Bridging Black Holes and Gauge Theory
New research reveals a surprising connection between the geometry of quantum field theories and the spectral properties of higher-dimensional black holes.
New research reveals a surprising connection between the geometry of quantum field theories and the spectral properties of higher-dimensional black holes.

The Uchiha Clan is known for producing some of the most skilled and powerful ninja in the world of Naruto, especially when it comes to mastering impressive abilities. This article will explore five of the most potent techniques created by members of this clan, and explain what makes them so formidable.
As noted by the astute Julio Moreno of CryptoQuant, this represents the most noteworthy activity by a “Satoshi-era” whale since the end of 2024, which may lead one to ponder what exactly happens in the deep recesses of the digital ocean during such lengthy periods of silence. 🐋

Around the late 2010s, “Nindie Showcases” helped introduce games like My Friend Pedro and Yooka-Laylee as they launched on the Nintendo Switch. Nintendo playfully combined “Nintendo” and “indie” to create the “Nindie” brand for these independent games. While the branding was creative and well-received, it eventually caused legal concerns within Nintendo.

Since being added to Overwatch 2 a month ago, Vendetta has been causing problems for players of all skill levels. Surprisingly, she received a power boost soon after her release. While she was slightly weakened shortly after that, and significantly so in the mid-Season 20 update, it’s still unclear if these changes will be enough to balance her power. Many still consider her a formidable opponent.

The recent return of free logins for Final Fantasy 14 came at a difficult time for the game. Since late 2025, Final Fantasy 14 has been repeatedly targeted by distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, specifically aimed at its North American servers. These attacks worsened after the release of the final, most challenging version of the Arcadion raid on January 6th, with players reporting over a dozen disruptions and disconnects. These server problems hindered players’ performance in the new raids, and some teams even lost opportunities to win boss battles because of the attacks. Fortunately, the attacks mostly stopped by January 8th, after several raid teams successfully completed the challenging Arcadion raids.

Developed by a talented team including Wishes Ultd., Greg Lobanov, and Lena Raine, Chicory: A Colorful Tale is a charming adventure game set in a world that looks like a coloring book. The land of Picnic Province has lost all its color when Chicory, a famous artist, disappears. Players step into the role of her biggest fan, inheriting her magical Brush and tasked with restoring color to the world. You’ll explore, solve puzzles, and connect with friendly characters, all while using your painting abilities to bring life back to everything around you. It’s a delightful mix of the adventurous puzzle-solving found in The Legend of Zelda and the relaxing, heartwarming atmosphere of Animal Crossing, yet remains a hidden gem in the gaming world.

As One We Survive is a new top-down survival game coming to Steam. Set in a post-apocalyptic America, you play as a father desperately seeking help for his ailing daughter. It features all the core elements of an open-world survival game – exploring, gathering resources, fighting, and crafting. However, it emphasizes realistic challenges, with limited healing and the need to maintain your weapons, making it more difficult than many similar games. If you enjoy the exploration and crafting of Valheim, the community building in State of Decay, or the intense survival of Project Zomboid, As One We Survive might be for you. The game will be available in Early Access on Steam soon.
The drumbeat of policy around digital assets swells with allegorical confidence. The Senate Banking Committee, guardian of markets and occasional arbiter of fashionable opinion, announced on Jan. 9, 2026, that it will hold a markup on comprehensive digital asset market structure legislation on Jan. 15, 2026, nudging the bill toward formal deliberation. The air will be thick with the sighs of staffers and the clicks of pens as destiny-well, regulation-draws nearer. 😅
![Under conditions of limited human-time, a persistent divergence emerges between honest and adversarial commitment weights-illustrated by [latex]W\_H(t) - W\_A(t)[/latex]-as honest validators consistently solve challenges and remain online, while the adversary’s progress is constrained by a fixed capacity, empirically validating the predicted drift behavior outlined in Lemma 6.2.](https://arxiv.org/html/2601.04813v1/fig_commitment_trajectories.png)
A new consensus primitive leverages uniquely human effort as a scarce resource to provide Sybil resistance and a fundamentally different security model.