U.S. Hiring Continues at Modest Pace, but Weaknesses Are Evident

Employers continued to hire modestly in December and the unemployment rate declined, federal data showed on Friday, but hiring across 2025 was the weakest in five years, driven in part by government ...
IEEE

Reinforcement Learning Based Online Algorithm for Near-Field Time-Varying IRS Phase Shift Optimization: System Evolution Perspective

Abstract: This paper proposes a reinforcement learning (RL) based intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) incremental control algorithm for a mmWave time-varying multi-user multiple-input single-output ...
IEEE

Enabling Real-Time Near-Field Focusing Imaging With Space-Time-Coding Metasurface Antenna

Abstract: This article proposes a microwave near-field focus steerable imaging system operating at 22.5 GHz, built upon a space-time-coding metasurface antenna (STCMA), featuring real-time dynamic ...
Boston Herald

Massachusetts state employee suspended with pay busted for working private job at same time

A Bay State employee who was suspended with pay was busted for working a private job at the same time. Ex-Department of Developmental Services residential supervisor Viki Briggs — who took home more ...