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Oscars security tighter than ever: 1-mile police buffer amid Iran war

Los Angeles Times

Things to Do in L.A. Tap to enable a layout that focuses on the article. Workers move a decorative replica Oscar statue as preparations are made on the red carpet arrivals area ahead of the 98th Academy Awards in Hollywood on Friday. This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here . It's been more than two decades since the Oscars were celebrated as the United States was launching a war in the Middle East.


Drone attack on market in Sudan kills 11, as air war civilian toll mounts

Al Jazeera

A drone attack on a busy market in western Sudan has killed 11 people and wounded dozens more, including children, as the United Nations warns that the country's rapidly escalating air wars have claimed more than 200 civilian lives in little over a week. The attack on Adikong market, near Sudan's border with Chad, ignited fuel reserves and sent flames tearing through the area on Thursday. MSF described it as the second deadly drone attack on the same area in less than a month. Drones have become a key weapon used by both sides in the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces that began in April 2023. UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk said on Thursday he was appalled by the scale of intensifying aerial assaults on civilians in the war, warning that more than 200 people had been killed by drones across the Kordofan region and White Nile state since March 4 alone.



Sample-Efficient Reinforcement Learning with Stochastic Ensemble Value Expansion

Neural Information Processing Systems

We propose stochastic ensemble value expansion (STEVE), a novel model-based technique that addresses this issue. By dynamically interpolating between model rollouts of various horizon lengths for each individual example, STEVE ensures that the model is only utilized when doing so does not introduce significant errors.


Snap ML: A Hierarchical Framework for Machine Learning

Neural Information Processing Systems

We describe a new software framework for fast training of generalized linear models. Theframework,named Snap Machine Learning (Snap ML), combines recent advances inmachine learning systems andalgorithms inanested manner to reflect the hierarchical architecture of modern computing systems.


Eerie timeline emerges in disappearance of Air Force general tied to UFO programs and Area 51-era research

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Trump's campaign against Fed chair Jerome Powell dealt crushing blow in court The astonishing moment Scott Bessent returns to interview after'Situation Room' call from Trump Kylie Jenner's total humiliation in Hollywood: Derogatory rumor leaves her boyfriend's peers'laughing at her' behind her back I was once so heavy I broke my toilet seat. Now I've shed 322lbs without weight-loss shots... this is the easy lifestyle shift that helped me do it Inside the sex guide electrifying conservative women: Good Christian wives purring over'explicit illustrations' that teach them the ultimate taboos Yellowstone fans go wild as Cole Hauser unveils spinoff series Dutton Ranch: 'Here we go!' Recall of cream cheeses upgraded to most serious risk over contamination with deadly bacteria... 'reasonable probability of death' Trump's Iran war death toll climbs to 13 after all crew onboard US refueling plane died in crash Michigan synagogue shooter who smashed car into temple is pictured for the first time as family's terrorist links are revealed I've spent 25 years treating patients with autism. This is the truth about the condition that many people don't want to hear: DR MAX PEMBERTON Woman who had years-long romance with Timothee Chalamet says he blindsided her with Kylie Jenner relationship: 'I was in love with him' Real-life'Matilda', 8, who couldn't catch a break gets adopted by kind Miss Honey-esque teacher Alexander brothers' alleged HIGH SCHOOL rape video: Classmates speak out on sickening footage... as creepy unseen photos are exposed It has been weeks since a retired Air Force general who has been linked to UFO programs went missing from his New Mexico home. William'Neil' McCasland, 68, was last seen around 11am on February 27 near Quail Run Court NE in Albuquerque, during a one-hour window while his wife left the house. The Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office (BCSO) released a new timeline Thursday describing his last known movements.


Remote robot surgery removes cancer 1,500 miles away

FOX News

A London doctor controlled robotic surgical arms in Gibraltar to perform prostate cancer telesurgery in near real time from 1,500 miles away.


Iran deploys explosive 'suicide skiffs' disguised as fishing boats in Strait of Hormuz

FOX News

Iranian forces deploy explosive drone boats disguised as fishing vessels in Strait of Hormuz, defense expert Cameron Chell warns, marking new phase of hybrid warfare.


'Pokémon Go' players have been unknowingly training delivery robots

Popular Science

Technology Robots'Pokémon Go' players have been unknowingly training delivery robots The massive crowdsourcing effort could use real-world to help robots deliver pizza. A woman holds up her cell phone as she plays the Pokémon Go game in Lafayette Park in front of the White House in Washington, DC on July 12, 2016. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Nearly a decade ago, turned the real world into a digital scavenger hunt, with virtual creatures hiding in plain sight. The early augmented reality smartphone app prompted hundreds of millions of players to wander into parks, parking lots, and even dimly lit alleyways, peering through their phone cameras in search of Pikachus and Charizards that the app superimposed onto their surroundings.


Self-Routing Capsule Networks

Neural Information Processing Systems

In this work, we propose a novel and surprisingly simple routing strategy called self-routing, where each capsule is routed independently by its subordinate routing network. Therefore, the agreement between capsules is not required anymore, but both poses and activations of upper-level capsules are obtained in a way similar to Mixture-of-Experts. Our experiments on CIFAR10, SVHN, and SmallNORB showthat the self-routing performs more robustly against white-box adversarial attacks and affine transformations, requiring less computation.