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Die Bundesregierung will das Gegenteil: Noch mehr Freiheiten ('Bürokratieabbau') für 'Innovationen'. Politik für Unternehmen, nicht fürs Gemeinwohl.
Shock Report: Meta’s AI Rules Have Let Bots Hold ‘Sensual’ Chats With Kids, Offer False Medical Info

Essentially what Apple is doing as well.
Fun times.
https://9to5google.com/2025/07/14/google-confirms-chromeos-android-merging-single-platform/

Google confirms ChromeOS and Android are being merged into ‘a single platform’
Google's Android head has confirmed that Chrome is being combined with the company's mobile platform after months of rumors.

MASH: Cooperative-Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Single Humanoid Robot Locomotion
Qi Liu, Xiaopeng Zhang, Mingshan Tan, Shuaikang Ma, Jinliang Ding, Yanjie Li
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.10423

MASH: Cooperative-Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Single Humanoid Robot Locomotion
This paper proposes a novel method to enhance locomotion for a single humanoid robot through cooperative-heterogeneous multi-agent deep reinforcement learning (MARL). While most existing methods typically employ single-agent reinforcement learning algorithms for a single humanoid robot or MARL algorithms for multi-robot system tasks, we propose a distinct paradigm: applying cooperative-heterogeneous MARL to optimize locomotion for a single humanoid robot. The proposed method, multi-agent reinfo…

Why were single use plastic straws banned, but not plastic cutlery or takeout cups with plastic lids? 🤔
#Sustainability #Environment #SingleUse

Local news streamer Zeam acquires the NewsOn local broadcast streaming service from Sinclair Broadcast Group (Cynthia Littleton/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/zeam-acquires-newson-local-tv-streaming-sinclair-1236487505/

Streaming Platform Zeam Acquires NewsOn From Sinclair Broadcast Group
Streamer Zeam has acquired the NewsOn local TV platform from Sinclair Broadcast Group as Zeam looks to expand its consumer and B-to-B operations.

PERSONA: Personalized Whole-Body 3D Avatar with Pose-Driven Deformations from a Single Image
Geonhee Sim, Gyeongsik Moon
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.09973 https://

PERSONA: Personalized Whole-Body 3D Avatar with Pose-Driven Deformations from a Single Image
Two major approaches exist for creating animatable human avatars. The first, a 3D-based approach, optimizes a NeRF- or 3DGS-based avatar from videos of a single person, achieving personalization through a disentangled identity representation. However, modeling pose-driven deformations, such as non-rigid cloth deformations, requires numerous pose-rich videos, which are costly and impractical to capture in daily life. The second, a diffusion-based approach, learns pose-driven deformations from la…

Extremal curves in single-trace $T\bar{T}$-holography
Soumangsu Chakraborty, Madhur Mehta, Gela Patashuri
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.09990 https://arxiv.or…

Extremal curves in single-trace $T\bar{T}$-holography
In this paper, we continue the study of single-trace $T\bar{T}$-holography where the boundary field theory can be realized as a CFT$_2$ deformed by a single-trace irrelevant operator of dimension $(2,2)$ and dual spacetime geometry is $AdS_3$ smoothly glued to flat spacetime with a linear dilaton near the boundary. In this non-AdS holographic framework, we propose that the length of real extremal curves connecting the two boundaries of an eternal black hole at fixed boundary time captures the t…

Frechet and Mordukhovich Derivative (Coderivative) and Covering Constant for Single-Valued Mapping in Euclidean Space with Applications (I)
Jinlu Li
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.10766

Frechet and Mordukhovich Derivative (Coderivative) and Covering Constant for Single-Valued Mapping in Euclidean Space with Applications (I)
In this paper, we study Frechet derivatives and Mordukhovich derivatives (or coderivatives) of single-valued mappings in Euclidean spaces. At first, we prove the guideline for calculating the Frechet derivatives of single-valued mappings by their partial derivatives. Then, by using the connections between Frechet derivatives and Mordukhovich derivatives (or coderivatives) of single-valued mappings in Banach spaces, we derive the useful rules for calculating the Mordukhovich derivatives of singl…

Climate change responsible for 1,700 heat-related deaths in a single European region, study finds https://phys.org/news/2025-09-climate-responsible-deaths-european-region.html

Climate change responsible for 1,700 heat-related deaths in a single European region, study finds
Climate change was responsible for 1,700 heat-related deaths in the Swiss canton of Zurich between 1969 and 2018, according to new research from the University of Oxford's Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. These deaths represent nearly one-third of all heat-related mortality in the region during that period.

Sources: Sinclair is launching a strategic review of its broadcast business that could lead to a merger and is looking to separate or spinoff its Ventures unit (Lillian Rizzo/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/11/sinclair-is-exploring-mergers-for…

Sinclair is exploring mergers for its broadcast business
Sinclair, one of the largest owners of broadcast stations in the U.S., is launching a strategic review of its broadcast business that could result in a merger, CNBC has learned.