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by The Verge - about 6 minutes
Earlier this month, The Guardian published an investigation that showed Google was serving up misleading and outright false information via its AI overviews in response to certain medical inquiries. Now those results appear to have been removed. According to the original report: In one case that experts described as "really dangerous", Google wrongly advised people with pancreatic cancer to avoid high-fat foods. Experts said this was the exact opposite of what should be recommended, and may increase the risk of patients dying from the disease.
In another "alarming" example, the company provided bogus information about crucial liver func …
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by BBC - about 11 minutes
Medics at two hospitals tell the BBC more than 100 bodies have been brought in over a two day period.
by The Verge - about 25 minutes
It happens every year: we set ambitious New Year's resolutions - work out more, spend less, keep the house cleaner - full of optimism and motivation. Then life happens, and suddenly it's June and you can't recall what your resolutions even were. But it doesn't have to be that way. Sometimes the problem isn't a lack of motivation but rather a lack of tools, the kind that can make those goals feel more manageable and easier to achieve. After all, the right gear can help turn good intentions into habits that actually last.
Below, we've rounded up a few of our favorite tools, all of which are designed to help our readers achieve many of the m …
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by Conspiracy Watch - about 29 minutes
L'actu de la semaine décryptée par Conspiracy Watch (du 05/01/2026 au 11/01/2026).
by HackAdAy - about 1 hour
At some point during our primary school careers, most of us probably constructed a simple compass, often by floating a magnetized needle on a cork in a cup of water. The water in such a configuration not only lets the needle spin without friction, but also dampens out (so to speak) the needle’s tendency to swing back and forth across the north-south line. Liquid-filled compasses use the same principle, but even well-made compasses can develop bubbles when exposed to temperature or pressure variations. Rather than accept this unsightly state of affairs, [The Map Reading Company] designed a new kind of liquid-free, inductively-damped compass.
It’s hard to design a compass that settles quickly, even if it...
by New Yorker - about 2 hours
With demonstrations in dozens of cities across Iran, Ali Khamenei and his regime are faced with a dilemma.
by io9 - about 2 hours
North American fans of 'Warhammer' can rejoice at getting a Warhammer World of their own to visit sometime at the end of 2027.
by The Verge - about 2 hours
If you're one of the many, many people who received a password reset email from Instagram the other day, the company says it fixed the issue. What was the issue? Unclear. We reached out to Meta for clarification and have yet to receive a response. All we know is that an "external party" triggered the emails, and Instagram says you can safely ignore them. The company posted on X that the issue had been fixed and also claimed there was no breach of its systems. This seemingly contradicts reports from Malwarebytes, which said that information on 17.5 million Instagram accounts, including usernames, physical addresses, phone numbers, and email …
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by BBC - about 2 hours
Days after the death of Renee Good, protests continue in Minneapolis and cities across the US.
by The Verge - about 2 hours
GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen is in line to potentially earn $35 billion in stock options, so long as the company hits a $100 billion market cap. One way to hit that target is by cutting costs, and one way of cutting costs is to close down a bunch of stores. The company closed 590 stores in fiscal year 2024, and said in a recent SEC filing that it anticipates "closing a significant number of additional stores in fiscal 2025." With the fiscal year set to end on January 31st, it appears the race is on, and according to a blog tracking closures, GameStop is planning on shuttering (or already has) over 430 stores this month.
As of Sunday, January 11t …
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by Les Décodeurs - about 3 hours
Vous n’avez pas suivi l’actualité samedi 10 et dimanche 11 janvier ? Voici ce qu’il s’est passé pendant ces dernières quarante-huit heures.
by Courrier International - about 3 hours
La politique violemment anti-immigration du président américain met à mal les accords passés entre Washington et une bonne dizaine de micronations de l’océan Pacifique. Une rupture de confiance dans laquelle la Chine s’engouffre avec pragmatisme et avidité, relève cette tribune d’un chercheur de l’université d’Hawaii.
by BBC - about 3 hours
Trump has been turning his attention to Cuba since US forces seized Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.
by Le Monde - about 3 hours
Antonio Guterres s’est déclaré dimanche « choqué par les rapports faisant état de violences » à l’encontre des manifestants en Iran. Il appelle en outre les autorités « à prendre des mesures permettant l’accès à l’information dans le pays, notamment en rétablissant les communications ».
