@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-09-09 19:20:59
Sources: Salesforce has been in talks to buy Listen Labs, an AI-powered customer research platform for $2B; Listen Labs was valued at $500M earlier this year (Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/salesforce-acquire-ai-startup-listen-labs-2026-9…
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de2026-07-14 02:00:04
physics_collab: Multilayer physicist collaborations (2015)
Two multiplex networks of coauthorships among the Pierre Auger Collaboration of physicists (2010-2012) and among researchers who have posted preprints on arXiv.org (all papers up to May 2014). Layers represent different categories of publication, and an edge's weight indicates the number of reports written by the authors. These layers are one-mode projections from the underlying author-paper bipartite network.
This n…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-09-11 22:56:39
If there were a 10% chance that AI could wipe out humanity,
no responsible government would leave its development to companies racing to build it.
Yet until recently, that seemed to be the case.
The warning was all the more ominous because it was made by a researcher at Anthropic,
the trillion-dollar AI company behind the Claude chatbot.
The dangers of AI-enabled pandemics or attacks on nuclear systems are real.
Countries need not agree on democracy or …
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de2026-10-13 20:00:04
physics_collab: Multilayer physicist collaborations (2015)
Two multiplex networks of coauthorships among the Pierre Auger Collaboration of physicists (2010-2012) and among researchers who have posted preprints on arXiv.org (all papers up to May 2014). Layers represent different categories of publication, and an edge's weight indicates the number of reports written by the authors. These layers are one-mode projections from the underlying author-paper bipartite network.
This n…
@Dragofix@veganism.social2026-09-24 22:04:41
Rescuers race against time as fires ravage orangutan habitat inside Indonesian oil palm concession https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/rescuers-race-against-time-as-fires-ravage-orangutan-habitat-inside-indonesian-…
@arXiv_condmatsoft_bot@mastoxiv.page2026-08-13 07:41:35
Spatially heterogeneous relaxational dynamics and the evolution of recoverable strain following flow cessation of a ductile nanocolloidal glass
Chloe W. Lindeman, James J. Griebler, Penelope Grace Kovakas, Miaoqi Chu, Qingteng Zhang, Suresh Narayanan, James L. Harden, Simon A. Rogers, Robert L. Leheny
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.11470 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2608.11470 https://arxiv.org/html/2608.11470
arXiv:2608.11470v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: We report a combined rheology and x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy (XPCS) study of the structural and mechanical relaxation of a ductile, nanocolloidal glass following the cessation of shear flow. After the glass is sheared to 300% strain at various shear rates and then held at fixed strain, the stress undergoes a protracted, quasi-logarithmic decay with hold time that depends weakly on the initial strain rate. Recovery rheology measurements reveal that this stress relaxation is accompanied by a logarithmic decrease in the elastic component of the recoverable strain; hence, the rates of decrease of the stress and recoverable strain are proportional. XPCS measurements during the stress relaxation reveal dynamics dominated by a convection-like backflow that is divided into two dynamically distinct regions indicative of banded motion. In one region, the flow can be modeled by an affine strain, while in the other region the glass moves as a plug while undergoing slow, glassy relaxation. The rates of these dynamics approximately track the rate of loss of recoverable strain, indicating this motion is the predominant microscopic mechanism driving the conversion of recoverable to unrecoverable strain during stress relaxation. In contrast, XPCS measurements during strain recovery reveal purely affine flow with no evidence of heterogeneity and with strain rates that agree quantitatively with the rheometry measurements. Together, these results provide a unified microscopic picture connecting the evolving internal dynamics of a ductile glass to its macroscopic mechanical relaxation following flow cessation.
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@primonatura@mstdn.social2026-09-23 15:00:47
"Rescuers race against time as fires ravage orangutan habitat inside Indonesian oil palm concession"
#Indonesia #Environment #Orangutan
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-07-25 05:25:51
Progress Software agrees to acquire Domo's AI and data platform business for $400M; Domo will remain publicly listed and change its name after the deal closes (Larry Dignan/Constellation Research)
https://www.constellationr.com/insights/ne
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de2026-09-09 04:00:05
physics_collab: Multilayer physicist collaborations (2015)
Two multiplex networks of coauthorships among the Pierre Auger Collaboration of physicists (2010-2012) and among researchers who have posted preprints on arXiv.org (all papers up to May 2014). Layers represent different categories of publication, and an edge's weight indicates the number of reports written by the authors. These layers are one-mode projections from the underlying author-paper bipartite network.
This n…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-08-15 05:25:51
Dynatrace agrees to acquire Arize, which specializes in AI observability and the AI development lifecycle, for $915M, including ~$815M in cash (Larry Dignan/Constellation Research)
https://www.constellationr.com/insights/news/dynatra…
