One thing SEGA’s MegaDrive/Genisis and the Commodore Amiga had in common was–aside from the Motorola 68000 processor– being known for excellent music in games. As [reassembler] continues his quest to de-assemble Sonic: The Hedgehog and re-assemble the code to run on Amiga, getting the music right is a key challenge. Rather than pull MIDI info or recreate the sound by ear, [reassembler] has written a program called Sonic2MOD to automatically take the assembly file music from the MegaDrive catridge and turn it into an Amiga-style MODfile. He’s also made a video about it that you’ll find embedded below.
Of course how music gets made differs widly on the two systems. Amiga, famously has Paula, a custom...

Le secrétaire d’État américain Marco Rubio a affirmé vendredi à Paris que les objectifs des États-Unis dans leur guerre contre l’Iran devraient être atteints dans “les deux prochaines semaine”. Alors qu’il entre dans son deuxième mois, le conflit au Moyen-Orient ne montre pourtant aucun signe d’apaisement.

À New York, l’application EVA AI a organisé dans un bar une soirée Saint-Valentin ouverte aux humains souhaitant passer un moment romantique avec… leur IA compagnon. À Séoul, Perplexity AI a ouvert un coffee-shop pour recruter de nouveaux abonnés. Une tendance qui révèle le besoin d’ancrage in real life des entreprises du secteur, plus que jamais lancées dans une course pour gagner la confiance du public.

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Les frappes israélo-américaines et la riposte de l’Iran ont plongé le Moyen-Orient dans une crise aux répercussions militaires, diplomatiques et économiques multiples. Les Décodeurs font le point sur la situation.

L’actuel choc énergétique met le transport routier en difficulté économique. Peu convaincues par les mesures d’aide gouvernementales, certaines organisations professionnelles appellent à des actions le 28 mars et toute la semaine qui suit.

Par ailleurs, 12 soldats américains ont été blessés, dont deux grièvement, après qu’un missile iranien a frappé, vendredi, une base aérienne en Arabie saoudite, ont rapporté le « New York Times » et le « Wall Street Journal ». L’attaque a aussi endommagé plusieurs avions ravitailleurs américains.

Ce chroniqueur de la “Folha de São Paulo” s’interroge sur la nature de la gastronomie pauliste. Existe-t-il un plat typique de la plus grande ville du Brésil, cette mégalopole particulièrement influencée par des vagues successives d’immigration ? Ces petits dés de tapioca au fromage sont une piste intéressante.

On dit l’Europe déclinante, dépassée par les grandes puissances. Mais elle garde un privilège rare : la “belle vie”. Se lever tard, marcher sans but, déjeuner au soleil avec des amis, discuter avec son boulanger, et parfois ne rien faire du tout. À l’heure de la compétition permanente, ce luxe discret – le temps, la sociabilité, la lenteur – pourrait bien constituer la véritable victoire européenne, analyse ce journaliste d’“El Confidencial”.

Au grand étonnement de nombreux observateurs et des évêques français, Léon XIV se rend dans la ville-Etat samedi 28 mars. Après un entretien en privé avec le prince Albert II, il rencontrera jeunes et catéchumènes avant de célébrer une messe dans le stade Louis-II.

Depuis le début de la guerre, les résidents de la capitale économique de l’État hébreu vivent, comme des millions d’Israéliens, au rythme des alertes de missiles iraniens, se précipitant chaque jour dans des abris sécurisés privés ou publics, où certains d’entre eux ont élu domicile. Une vie parallèle, hachée et souterraine à laquelle ils se sont habitués, raconte ce reportage du site “The Times of Israel”.

How to talk about affordability.

La guerre en Iran a fait s’envoler le cours du pétrole et commence à peser sérieusement sur les prix à la pompe. Le gouvernement a estimé, lundi, qu’« il est trop tôt » pour parler de nouvelles aides.

More than 70 people were killed during an uprising last year which ousted Oli's government.

