast Guard to address GOP hold
https://www.nextgov.com/people/2026/03/trumps-cisa-nominee-said-he-left-coast-guard-address-gop-hold/411894/

Trump’s CISA nominee said he left Coast Guard to address GOP hold
Sean Plankey confirmed the intent to Nextgov/FCW and said he’s “prepared to lead the nation’s cyber defense agency to protect the federal civilian networks and our nation’s critical infrastructure from physical and cyber attacks.”

omg. Too soon, #TheOnion. TOO SOON!
#NYC #Snowmageddon

𖨆 <-- This is my little one who is the only one who has the capability to explore every part of existence no matter how physical or abstract it is

genetic_multiplex: Multiplex genetic interactions (2014)
Multiplex networks representing different types of genetic interactions, for different organisms. Layers represent (i) physical, (ii) association, (iii) co-localization, (iv) direct, and (v) suppressive, (vi) additive or synthetic genetic interaction. Edge direction (i,j) indicates gene i interacting with gene j.
This network has 3879 nodes and 8182 edges.
Tags: Biological, Gene regulation, Protein interactions, Unwei…

Raiders Get Blockbuster Trade Idea Involving Eagles, Maxx Crosby https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/blockbuster-trade-idea-eagles-maxx-crosby/

"Reduced physical activity due to global heating will lead to rise in health issues, study says"
#Climate #ClimateChange

Record low sea levels in the Baltic Sea could reshape sea's physical conditions #Baltic

Record low sea levels in the Baltic Sea could reshape sea's physical conditions
Since the beginning of January, an unusually long period of easterly winds has caused the average water level in the Baltic Sea to fall to a historic low. Measurements at the Swedish Landsort-Norra gauge show values that are the lowest since records began in 1886. Researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW) are currently monitoring this development very closely, as it represents a rare oceanographic situation that could lead to a large inflow of saltwater from…

There’s a lab in Buenos Aires where they #clone #horses for polo. A typical mare will play for 5 years & then retire to breed, producing 1 foal a year for maybe a few years. With cloning and surrogate bearers way more horses can be bred from a single dam that has desirable physical and mental traits.

"We're just going to run a physical simulation of a human brain to achieve AGI"
"Won't the brain die instantly if it's without a body and oxygen supply etc?"
"Well, we'll just also simulate a body."
"Won't the body die instantly if it's in a vacuum?
"Fine, we'll just simulate an atmosphere too."
"Won't the body die if it's without food and light and gravity and stimulation?"
"Fine, we'll just simulate all the physical processes on the Earth."
"Won't the Earth just freeze instantly without the Sun being there?"
"Fine, we'll just simulate the sun, too."
"Will the solar system work properly if there's only the sun? What about gravitational influences of other mass in the galaxy, what about cosmic rays?"
"Fine, we'll just simulate the whole universe, too."

OK last of the parts for the VM server upgrade are installed.
Thinking more about PCIe lanes and what's where.
It's a Supermicro X12SPA-TF mainboard. There are 4x PCIe gen4 x16 slots and 3x PCIe gen4 x8 wired /x16 physical slots.
It also has four M.2 slots, one of which is currently in use for the boot volume.
Right now:
* Slot 7: AMD single slot GPU
* Slot 6: 10G NIC
* Slot 5/4: NVIDIA dual slot GPU
* Slot 3/2: NVIDIA dual slot GPU
* …

Är promenader mer effektivt än konditionsträning för fettförbränning?
https://traningslara.se/ar-promenader-mer-effektivt-an-konditionstraning-for-fettforbranning/

Är promenader mer effektivt än konditionsträning för fettförbränning?
Promenader är inte mer effektivt än konditionsträning om du vill göra av med mer kalorier eller öka chanserna att gå ner i vikt. De som påstår att promenader är bättre lurar människor genom att slänga sig med fina ord likt NEAT (non exercise activity thermogenesis), TDEE (total daily energy expenditure), SPA (spontaneous physical activity) mm […]

Can star Miami edge rusher Rueben Bain Jr. overcome physical limitations?

