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Spain and Brazil launched an initiative calling for higher global taxes on the super-rich to address rising inequality.

The proposal emphasizes data sharing between governments and tax authorities to close loopholes and combat tax evasion.

It suggests building national capacity in data analysis to accurately track wealth concentration and tax contributions.

The Roman Roads Research Association advances study of Roman roads and heritage in the British Isles, building on Ivan D. Margary’s work.

RRRA employs modern technology like LiDAR to map and reveal hidden Roman road features such as aggers.

The association publishes a peer-reviewed journal, Itinera, and is now accepting submissions for Volume 6, with a submission deadline of 15 November 2025.

Mixture of Grouped Experts (MoGE) balances expert workloads by constraining tokens to activate an equal number of experts per group.

MoGE’s grouping design ensures even computational load across devices, boosting inference throughput.

Pangu Pro MoE has 72 billion parameters, with 16 billion activated per token, and is optimized for Ascend NPUs.

The paper rigorously derives fundamental fluid mechanics equations, including the compressible Euler and incompressible Navier-Stokes-Fourier equations, from a microscopic hard sphere particle model undergoing elastic collisions.

It resolves Hilbert’s sixth problem by completing the program of deriving macroscopic fluid equations from Newton’s laws using Boltzmann’s kinetic theory.

The proof builds on and extends previous work by deriving Boltzmann’s equation on two- and three-dimensional tori.

New Australian online safety code requires search engines to verify the age of logged-in users within six months.

If users are likely under 18, search engines must enable safe search at the highest setting to block pornography and violent content.

Age assurance methods can include document verification, biometric estimation, and online activity inference.

Fastly acquired and then abruptly shut down Glitch, causing millions of dead links and 404 errors.

The author condemns Fastly for betraying the creative community that used Glitch to build, remix, and share websites.

The decision is seen as driven by cost cutting and shareholder value, with no regard for users or community.

Street trees in Las Vegas reduce nighttime air temperature by up to 1.5°C but have little daytime cooling due to limited transpiration in arid conditions.

Using high-transpiration tree species like Cherry can increase daytime cooling by about 0.4°C but requires more irrigation water.

Tree shade intercepts solar radiation and lowers mean radiant temperature by up to 16°C, significantly improving outdoor thermal comfort.

The author acquired 46 legacy Sun Ray thin clients in a bulk purchase for experimentation at home.

They chose to run Sun Ray Server Software (SRSS) on OpenIndiana, an illumos-based OS, to avoid outdated Linux or Solaris support.

They detailed unlocking package dependencies, installing SRSS, applying patches, setting up Java and Tomcat for the server software.

A personal AI factory is built around a closed-loop workflow: planning, execution, and verification by specialized AI agents.

The guiding principle is to fix inputs—plans and prompts—instead of hand-patching generated outputs.

Multiple AI models (o3 for planning, sonnet 3.7/4 for execution, Goose for hosting) work together to generate, verify, and improve code.

Fakespot shut down permanently on July 1, 2025.

It was acquired by Mozilla in 2023 and integrated into Firefox as the Mozilla Review Checker.

Fakespot used AI to detect unreliable reviews on Amazon, eBay, and Walmart with about 90% accuracy.