CONCLUSION: No clinically-meaningful effects of aspirin or omega-3 FAs on AMD were found. Although the study had very limited statistical power to detect clinically relevant effects, these data overcome some methodological limitations of previous observational studies, providing randomised evidence of both treatments on AMD, which could contribute to future meta-analyses. →
Modern software development faces a multitude of challenges that extend beyond simple code generation or bug detection. Developers must navigate complex codebases, manage legacy systems, and address subtle issues that standard automated tools often overlook. Traditional approaches in automated program repair have largely relied on supervised learning techniques or proprietary systems that are not easily… →
Diffusion models are promising in long-horizon planning by generating complex trajectories through iterative denoising. However, their ability to improve performance through more computation at test time is minimal. In comparison to Monte Carlo Tree Search, whose strength lies in taking advantage of additional computational resources, typical diffusion-based planners will likely suffer from diminishing returns in… →
Creating songs from text is difficult because it involves generating vocals and instrumental music together. Songs are unique as they combine lyrics and melodies to express emotions, making the process more complex than generating speech or instrumental music alone. The challenge is intensified by the insufficient availability of quality open-source data, which restrains research and… →
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google Local Service Ads opts advertisers into booking links, by default… →
Google Ads had a bug with the sitelinks creation page, where the prefill functionality was not working right. Google confirmed the issue and said it was «very limited and was not widespread.» →
Google has sent out an email to its Google Local Service Ads advertisers, notifying them that they are now letting searchers use a booking link to schedule an appointment or service, when the booking link is detected on the Google Business Profile of that business. →
A few weeks ago, we saw Microsoft testing green colored sponsored URLs for the Bing search results. Now I am seeing reports of both underlined and bolded URLs and titles of the sponsored results, where the organic/free listings are not underlined or bolded. →
Last April 2024, Gary Illyes from Google said he was on a mission to make web crawling more efficient, he wanted to «figure out how to crawl even less, and have fewer bytes on wire.» Gary updated us saying «there’s lots more in works» for this but implies some improvements have already been made. →
Creating great content will only take you so far. You also need to attract an audience and ensure they’ll see, share, and act on your stories. Follow this upgraded approach to gain a marketing advantage. →