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by io9 - about 24 minutes
The new fee starts Feb. 1, 2026.
by The Verge - about 30 minutes
The Apple Watch Series 11 currently starts at just $329, which is its lowest price ever. Cyber Monday is usually just a repeat of Black Friday, but occasionally the annual, online-focused shopping event brings something even better. For example, the 42mm Apple Watch Series 11 with GPS is even cheaper than it was a few days ago, with a fresh $70 discount that brings the 2025 model down to $329 at Amazon, Best Buy, and Target. For larger wrists (or those who just want a bigger watch), the 46mm model with GPS costs $359 (also $70 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and Target.
Apple Watch Series 11 (42mm, GPS) Where to Buy: $399 $329 at Amazon $399 $329 at Walmart $399 $329 at Best BuyApple Watch Series 11 (46mm, GPS)...
by io9 - about 32 minutes
io9 spoke to the 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' director about his plans for his trademark franchise.
by The Verge - about 44 minutes
One year after the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan, his alleged shooter, Luigi Mangione, faces charges of first and second degree murder, criminal possession of a weapon, stalking, forgery, and others.  Mangione has become a folk hero to many online, amid debates over wealth inequality, healthcare affordability, and even content moderation. His hearings have drawn hundreds of supporters to camp outside courthouses, including some who have sent Mangione letters and gifts. Videos of him coming and going from court appearances regularly garner millions of views, and he has even become the inspiration for fan fictions and Etsy listings.  The Department of Justice is now seeking the...
by FluxBlog - about 54 minutes
Wolf Alice “White Horses”
Unlike most Wolf Alice tracks, Ellie Rowsell doesn’t take the lead on “White Horses,” yet the song still showcases one of her most inspired vocal performances. The primary vocal is handled by drummer Joel Amey, who sings introspective lyrics about not knowing a chunk of his family lineage due to his mother being adopted. His vocal is cool and rhythmic, locked in with his driving beat and the brightly ringing guitar chords. Rowsell goes for contrast, belting out the emotional core of the song – “know who I am, that’s important to me” – in a distinctly B-52’s-esque harmony, right on down to her pinched timbre sounding just like Cindy Wilson. It’s a bold choice...
by The Verge - about 1 hour
December is kicking off with a bang. Cyber Monday is today, and it’s one of your last chances to score major deals before the holiday rush plows us all over. It’s a great moment to snag gadgets — many of which have been tested by The Verge — at (or close to) all-time lows if you missed out over the weekend, or if you methodically waited to shop until now. We’ve combed through the thousands of deals and gathered the best available below, so you can make the most of what’s left. Not only that, but we’ve also created some budget- and category-specific roundups: looking for items under $50? We’ve got you covered. Only interested in TVs or Apple gear? We’ve got those, too. Apple dealsStreaming...
by The Verge - about 1 hour
OpenAI announced an ownership stake in the private equity investment firm Thrive Holdings, whose parent company, Thrive Capital, is one of the main investors in, you guessed it, OpenAI. While OpenAI did not spend money on the ownership stake, according to an anonymous source cited by The Financial Times, the company announced it would provide Thrive Holdings’ companies with employees, models, products, and services.  OpenAI may also get payouts from Thrive Holdings’ future returns, the FT wrote, citing its anonymous source. It’s the latest circular deal in an industry known for running on FOMO and handing money back-and-forth between a small group of companies.  The partnership will focus on the two...
by The Verge - yesterday at 23:56
There are deals on gaming laptops and MacBooks, as well as gaming laptops that want to be MacBooks. We’re well into Cyber Monday, and many of the same laptop deals that impressed us during Black Friday and the following weekend are still here. In fact, not only can you still save hundreds on great notebooks from Microsoft, Apple, Razer, HP, and more, but we’ve got some new accessory deals worth checking out. If you’re in the market for a new Windows laptop, gaming laptop, MacBook, or Chromebook, there really is no better time to buy one and save a whole bunch of money. The lowest prices are typically on configurations with the least storage, but with the money you save, you should be able to get a...
by io9 - yesterday at 23:45
The 'Evil Dead' legend and the 'Get Out' Oscar winner will co-produce a feature directed by newcomer Dylan Clark.
