Quantum entanglement is key to solving 250-year-old maths problem
Analysis of a mathematical puzzle that Leonhard Euler deemed unsolvable in the 1700s reveals that the crucial ingredient for cracking it after all is quantum entanglement
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Cut an Enterprise RAG Pipeline’s Latency and Cost by Calling the LLM Less, Not by Buying a Faster Model
Enterprise Document Intelligence [Vol.1 #9ter] - The pipeline from Article 9 calls a model at several steps to be sure it is right. On easy questions that is needless latency. A per-question signal routes them past the model, about two seconds saved for a keyword match. The post Cut an Enterprise RAG Pipeline’s Latency and Cost by Calling the LLM Less, Not by Buying a Faster Model appeared first on Towards Data Science .
The backup Microsoft never promised you
SPONSORED FEATURE: Your M365 and Azure data might not be as safe as you think from ransomware; time for a reality check
Who really needs a cocktail robot?
Bartesian's cocktail makers would be best described like a Keurig or Nespresso machine, but for alcoholic drinks.
Wolverine on the PS5 made me care about Marvel’s mutant for the first time
Going into my demo of Marvel's Wolverine, I mainly wanted to try out the game's very bloody combat. And it is delightfully bloody. But after two-ish hours of slashing and stabbing (and parrying!) enemies with Wolverine's claws, I left surprised - despite no previous attachment to the character, I was deeply endeared to Logan himself. […]
CNN’s Free, Ad-Supported Channel Is Finding Success in Its First Year
CNN's Melody Taylor explains how CNN Headlines has found its audience.
Sites Issues HTTP 500 Errors - OpenAI Support is Ghosting Me
Hi everyone, sorry for the slow updates here. I checked with our engineering team, and they’ve identified an issue that can prevent Sites with larger numbers of assets from being edited or updated. Your published site should remain online. A fix is in progress but may take a few weeks. In the meantime, you can try asking ChatGPT in your existing Sites conversation: Retrieve my site using a shallow, depth-1 clone of the main branch. Do not modify, overwrite, roll back, or publish anything. This workaround may not work for every site, but it’s worth a try. Please let us know if that doesn't help. Thank you!
ixigo to sell 17.39% stake in FreshBus to Twelve Stone for Rs 36.6 Cr
Le Travenues Technology, the parent company of travel booking platform ixigo, has agreed to sell its 17.39% stake in electric intercity bus startup FreshBus to Twelve Stone LLP for Rs 36.6 crore. According to a regulatory filing, the transaction was agreed upon on August 13 and is expected to be completed by August 30. Following the deal, ixigo’s stake in FreshBus will fall from 26.66% to 8.27%. FreshBus will no longer be an associate company of ixigo. Twelve Stone LLP, whose designated partners include FreshBus founder and MD Sudhakar Reddy Chirra and Sasya Chirra, will acquire the stake. The transaction is not classified as a related party transaction, according to the filing. ixigo had invested in FreshBus earlier. Its investment in the company stood at Rs 18.87 crore as of March 31, 2026. FreshBus reported a loss of Rs 11.22 crore in FY26. FreshBus raised Rs 87.5 crore in its Series A round in August 2024, led by Maniv Mobility with participation from Shell Ventures, Alteria Capital and Riverwalk Holdings. The startup had earlier raised Rs 7.5 crore from CRED founder Kunal Shah, TVS Motors MD Sudarshan Venu and Rivigo founder Deepak Garg. ixigo had also invested in FreshBus. FreshBus was founded by Sudhakar Reddy Chirra, who previously built bus aggregator AbhiBus. ixigo acquired AbhiBus in 2021 through a cash and stock deal.
My friends and I took a weekend trip back to where we grew up. Now, we swear by doing it every year.
Me and my friends from high school took a weekend trip to where we grew up. Now, making plans to explore our hometown as adults is a yearly tradition.
Bring a Product Manager Mindset to Your Next Engineering Job
If you haven’t already seen a job listing for a “product engineer,” you probably will soon. The job everyone’s suddenly hiring for, this role is like a cross between a product manager and an engineer (as the name suggests). And it’s a hiring trend worth paying attention to. Companies are opening more of these roles every single month, but they’re struggling to fill them. The reason has almost nothing to do with engineers’ coding skills or years of experience. The best career move you can make to prepare for these types of roles has almost nothing to do with getting more technical. Instead, it comes down to one of the fluffiest, most overused, and potentially cringiest words in all of tech: mindset . Stick with me, I promise this goes somewhere useful. The problem: We were trained to be task-takers When I started out, my job looked like this: Drive to an office. Sit through meetings that led to other meetings until a project manager handed me a task they’d already chopped into tiny pieces. My job was to turn that task into code. It took years for me to get good at a coding language and tech stack, and once I did, I executed that knowledge against specs that somebody else wrote. You know what’s freakishly good at that exact job? I’ll give you a hint: It starts with A and ends with I. Boris Cherny, the creator of Claude Code, recently said: “coding is basically solved,” and “the bottleneck is going to be good ideas.” So if your entire value is “hand me a task and I’ll build it,…
Mr Eazi’s Choplife is the latest startup to move to digital free zone Itana
The move primarily changes Choplife’s corporate and regulatory base, with the company citing Itana’s regulatory environment and its promise of simpler cross-border operations as key reasons for the decision.
