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Large Hadron Collider Powers Down: $1.5B Upgrade to Unlock Higgs Secrets

High-Luminosity LHC upgrade work has begun at CERN after the Large Hadron Collider logged its final collision on June 27, 2026, entering a four-year, $1.5 billion Long Shutdown 3 program to replace 1.

Google Maps actually defaults to the slowest route now — here's how to fix it

Google Maps now defaults to fuel-efficient routes that can be slower. Disable this setting to get fastest navigation.
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AMD and Intel’s ACE Locks In x86 AI Compute Standard, Replacing Intel’s Older AMX

AMD and Intel have now published a full technical specification for ACE — AI Compute Extensions — the most significant overhaul to x86 AI compute in the architecture's history, co-authored by eight ...
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Femicide as content: How media, algorithms shape public attention

Online, gender-based violence is often reduced to images that can be consumed quickly.Survivors continue living with the consequences long after public attention has shifted.[Collins Oduor, Standard] ...
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802.15.4ae-2026 - IEEE Standard for Low-Rate Wireless Networks--Amendment 1: Ascon Cryptographic Algorithms

This amendment specifies modifications to the IEEE Std 802.15.4 medium access control (MAC) specification to add Ascon cryptographic algorithms. Scope:This amendment adds the Ascon-128 and Ascon-128a ...
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HSAMM: A Hybrid-Strassen Algorithm-Based Asynchronous Architecture for Sparse Matrix Multiplication

Abstract: General sparse matrix-matrix multiplication (SpGEMM) is a fundamental computational method with wide-ranging applications in scientific simulations, machine learning, and image processing.
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Kilometer-scale High-Resolution Fast Non-Line-of-Sight Imaging Achieved by Laser Reflective Tomography

Non-line-of-sight (NLOS) imaging enables recovery of hidden scenes but is constrained by a speed-resolution trade-off in ...