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Crypto Guys Bought the Answer to the CIA's Mysterious Kryptos Sculpture

WIRED

They swear they haven't peeked at the closely guarded secret and that they'll keep the cryptographic competition going. On a blustery March day, the artist Jim Sanborn received visitors at his studio on an isolated island in the Chesapeake Bay. The visitors sat him down in front of a laptop, and he typed in a secret message. They compressed the message using a unique hash function, sent that to the cloud, and wiped the laptop clean. Sanborn hoped that this action would set him free.


Thousands of officers deployed as crowds gather for London protests

BBC News

More than 4,000 police officers have been deployed to London, as crowds start to gather for two rival protests in the capital. Police will use drones, police horses and dogs and have armoured vehicles on standby. Officers will also manage a so-called sterile zone between the Unite the Kingdom march, organised by far-right figure Tommy Robinson, and a pro-Palestinian demonstration. The Metropolitan Police has called it one of the most significant policing operations in years. In addition to the protests, tens of thousands of football fans are expected at Wembley Stadium for the FA Cup Final on Saturday afternoon.


He Became a Mathematician in Prison. Now, He's Stuck There.

Slate

Christopher Havens was approved for release by the Washington State Clemency Board. All he needed was the governor's signature. Christopher Havens has a part-time position as research staff at the University of California at Los Angeles. And he's had a prolific few years. In June 2020, Havens published an article in the journal Research in Number Theory with co-authors from the University of Torino in Italy.


Nascent tech, real fear: how AI anxiety is upending career ambitions

The Guardian

Anxiety over AI replacing entire industries has already pushed people to change course in their classes and career. Anxiety over AI replacing entire industries has already pushed people to change course in their classes and career. Matthew Ramirez started at Western Governors University as a computer science major in 2025, drawn by the promise of a high-paying, flexible career as a programmer. But as headlines mounted about tech layoffs and AI's potential to replace entry-level coders, he began to question whether that path would actually lead to a job. When the 20-year-old interviewed for a datacenter technician role that June and never heard back, his doubts deepened.



Elon Musk makes himself far-right fixture after White House departure

The Guardian

The months since leaving the White House have shown that Musk has failed to abandon his political preoccupations. The months since leaving the White House have shown that Musk has failed to abandon his political preoccupations. The Tesla CEO once hinted he was done with politics - but he's been leaning further into the international far right When the far-right activist Tommy Robinson emerged from a London courtroom this week after a judge cleared him of a terrorism charge, he gave thanks to the man he said had bankrolled his defense. If you didn't step in and fund my legal fight I'd probably be in jail," Robinson said. In the period immediately after Musk's messy departure from the White House, the Tesla CEO repeatedly suggested that he was done with politics. Investors who had pushed him to refocus on his businesses were delighted. The months since, however, have proved that Musk has failed to abandon his political preoccupations. He has done the opposite, veering further into ...


Elon Musk Has Turned His Eye to the UK

WIRED

Musk posted nonstop at the beginning of the year about British politics until his focus was consumed by DOGE. Elon Musk loves responding to posts on X with heart emojis. He's sent dozens this year alone, often in response to people praising his cars or directly to his mother's posts . But this week, Musk sent a heart emoji to Tommy Robinson, the far-right Islamophobic activist from the United Kingdom. Though Musk largely ignored UK politics this year while working in the US government at his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), he appears to be back across the pond, spending his money and using his platform to elevate far-right extremists.


What will be Tyler Robinson's defense strategy? Experts weigh in on accused Charlie Kirk assassin

FOX News

Legal experts analyze the challenging defense strategy for Tyler Robinson, who allegedly shot Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University, as prosecutors prepare evidence for trial.


Controllable Surface Diffusion Generative Model for Neurodevelopmental Trajectories

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence

Preterm birth disrupts the typical trajectory of cortical neurodevelopment, increasing the risk of cognitive and behavioral difficulties. However, outcomes vary widely, posing a significant challenge for early prediction. To address this, individualized simulation offers a promising solution by modeling subject-specific neurodevelopmental trajectories, enabling the identification of subtle deviations from normative patterns that might act as biomarkers of risk. While generative models have shown potential for simulating neurodevelopment, prior approaches often struggle to preserve subject-specific cortical folding patterns or to reproduce region-specific morphological variations. In this paper, we present a novel graph-diffusion network that supports controllable simulation of cortical maturation. Using cortical surface data from the developing Human Connectome Project (dHCP), we demonstrate that the model maintains subject-specific cortical morphology while modeling cortical maturation sufficiently well to fool an independently trained age regression network, achieving a prediction accuracy of $0.85 \pm 0.62$.


Charlie Kirk Shooting Suspect Charged as Prosecutor Seeks Death Penalty

WIRED

In the indictment, prosecutors claim Tyler Robinson planned Kirk's killing in advance, citing rooftop surveillance, engraved bullets, and a written note as they seek the death penalty. A TV monitor displays a picture of Tyler Robinson, a suspect in the killing of Charlie Kirk in Orem, Utah. Utah County prosecutors on Tuesday charged Tyler Robinson in the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University, a murder officials say was politically motivated. They intend to seek the death penalty. Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray announced the indictment at a midday news conference, listing charges of aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury, and commission of a violent offense in the presence of a child.