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The best July 4th sales we found so far
July 4th sales are typically a precursor to what we’d see during a mid-July Prime Day, but obviously things are flipped around this year. Last week’s big Prime Day sale is over, yet there are a number of familiar deals still poking around in the week leading up to the nation’s birthday. Best Buy is […]
I've been to 38 states, but there's just one that truly blew me away — and I still can't stop thinking about it
After visiting 38 states in the US during my travels, there's just one I can't stop thinking about for its scenery, history, and national parks: Utah.
Gradient-free Single-pass Model Beats nanoGPT on Shakespeare
Beam is a character-level language model that computes count tables mapping character contexts to next-character frequencies. At prediction time, each order looks up the current context in its count table and produces a distribution over the vocabulary, smoothed over a symmetric Dirichlet prior ₒⱼ Each order receives a capacity score composed of two terms: Concentration: ₒ where H(pₒ) is the Shannon entropy of the smoothed distribution. This is 1 when all mass is on one token and 0 when the distribution is uniform. Reliability: where n is the total count for the current context. This saturates toward 1 as evidence accumulates and is 0 when the context has not been observed. A third term, capacity, is computed from the product of concentration and reliability. The capacity scores are converted to weights via softmax at temperature τ = 0.10: ₒₒⱼⱼ The low temperature makes the routing nearly winner-take-all: the highest-capacity order almost always dominates. The final prediction is the weighted geometric mean of the per-order distributions: ₒₒₒ This was chosen deliberately to assign high probability to a token only when multiple weighted orders agree. The model has four hyperparameters: the set of context orders, α, τ, and the reliability threshold (min_count = 1). These were selected by evaluating variants on the validation set. Results Evaluation uses the nanoGPT shakespeare_char benchmark: character-level Shakespeare, about 1M training tokens, about 100K validation tokens,…
Miroma Group Acquires Ad Results Media For Big U.S. Push
ARM oversees $750M in media investments annually.
I changed these Android Auto settings to limit what Gemini learns about me - here's why
Google's AI offers a lot of convenience in your car, but you're offering up a lot of sensitive information. Here's how to put a lock on it.
Blog Intro Post
Hello LW, as I've mentioned I'm starting a blog, here's the intro post! Intro 0.0.1 Hello, welcome to (the main sequence of) my website. 0.0.2 Its purpose is to collect various observations and thoughts of mine, centered around the question of.... 0.1 Why these laws of physics? 0.1.1 Of the various things humanity has learned about the nature of reality, perhaps the most striking is the discovery of the laws of physics: a set of computable mathematical rules which govern almost all of reality as it's known to us. Even the human mind seems to be the product of physical processes in the brain. 0.1.2 A further striking discovery of the 20th century was computational universality: there is a relatively low threshold beyond which a model of computation is capable of emulating any other. 0.1.2.1 Combined with 0.1.1, this seems to imply that all of reality can be thought of as a relatively simple form of computation, perhaps a Turing machine with a small number of states. 0.1.3 Or can it? Although the laws of physics seem to be computable, they have a mathematical structure that goes far beyond an ordinary Turing machine. They take place in continuous space and time, have manifold conservation laws and group theoretic symmetries. Perhaps most weirdly of all, they are quantum mechanical in nature. 0.1.4 This raises the question: why? If reality "could" have been a more generic Turing machine or a cellular automaton, why isn't it? Wait, or does this question even make sense? What doe…
Metaphilosophy I: Philosophy as Extracting Implicit Patterns from S1 into S2
Hello LW. As I've mentioned I'm starting a blog about philosophy and physics. Here's the first post proper, about "meta-philosophy", i.e. what even is philosophy, and how could we make a program that does philosophy? I think people here might find section 1.3 most interesting. Without further ado: Intro 1.0 Since I'm planning to write some "philosophy" of a sort, I'm going to explain what I mean by that term and how and why such endeavors are justified. As we'll see, it's inevitable that the explanation is circular to an extent. 1.0.0 I'm not really going to try to explain or justify my account here in much detail, hopefully just enough to make the rest of the document intelligible. 1.0.1 There's two ways you could approach this, internal or external. We could explore what's it like to do philosophy from a first-person perspective, or try to describe from the outside an algorithm or system that can do philosophy. Here I'll do both, internal first, then an external toy model. 1.1. Philosophy as development of highest-level concepts 1.1.1 To start with, here's a sketchy account of epistemology. We have a collection of concepts , interpreted in a very broad sense. We have scientific theories of phenomena, procedural knowledge of how to do things, verbal knowledge of everyday things such as directions, subverbal knowledge of how to open a door, etc. 1.1.2 Concepts are justified by how good they are at predicting things and how useful they are for getting stuff done. Much of this…
Trace and evaluate TrueFoundry AI Gateway traffic in Arize AX
Learn how TrueFoundry AI Gateway exports OpenTelemetry traces to Arize AX so teams can trace, evaluate, and monitor production LLM and agent traffic without embedding a vendor SDK in every service. The post Trace and evaluate TrueFoundry AI Gateway traffic in Arize AX appeared first on Arize AI .