by BBC - yesterday at 23:15
Right-wing candidate Nasry Asfura leads former TV host Salvador Nasralla by just 515 votes, according to country's electoral authority.
by Wired - yesterday at 23:07
Amazon's Cyber Monday sales are live. Here are the best deals on Echo speakers, Fire TVs, and Kindles.
by io9 - yesterday at 22:57
People are desperate to get the Gemini for Home upgrade on their Google-made smart speakers.
by Wired - yesterday at 22:56
Some of the best MacBooks, Chromebooks, and gaming laptops I've reviewed this year have steep discounts for Cyber Monday.
by io9 - yesterday at 22:55
In these times, there's something refreshing about the phrase "controversial digital wallpaper app."
by Human Progress - yesterday at 22:47
“A top European court on Tuesday, November 25, ruled that an EU nation had to recognise a gay marriage recorded in another member state, following a complaint by two Poles married in Germany.” From Le Monde.
The post EU Nations Must Now Mutually Recognize Same-Sex Marriages appeared first on Human Progress.
by Le Monde - yesterday at 22:45
Le tueur présumé de Brian Thomson, abattu en plein Manhattan il y a un an, a été présenté lundi 1ᵉʳ décembre à une audience préliminaire. Il risque la prison à vie.
by Human Progress - yesterday at 22:41
“In the African region, 5 countries (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Niger and Zimbabwe) have already achieved the target for STH elimination and started preparing their dossiers with the support of the Expanded Special Project for Elimination of NTDs (ESPEN) at WHO regional office. For schistosomiasis, Egypt has already submitted to WHO its dossier of elimination of schistosomiasis as a public health problem and WHO has already set up a review committee to ascertain their evidence. Regarding verification of interruption of transmission, the following countries have not been reporting autoch- thonous schistosomiasis cases for at least 10 years and are preparing dossiers for submission: Mauritius in the African...
by Wired - yesterday at 22:32
If you like gardening or composting supplies, you won't want to miss Vego's Cyber Monday deals.
by Human Progress - yesterday at 22:21
“A rare wild orchid has been brought back from the brink of extinction by the work of dedicated conservationists. The Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland’s vascular plant red list has revealed that the Fen Orchid Liparis loeselii is officially no longer considered under threat in Britain. Cambridge University Botanic Garden has been working with Plantlife and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew to reintroduce and increase the number of Fen Orchids since 2008… In 2010, the plant was only found at three sites in East Anglia and at one site in Wales. Now it has been recorded at seven sites in England and three in Wales – with its population in the UK exceeding 10,000 individual plants.” From BBC.
The post...
by Wired - yesterday at 22:15
The streaming giant quietly removed the feature that lets you control content on your TV screen using a mobile device. The company says the feature was not widely used.
by QZ - yesterday at 22:15
New pill versions of weight loss drugs, lower prices, and patent expirations will all drive GLP-1 demand in 2026
by Wired - yesterday at 22:10
Exclusive to Cyber Monday, Amazon has dropped the price of the most powerful configuration of the Surface Laptop to just $700.
by Human Progress - yesterday at 22:04
“We estimated the number of agricultural drones operating in some of the world’s leading agricultural countries by scouring online news and trade publications in many different languages. This effort revealed where agricultural drones have already taken off around the world. Historically, most agricultural technology – tractors, for example – has spread from high-income countries to middle- and then lower-income ones over the course of many decades. Drones partially reversed and dramatically accelerated this pattern, diffusing first from East Asia to Southeast Asia, then to Latin America, and finally to North America and Europe. Their use in higher-income regions is more limited but is accelerating...
by Human Progress - yesterday at 22:01
“Brazilian authorities on Wednesday approved the world’s first single-dose dengue vaccine, which they hailed as a ‘historic’ achievement as cases of the mosquito-borne disease soar globally due to rising temperatures. Dengue, known for intense flu-like symptoms, crushing fatigue and body aches, reached record global levels in 2024 and researchers have attributed its spread to climate change. Brazil’s health regulatory agency ANVISA authorized the use of Butantan-DV, developed by the Butantan Institute in São Paulo, for people aged 12 to 59. Currently, the only dengue vaccine available worldwide is TAK-003, which requires two doses administered three months apart, according to the World Health...
by HackAdAy - yesterday at 22:00
To those of us who live in the civilized lands where ~230 VAC mains is the norm and we can shove a cool 3.5 kW into an electric kettle without so much as a second thought, the mere idea of trying to boil water with 120 VAC and a tepid 1.5 kW brings back traumatic memories of trying to boil water with a 12 VDC kettle while out camping. Naturally, in a fit of nationalistic pride this leads certain North American people like that bloke over at the [Technology Connections] YouTube to insist that this is fine, as he tries to demonstrate how ridiculous 240 VAC kettles are by abusing a North American Level 2 car charger to power a UK-sourced kettle.