These are Europe’s best-value cities for a weekend break - and Poland dominates the top five
A new study has revealed the best-value European cities for a weekend away, with Polish destinations sweeping the top five and some of the continent’s biggest tourist hotspots proving much pricier.
Apple in talks to pay publishers to provide Siri with current news: report
The tech giant has considered a nine-figure budget for the payments, according to the WSJ.
Pirates held her hostage for 93 days. She says surviving taught her what really matters when life falls apart.
Jessica Buchanan endured scorpions, death threats, and weeks of isolation in the Somali desert. She says survival came down to protecting one thing.
Flock is tightening its safeguards as America reckons with a rapidly expanding surveillance network
On Thursday, CEO Garrett Langley outlined new safety and privacy changes for the surveillance camera network "that came from listening."
Comment on Self-Driving Truck Startup Kodiak Raises $125 Million in Series B Round by Alex Ander
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Explosion at Dutch port of Rotterdam leaves one dead and several injured, police say
The explosion happened at a refinery and fuel terminal run by Gunvor Energy in an industrial section of the vast port premises.
Windows Client Issuing Cloudflare Challenge
This is exceptionally frustrating, and I’d like to bump this topic. Chatgpt will not work unless you close the app and reopen it.
How do I account for site in a dbRDA while evaluating the effect of variables that are the same across all samples in a site?
I am trying to evaluate which environmental variables drive variation in microbial communities. I have 5 samples collected at 15 sites, and for each sample, I have a microbial community, soil pH, soil NO3, and MAT. I wanted to account for site when testing the effect of my environmental variables, so I tried: library(vegan) dbrda(Y ~ pH + NO3 + MAT + Condition(Site)) but because all samples at a site have the same MAT , the model does not evaluate MAT. How can I test the effects of all of my environmental variables while accounting for site?
Meta sperrt in Australien mehr als 750.000 Jugend-Accounts
Seit Dezember dürfen unter 16-Jährige in Australien keine Konten bei vielen sozialen Netzwerken mehr haben. Meta zieht Bilanz: 750.000 Konten wurden gesperrt.
Does Google even want to win at AI?
Today on Decoder, I’m talking with Hayden Field, The Verge’s senior AI reporter, about a question that’s been rocketing around the tech industry for the past week: Is Google losing the AI race? That’s because last week Google announced a bombshell reorganization of its AI division, Google DeepMind. Jeff Dean, the company’s chief scientist, is […]
In a first, US will allow some private firms to carry out cyberattacks
The new order sweeps away decades of existing U.S. cybersecurity policy prohibiting private companies from conducting 'hack back' attacks or offensive cyber operations.
New Monzo CEO "huge advocate" of Monzo's business bank
The new CEO of Monzo is a “huge advocate” of Monzo’s business bank, according to its general manager, who hailed hitting one million business customers as “really big”.Last month, the UK digital bank,...
My parents could spend their retirement doing anything. They chose to help raise my children.
Dr. Brintha Vasagar says her retired parents live with her and provide full-time childcare for her two sons, an arrangement that works for everyone.
Hungary unveils new 'clean up' plan as governemnt takes new steps to unlocking frozen EU funds
Budapest will keep a list of economic operators who are barred from public tenders due to prior economic offences, fulfilling an EU obligation to restoring its access to critical funding.
I flew long-haul on United's aging Boeing 777 in basic economy. A few key updates made it feel much more modern.
The plane I flew on was first delivered in 1997, but the modern seats, large seatback screens, and Bluetooth connectivity made its age hard to tell.
Building a Streaming Local AI Agent
Streaming gets used in two different ways when people talk about AI agents. Straighten out your understanding here.
Wearables are getting a taste of much-needed minimalism
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. During my summer vacation, I went in on the screenless wearable life. These past two weeks, I wore the Fitbit […]
Rivian is finally getting a long-requested feature — and no, it’s not CarPlay
Rivian R1S owners, rejoice. Rivian has heard your pleas for second-row captain's chairs. For years, Rivian owners have lamented the absence of captain's chairs in the R1S, noting that the three-row SUV would be much improved with standalone seats instead of a bench in the second row. Parents groused that loading and unloading kids in […]
Samsung’s $1,900 Z Fold 8 is still vulnerable to pocket lint
iFixit has provisionally given Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8 a repairability score of 4 out of 10, which largely hinged on… well, the hinge. In its teardown of the device, iFixit found that because it carries an IP48 ingress rating - meaning it isn't protected against particles under 1 millimeter - dust and sand could […]
Byway launches free online course to help you plan out a rail trip across Europe
The course covers things like how to choose the right Interrail pass and how to manage disruptions.