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2026-nfl-combine-miami-edge-rusher-rueben-bain-jr-…

Raiders Given Two Free Agent Targets After Maxx Crosby Trade https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/free-agent-targets-replace-maxx-crosby/

genetic_multiplex: Multiplex genetic interactions (2014)
Multiplex networks representing different types of genetic interactions, for different organisms. Layers represent (i) physical, (ii) association, (iii) co-localization, (iv) direct, and (v) suppressive, (vi) additive or synthetic genetic interaction. Edge direction (i,j) indicates gene i interacting with gene j.
This network has 6570 nodes and 282755 edges.
Tags: Biological, Gene regulation, Protein interactions, Unw…

I keep seeing things about how they're adding Tales from the Crypt to Shudder starting tomorrow, but Shudder is $7.99 a month and up. I looked on eBay and the whole series on DVD is on there for less than $30 shipped, in the USA at least. And you'd own all of it forever. The math doesn't math. Physical media ftw

En la mani del #1deMayo un compañero me ha hablado de este artículo sobre la salud del uso de la #ia en el entorno laboral. No lo he leído aún pero me ha dicho que es muy interesante lo que plantea

“How many people does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
The answer – in SAPN’s case study – is an electrician, a plumber and software techs, who now all need to work together to ensure the home management system can control the proverbial lights.”
https://

Nintendo says new first-party games exclusive to Switch 2 will have different prices for physical and digital versions in the US, beginning in May (Andy Robinson/Video Games Chronicle)
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/n

Nintendo confirms its US Switch 2 games will soon cost more as physical versions
Starting with Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, first-party Nintendo games will have different prices as digital and physical versions

Christian Parker's Blueprint: A Bigger, More Physical 26' Cowboys Defense https://insidethestar.com/christian-parkers-blueprint-a-bigger-more-physical-26-cowboys-defense

Spotify launches a feature to buy physical books in the US and UK, powered by Bookshop.org, and expands its Page Match tool to support 30 additional languages (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/15/spotify-l…

Spotify launches the ability to purchase physical books in the US and UK | TechCrunch
Spotify users in the US and UK can officially purchase physical books through the Android app. iOS users will get the feature next week.

Why Colon Cancer Is Rising in Young Adults: Scientists Discover Unexpected Physical Clue
https://scitechdaily.com/why-colon-cancer-is-rising-in-young-adults-scientists-discover-unexpected-physical-clue/

RE: https://flipboard.com/@washpost/local-7equn4ocz/-/a-uHOwa-dOSgWMb01D41Px3Q:a:419161690-/0
First the IP4 space, now the actual physical space.

Simulating Infant First-Person Sensorimotor Experience via Motion Retargeting from Babies to Humanoids
Francisco M. L\'opez, Hoshinori Kanazawa, Ondrej Fiala, Yakov Balashov, Valentin Marcel, Lukas Rustler, Miles Lenz, Dongmin Kim, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Jochen Triesch, Matej Hoffmann
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.27583 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2604.27583 https://arxiv.org/html/2604.27583
arXiv:2604.27583v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Motion retargeting from humans to human-like artificial agents is becoming increasingly important as humanoid robots grow more capable. However, most existing approaches focus only on reproducing kinematics and ignore the rich sensorimotor experience associated with human movement. In this work, we present a framework for simulating the multimodal sensorimotor experiences of infants using physical and virtual humanoids. From a single video, our method reconstructs the infant's body configuration by extracting its skeletal structure and estimating the full 3D pose from each frame. Then we map the reconstructed motion onto several developmental platforms: the physical iCub robot and the virtual simulators pyCub, EMFANT and MIMo. Replaying the retargeted motions on these embodiments produces simulated multisensory streams including proprioception (joints and muscles), touch, and vision. For the best-matching embodiment, the retargeting achieves sub-centimeter accuracy and enables a rich multimodal analysis of infant development as well as enhanced automated annotation of behaviors. This framework provides a unique window into the infant's sensorimotor experience, offering new tools for robotics, developmental science, and early detection of neurodevelopmental disorders. The code is available at https://github.com/ctu-vras/motion-retargeting/.
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📒 We built a museum exhibit about a 1990s game hint line, with a physical binder
#games

We Pitched a Museum a 1993 Game Hint Line (And They Actually Said Yes) | Yarn Spinner
We pitched ACMI a 1993 game hint line simulator with a 300-page physical binder. They said yes.