Once the premium option for data transfers and remote control for high-end audiovisual and other devices, FireWire (IEEE 1394) has been dying a slow death ever since Apple and Sony switched over to USB. Recently Apple correspondingly dropped support for it in MacOS 26, and Linux will follow in 2029. The bright side of this when you’re someone like [Jeff Geerling] is that this means three more years of Linux support for one’s FireWire gear, including on the Raspberry Pi with prosumer gear from 1999.
If you’re not concerned about running the latest and greatest – and supported – software, then using an old or modern Mac or PC is of course an option, but with Linux support still available [Jeff] really...

For half a century, BBC Russian had to fend off jammers. Now its website is blocked, but millions still read it.

African and Caribbean nations want countries which benefited from slavery to pay compensation but it will not be straightforward.

The 15-time major champion faces charges of driving under the influence after rolling his car in Florida.

La Bourse de New York a décroché vendredi. Au-delà de la crise énergétique causée par le conflit au Moyen-Orient et la fermeture du détroit d’Ormuz, l’incapacité du président américain à esquisser une issue inquiète les investisseurs.

Recently [ETA Prime] felt a bit underwhelmed by the raw performance of his MacBook Neo when it came to running for extended periods under full load, such as when gaming. Thus the obvious solution is to mildly over-engineer a cooling solution that takes care of issues like thermal throttling.
The Apple MacBook Neo with its repurposed iPhone 16 SoC seems to have leaned hard into answering the question whether a smartphone can be a good general purpose personal computer. Ignoring the lack of I/O, it’s overall not a bad SoC for a laptop, but like when you try to push the CPU and GPU on a smartphone, they do get pretty toasty. Due to the minimalistic cooling solution in the MacBook Neo it’ll easily hit the...

Sony has announced that as of March 27th, 2026, the company is no longer accepting orders for nearly all the products in its CFexpress and SD memory card lines. The list of affected memory products includes CFexpress Type A, Type B, and SDXC/SDHC cards, although a few models of Type B and low-end SF-UZ series SD cards remain in production, according to PetaPixel, and you may still be able to find them on shelves until the existing supply runs out.
This includes orders from the company's authorized dealers as well as general consumers for "the foreseeable future," with the news coming out on the same day Sony said it will raise PS5 prices wo …
Read the full story at The Verge.

Nadav Lapid’s furiously satirical drama, about a musician’s willful complicity in a war he reviles, tells a vast story of personal and national degradation.

A policy change announced by NeurIPS, the world’s leading AI research conference, drew widespread backlash from Chinese researchers this week and then was quickly reversed.

Google's AI republished sensitive info like contact information, the suit claims.

If you like 'Green Yuri,' check out Sal Jiang's new manga about a witch's foray into the magic of social media likes, thirst traps, and an enemies-to-lovers relationship with her internet troll.

You're on their schedule now.

If you spend a lot of time presenting or chatting over video, you know how big a difference a decent webcam can make. Thankfully, if you’re looking to level up your setup at home or at work, the last-gen Insta360 Link 2C is currently available for $119.99 ($30 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and B&H Photo. That’s the lowest price we’ve seen so far this year and only $20 more than the webcam’s lowest price to date.
Insta360 Link 2C webcam Where to Buy: $149 $119.99 at Amazon $149 $119.99 at Best Buy $149 $119.99 at B&H Photo
The Link 2C is the cheapest Link you can buy right now, and as such, it lacks the motorized gimbal found on its pricier counterparts. However, although it can’t physically follow you as...

They say eyes are windows to the soul. Well, they're also the windows to more windows, too.

Laser Welding is apparently the new hotness, in part because these sci-fi rayguns masquerading as tools are really cool. They cut! They weld! They Julienne Fry! Well, maybe not that last one. In any case, perhaps feeling the need to cancel out that coolness as quickly as he possibly could, YouTuber [Wesley Treat] decided to make a giant version of his own head.
[Wesely] had previously been 3D scanned as part of the maker scans project, which you can find over on Printables. Those of you who really hate YouTubers, take note: finally you have something  to take your frustrations out on. [Wesely] takes that model into Blender to decimate and decapitate– fans of the band Tyr may wonder if the model questioned...

