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California Governor Gavin Newsom signs a bill that will require web browsers to add settings that allow residents to opt out of third-party data collection (Suzanne Smalley/The Record)
https://therecord.media/california-signs-law-opt-out-browsers

California enacts law giving consumers ability to universally opt out of data sharing
The California Consumer Privacy Act, signed in 2018, gave Californians the right to send opt-out signals, but major browsers have not had to make opt-outs simple to use.

Pacific Pocket Mouse Declared Endangered Species Candidate in California https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/pacific-pocket-mouse-declared-endangered-species-candidate-in-california-2025-10…

Pacific Pocket Mouse Declared Endangered Species Candidate in California
Center for Biological Diversity: SACRAMENTO, Calif.— The California Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously today to declare the Pacific pocket mouse a candidate species under the California Endangered Species Act, granting protections for them as the state conducts a yearlong review.

Kyiv Independent celebrates 1 year of the Explaining Ukraine newsletter with Kate Tsurkan: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/10/kyiv-independent-celebrates-year-of.html

new_zealand_collab: New Zealand scientific collaborations (2015)
A network of scientific collaborations among institutions in New Zealand. Nodes are institutions (universities, organizations, etc.), and two nodes i,j are connected if Scopus lists at least one publication with authors at institutions i and j, in the period 2010-2015. Edges are weighted by the number of such collaborations. Nodes are annotated with the categorical type of institution.
This network has 1511 nodes an…

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Patreon launches Quips, short tweet-like posts that serve as previews to content behind paywalls, and adds tools for content creators to collaborate on posts (Mia Sato/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/816723/patreon-features-quips-recom…

Patreon is adding tweet-like features and more recommended content
Patreon is adding tweet-like mini posts, collaborative content, and more recommendations to its platform.

Boosted decision tree reweighting of simulated neutrino interactions for $O(1)$ GeV neutrino cross-section measurements
Z. Lin (The MINERvA Collaboration), S. Akhter (The MINERvA Collaboration), Z. Ahmad Dar (The MINERvA Collaboration), N. S. Alex (The MINERvA Collaboration), M. Betancourt (The MINERvA Collaboration), S. Boyd (The MINERvA Collaboration), H. Budd (The MINERvA Collaboration), G. Caceres (The MINERvA Collaboration), G. A. D\'iaz (The MINERvA Collaboration), J. Felix (…

Boosted decision tree reweighting of simulated neutrino interactions for $O(1)$ GeV neutrino cross-section measurements
This paper illustrates a generic method for multi-dimensional reweighting of $O(1)$ GeV neutrino interaction Monte Carlo samples. The reweighting is based on a Boosted Decision Tree algorithm trained on high-dimensional space in detector final state observables. This enables one generator's events to be reweighted so that its reconstructed particle content and kinematics distributions, as well as detector efficiency, match those of a target model. The approach establishes an efficient way to re…

Clifford testing: algorithms and lower bounds
Marcel Hinsche, Zongbo Bao, Philippe van Dordrecht, Jens Eisert, Jop Bri\"et, Jonas Helsen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.07164 ht…

Clifford testing: algorithms and lower bounds
We consider the problem of Clifford testing, which asks whether a black-box $n$-qubit unitary is a Clifford unitary or at least $\varepsilon$-far from every Clifford unitary. We give the first 4-query Clifford tester, which decides this problem with probability $\mathrm{poly}(\varepsilon)$. This contrasts with the minimum of 6 copies required for the closely-related task of stabilizer testing. We show that our tester is tolerant, by adapting techniques from tolerant stabilizer testing to our se…

Nathan Calvin, general counsel of AI safety nonprofit Encode, says OpenAI used intimidation tactics to undermine California's SB 53 while it was being debated (Sharon Goldman/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/10/1…

A 3-person policy nonprofit that worked on California’s AI safety law is publicly accusing OpenAI of intimidation tactics
In a widely read post on social media, the general counsel of Encode said OpenAI used subpoenas and political muscle to intimidate the firm and to undermine California’s new AI safety bill, all while falsely claiming the firm was funded by Elon Musk.

Musiversal, which enables booking musicians for remote recording sessions for $249 per month, raised a $6M Series A led by Iberis as it plans a US expansion (Kerry Flynn/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/10/musiversal-music-collaboration-sessions-book

Exclusive: Musiversal raises $6M for online music collaboration
The platform keeps human creativity at the center in the AI era.