Author: Awais

Use this quick and easy fish stock recipe for bouillabaisse, seafood chowder (or any fish soup or stew), shrimp risotto, or simply to poach a piece of salmon. To make it, either store bones from any white fish in your freezer until you have a full pound, or ask the seafood counter at your local market for a mix of bones and heads with the gills removed.Tips and FAQs for the best fish stockWhat’s the difference between fish stock and fish broth?In technical terms, a stock is made using bones and aromatics, while a broth is made using bones with the meat still…

[Submitted on 11 Nov 2025 (v1), last revised 9 Dec 2025 (this version, v3)] View a PDF of the paper titled Test-driven Reinforcement Learning in Continuous Control, by Zhao Yu and 2 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Reinforcement learning (RL) has been recognized as a powerful tool for robot control tasks. RL typically employs reward functions to define task objectives and guide agent learning. However, since the reward function serves the dual purpose of defining the optimal goal and guiding learning, it is challenging to design the reward function manually, which often results in a suboptimal task representation. To…

It’s been quite the year for CoreWeave. In March, the AI cloud infrastructure provider went public in one of the biggest and most anticipated IPOs of the year that didn’t live up to its hype. Another setback took place in October, when a planned acquisition of the cloud provider’s business partner, Core Scientific, faltered due to skepticism from the acquisition target’s shareholders.  In the meantime, the firm has acquired a number of different companies, its stock has gone up and down, and it’s been both criticized and lauded for its role in the booming AI data center market.  In an…

Come closer, sit. Let’s have a chat. That gorgeous, hefty cast-iron skillet you own? It isn’t a delicate flower, but it’s definitely not a disposable frying pan, either. If you’re still scrubbing it with soap and a scouring pad, you’re basically committing culinary treason, and wasting your own money.The truth is, those brutal cleaning methods annihilate the seasoning, which is the prized, naturally nonstick layer that takes time to build. Once that seasoning is gone, you’re left with a miserable mess that sticks, smokes and rusts. You deserve better. Your skillet deserves better.So, ditch the sudsy attack. The secret weapon used by…

Why It Works Using refined coconut oil in addition to butter keeps the dough firmer at the start of baking. Dutch-process cocoa gives the cookies deeper color and smoother chocolate flavor by eliminating the acidity of natural cocoa.Briefly freezing the rolled dough firms the fats in the dough so the cookies cut cleanly and hold their shape when baked. There’s undeniable holiday magic in the combination of peppermint and chocolate—the cool jolt of mint against deep cocoa feels instantly wintry. These sandwich cookies take that familiar pairing and turn it into something polished but playful: a whipped peppermint buttercream flecked with…

Google is rolling out a new Data Manager API that lets you plug first-party data into Google’s AI-powered ad tools with less friction. The goal: stronger measurement, smarter targeting, and better performance without the hassle of managing multiple systems. Why we care. The Data Manager API helps you get more value from the data you already have by sending reliable first-party data into Google’s AI. This improves your targeting, measurement, and bidding. It also replaces several separate APIs with one easy connection, cutting down on engineering work and getting insights back into your campaigns faster. About the Data Manager API.…

article, Do You Really Need GraphRAG? A Practitioner’s Guide Beyond the Hype, I outlined the core principles of GraphRAG design and introduced an augmented retrieval-and-generation pipeline that combines graph search with vector search. I also discussed why building a perfectly complete graph—one that captures every entity and relation in the corpus—can be prohibitively complex, especially at scale. In this article, I expand on those ideas with concrete examples and code, demonstrating the practical constraints encountered when building and querying real GraphRAG systems. I also illustrate that the retrieval pipeline helps balance cost and implementation complexity without sacrificing accuracy. Specifically, we…

Today’s Wordle answer should be easy to solve if you’re always making mistakes.If you just want to be told today’s word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for today’s Wordle solution revealed. But if you’d rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you. SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more: Play games on Mashable SEE ALSO: NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for December 10, 2025 Where did Wordle come from?Originally created by engineer Josh Wardle as a gift for his partner, Wordle rapidly spread to become an international…

Apple Watch Ultra 4 rumors have started to build, and while nothing is official yet, they are hinting at significant changes, such as the inclusion of a fingerprint sensor. Here’s what we know so far about a potential 2026 Apple Watch Ultra. When Could the Apple Watch Ultra 4 Be Released? Most reports indicate that the Apple Watch Ultra 4 release date will coincide with Apple’s usual fall event in 2026, although this has not been confirmed yet. Here’s why the rumors are growing: Apple released the first Ultra in September 2022, the Ultra 2 in September 2023, and the…

In the hours between elementary school pick up and dinner, my mother and I frequently drove around Cincinnati in her bright yellow Chevy Caprice, dropping in on her friends. This was the 1970s; it never occurred to me to complain or ask to go to my best friend’s house instead. As my mom and her friends spoke in hushed voices, I was usually relegated to the basement with a bag of junk food I was normally prohibited from having and explicit instructions “to behave.” I dreaded these afternoons unless we were going to Hanna Lewin’s house. Hanna was my mom’s…