This is as far into the future of the MCU as we've seen, with one exception.

A new official White House app on Android and iOS takes the content from the White House website and copies it into app format. A tweet announcing the app on Friday morning appeared alongside a video joking about missile launches that also appears to feature an iPhone, rather than the elusive Trump Phone. There's no word about exclusive features or tie-ins with the phone or Trump Mobile services.
A handful of tabs in the app mostly replicate pages that exist on the Trump Administration's version of the White House website, including news, livestreams, social feeds, and a gallery. A prominent "Get in Touch" button on the social feeds tab inc …
Read the full story at The Verge.

L’artiste avait été placé en garde à vue dans les locaux des douanes judiciaires mercredi, dans le cadre d’une enquête en cours sur une colossale affaire de blanchiment international.

The Trumpometer is just beginning to shift. | Image: The Verge / Shutterstock Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. This week I think I've found an FCC listing for the phone, showing it's received certification to launch in the US.
Last week I issued a reminder that Trump Mobile's T1 Phone does not exist, and may never exist, despite the fact that the company showed me a phone in an effort to convince me otherwise. Today instead I bring cause for optimism for the Trump phone believers: it appears to have been certified by the FCC.
FCC listings for a smartphone with the trade name "T1" show that it was...

A hacker group shares Patel's purported resume and photos - information, the FBI says, is "historical in nature".

“In response to anthropogenic forcing, the Earth’s surface generally warms as greenhouse gases trap outgoing longwave radiation. Counterintuitively, however, some regions exhibit surface cooling against this global warming background—a phenomenon known as a warming hole. Beyond the well-documented warming holes over the North Atlantic and southeastern United States, here we show that increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations can also induce summertime cooling over India. Due to the direct radiative effect of CO2, warming of the Eurasian continent relative to surrounding oceans, low-level moisture transport and vertical motion are enhanced over India. Combined with abundant summer-monsoon moisture and the...

“The number of Americans worth tens of millions and hundreds of millions of dollars has boomed in the past few decades, thanks to a rising stock market, lucrative private investments and swelling valuations for small and midsize businesses. This growing class is now a huge force in the economy, driving the demand for everything from lavish hotel rooms to private jet travel.” From Wall Street Journal.
The post They’re Rich but Not Famous—and They’re Suddenly Everywhere appeared first on Human Progress.

Massive new data centers are the physical foundation for tech companies’ hopes and dreams for AI. But the rush to expand warehouses full of energy-hungry servers has also kicked up fights across the world over their impact on power grids, utility bills, nearby communities, and the environment.  From audacious plans to launch data centers into space to the latest legal battles over pollution, The Verge has the biggest news and reporting surrounding data centers. Senators are pushing to find out how much electricity data centers actually use How the spiraling Iran conflict could affect data centers and electricity costs Seven tech giants signed Trump’s pledge to keep electricity costs from spiking around...

“Scientists have discovered all five nucleobases—the fundamental components of DNA and RNA—in pristine samples from the asteroid Ryugu, according to a study published on Monday in Nature Astronomy. The finding strengthens the case that the ingredients for life are abundant in the solar system and may have found their way to Earth from space.” From 404 Media.
The post Complete Set of DNA Ingredients Discovered on Asteroid appeared first on Human Progress.

Embedding fasteners or other hardware into 3D prints is a useful technique, but it can bring challenges when applied to large or non-flat objects. The solution? Use a gap-cap.
The gap-cap technique is essentially a 3D printed lid. One pauses a print, inserts hardware, then covers it with a lid before resuming the print. The lid — or gap-cap — does three things. It seals in the part, it fills in empty space left above the component, and it provides a nice flat surface for subsequent layers which makes the whole process much cleaner and more reliable.
This whole technique is a bit reminiscent of the idea of manual supports, except that the inserted piece is intended to be sealed into the print along with the...