"Record low sea levels in the Baltic Sea could reshape sea's physical conditions"
#BalticSea #Oceans
https://…

Record low sea levels in the Baltic Sea could reshape sea's physical conditions
Since the beginning of January, an unusually long period of easterly winds has caused the average water level in the Baltic Sea to fall to a historic low. Measurements at the Swedish Landsort-Norra gauge show values that are the lowest since records began in 1886. Researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW) are currently monitoring this development very closely, as it represents a rare oceanographic situation that could lead to a large inflow of saltwater from…

this ai shit is so bad that i see more and more physical ada with ai pictures.... i wanna puke....
ive even seen a fucking bus with ai ads 😩

Management: return to office (80 %) because that's needed to perform, solve problems faster, move forward together. Physical presence matters.
Also management: spread out development from 1 continent and 2 sites to 3 continents and 4 sites.
🫠

Source: OBJ works out for Giants, takes physical https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48542988/source-odell-beckham-jr-works-giants-takes-physical

Unclear to me that DPA applies to intangibles like software.
“Goods” strikes me as an awfully PHYSICAL word. @… https://

Andrea (@valkyrie.hacker.gf)
Provisions of the Defense Production Act: (it's nationalization of meaningful control without nationalization of ownership that might concern the 5th amendment) [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Whats seems not to be included, is a barcode scanner interface for physical books or at least some csv import for a bunch of ISBNs
But maybe there are ways, to not have to fill out the form for every single physical book
But I'll keep looking

Lands of the Lost: A Field Guide to Dinosaur Parks Physical, Fictional, and for the Future https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/02/09/lands-of-the-lost-a-field-guide-to-dinosaur-parks-physical-fictional…

I’m seeing more uses of the spongecase (alternating intra-word capitalization) lately to mock bad takes.
This is ableist (even if unintentional), being directly based on the character in the animated show mocking people with physical disabilities.
It will hurt people with speech and facial physical disabilities way more to see your post than any of the people that you’re mocking.

When Does AI Fakery Become AI Reality?
We are living in the precise historical moment when the question "Is this real?" has become unanswerable in real time, and the fact that nobody seems particularly alarmed by this should alarm us all. The case study arrived this month with the force of a wartime broadcast, which is exactly what it was: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose physical whereabouts and physical condition have been the subject of intense…

When Does AI Fakery Become AI Reality? | David Boles, Blogs
We are living in the precise historical moment when the question “Is this real?” has become unanswerable in real time, and the fact that nobody seems particularly alarmed by this should…

JWST observes the assembly of a massive #galaxy at z~4: https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.13650 -> "NIRCam images and NIRSpec/IFU spectroscopy (R=2700) show that TGSSJ1530 1049 is part of one of the densest-known structures of continuum and line-emitting objects found at these redshifts. [...] Based on the physical separations and velocity differences between the galaxies, it is expected that these galaxies will merge to form a massive galaxy within a few Gyr. The system qualitatively resembles the forming brightest cluster galaxies in cosmological simulations that form early through a rapid succession of mergers."

Fernando Mendoza film review: Why he's top-pick-worthy and what he needs to adjust https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7073150/2026/03/05/fernando-mendoza-film-review-nfl-draft/

Analysis: Asian suppliers account for ~90% of Nvidia's production costs, up from 65% in 2025, as latest wave of collaborations shifts from chips to physical AI (Abhishek Vishnoi/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Wanted this deluxe physical version of Resident Evil: Requiem for Switch 2. Been looking for any kind of (legit) preroder anywhere for it for weeks. It comes out tomorrow, and it's never been anywhere available for preorder that I've seen. Everyone snapped it up or they blew it with the preorders? Anyway. I have no idea. To hell with it, I guess 😂 If anyone runs across someone selling one at RETAIL price, lmk. (I'm not paying a dollar over retail.)

