• Google released a new blog post on “Graph-powered Machine Learning,” outlining how large-scale graph structures are being integrated into modern ML pipelines to improve performance and scalability.  
• Bryan Bishop published complete, open-access transcripts from the Scaling Bitcoin Milan 2016 conference, now mirrored at diyhpl.us/diyhpluswiki/transcripts/scalingbitcoin/milan/.  
• The transcripts cover emerging fungibility and privacy tools such as JoinMarket, TumbleBit, and Mimblewimble, as well as Lightning Network routing proposals (Flare, Sphinx) and onion-routing techniques.  
• Sidechain design discussions, including Paul Sztorc’s work, are documented alongside timestamping schemes and methods for unlinkable outsourced channel monitoring.  
• Day-1 working-group summaries, slides, and direct video links for every talk are included, providing a comprehensive open resource for cryptocurrency scalability research.  
• Channel participants proposed adopting a concise, LinuxCNC-style log index for future IRC summaries, featuring topic headings that link to exact log lines and list active speakers.  
• PubMed removed its JavaScript requirement for abstract viewing, improving accessibility for researchers who rely on lightweight or text-based tools.