“Forest growth exceeded harvesting levels in 23 EU countries with available data in 2023. A simple way to gauge whether wood production is sustainable is to compare the amount of wood harvested or otherwise removed in a year with the forest’s natural growth, known as the net annual increment, Eurostat reported on Friday. In 2023, the largest surplus of growth over removals was recorded in Romania at 39.9 million cubic metres, followed by Sweden at 26.4 million and Poland at 26.3 million. Estonia was the only country where removals were higher than growth, with 11.6 million cubic metres removed compared with a net annual increment of 9.1 million.” From The Brussels Times.
The post Forest Growth Surpasses...

The actor, who stars in the new Broadway production “Giant,” about Dahl’s fraught legacy, discusses whether we can separate the art from the artist.

Troy Edwards tells Ruth Marcus why he left his senior position in the government, and what his father-in-law, James Comey, had to do with it.

“Twenty randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comprising 15 782 participants met inclusion criteria. Lean mass constituted 25%-39% of total weight lost with incretin agonists: semaglutide (35.2% [95% CI: 31.5-38.9]), tirzepatide (25.4% [22.8-28.0]) and liraglutide (26.8% [23.1-30.5]). Lifestyle interventions showed comparable proportional lean mass loss (26.2% [24.1-28.3]; p = 0.42 for comparison), while lifestyle plus resistance training demonstrated the most favourable profile (17.5% [14.2-20.8]). Heterogeneity was moderate (I2 = 68%). No publication bias was detected (Egger’s test p = 0.23).” From National Center for Biotechnology Information.
The post GLP-1s Cut Muscle Mass at Similar Rate to...

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UGREEN vient de lancer son dock Thunderbolt 5 le plus ambitieux, le
Maxidok Revodok 17-en-1
. Avec ses 17 ports, un emplacement
SSD
intégré et 140W de charge. Vu ma passion des docks Thunderbolt, je ne pouvais pas passer à côté de ce test.
Un dock qui ne fait pas semblant
Le Maxidok Revodok arrive dans un boîtier en alliage de zinc assez imposant. On sent le poids, on sent la qualité, et le design bicolore gris et cuivre à l'arrière lui donne un petit côté premium vraiment sympa. Les ailettes à l'arrière servent de dissipation passive. Côté connectique, il y a de quoi faire. Trois ports Thunderbolt 5 (un pour relier le Mac, deux en sortie), un...

TRIBUNE // À mesure que l’intelligence artificielle progresse, l’illusion d’un gouvernement des organisations et des sociétés par les algorithmes gagne du terrain. Mais la décision ne se réduit ni à ce qui est traçable ni à ce qui est calculable : capteurs, données et modèles ne disent rien des préférences morales, des arbitrages entre pertes et bénéfices, ni des récits collectifs qui orientent notre avenir. C'est en tout cas la conviction d'Olivier Tirmarche, sociologue des organisations et associé du cabinet Bartle.

BreachForums se fracture en héritages rivaux, clones et récits concurrents dans une guerre de succession cyber.

La BnF propose un voyage aux frontières du réel et de la fiction. Cette exposition ne peut qu’attirer des géographes, qui fondent leurs savoirs et leurs recherches sur les cartes. Mais les cartes disent-elles toujours la vérité ?
Près de 200 œuvres – parchemins médiévaux, atlas, livres imprimés, dessins, œuvres contemporaines, conduisent le visiteur du paradis terrestre à l’Atlantide, de l’Eldorado au monde de Nardia et pour finir aux territoires de Games of Thrones. Le parcours de l’exposition se fait en quatre escales :
– Celle des mondes inexplorés où dès le Moyen Age et la Renaissance, les cartes expriment autant la volonté de décrire le réel qu’un effort pour en combler...

