Seeing Clearly: AI Sharpens Focus on Real-Time Surgical Scene Understanding
![The research details a surgical video analysis pipeline-SpikeSurgSeg-which leverages a pretrained, spike-driven video encoder employing layer-wise tube masking for reconstruction, and integrates this with a spike-driven memory readout and feature pyramid network, ultimately achieving surgical scene segmentation with an SNN-based model distinguished by its two spike-driven CNN blocks and two spike-driven spatiotemporal Transformers exhibiting linear space-time computational complexity-[latex]O(N)[/latex].](https://arxiv.org/html/2512.21284v1/x2.png)
A new framework leverages spiking neural networks and video transformers to deliver accurate and energy-efficient segmentation of surgical video feeds.
He Who Stakes a Billion ETH Might Just Own the Moon 🌕💸
Lo! In but two sunrises and two starlit evenings, the industrious BitMine hath committed no less than 342,560 ETH to the sacred flames of staking-valued, one gasps, at nearly $1 billion. Data from the ever-observant oracle @lookonchain reveals this not as mere investment, but as a declaration: the institutions, once shy as woodland deer, now charge forth with wallets a-flutter. 🐂💼
Smarter IoT Security: Classifying Encrypted Traffic with AI
![A diffusion-based system extracts multi-level features from traffic imagery by progressively introducing noise, then leveraging a U-Net architecture to denoise and identify optimal feature layers-a process refined through [latex]K[/latex]-means clustering for efficient fine-tuning-and ultimately fusing adjacent network layer features to represent both detailed and abstract traffic patterns.](https://arxiv.org/html/2512.21144v1/x2.png)
A new approach leverages the power of diffusion models and large language models to accurately identify network traffic even within the limitations of resource-constrained IoT devices.
Disney Doomed TRON: Ares by Forgetting About Tron
With all the potential to be a great follow-up to the already strong TRON: Legacy, TRON: Ares unfortunately stumbled. The biggest issue? The absence of TRON himself. While he wasn’t the central figure after the first movie, he still played a significant part in Legacy. Now, with TRON: Ares underperforming in theaters, it’s obvious that including the character the series is named after might have made a real difference.
Avatar: Fire & Ash Villains Teases An Exciting New Antagonist for Avatar 4 & 5
The villains in Avatar: The Way of Water were compelling and complex, especially Colonel Miles Quaritch and Varang. However, I’m really interested to find out more about the major villain hinted at in Avatar 4 and 5.
Breaking Bad Hid the Weirdest Piece of Walter White Lore in Plain Sight for 5 Straight Seasons
A fascinating detail about Walter White’s transformation was his tendency to adopt the mannerisms of those he killed. It’s unclear if this was intentional, a subconscious process, or simply a coincidence, but it’s a striking pattern. Looking back at the series, this subtle habit reveals a lot about his character and adds layers to his motivations, allowing for multiple interpretations of his actions.
The Lord of the Rings’ Mines of Moria Scene Still Hits Hard 2 Decades Later
Despite the overall somber tone of the mining sequences, nothing could have truly prepared viewers for a particularly heartbreaking moment. Several well-loved Dwarf characters from The Hobbit meet tragic ends, appearing as corpses in a scene that remains deeply disturbing for many fans.
Lightning Network’s Tightrope Walk: Stability and Centralization
A new analysis reveals the Lightning Network maintains surprising resilience over time, even as it becomes increasingly fragmented and concentrated in its structure.
10 Best Games Turning 10 in 2026
This is positive for the gaming world, but to truly understand where games are headed, it’s helpful to remember their history. In 2026, popular titles like Firewatch and Overwatch will mark their ten-year anniversaries, having first launched in 2016.
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