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[Submitted on 1 Aug 2025 (v1), last revised 21 Nov 2025 (this version, v2)] View a PDF of the paper titled Platonic Representations for Poverty Mapping: Unified Vision-Language Codes or Agent-Induced Novelty?, by Satiyabooshan Murugaboopathy and Connor T. Jerzak and Adel Daoud View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:We investigate whether socio-economic indicators like household wealth leave recoverable imprints in satellite imagery (capturing physical features) and Internet-sourced text (reflecting historical/economic narratives). Using Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data from African neighborhoods, we pair Landsat images with LLM-generated textual descriptions conditioned on location/year and text retrieved by an AI search agent from web…

I enjoy cooking, but sometimes I’ll opt for a pre-made meal at the grocery store. They have some impressive entrees like steak and asparagus or salmon with orzo; stuff I can toss in the oven for about 20 minutes and then devour. Normally, I’ll stick with what’s in the tray, but when I’m feeling zesty, I’ll customize it with a compound butter for the steak or a quick cream sauce for the salmon.5 things you should automate todayLow-code workflow automation works about the same. You could just stick with what no-code platforms allow—pairing entrees and sides for a solid dinner.…

A recent Reddit thread suggests that it’s possible for a cosmic orange iPhone 17 Pro to turn vibrant pink. As PCMag’s Eric Zeman noted, it’s likely that the phone has been discolored by cleaning substances that affected the finish, turning it from vibrant orange to a wild hot pink. Sure, this might technically be a fault, but in all honesty I love pink phones and the idea of a hot pink iPhone 17 Pro filled me with joy. So I wanted to see if I could test the theory and see just what color-changing effects various household cleaners might have on my…

Black Friday is nearly here, and you might be looking to take advantage of the sales season and snap up a copy of Microsoft 365 Family at a reduced rate. Amazon.co.uk is offering a 12 month subscription for £77, a 27% saving off the usual £105, for six people with up to 6TB of cloud storage and AI Office apps.If you want antivirus too, you can pick up a Microsoft 365 Family sub with Norton 360 Deluxe for five devices for £90, a solid 57% off the usual £210 RRP.At first glance both appear to offer great savings. There is…

Why It Works Par-cooking the potatoes in 160°F (70°C) water enhances the development of simple sugars, leading to sweeter and more flavorful roast potatoes.Roasting the potatoes on aluminum baking sheets conducts more heat, browning and crisping them better and faster. This is an unconventional, but delicious, variation on a classic Thanksgiving side. It blends miso with mirin and fresh scallions for a Japanese twist. As long as you have the ingredients, it’s also very simple to make. Simply whisk miso—I used white, but any kind will work, each giving its own shade of flavor to the dish—with mirin (a type…

Performance Max (like the more upper-funnel Demand Gen) is different enough from other Google Ads campaigns that it requires a different approach, even if the underlying search behavior and marketing principles are the same as they’ve always been. For what it’s worth, Performance Max is typically not the first campaign to launch in any account. We typically start with Search and/or Shopping before layering on Performance Max when it makes sense, e.g., testing and scaling. But when the time comes to make it work, it takes a specific mindset. And if your Google Ads methods and principles are still stuck…

This month’s OnePlus 15 arrived to much fanfare about its enormous battery life, but no sign of the cheaper 15R that was expected alongside it. Now we finally know that phone will be revealed on December 17th, alongside the OnePlus Pad Go 2 and Watch Lite.Both the phone and tablet will release in the US, Europe and India, though the budget watch is only landing in Europe. There’s no guarantee that the 15R will actually go on sale to American buyers before the end of the year though — FCC delays caused by the government shutdown mean the 15 release…

I’m an anxious traveller, especially when my travels involve flying and sitting in a plane for nearly 10 hours. Though I live in the U.K., I make a trip back home to India once or twice a year, and when I’m away for weeks on end, a nagging worry about the safety of my apartment is always at the back of my head. But having one of the best home security cameras can help ease that anxiety.While I was away for three weeks this month, I opted for a cute, tiny home security robot that let me monitor my apartment…

A social media strategy might feel a little like a box-ticking exercise. Do you really need one to be successful on social media (especially if you’re a creator, rather than an enterprise social media marketer?). If getting views for views’ sake is all you’re after, maybe not — loads of folks go viral by accident. But where to from there?Even if you do manage to successfully build an audience, how will you monetize? Turn them into subscribers? Convert them into customers?That’s where your social media strategy comes in. Your social media strategy defines where you want your social media presence to…

Hilti’s Push for Safer, Smarter JobsitesWhen it comes to jobsite innovation, few brands take safety as seriously as Hilti. While most manufacturers talk about safety, Hilti builds it into everything they make, from AVR (Active Vibration Reduction) in their drilling tools, to ATC (Active Torque Control) that stops kickback before it injures your wrist, to integrated guards and braking systems in their grinders, and some of the best dust extraction solutions on the market. These aren’t optional accessories, they’re standard Hilti engineering.Hilti is far ahead of the competition in this area, and they deserve credit for that. Let’s be honest, safety…