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

Il y a quelques semaines, le 6 mars, Le Monde publiait un article sous ce titre bien alléchant :
« Les signes gravés sur une figurine vieille de plus de 32 000 ans formeraient une proto-écriture ».
Avec comme illustration ladite figurine, nommée « l’Adorant », présentant effectivement tout un réseau de petites encoches (image ci-contre).
Nous y apprenions que ledit petit objet porte « 39 encoches sur ses bords et 49 autres sur son revers. En analysant les séquences statistiques des signes gravés sur plus de 200 autres objets de cette période, un linguiste et une archéologue allemands y voient des caractéristiques similaires à une proto-écriture cunéiforme, apparue en Mésopotamie vers...

Jeudi 26 mars, Blaise Mao, directeur de la rédaction d'Usbek & Rica, était l'invité de l'émission Le Talk de France Info pour parler du déploiement de l'intelligence artificielle en entreprise et de ses conséquences sur l'emploi, en compagnie de Damien Hontang, le CEO de Cobl.

Avec Les Fleurs du Manguier (Hara Watan), le cinéaste japonais Akio Fujimoto poursuit une œuvre déjà marquée par une attention constante aux trajectoires migratoires et aux identités en marge. Son cinéma, à la frontière de la fiction et du documentaire, se distingue par une approche épurée et profondément humaniste. Nous nous sommes entretenus avec lui à l'occasion de la projection du film au Festival du film et forum international sur les droits humains.

  Chers LSpistes, Chères LSpistes,
Vous souvenez-vous que Langue sauce piquante a deux résidences ? Celle que vous connaissez depuis la naissance du blog en novembre 2004 et une autre que nous occupons depuis presque un an ?
Vous n’avez qu’à pousser la porte !
(photo : LSP)

Un développeur indépendant a créé une horloge qui affiche des anecdotes mathématiques pour chaque minute de la journée, de 00h00 à 23h59. Nombres premiers, suite de Fibonacci, décimales de Pi ou de e...
Momentous est gratuite,
disponible sur le Web
et sur
iPhone
. Un projet passion assumé, puisque le créateur admet être quasiment le seul à l'utiliser.
Une horloge pas comme les autres
Oubliez les cadrans classiques. Momentous, imaginée par le développeur Andy Isaacson, part d'un postulat un peu fou : et si chaque minute de la journée avait quelque chose de spécial à raconter ? L'application affiche l'heure, oui, mais elle y associe une anecdote mathématique tirée des propriétés du nombre...

Canonical vient de publier la bêta d'Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, nom de code Resolute Raccoon. Au menu de cette future version longue durée : le noyau Linux 7.0, GNOME 50, l'abandon pur et simple de X11 au profit de Wayland, et un bon lot de nouveautés côté sécurité avec chiffrement TPM, cryptographie post-quantique et même sudo réécrit en Rust. La version finale est attendue le 23 avril.
Ce qui change
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS embarque le noyau Linux 7.0, qui apporte la prise en charge des processeurs Intel Nova Lake, AMD Zen 6, et les premières bases pour les puces Qualcomm Snapdragon X2. Le pilote graphique Mesa passe en version 26.0.2, et les pilotes NVIDIA grimpent à la version 590.
Côté langages, on retrouve...

Last August, we reported on the case of David Dunbar, a Wexford man who consented to a €480,000 damages judgment after Sky exposed his illegal IPTV operation. The initially defiant IPTV operator had destroyed evidence and was fined €30,000 for contempt of court. This penalty followed Dunbar’s refusal to allow investigators to search his home, despite a High Court-sanctioned Anton Piller order.
While much of the internal service data was reportedly lost, the man’s Revolut account revealed that he received €118,992 from resellers over a period of three and a half years. During this time, subscribers also paid €72,414 and £9,256.
While Sky was pleased with the actions against the man who they...