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Rebuilding connection: How Lego play is supporting people with memory conditions

The Six Bricks session brought the young and the elderly to build side by side and rediscover the value of play and togetherness in line with Ramadan ...
CNN

The best camping tables in 2026, tried and tested

Camping tents and sleeping bags may get the glory, but your camping table is arguably the MVP of any camping trip. That’s because it’s the glue that ties together the best camp kitchens, acting as the ...
Ars Technica

DeepSeek tests “sparse attention” to slash AI processing costs

Ever wonder why ChatGPT slows down during long conversations? The culprit is a fundamental mathematical challenge: Processing long sequences of text requires massive computational resources, even with ...
TechCrunch

DeepSeek releases ‘sparse attention’ model that cuts API costs in half

Researchers at DeepSeek on Monday released a new experimental model called V3.2-exp, designed to have dramatically lower inference costs when used in long-context operations. DeepSeek announced the ...
Syria Direct

Aid cuts leave Ramadan tables sparse in Jordan’s Zaatari camp

ZAATARI — In Zaatari, the world’s largest Syrian refugee camp, supermarkets are packed. Decorations for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan dangle above shoppers preparing for the evening’s fast-breaking ...
IEEE

Data Structure Sparse Table

Abstract: This article discusses the sparse table data structure: description, capabilities, and scope of application. The results of comparison with such data structures as a segment tree and a sqrt ...