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them."
—Bruce Lee
#acting #coaching

The Harbaugh effect: Why Giants leaned bigger, str... https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48630512/new-york-giants-coach-john-harbaugh-joe-schoen-2026-nfl-draft-reese-mauigoa

ZaiNar, a developer of a GPS alternative that uses Wi-Fi and 5G to provide location data, raised $10M at a $1B valuation, bringing its total funding to $100M (Katie Roof/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/st

Startup Developing GPS Alternative for Physical AI Earns $1 Billion-Valuation
Over the last two years, investors and researchers have flocked to startups helping bring AI into the physical world, from developing robot hands to the AI models that train robots to software to train self-driving cars.Now one startup says it can solve a perennial problem for robots and other ...

Physical activity is linked to the health of the planet, according to a trio of recent studies
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-physical-linked-health-planet-trio.html

Raiders to host physical DT prospect on pre-draft visit https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2026/03/25/raiders-to-host-physical-dt-prospect-on-pre-draft-visit/89312498007/

copenhagen: Copenhagen Networks Study
A network of social interactions among university students within the Copenhagen Networks Study, over a period of four weeks, sampled every 5 minutes. Interactions include physical proximity (undirected), phone calls (directed, weighted), text messages (directed), and information about Facebook friendships (undirected). Nodes include some metadata, including gender.
This network has 568 nodes and 24333 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unwe…

What caused vomiting among Cowboys rookies at minicamp? Brian Schottenheimer’s honest take https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/dallas-cowboys/news/cowboys-rookies-vomiting-minicamp-brian-schottenheimer-tak…

What is an NFL physical? Explaining the medical exams needed to approve most transactions https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7129252/2026/03/19/nfl-physical-exam-maxx-crosby-ravens-raiders/

Spotify launches a feature to buy physical books in the US and UK, powered by Bookshop.org, and expands its Page Match tool to support 30 additional languages (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/15/spotify-l…

Spotify launches the ability to purchase physical books in the US and UK | TechCrunch
Spotify users in the US and UK can officially purchase physical books through the Android app. iOS users will get the feature next week.

A tl;dr version might be, that no physical system can exist outside the universe, which for the purpose of measuring it is not finite; therefore no physical system can be simulated with arbitrary accuracy.

For some time I thought that it would be nice to have a kinda library software that I can use to keep track of all the books I have, especially in different formats (physical, audio, e-book, library available)
And with a Raspi I wanted to try a self-hosted version
What I found is booklore: https://booklore.org/docs/installation

Lands of the Lost: A Field Guide to Dinosaur Parks Physical, Fictional, and for the Future https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/02/09/lands-of-the-lost-a-field-guide-to-dinosaur-parks-physical-fictional…

Since 2004,
René Redzepi has been rewriting the rules of fine dining,
preaching sustainable eating and
creating jewel-like plates that earned #Noma three Michelin stars
and landed it five times at No. 1 on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants List.
For effectively transforming the nation into a culinary destination, Mr. Redzepi was knighted by the queen of Denmark.
🆘 Dozens of f…

At Noma, Accusations of Past Physical Abuse
Dozens of former employees say René Redzepi inflicted physical and psychological violence on the staff for years.

