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IEEE

Pillar-X: Integrating Self-Learned Image Features to Improve 3D Object Detection

Abstract: Accurate 3D object detection is essential for robust perception systems in autonomous vehicles. This paper presents Pillar-X, a 3D object recognition framework designed to generate and use ...
Wall Street Journal

How Many Can You Name?

2025 brought us political, cultural and economic chaos, but it also gave us plenty of tangible objects to obsess over, buy and meme. There were the silly, monster-like dolls that sparked a craze among ...
RiverBender.com

Granite City Man Faces Class X Felony In Home Invasion Case

Your device does not support the audio. GRANITE CITY – A Granite City man faces a Class X felony after invading a local residence and using a BB gun to batter one of the home’s occupants. Don't miss ...
The Hill

Graham says he wishes for Ukraine peace deal ‘that would prevent a third invasion’

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Sunday that he wishes for a Russia-Ukraine war peace deal “that would prevent a third invasion,” likely referencing the 2014 and 2022 Russian incursions on Ukrainian ...
The Conversation

How Venezuela has been preparing for a US invasion for more than two decades

In the latest escalation of tensions between the US and Venezuela, on December 17 US President Donald Trump ordered a “complete blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers going into and out of Venezuela. His ...