by Courrier International - about 3 hours
Nombre de ces petits restaurants populaires baissent le rideau, rapporte le “Jornal de Notícias”, et sont remplacés notamment par des chaînes de fast-food. Confrontés à l’envolée des prix des matières premières, les professionnels du secteur réclament au gouvernement une baisse de la TVA pour que survive ce pilier de la gastronomie portugaise et du tourisme.
by Le Monde - about 3 hours
Le président de Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel a assuré dimanche que « personne ne dicte quoi faire » à son pays. Plus tôt, Donald Trump avait menacé l’île et republié sur sa plateforme Truth Social un message imaginant Marco Rubio président de Cuba.
by io9 - about 3 hours
Disney quietly canceled a Ben Solo movie, but the character's fans are trying to loudly make a case for why it should happen.
by Courrier International - about 4 hours
Des témoignages publiés ce 11 janvier, trois jours après l’intensification du mouvement de contestation contre le régime, laissent craindre une répression plus meurtrière que jamais des manifestations à travers l’Iran. Sur le plan diplomatique, les États-Unis, qui ont promis de réagir, semblent temporiser pour évaluer leurs options.
by La Horde - about 4 hours
Devant l'institut du Monde Arabe (1 rue des Fossés Saint Bernard, 75005, Paris) -
Initiatives
by La Horde - about 4 hours
Nouveau rassemblement lundi dès 11h00 devant la mairie d'Hénin-Beaumont. -
Initiatives
by La Horde - about 4 hours
Riposte antifasciste accueille Felicien Faury, sociologue du vote RN. -
Initiatives / Rencontres et débats
by The Verge - about 4 hours
This week, Google announced a new AI Inbox view for Gmail that replaces the traditional list of emails with an AI-generated list of to-dos and topics to track based on what's in your inbox. It's not widely available yet, but I have access, and in the few hours I've spent messing around with it, I can see how AI Inbox could be a helpful or even transformational way to manage your inbox. But right now, it's not going to change the way I manage my email, and I'm not sure it ever will.
Before I dig in, I should note a few things upfront. AI Inbox is a very early product that's currently only available to "trusted testers." It's unlikely that yo …
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by HackAdAy - about 4 hours
Continuing his reverse-engineering of the Intel 8087, [Ken Shirriff] covers the conditional tests that are implemented in the microcode of this floating point processing unit (FPU). This microcode contains the details on how to perform the many types of specialized instructions, like cos and arctan, all of which decode into many microcode ops. These micro ops are executed by the microcode engine, which [Ken] will cover in more detail in an upcoming article, but which is effectively its own CPU.
Conditional instructions are implemented in hardware, integrating the states of various functional blocks across the die, ranging from the instruction decoder to a register. Here, the evaluation is performed as close as...
by Courrier International - about 5 hours
Si les autoroutes allemandes sont prisées des amateurs de vitesse depuis des années, certains partagent désormais leurs exploits sur les réseaux sociaux. Le phénomène médiatique inquiète les autorités, qui dénoncent une incitation aux comportements à risque, note “Der Spiegel”.
by BBC - about 5 hours
A state of emergency has been declared in Victoria as thousands of firefighters battle the blaze.
by Korben - about 6 hours
Cet article fait partie de
ma série spéciale hackers
. Bonne lecture !
Le 7 août 2019, dans le Mississippi, des centaines d'enfants rentrent de leur premier jour d'école. Cartables sur le dos, ils s'attendent à retrouver leurs parents pour raconter leur journée.
Mais à la place, ils découvrent des maisons vides ou des usines encerclées par des agents fédéraux. Ce jour-là, l'ICE (les services d'immigration américains) mène la plus grande opération de l'histoire du pays en un seul État : 680 personnes sont arrêtées, menottées et embarquées dans des camionnettes blanches. Source L'enquête qui a mené à ces rafles n'a pas été montée "à l’ancienne" sur un tableau en liège avec des...
by Human Progress - about 6 hours
“Can Big Astronomy be nimble and economical? Eric Schmidt, the former chief executive of Google, and his wife Wendy are betting on yes. Schmidt Sciences, which is part of the Schmidts’ philanthropic efforts, is financing the construction of four major new telescopes, including one destined for orbit, that will rival the capabilities of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. And the organization aims to have all four telescopes up and running within four years, a sprint compared with the decade or longer span that world-class astronomical facilities often take to complete… Schmidt Sciences has for several years quietly financed preliminary design studies, technology development and prototypes. The organization...
by Paul Jorion - about 7 hours
 Joseph Le Hyaric (1923-2014)
by Wired - about 7 hours
I've spent almost a year testing dozens of heat protectants for hair. Whether you’re blow-drying, curling, or straightening, these are the best formulas I've found.
by HackAdAy - about 7 hours
[Ronan] likes 35mm film photography, but the world, of course, has gone digital. He picked up an Epson FilmScan 200 for about €10. This wonder device from 1997 promised to convert 35mm film to digital at 1200 DPI resolution. But there was a catch: it connects via SCSI. Worse, the drivers were forever locked to Windows 95/98 and Mac System 7/8.