Odell Beckham Jr. has physical, workout with New York Giants: Sources https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7212845/2026/04/20/odell-beckham-jr-giants-physical/

Maxx Crosby Failed Physical Puts Him Back On the Cowboys Radar https://insidethestar.com/maxx-crosby-failed-physical-puts-him-back-on-the-cowboys-radar/

Although the power outages in Caracas on January 2 were widely proclaimed in press reports to be the result of a "precision" cyberattack, the truth is that cyber was only a minor component – experts say massive kinetic attacks on three substations were likely the primary cause of sustained blackouts during the operation to capture Venezuelan president Nicolšs Maduro.
Check out my latest CyberScoop piece on how press reports failed to mention this critical component of Opera…

Avoca, whose AI agents let physical services businesses handle inbound calls and dispatch, raised $125M across seed, Series A, and Series B at a $1B valuation (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/04/27/avoca-a

How a chance encounter in Texas sparked a $1 billion Kleiner Perkins-backed AI startup
Avoca, founded by two MIT grads, brings Silicon Valley tech to trades like plumbing, roofing, and HVAC.

genetic_multiplex: Multiplex genetic interactions (2014)
Multiplex networks representing different types of genetic interactions, for different organisms. Layers represent (i) physical, (ii) association, (iii) co-localization, (iv) direct, and (v) suppressive, (vi) additive or synthetic genetic interaction. Edge direction (i,j) indicates gene i interacting with gene j.
This network has 7747 nodes and 19843 edges.
Tags: Biological, Gene regulation, Protein interactions, Unwe…

Physical Intelligence says its new model, π0.7, can direct robots on tasks they weren't trained on, an "early sign" of generalization, surprising researchers (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/202…

Physical Intelligence, a hot robotics startup, says its new robot brain can figure out tasks it was never taught | TechCrunch
The new model, called π0.7, represents what the company describes as an early but meaningful step toward the long-sought goal of a general-purpose robot brain.

What is an NFL physical? Explaining the medical exams needed to approve most transactions https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7129252/2026/03/19/nfl-physical-exam-maxx-crosby-ravens-raiders/

Maxx Crosby Failed Physical Puts Him Back On the Cowboys Radar https://insidethestar.com/maxx-crosby-failed-physical-puts-him-back-on-the-cowboys-radar

"I think when you're just counting on your voice, you actually need double the energy. I find myself acting out the scenes and being very physical while I'm recording because I think you can tell when someone is just sitting on a stool."
—Judy Greer
#acting #coaching …

tree-of-life: Protein interactomes across the tree of life (2019)
Protein-protein iteraction networks ("interactome") for 1,840 species. An interactome captures all physical protein-protein interactions within one species, from direct biophysical protein-protein interactions to regulatory protein-DNA and metabolic interactions. .
This network has 320 nodes and 387 edges.
Tags: Biological, Protein interactions

A large banner featuring Donald Trump’s face was hung on the exterior of justice department headquarters on Thursday
in a physical display of the president’s efforts to exert power over the law enforcement agency that once investigated him.
While Trump banners have been hung outside other agencies across Washington,
the decision to place one on the storied justice department building amounted to a striking symbol of the erosion of the department’s tradition of independence …

RoboForce, which is developing robotics systems to perform physically demanding industrial work, raised $52M led by YZi Labs, bringing its total funding to $67M (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2026/03/16/roboforce-rai…

RoboForce raises $52M to develop physical AI robots for industrial labor - SiliconANGLE
RoboForce raises $52M to develop physical AI robots for industrial labor - SiliconANGLE

genetic_multiplex: Multiplex genetic interactions (2014)
Multiplex networks representing different types of genetic interactions, for different organisms. Layers represent (i) physical, (ii) association, (iii) co-localization, (iv) direct, and (v) suppressive, (vi) additive or synthetic genetic interaction. Edge direction (i,j) indicates gene i interacting with gene j.
This network has 6980 nodes and 18655 edges.
Tags: Biological, Gene regulation, Protein interactions, Unwe…

"I think when you're just counting on your voice, you actually need double the energy. I find myself acting out the scenes and being very physical while I'm recording because I think you can tell when someone is just sitting on a stool."
—Judy Greer
#acting #coaching …

A look at Eka, which trains its robotic claw on a "vision-force-action model" incorporating realistic joints, motors, and physics principles into its simulation (Will Knight/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/when-robots-have-their-chatgpt-…

When Robots Have Their ChatGPT Moment, Remember These Pincers
From sorting chicken nuggets to screwing in light bulbs, Eka’s robots are eerily lifelike. But do they have real physical smarts?

