Science & Tech

Revised arXiv paper says AI agent solved 44 of 50 IMO geometry problems using ~13,000 examples

A revised arXiv preprint reports InternGeometry, an LLM agent, solved 44 of 50 IMO geometry problems using roughly 13,000 training examples, claiming high data efficiency.

#ai, #geometry, #machine-learning, #mathematics

Nearly 4,000 BTC Appeared to Move Out of Blockstream’s Liquid Federation; Authorization Unclear

On Sept. 6 nearly 4,000 BTC appeared to move from Blockstream’s Liquid federation, shrinking LBTC’s shown reserves; Blockstream had not confirmed the transfer.

#crypto, #bitcoin, #blockstream, #liquid

1.65M SOL Unlock on Sept. 3 Likely Tied to Phantom’s PSOL Reserve, Not an Immediate Sell-Off

A 1,653,685 SOL unlock on Sept. 3 went to Phantom’s PSOL reserve stake account, suggesting routine liquid-staking reserve management rather than an obvious whale sale.

#solana, #crypto, #staking, #phantom

LUX‑ZEPLIN Sees One Unexplained High‑Energy Event, But Falls Short of Dark Matter Discovery

LUX‑ZEPLIN reported a single unexplained high‑energy event — a 2.6σ anomaly recorded in South Dakota that the team says falls far short of a discovery.

#darkmatter, #physics, #luxzeplin, #experiment

Gene-edited pig kidney supported a human for 271 days and didn’t block later transplant, case report finds

A Lancet case report shows a gene-edited pig kidney kept a patient off dialysis for 271 days and didn’t impede a later human transplant.

#xenotransplantation, #kidneytransplant, #egenesis, #organtransplant

FDA Approves Zanvastro, First Therapy for Alexander Disease

FDA approves Zanvastro (zilganersen), the first approved therapy for Alexander disease, for patients from infancy through adulthood. Ionis received approval.

$IONS, #health, #fda, #alexanderdisease, #ionis

Roman Space Telescope Begins Three-Month Journey to Sun‑Earth L2 After Aug. 30 Launch

Launched Aug. 30, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope is en route to Sun‑Earth L2 to map galaxies, probe dark energy and hunt exoplanets with a wide-field infrared camera.

#space, #nasa, #telescope, #astronomy, #roman

Google DeepMind unveils WeatherNext 3, a higher-resolution global weather AI

Google DeepMind's WeatherNext 3 raises global forecast resolution to ~5 km, improves precipitation skill and offers datasets with mixed real-time licensing.

$GOOGL, #technology, #weather, #ai, #forecasting

NVIDIA confirms $12.9 billion acquisition of Hugging Face

NVIDIA confirmed it will buy Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, saying the AI model hub will remain open and users won't need NVIDIA compute to build.

$NVDA, #nvidia, #huggingface, #ai, #acquisition

WMO: El Niño firmly established and likely to intensify into a very strong event through Feb. 2027

U.N. weather agency says El Niño is strongly established, likely to intensify and persist through Feb. 2027, raising risks of heatwaves, droughts and floods.

#elnino, #climate, #weather, #wmo

Final Fantasy VII Revelation Sets April 8, 2027 Release for PS5, Switch 2, Xbox and PC

Square Enix announced on PlayStation’s Sept. 3 State of Play that Final Fantasy VII Revelation, the Remake trilogy finale, launches April 8, 2027 across major platforms.

#finalfantasyvii, #finalfantasy, #gaming, #squareenix

Guild Wars 3 preview: ArenaNet outlines movement-focused MMO, fall 2027 beta

ArenaNet’s preview of Guild Wars 3 highlights movement-heavy combat, cleaner HUD, PC and PS5 plans and a buy-to-play model; first beta slated for fall 2027.

#guildwars3, #arenanet, #mmorpg, #gaming

NVIDIA says AI outscored top human on IOI 2026 problem set in unofficial run

NVIDIA researchers report an AI scored 535.4 on the IOI 2026 problem set—above the top human's 498.27—but the run was unofficial and unsupervised.

#ai, #nvidia, #competitiveprogramming, #ioi

RBA opens consultation to adapt RITS for tokenised wholesale markets, says no retail CBDC case

Reserve Bank of Australia seeks input on adapting RITS to support tokenised wholesale markets while reaffirming no public-interest case for a retail CBDC.

#rba, #cbdc, #tokenisation, #australia

UNEP: World Likely to Cross 1.5°C in Next Few Years; Urges Rapid Cuts and Carbon Removal

UNEP warns the world is likely to cross 1.5°C within years and urges immediate, sustained emissions cuts, faster adaptation and carbon-dioxide removal.

#climatechange, #globalwarming, #unep, #parisagreement