What is 'human composting'—and how does it work?
What should happen to your body after you die? It's hardly a topic you'd bring up over dinner, but it's a decision that will eventually need to be made, either by you or by those you leave behind.
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YouTube Just Started Labeling AI Music. Have You Been Misled?
Two streaming giants are now labeling AI-generated music, but psychological research reveals that simply slapping an “AI” tag on a track makes listeners judge it harsher—even when it’s entirely human-made.
Hog Losses Extend to Monday
Lean hog futures are down 20 to 50 points in the front months on Monday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $66.18 in the Monday morning report. The CME Lean Hog Index was down another 99 cents on October 21 at $71.16. Commitment of Traders data from Friday...
Wheat Extending Losses to Monday
The wheat complex facing losses on Monday. Chicago SRW contracts are posting losses of 7 to 8 ½ cents on the day. KC HRW futures are showing losses of 5 to 6 cents on Monday. MPLS spring wheat is trading with losses of 7 to 8 cents at midday. Monday...
Sugar Prices Fall Sharply on Brazilian Real Decline
March NY world sugar #11 (SBH27 ) is down -1.13 (-5.58%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ26 ) is down -19.20 (-3.59%). Sugar prices are trading lower as the Brazilian real plunged -9% after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva surprised the markets by winning the weekend Brazilian...
Cotton Slipping Lower on Monday
Cotton prices are down 40 to 56 points early on Monday morning. Futures closed with contracts 15 to 59 points lower, as December still managed a 20 point gain last week. Crude oil was up $3.97 per barrel on the session, with the US dollar index $0.153 higher. The large...
Stocks See Support Ahead of Busy Week as Crude Oil Prices Ease
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is up +0.33%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.44%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.28%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 ) rose +0.42%, and December E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQZ26 )...
Stocks Rally Ahead of Busy Week as Crude Oil Prices Ease
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is up +0.94%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.48%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +1.38%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 ) are up +0.95%, and December E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQZ26...
Coffee Prices Fall As Brazilian Real Plunges
December arabica coffee (KCZ26 ) is down -8.65 (-2.81%), and November ICE robusta coffee (RMX26 ) is down -115 (-3.56%). Coffee prices fell sharply on Monday as the Brazilian real plunged -9% after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva surprised the markets by winning the weekend Brazilian presidential election for...
Cotton Falling Lower on Monday
Cotton futures are showing sharp losses of 115 to 125 points in the front months on Monday. Crude oil is up $1.07 per barrel on the session, with the US dollar index $0.152 higher. The large managed money speculators and cotton futures and options added just 767 contracts to their...
Corn Falling with Spillover Pressure from Soybeans
Corn prices are down 3 to 5 cents so far on Monday. Futures failed to see buying into the weekend, with contracts down 1 ¼ to 4 ½ cents on Friday. December was down another 18 ¼ cents on the week. Open interest was down 2,464 contracts on Friday, mainly...
Hogs See Modest Strength on Friday, as Pork Hits Lowest Price Since 2020
Lean hog futures saw Friday strength, with contracts 2 to 45 cents higher on Friday, as December was still down $1.35 this week. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $67.40 in the Friday afternoon report, up 92 cents from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was...
Hogs Look to Monday Trade, as Pork Hits Lowest Price Since 2020
Lean hog futures saw Friday strength, with contracts 2 to 45 cents higher on Friday, as December was still down $1.35 last week. Open interest was up 2,514 contracts on Friday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $67.40 in the Friday afternoon report, up 92 cents from the...
Corn Falling with Spillover Pressure from Soybeans
Corn prices are down 3 to 5 cents so far on Monday. Futures failed to see buying into the weekend, with contracts down 1 ¼ to 4 ½ cents on Friday. December was down another 18 ¼ cents on the week. Open interest was down 2,464 contracts on Friday, mainly...
Lula’s Win Isn’t as Bad as Markets Think
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s shock win in Brazil against Flávio Bolsonaro triggered an investor reaction for the ages. Bloomberg Opinion columnist Juan Pablo Spinetto explains why he thinks markets are overacting. (Source: Bloomberg)
As AI becomes more fractured, one names stands out: AMD
As Anthropic rushes to takes its shares public, the AI trade is showing cracks, and they are not confined to fringe players.
Magic state cultivation on a superconducting quantum processor
Abstract: "Fault-tolerant quantum computing requires a universal gate set, but the necessary non-Clifford gates represent a significant resource cost for most quantum error correction architectures. Magic state cultivation offers an efficient alternative to resource-intensive distillation protocols; however, testing the proposal’s assumptions represents a challenging departure from quantum memory experiments. We present an experimental study of magic state cultivation on a superconducting quantum processor. We implement cultivation, including code-switching into a surface code, and develop a fault-tolerant measurement protocol to bound the magic state fidelity. Cultivation reduces the error by a factor of 40, with a state fidelity of at least 0.9999(1) (retaining 8% of attempts). Our results experimentally establish magic state cultivation as a viable solution to one of quantum computing’s most important challenges."
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Anthropic’s IPO S-1 Spells Out a Future of Promise and Peril
The A.I. company took great pains to describe the many benefits that can come from using its Claude chatbot and technology, but also offered up a heavy dose of gloom.
California Tiny-Home Developers Face Felony Charges After Abandoning Unfinished Projects
Homeowners who paid thousands of dollars to a California company say they were left with unfinished projects and financial losses.
6 citizens sue Trump over media ban, saying it deprives them of news as audience stakeholders
In the increasingly bitter legal standoff between President Donald Trump and media outlets whose reporting he dislikes, a new and crucial third party has emerged: citizens who watch and read the news and need it to do their jobs.