🔥 Trending now in : Trump’s filibuster fixation intensifies after a tough week for the GOP President Donald Trump knows he’s losing the politics of the government shutdown so far. But that’s not making him any more inclined to give ground on the Democratic demands that could bring the standoff to a swift end. Trump has repeatedly urged Senate Republicans …

On Thursday, the Laude Institute announced its first batch of Slingshots grants, aimed at “advancing the science and practice of artificial intelligence.” Designed as an accelerator for researchers, the Slingshots program is meant to provide resources that would be unavailable in most academic settings, whether it’s funding, compute power, or product and engineering support. In exchange, the recipients pledge to …

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest phones, smartwatches, apps, and other gizmos that swear they’re going to change your life. Optimizer arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 10AM ET. Opt in for Optimizer here. Imagine you’re minding your business on a high-speed train hurtling at …

🔥 Trending now in : US Democrats still face big questions, despite election wins Courtney Subramanianin Washington Watch: US election night’s big winners… in 90 seconds A year after the Democrats found themselves out of power and without a leader, the party is standing at a crossroads. After months of downbeat introspection, three election races this week gave them a …

[Submitted on 30 Oct 2025 (v1), last revised 5 Nov 2025 (this version, v2)] View a PDF of the paper titled Bridging the Gap between Empirical Welfare Maximization and Conditional Average Treatment Effect Estimation in Policy Learning, by Masahiro Kato View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:The goal of policy learning is to train a policy function that recommends a treatment given …

Refresh 2025-11-06T14:48:57.530Z Double, Double, AI bubble? The trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (Image credit: Michael M. Santiago via Getty Images) Is the artificial intelligence boom about to bust? We’ve watched dissent surrounding the technology’s dubious profitability percolate from tech bloggers through social media all the way up to big news organizations over the past few months, with …

🔥 Trending now in : Mohamed Jbara célèbre la Marche verte avec «Hdyat Moulana», un hymne à l’unité africaine Fidèle à sa tradition, Mohamed Jbara célèbre chaque année la Marche Verte en musique. En 2025, l’artiste signe un retour particulièrement symbolique avec son nouveau single «Hdyat Moulana», dont la sortie a eu lieu ce jeudi 6 novembre, à l’occasion du …

[Submitted on 28 Sep 2025 (v1), last revised 4 Nov 2025 (this version, v3)] View a PDF of the paper titled How Effective Are Time-Series Models for Precipitation Nowcasting? A Comprehensive Benchmark for GNSS-based Precipitation Nowcasting, by Yifang Zhang and 9 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Precipitation Nowcasting, which aims to predict precipitation within the next 0 to 6 …

Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least 66 people dead with 26 others missing in the central Philippines, many in widespread flooding that trapped people on their roofs and swept away scores of cars in a hard-hit province still recovering from a deadly earthquake, officials said. Among the dead were six people who were killed in a separate incident when a …

🔥 Trending now in : At least seven people killed after UPS cargo plane crashes in Kentucky Watch: Smoke hangs over Louisville after deadly plane crash At least seven people were killed when a UPS cargo plane crashed while taking off from an airport in Louisville, Kentucky on Tuesday evening, the state’s governor said. Andy Beshear said the plane’s three …