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In HUD news:
> Soldiers said the headsets caused neck strains and headaches during use in the field. The Army spent close to $2 billion on the systems, which will be put in storage.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/ivas-headset-never-used/

The Army bought 10,000 IVAS headsets. Soldiers won't use them.
The Army spent almost $2 billion on 10,000 IVAS headsets, but most are destined for storage rather than the field.

En route to Cirque de Troumouse & Cirque d'Estaubé (Pyrenees, 2018)
#MountainMonday #MonochromeMonday #LandscapePhotography

¡Tenemos nuevo podcast! Hemos tardado (estaba editando el vídeo de 3... y preparando un viaje que no pude hacer T_T) pero por fin tenemos un podcast con rocquimendaciones, reseñas, y hasta tierlist al final. Espero que lo disfrutéis ;) https://go.ivoox.com/rf/177417244

Rest of the NFC East is handing Cowboys a golden opportunity they can't afford to waste https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/nfc-east-chaos-gives-dallas-cowboys-golden-opportunity-20…

A Post-Quantum Future for Let's Encrypt
Let’s Encrypt is committed to a post-quantum-safe Web PKI. The path we’re planning to take is Merkle Tree Certificates (“MTCs”), a new approach that adds post-quantum authentication to the web without sacrificing the speed and reliability that have made TLS universal.
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A Post-Quantum Future for Let's Encrypt
Let’s Encrypt is committed to a post-quantum-safe Web PKI. The path we’re planning to take is Merkle Tree Certificates (“MTCs”), a new approach that adds post-quantum authentication to the web without sacrificing the speed and reliability that have made TLS universal. This post is about these plans and why we believe MTCs are worth pursuing as a key to a post-quantum future. An increasingly urgent problem For much of the last several years, the conversation about post-quantum cryptograp…

New report questions Africa’s oil and gas promise #Africa

Djokovic, 39, came through a stern test from No. 3 seed Félix Auger-Aliassime — as well as a left leg issue and a closing roof.
39-year-old seven-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic came through a five-set, five-hour epic Tuesday on Centre Court
to defeat Félix Auger-Aliassime 7-6(10), 3-6, 6-3, 6-7(4), 7-6(4) and advance to the semifinals, six minutes before the 11 p.m. curfew.
There, he will face his toughest hurdle yet on the path to a record 25th Grand Slam title i…

Novak Djokovic beats Félix Auger-Aliassime at Wimbledon in five-set epic
Djokovic, 39, came through a spirited test from No. 3 seed Félix Auger-Aliassime — as well as a left leg issue and a closing roof.

Just got back from an outpatient procedure, Manipulation Under Anesthesia. They put me to sleep & bent my left heel all the way to my butt cheek.
Apparently I’m a “fast healer” which sounds like a good thing, but in this case, scar tissue formed quickly & established itself around my new joint. This tissue restricted my ability to flex (bend my knee). So they knock me out, bend TF out of my knee, and break up the scar tissue.
Now I need to keep it bending - Intense therap…

Time-Frequency Grid States for Reconstruction and Correction of Channel-Induced Distortion in Entangled Photons
Siang-Yun Liu, Bo-Ren Huang, Zhi-Xuan Zen, Yen-Hung Chen, Pin-Ju Tsai
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.12216 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.12216 https://arxiv.org/html/2606.12216
arXiv:2606.12216v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Characterization of time-frequency (TF) quantum states requires reliable reconstruction of their TF distributions. However, imperfect transmission or measurement channels can distort reconstructed joint spectral intensities (JSIs), especially when the underlying perturbation mechanism is unknown. Here, we experimentally demonstrate a reconstruction and correction framework that uses a TF grid state as an intrinsic frequency-domain reference. By analyzing the displacement of the grid points, a Gaussian process regression model is employed to reconstruct a correction mapping for the nonlinear coordinate deformation without assuming a prior physical model of the distortion. The learned mapping reduces the residual coordinate deviation of the TF grid state by approximately a factor of 11 and, when applied to an independent frequency-entangled test state, improves the Gaussian-shape fidelity from 76.2\% to 90.0\%. These results establish TF grid states as practical metrological resources for diagnosing and correcting distortions in TF quantum systems, providing a pathway toward distortion-resilient quantum communication and high-dimensional quantum information processing.
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Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) is projected to lose her reelection bid to former attorney and current PhD student Melat Kiros, 
-- marking the third time that a democratic socialist has scored an upset in a competitive House primary this cycle,
according to Decision Desk HQ. 
Kiros, who studies at the University of Denver, defeated DeGette, 
who’s served in Congress since 1997 
— delivering a major blow to the Democratic establishment 
despite the fact that DeGe…