40 m. ago Making software safer and more reliable: A deep dive into proof scores

In software engineering, it is important to ensure that a software system behaves correctly and reliably. This is especially crucial for critical systems, such as online banking, e-commerce, and real-time systems. One promising technique for verifying the properties of such systems is called proof scores, which uses a method called term rewriting.

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66 m. ago Johnson Rules Out an Aggressive Plan to Cut Medicaid as G.O.P. Moderates Waver

The Republican speaker’s decision underscored the resistance in his party to politically painful reductions to the program, and drew a backlash from the hard right, which is demanding deep cuts.

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66 m. ago Add these New England festivals, hidden gems to your spring travel

Plan your trip now to the Quechee Hot Air Balloon Festival and Maine Lobster Festival, along with Boston's best secret spots. The post Add these New England festivals, hidden gems to your spring travel appeared first on Boston.com.

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73 m. ago How Trump family business ventures stand to directly benefit the President

New York Times reporter Eric Lipton says the Trump family businesses, including their crypto company, are capitalizing on the President's position, and creating unprecedented conflicts of interest.

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73 m. ago Dramatic rise in publicly downloadable deepfake image generators, study finds

Researchers from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) at the University of Oxford have uncovered a dramatic rise in easily accessible AI tools specifically designed to create deepfake images of identifiable people, finding nearly 35,000 such tools available for public download on one popular globally accessible online platform, for example.

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86 m. ago Scientists develop new mathematical model for transfer learning in neural networks

Alessandro Ingrosso, researcher at the Donders Institute for Neuroscience, has developed a new mathematical method in collaboration with colleagues in two Italian research institutions, which enables the prediction of the effectiveness of transfer learning in neural networks.

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1 hour ago Libya’s Rival Governments Both Deny Deal to Take Deported U.S. Migrants

U.S. officials have said the Trump administration plans to send immigrants to the divided country on military flights as soon as this week.

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2 h. ago Seattle interim growth plan amendments include ‘key concepts’ compromise — Public hearing May 19th

Seattle interim growth plan amendments include ‘key concepts’ compromise — Public hearing May 19th  CHS Capitol Hill Seattle News

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3 h. ago Trump pushes to reopen Alcatraz, but Pelosi and Newsom dismiss it as a 'distraction'

As President Donald Trump's administration takes its first steps to open the infamous Alcatraz, California politicians Mayor Daniel Lurie, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Rep. Nancy Pelosi say the plan is "not a serious one."

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3 h. ago Mistral claims its newest AI model delivers leading performance for the price

French AI startup Mistral is releasing a new AI model, Mistral Medium 3, that’s focused on efficiency without compromising performance. Available in Mistral’s API priced at $0.40 per million input tokens and $20.80 per million output tokens, Mistral Medium 3 performs “at or above” 90% of Anthropic’s costlier Claude Sonnet 3.7 model on “benchmarks across […]

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4 h. ago Game, Sett, Funding: a startup building AI agents for game development emerges from stealth with $27M

Games drove the creation of GPU processors back in the 1990s, so it’s only fitting that artificial intelligence — the technology that GPUs are used to power nowadays — is making its way into nearly every aspect of video game design. In keeping with that trend, on Wednesday a startup called Sett — which is […]

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4 h. ago Mark Zuckerberg’s AI ad tool sounds like a social media nightmare

Tech executives have long talked about how AI is going to revolutionize the advertising industry. In particularly, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been quite vocal about how exactly he wants his company to lead the transformation. Speaking onstage at Stripe’s annual Sessions conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, Zuckerberg laid out his plans to automate […]

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4 h. ago Mayor Harrell Unveils Plan To Expand Education and Health Services For Seattle Students

Mayor Harrell Unveils Plan To Expand Education and Health Services For Seattle Students  The Seattle Medium

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4 h. ago Birdfy Nest Polygon Smart Birdhouse Review: Primed for Pictures

This creatively designed nest box is ready to tell a story—if it can attract birds.

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4 h. ago The Trump Effect: Reflections on how academic life has improved for a Jewish professor

How the "Trump Effect" has transformed campus dynamics for Jewish academics, reducing extremist disruptions and creating a more balanced environment for intellectual discourse and recognition.

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4 h. ago NASCAR's Harrison Burton talks move to Xfinity Series, appearance in Netflix documentary

Harrison Burton made a major change by moving to the Xfinity Series after last season, but early on, it sure is working out in his favor.

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4 h. ago UK in talks with US officials over movie tariffs, says minister

UK in talks with US officials over movie tariffs, says minister  Reuters

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5 h. ago 13 Best Cat Water Fountains, WIRED Tested and Reviewed (2025)

Ensuring your cat is drinking enough water is one of the best ways to keep your pet healthy. We tested popular models to find the best water fountains for most cats.

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5 h. ago Ghost students are creating an 'agonizing' problem for Calif. colleges

Ghost students are creating an 'agonizing' problem for Calif. colleges  SFGATE

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6 h. ago Ox Security lands a fresh $60M to scan for vulnerabilities in code

As “vibe coding” gains in popularity and tech companies push devs in their employ to embrace generative AI tools, a platform that scans for vulnerabilities in AI-generated code has raised a fresh round of funding. Ox Security, which models risk across both AI- and human-produced code, on Wednesday announced that it closed a $60 million […]

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