Comment on AI Creates Fashion Models With Custom Outfits and Poses by Gareth Bale
Discover stylish Justice clothing designed for tween girls ages 6–12, featuring colorful outfits, fun accessories, and swimwear for every occasion. From sparkly tops and vibrant dresses to comfortable Justice jeans , every piece combines playful fashion with confidence. Explore trendy styles and amazing deals to help girls express their unique personality with every outfit.
Iran's military rejects Trump's claims of US control over Strait of Hormuz as 'lies'
Iran has kept control of Hormuz, a vital energy conduit, since the outbreak of the war on 28 February, requiring vessels to obtain permission and pay transit fees before using the waterway.
Trump’s vaccine overhaul could fuel mistrust and leave Europe vulnerable to disease resurgence
The fallout from US President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at reducing the number of universally recommended childhood immunisations could extend beyond the United States, fuelling vaccine mistrust and creating immunisation gaps.
Feature request: Inline or threaded follow-up questions
Hey stealthassault , welcome to the forum! I agree that would be a valuable addition. I'll pass this feedback along to the product team so they can review the request and decide whether it's something they'd like to implement. Avinash
Creator talent giant DBA is buying a boutique management shop to help influencers build their own businesses
Digital Brand Architects is acquiring the talent firm V1sion Ventures as it looks to expand its work in creator entrepreneurship and brand building.
Flock is tightening its rules in response to a growing surveillance backlash
The police-tech giant Flock is announcing today that it will change officers’ access to its nationwide network of license plate readers, in an apparent effort to quell a growing backlash and win back contracts lost amid concerns about mass surveillance and police abuse. Several changes aim directly at a problem that has made recent headlines:…
Universal Task Completion Celebration Animation
I would like ChatGPT to have a universal completion celebration feature. Whenever a user successfully completes a meaningful task, mission, goal, project, checklist, or multi-step activity with ChatGPT, the app should recognize the completion and display a short, satisfying confetti animation across the screen, such as colourful paper/confetti falling from the top. For example: Completing a chapter or study notes → “Chapter Completed! ” Finishing an assignment → “Assignment Complete! ” Completing a coding project → “Project Complete! ” Achieving a goal → “Goal Achieved! ” Completing all steps of a task → “Mission Complete! ” The animation should not appear after every response. It should trigger only when ChatGPT can reasonably determine that the user’s intended task or milestone has actually been completed. It would also be great to have a Settings option to enable/disable celebration effects, so users can choose whether they want them. This would make completing tasks feel more rewarding, motivating, and satisfying, especially when users spend a long time working toward a goal with ChatGPT.
Romania shuts down nuclear reactor as Danube hits record lows
The move deepens an energy crunch gripping parts of Europe after weeks of extreme heat.
Microsoft is merging Copilot and Copilot 365 into one unified app - and retiring 3 features
The move should cut down on the confusion between the two apps, especially for anyone who bounces back and forth between the two of them.
heise+ | So wird Claude zum persönlichen Assistenten: Tipps für die Einrichtung
Claude merkt sich Vorlieben und Regeln über einzelne Chats hinaus. Wie Sie den Chatbot einrichten, damit er nicht bei jedem Chat von vorn anfängt.
heise+ | Claude als autonomen Dateiagenten nutzen
Der Chatbot kann Dateien öffnen und Apps steuern. Das spart viel Arbeit, öffnet aber Angriffsflächen, die man kennen und im Auge behalten muss.
Mystery attacker spent a year raiding Salesforce and ServiceNow portals
Custom tools harvested whatever over-permissioned guest accounts would surrender
Better estimate of the coefficient of weak predictor
Suppose $$ y = aX + \epsilon $$ where $X$ is an extremely weak predictor and estimation of $a$ is dominated by error. Luckily we have another predictor $$ y = bZ + \zeta $$ where $Z$ is very strong, but also correlated to $X$ . My aim is to estimate $a$ better, not necessarily have better prediction error on $y$ . We can use $Z$ to reduce the estimation error. However if I estimate jointly $$ y = cX + dZ + \gamma $$ the procedure does two things: reduce variance of $\gamma$ but also eats from true value of $a$ , that is $c \neq a$ . What kind of estimation procedure do I need to estimate $a$ better hopefully with the help of Z?