In a surprise twist, though, [Ronan] recently resurrected a Mac SE/30 with the requisite SCSI port and the System 7 OS. Problem solved? Not quite. The official software is a plugin for Photoshop. So the obvious answer is to write new software to interact with the device. First, of course, you have to figure out how the device works. A service manual provided clues...
by Wired - about 7 hours
This is a promising stand-alone Dolby Atmos soundbar for music fans, but it still needs a few software tweaks.
by daryo Bluesky - about 8 hours
📷 Lensball • ○ ◯
by Wired - about 8 hours
Sony’s latest full frame mirrorless is a hybrid powerhouse with features to impress both video and still photographers.
by New Yorker - about 8 hours
The U.S., once Denmark’s closest ally, is threatening to steal Greenland and attacking the country’s wind-power industry. Is this a permanent breakup?
by New Yorker - about 8 hours
With Cove, his fourth restaurant, in Hudson Square, the twenty-seven-year-old wunderkind chef cooks with a new expansiveness.
by Wired - about 8 hours
Traditionally sleep coaches treat babies. But now more and more anxious, screen-attached grownups are the ones who need nursing.
by New Yorker - about 8 hours
The author discusses her story “Kim’s Game.”
by New Yorker - about 8 hours
Capote’s journalistic transgressions were serious, but there is no denying the awesome influence of his work.
by Wired - about 9 hours
We’ve tested hundreds of the top hybrid, memory foam, and cooling mattresses to find the best combination of support and pressure relief.
by QZ - about 9 hours
Recent estimates show that 5.5 million federal student loan borrowers are currently in default. Experts weigh in on what to do if you're one of them
by QZ - about 9 hours
These models all run north of $1,000 — but Consumer Reports says they'll last long, use little energy, and make sure your dishes are clean and dry
by HackAdAy - about 10 hours
Emulating older computers on microcontrollers has been a staple of retrocomputing for many years now, with most 8-bit and some 16-bit machines available on Atmel, ARM, or ESP32 platforms. But there’s always been a horsepower limit, a point beyond which a microcontroller is no longer enough, and a “proper” computer is needed. One of those barriers now appears to have been broken, as microcontroller-based emulation moves into the 32-bit era. [Amcchord] has the Basilisk II emulator ported to the ESP32-P4 platform, providing a 68040 Mac able to run OS8.1. This early-1990s-spec machine might not seem like much in 2026, but it represents a major step forward.
The hardware it uses is the M5Stack Tab5, and it...
by Le Monde - about 10 hours
Tous les partis dénoncent la politique de Donald Trump. La fracture persiste cependant entre pro-européens et partisans d’une réponse nationale.
by Korben - about 10 hours
Vous connaissez probablement
les prouesses de Claude Code pour décompiler du code
, ou encore
son utilisation pour automatiser la création d'outils
, mais là, on a passé un cap.
Bernard Lambeau, un développeur belge avec plus de 25 ans d'expérience et un doctorat en informatique, a décidé de pousser le concept jusqu'au bout à savoir utiliser Claude Code non pas pour écrire quelques scripts, mais pour générer un langage de programmation complet.
Carrément ! Il est chaud Bernard, car quand je dis complet, je parle d'un compilateur entier avec analyseur lexical, un parseur, un système de typage, des backends multiples...etc. Voilà, comme ça, en full pair-programming avec une IA.