Maxx Crosby on what went down in Baltimore: 'I was terrified' https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7126643/2026/03/17/maxx-crosby-ravens-raiders-failed-physical/

Raiders’ Maxx Crosby Gets Strong Words From Cowboys’ Jerry Jones https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/cowboys-jerry-jones-words-maxx-crosby/

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them."
—Bruce Lee
#acting #coaching

copenhagen: Copenhagen Networks Study
A network of social interactions among university students within the Copenhagen Networks Study, over a period of four weeks, sampled every 5 minutes. Interactions include physical proximity (undirected), phone calls (directed, weighted), text messages (directed), and information about Facebook friendships (undirected). Nodes include some metadata, including gender.
This network has 568 nodes and 24333 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unwe…

Sources: Physical Intelligence, which is developing AI models for robotics, is discussing a new funding round of about $1B that would value it at $11B (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-27/ex…

From pro to high school athletes, injury recovery is as much a mental challenge as physical https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7134049/2026/03/21/youth-sports-injury-recovery-rehab-mental-challenge/

Reports: Raiders Announce Maxx Crosby Trade Is Off https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/maxx-crosby-trade-ravens-raiders-failed-physical-2026

genetic_multiplex: Multiplex genetic interactions (2014)
Multiplex networks representing different types of genetic interactions, for different organisms. Layers represent (i) physical, (ii) association, (iii) co-localization, (iv) direct, and (v) suppressive, (vi) additive or synthetic genetic interaction. Edge direction (i,j) indicates gene i interacting with gene j.
This network has 155 nodes and 188 edges.
Tags: Biological, Gene regulation, Protein interactions, Unweigh…

Maxx Crosby’s toughness is his superpower, even if it comes at a cost https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7110346/2026/03/12/maxx-crosby-trade-injuries-physical/

Maxx Crosby on what went down in Baltimore: 'I'm freaking out' https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7126643/2026/03/17/maxx-crosby-ravens-raiders-failed-physical/

Samsung will add Perplexity to Galaxy AI on the upcoming S26 series; users can launch the Perplexity agent by saying "Hey Plex" or with a physical helper button (Cheyenne MacDonald/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/ai/samsung-is-add

Samsung is adding Perplexity to Galaxy AI for its upcoming S26 series
Samsung says Perplexity's AI agent will be integrated with Galaxy AI in its upcoming flagships.

Failed Maxx Crosby trade the latest reminder that it's never easy for the Raiders https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7106778/2026/03/11/maxx-crosby-trade-raiders-canceled-physical/

Barnwell makes sense of the called-off Maxx Crosby trade: What happens in the aftermath? https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48168497/2026-nfl-free-agency-maxx-crosby-trade-backed-physical-raiders-ravens-edge-rushers…

Sony AI says its autonomous ping pong robot is the first robot to attain expert-level performance in a physical sport after beating some top-level human players (Will Dunham/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sports/ping-pong-robo…

Google's Android XR design docs and developer tools hint at the XR glasses' details, including mandatory physical buttons and "Glimmer" UI design language (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2026/02/16/android-xr-glasses-ui/

Here’s how you’ll control and navigate Android XR glasses
Android XR glasses are coming in 2026. Here’s what you can expect from the user interface and experience...

Bengaluru-based Stable Money, whose app lets users invest in fixed deposits and corporate bonds, raised $25M at a $175M valuation, taking total funding to $65M (The Economic Times)
https://economictimes.indiatimes.…

Stable Money secures $25 million in fresh equity from Peak XV Partners and others
The startup plans to grow its overall business five times by the end of this year, enter new cities through physical expansion and new product areas around real estate investments. Cofounder Saurabh Jain said his company has helped book around Rs 5,000 crore in fixed deposits and distributed around Rs 1,600 crore in corporate bonds.