Soft Power in an Era of Nationalism
From ancient Rome to modern geopolitics, Hendrik W. Ohnesorge explores why soft power remains essential in an increasingly transactional age.
TIDAL cracks down on AI music by cutting off monetization
In addition, TIDAL will use automated tools to remove AI-generated music that attempts to impersonate an artist or a group, the company said.
I've made friends on solo trips and traveled to visit them. These relationships are just as valuable as local ones.
I made international friends on solo trips, and recently returned to Europe to see them. The visit taught me the value of long-distance friendships.
South Africa turns to drones, AI, CCTV cameras ahead of anti-migrant protests
The June 30 operation offers the clearest indication yet that South Africa is quietly constructing a technology-driven surveillance network in which state and private security systems are becoming intertwined.
Europe's record-breaking heatwave: What you need to know
Death toll tops 1,300 as record temperatures shift east, with Ukraine's war-damaged power grid now bracing for the heat's next phase.
A dietitian never gets bored of breakfast. Her formula for high-fiber, high-protein oats is inspired by sweet treats.
Josie Porter has a formula that turns her breakfast of oats, yogurt, and high-fiber toppings into healthier versions of her favorite desserts, like sticky toffee pudding and banana break.
Time series change detection
I'm analysing surface reflectance values from satellite imagery to detect the flowering event of a single species. I want to test whether the change in values during the peak flowering period is significant (whether flowering produces a change in SR values). The time series is only over one year, and has 75 values total from across 5 areas (15 values per area), so there might be correlation of values within the same sites. Struggling to find a way to apply change detection methods I've found to this case. Is it a matter of building a prediction model and then showing that the real values don't follow this during peak flowering months? The peak flowering for the species is during March and April, so there are 3-4 values during this period, with the remainder of values distributed throughout the other months.
Visual Studio Code locks down untrusted code
Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code editor has reached version 1.126, which is highlighted by a new security mode for untrusted code. Also with the new release, VS Code now displays total cost for chat sessions (instead of just for individual turns) and allows users to manage multiple chats side-by-side in a single agent host session. Published June 24 , VS Code 1.26 can be downloaded from code.visualstudio.com . VS Code 1.26 introduces a new security enhancement, Workspace Trust , that lets users decide whether project folders can automatically run code and adds a layer of security when working with unfamiliar code. Previously, opening a new folder immediately raised a dialog asking the user whether to trust the folder before they could look at its contents. Now, new folders open in Restricted Mode to prevent automatic code execution. Developers can browse the code safely first and then choose whether to trust the folder. Simplified model hovering also is featured in VS Code 1.126. The model hover now shows a one-word descriptor of the model’s capabilities and includes deep link buttons that take a user directly to the relevant configuration. In an enhancement to the Agents window , the dedicated companion window for exploring agent sessions across projects and machines, a Copilot session started from an agent host now can hold several chats at once. Because the chats share the same session and working context, users can keep more than one conversation going in the same workspac…
Inside the Advisory Database and what happens when vulnerability volume breaks records
The GitHub Advisory Database is processing more vulnerability reports than ever before. Here's what's driving the surge, how we're responding, and how the community can help. The post Inside the Advisory Database and what happens when vulnerability volume breaks records appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
A gauche, qui d’autre que Mélenchon ?
Candidats à la présidentielle, processus de désignation… y verra-t-on un peu plus clair, à gauche, avant de partir en vacances ? Alors que François Hollande et Raphaël Glucksmann se sont croisés à un raout social-démocrate dimanche, le PS et Les Ecologistes réunissent leurs instances mardi soir. Anthony Lattier fait le point avec Elisa Bertholomey et […]
Rewriting the Brand Discovery Playbook in the AI Era
This post was created in partnership with Moloco Key takeaways Marketing leaders are grappling with how AI is reshaping traditional funnels, whether it’s through generative AI summaries usurping consumer clicks, […]
Rocket Lab buys its way into the satellite big league with $8B Iridium deal
SpaceX gains a vertically integrated rival as launch specialist adds global comms network
In major privacy win, Supreme Court rules geofence warrants are protected by privacy rights
The Supreme Court's decision to limit geofence warrants is a win for privacy advocates, who called their use unconstitutional but sought an outright ban.