Ça s'appelle Elo...
by Journal du Lapin - about 12 hours
Je l’avais vu passer il y a quelques années, mais cette fois, je l’ai acheté. La société Bliss-Box propose un adaptateur qui permet en théorie de brancher une manette de Pippin en USB, pour l’utiliser dans des émulateurs ou des jeux modernes. Mais ce n’est pas aussi simple. Les produits de Bliss-Box permettent de relier des manettes issues de vieilles consoles à un système moderne, en USB. L’ensemble se compose de deux choses : un premier adaptateur avec une prise USB-A mâle et une prise HDMI femelle, et un second adaptateur avec d’un côté une prise HDMI mâle et de l’autre une prise femelle pour les manettes. Dans le cas de la Pippin, c’est une prise Mini DIN 4, soit de l’ADB....
by Le Monde - about 12 hours
Dans « Marty Supreme », de Josh Safdie, Timothée Chalamet incarne Marty Mauser, un personnage inspiré de Marty Reisman, champion de tennis de table dans les années 1950. Ce rôle consacre la star de 30 ans comme un des plus grands acteurs de sa génération, favori dans la course aux Oscars. Le photographe Tim El Kaïm a eu accès en exclusivité au tournage de ce film événement, qui sortira en France en février.
by La Horde - about 13 hours
Appel à une manifestation contre la Taverne de Thor, le lieu de rencontre des Hammerskins dans le Grand Est. -
Initiatives / Taverne de Thor, Extrême droite radicale, Manifs et rassemblements
by HackAdAy - about 13 hours
The Tamagotchi Connection is a series of Tamagotchi toys that took the original portable pet concept and mixed things up with a wireless connection, which allowed you to interact with the pets of other proud Tamagotchi owners. This wireless connection is implemented using an infrared transceiver, somewhat like IrDA, but as [Zach Resmer] discovered while reverse-engineering this connection, it’s actually what is called ‘Nearly NEC’ by [Natalie Silvanovich], who has a GitHub repository full of related Tamagotchi hacking tools and ROM dumps.
With the protocol figured out, creating a transceiver for low-bitrate infrared communication isn’t particularly hard. In this case, it was implemented using an RP2040...
by Usbek & Rica - about 13 hours
Génocides, crimes contre l’humanité et crimes de guerre ne sont plus seuls à nourrir la demande de justice universelle. Verra-t-on bientôt celle-ci s’appliquer à des cas d’écocides, de faillites de pays ou d’actes terroristes ? Cette question, Usbek & Rica la posait déjà en 2020 dans les pages de son magazine. Six ans plus tard, à l'heure où le droit international est bafoué comme jamais, il est précieux de relire cette enquête.
by Les Décodeurs - about 14 hours
A l’intersection des rues (1/3). Au diapason de nouveaux débats politiques, le nom de nos espaces publics change, des figures nouvelles sont valorisées. La féminisation, longtemps impensée, s’impose depuis quelques années dans les priorités des nombreuses municipalités.
by Le Monde - about 14 hours
Arrestations massives de manifestants et élargissement du rôle de l’armée : les méthodes de gouvernance du président, arrivé au pouvoir en octobre 2024, pour transformer l’Indonésie en puissance riche et respectée, rappellent les heures sombres du régime de Suharto.
by BBC - about 16 hours
Weir was a fixture in the psychedelic rock group and its various spin-offs over 60 years.
by io9 - yesterday at 23:59
Your info might be for sale on the dark web.
by io9 - yesterday at 22:15
Not everyone liked hearing Disney got into bed with OpenAI, but SAG-AFTRA thinks it could be good for transparency and progress.
by io9 - yesterday at 21:51
He’s been claiming he would make the algorithm open source since 2022.
by Korben - saturday at 19:44
Alors celle-là, c’est la meilleure ! Si vous pensiez que les filtres de sécurité des IA étaient devenus des forteresses imprenables, préparez-vous à rigoler un bon coup car aujourd'hui, on va parler de comment j'ai réussi à rouler Gemini dans la farine avec une bidouille tellement simple que c'en est presque gênant pour Google.
Rassurez-vous quand même, c'est moins glauque que ce que tous les détraqués du bocal ont fait avec Grok ces dernières semaines.
Vous avez sans doute remarqué que dès qu'on demande à Nano Banana de bosser sur des photos de personnalités publiques, ou même juste de gens normaux, il se braque direct. Le machin vous sort son petit message pré-enregistré genre : "I can...
by QZ - saturday at 19:22
As Grok keeps pilling up scandals inside X — from deepfakes to hate speech — Elon Musk’s xAI keeps scaling like credibility is a downstream problem
by Zataz - saturday at 18:16
L’arnaque OPCOPRO illustre une fraude financière pilotée par l’IA, créant une réalité numérique pour manipuler confiance, identité et investissements....
by Conspiracy Watch - saturday at 18:07
Condamné en décembre 2024, l'activiste anti-islamophobie, qui a été pendant plusieurs années un compagnon de route de la mouvance soralo-dieudonniste, comparaissait mercredi et jeudi devant la cour d'appel.