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Robust RGB-T Tracking via Learnable Visual Fourier Prompt Fine-tuning and Modality Fusion Prompt Generation
Hongtao Yang, Bineng Zhong, Qihua Liang, Zhiruo Zhu, Yaozong Zheng, Ning Li
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.19733

Robust RGB-T Tracking via Learnable Visual Fourier Prompt Fine-tuning and Modality Fusion Prompt Generation
Recently, visual prompt tuning is introduced to RGB-Thermal (RGB-T) tracking as a parameter-efficient finetuning (PEFT) method. However, these PEFT-based RGB-T tracking methods typically rely solely on spatial domain information as prompts for feature extraction. As a result, they often fail to achieve optimal performance by overlooking the crucial role of frequency-domain information in prompt learning. To address this issue, we propose an efficient Visual Fourier Prompt Tracking (named VFPTra…

Apple may turn off App Tracking Transparency in Europe due to "intense lobbying efforts" in Germany and other countries over alleged anticompetitive conduct (Marcus Mendes/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2025/10/23/apple-d

Apple threatens to turn off App Tracking Transparency in Europe - 9to5Mac
In a statement to the German Press Agency, Apple claimed that it may have to turn off App Tracking Transparency...

Microsoft Teams Will Start Tracking Office Attendance - Slashdot
https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/10/24/2236218/microsoft-teams-will-start-tracking-office-attendance

A Scalable Hybrid Track-Before-Detect Tracking System: Application to Coastal Maritime Radar Surveillance
Lukas Herrmann, \'Angel F. Garc\'ia-Fern\'andez, Edmund F. Brekke, Egil Eide
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.16169

A Scalable Hybrid Track-Before-Detect Tracking System: Application to Coastal Maritime Radar Surveillance
Despite their theoretical advantages, track-before-detect (TBD) methods remain largely absent from real-world multi-target tracking applications due to their computational complexity and limited scalability. This paper presents a scalable hybrid tracking framework that combines a TBD multi-target tracking algorithm with a detection-based multi-target tracking algorithm for coastal radar surveillance. In particular, the approach uses an integrated existence Poisson histogram-probabilistic multi-…

Spectral Torsion for Nonminimal de-Rham Hodge Operator
Jian Wang, Yong Wang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.19689 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.19689

Spectral Torsion for Nonminimal de-Rham Hodge Operator
In this paper, we investigate some new spectral torsion which is the extension of spectral torsion for Dirac operators, and compute the spectral torsion associated with nonminimal de Rham-Hodge operators on manifolds with (or without) boundary. The novelty of this paper lies in the calculation related to the noncommutative residue for the inverse of the Laplacion with non-scalar principle symbols.

FlyTrap: Physical Distance-Pulling Attack Towards Camera-based Autonomous Target Tracking Systems
Shaoyuan Xie, Mohamad Habib Fakih, Junchi Lu, Fayzah Alshammari, Ningfei Wang, Takami Sato, Halima Bouzidi, Mohammad Abdullah Al Faruque, Qi Alfred Chen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.20362

FlyTrap: Physical Distance-Pulling Attack Towards Camera-based Autonomous Target Tracking Systems
Autonomous Target Tracking (ATT) systems, especially ATT drones, are widely used in applications such as surveillance, border control, and law enforcement, while also being misused in stalking and destructive actions. Thus, the security of ATT is highly critical for real-world applications. Under the scope, we present a new type of attack: distance-pulling attacks (DPA) and a systematic study of it, which exploits vulnerabilities in ATT systems to dangerously reduce tracking distances, leading …

Lidar-based Tracking of Traffic Participants with Sensor Nodes in Existing Urban Infrastructure
Simon Sch\"afer, Bassam Alrifaee, Ehsan Hashemi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.20009

Lidar-based Tracking of Traffic Participants with Sensor Nodes in Existing Urban Infrastructure
This paper presents a lidar-only state estimation and tracking framework, along with a roadside sensing unit for integration with existing urban infrastructure. Urban deployments demand scalable, real-time tracking solutions, yet traditional remote sensing remains costly and computationally intensive, especially under perceptually degraded conditions. Our sensor node couples a single lidar with an edge computing unit and runs a computationally efficient, GPU-free observer that simultaneously es…

https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/treat-big-tech-like-big-tobacco
I expected to hate this take but actually I think it's great. Curation should be speech, not hosting. Plan accordingly.

Werbe-Tracking-Nachfrage: Apple warnt vor Zwangs-Aus in Deutschland
iOS verrät Apps die Werbe-ID nur, wenn der Nutzer zustimmt. Die Anti-Tracking-Nachfrage könnte wegen Wettbewerbsverfahren verschwinden, warnt Apple.

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