Fake Alignment Till You Make Alignment
“Fake it till you make it” is good advice. It may sound epistemically fraught, but it frequently works. Sometimes all it really takes to get good at something is just having the confidence that you’ll be good at it. I’ve done this many times at work, in romance, and even writing blog posts. But it only works because I’m careful to never fake my evals. By this I mean, I never fake the way I measure if I’m successful. Let’s say I’m trying to learn a new hobby, like whittling. I believe I’ll be good at it if I just put in the time, so I put in the hours carving wood. What I have to be careful to do, though, is not allow myself to move the goalposts. I need to have some clear vision in my head of what success is, and work towards that. If I carve something crappy and tell myself “actually, that’s good enough, I’m good at whittling”, that’s the way I can trick myself into just being fake. I’ve mostly avoided being fake by demanding authenticity of myself. For example, back in school, I refused to take short cuts just to pass a test. Instead, I put in the extra work to really learn something because, to me, the grade was never the point. I’ve taken a similar approach to meditation (the point is waking up, not special mental states), romance (I want a good relationship, not to be datable), and friendship (I don’t want to seem like a good friend, I want to actually be one). I bring all this up because I’ve been thinking about fake-it-till-you-make-it and authenticity dynamics lately…
Childbirth for many primate species is even harder than for humans
For decades, we’ve thought that childbirth is uniquely challenging for humans, but it turns out that many other primates find the birth process just as difficult
China understands food security — the EU does not
Europe thinks that it is self-sufficient in food, but the reality is that its supply chain depends on imports for meat production. The EU is structurally dependent on imported high-protein feed to raise farmed animals, particularly soy and maize, writes Nico Muzi in an OpEd for Euronews.
Nearly one million unauthorized migrants apply for legal status in Spain
The mass legalization drive has coincided with the sweeping overhaul of the EU's policies and the introduction of stricter migration rules.
Humans sleep the least of all apes – is it the secret to our success?
Sleep is essential, yet humans have evolved to need so little of it. When evolutionary anthropologist David Samson delved into our ancient past to find the reasons why, he discovered surprising ways to get a better night’s rest
Latest news bulletin | June 29th, 2026 – Evening
Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this June 29th, 2026 - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
Usernames Are Coming to WhatsApp Soon. Here's How to Reserve Yours
Even if you only use WhatsApp sometimes, you might want to snag your username now to stop giving out your phone number.
Lawmakers want to ban AI companies from selling your health data
A new proposal would ban the sale of Americans' health and location information to data brokers - including information people reveal to an AI chatbot like ChatGPT or Claude. In the coming weeks, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Representative Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) are planning to debut a new version of the Health and Location […]
WhatsApp now lets you reserve usernames
WhatsApp username can be between 3 to 35 characters.
WhatsApp is launching usernames: here’s how to reserve yours
WhatsApp is introducing a new way to add and chat with contacts, without having to share your phone number. Usernames will launch "later this year," in a move to make the communications platform "even more private," allowing you to keep your phone number concealed from people who aren't already in your contacts. Usernames are available […]
Dbrand cancels Companion Cube because it didn’t actually ask Valve for permission
Dbrand announced Monday that it's refunding everyone who bought its Steam Machine Companion Cube, which it said it made "without a license from Valve." Dbrand announced the Portal-themed Steam Machine accessory in November and took preorders for it last Monday. But a few days later, the product had disappeared from the company's website and the […]
Andy Burnham soft-launches his premiership
Britain’s presumptive prime minister painted in broad strokes in a major Westminster speech — but behind the scenes aides are working frantically to put a detailed program together.
Meta restricts use of Claude Code and Codex to keep rival AI out of its training data
Meta is restricting its engineers' use of Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's Codex to prevent output from these AI tools from being incorporated into its own training data. The article Meta restricts use of Claude Code and Codex to keep rival AI out of its training data appeared first on The Decoder .
Chinas GLM-5.2 erreicht Anthropic bei der Schwachstellensuche
Zhipu AIs offenes Modell GLM-5.2 erreicht laut Sicherheitsexperten die Fähigkeiten von Anthropics Opus 4.8 bei der Bug-Erkennung.
I worked as a tour guide in Paris. Here are the 5 biggest mistakes I saw tourists make.
I worked as a tour guide in Paris and often saw visitors make the same mistakes, like staying near the Eiffel Tower or trying to do too much in a day.
The hottest temperature ever recorded in every state
A dangerous heat wave is sweeping parts of the US, but many states set their all-time hottest temperature records decades ago.
WHO Europe chief calls on governments to treat extreme heat as a ‘health crisis’
With temperatures soaring across Europe, WHO Europe chief Hans Kluge has called on governments to recognise extreme heat as a health crisis and strengthen health system preparedness.
Thousands of migrants queue for repatriation in South African camps
Over 15,000 Malawians are being repatriated from crowded Durban camps as South Africa enforces migration rules and regional governments organise returns.
Supreme Court says Trump can’t fire Fed governor — for now
In a separate ruling, the justices made it easier for the president to fire officials at other independent agencies.
La France réfléchit à de nouvelles taxes européennes pour financer le budget de l’UE
Emmanuel Macron entend peser pour doter l'Union européenne de nouvelles ressources propres, notamment en taxant les géants américains de la tech, plutôt que d'augmenter les contributions des Etats membres.
Brussels downplays Vatican’s criticism of EU double standard on war
“We do not usually comment on comments,” chief Commission spokesperson Paula Pinho told POLITICO.