Ignoring for a moment that in Europe a ‘Level 1’ charger is...
by New Yorker - yesterday at 21:57
A former military judge on the Trump Administration’s contradictory—and likely unlawful—justifications for its Caribbean bombing campaign.
by BBC - yesterday at 21:29
US envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump's adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner will meet Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.
by HackAdAy - yesterday at 20:30
Playing the drums requires a lot of practice, but that practice can be incredibly loud. A nice workaround is presented by [PocketBoy], in converting an acoustic kit to electronic operation so you can play with headphones instead.
A sensor installed inside a floor tom.
It might sound like a complicated project, but creating a basic set of electronic drums can actually be quite simple if you’ve already got an acoustic kit. You just need to damp all the drums and cymbals to make them quieter, and then fit all the individual elements with their own piezo sensors. These are basically small discs that can pick up vibrations and turn them into electricity—which can be used to trigger an electronic drum...
by QZ - yesterday at 20:20
Aggressive price cuts won out, nudging wary consumers to spend big online despite warnings of soft demand and shaky sentiment
by BBC - yesterday at 20:15
An appeals court disqualified Alina Habba, Trump's former personal attorney, from serving as US Attorney for New Jersey.
by Le Monde - yesterday at 20:04
En évoquant des « faits extrêmement graves », le procureur a dénoncé des « comportements [qui] ont tendance à porter atteinte à l’intégrité de la fonction policière et à amenuiser la confiance des citoyens dans l’institution ». La décision du tribunal sera rendue le 18 décembre.
by Courrier International - yesterday at 19:43
Après plusieurs mois d’extrêmes tensions entre les professionnels du monde de l’édition, les collectivités locales et la société organisatrice 9e Art +, cette dernière a annoncé l’annulation du célèbre festival de bande dessinée pour l’année 2026. Tout sauf une surprise pour la presse étrangère.
by Zataz - yesterday at 19:26
Que Choisir lance un Pratique 2025 écrit par ZATAZ pour reprendre le contrôle de vos données face aux rançongiciels, fuites et IA....
by Le Monde - yesterday at 19:04
Lors d’une conférence de presse commune avec le président ukrainien, le chef de l’Etat avait salué « l’effort de médiation » des Etats-Unis, mais ajouté qu’il n’y a « pas aujourd’hui un plan qui soit finalisé sur les questions des territoires ».
by QZ - yesterday at 19:01
The announcement came just weeks after rival Novo Nordisk cut prices for cash buyers of its top-selling weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy
by HackAdAy - yesterday at 19:00
Asbestos is a nasty old mineral. It’s known for releasing fine, microscopic fibers that can lodge in the body’s tissues and cause deadly disease over a period of decades. Originally prized for its fire resistance and insulating properties, it was widely used in all sorts of building materials. Years after the dangers became clear, many countries eventually banned its use, with strict rules around disposal to protect the public from the risk it poses to health.
Australia is one of the stricter countries when it comes to asbestos, taking great pains to limit its use and its entry into the country. This made it all the more surprising when it became apparent that schools across the nation had been...
by Asialyst - yesterday at 19:00
Réunir sous un même toit une double exposition « Avant les mangas » et « Manga, tout un art! », c’est le pari ambitieux et réussi de la grande exposition sur les mangas organisée par le musée Guimet du 19 novembre 2025 au 9 mars 2026. Et le public est au rendez-vous. Des fans de manga aux familles en passant par les amateurs d’art japonais, tous se retrouvent dans l’exposition pour admirer les originaux des œuvres qu’ils aiment et en découvrir d’autres.
by Le Monde - yesterday at 18:45
Des hommes, femmes et enfants abordent leur troisième hiver dans un territoire où plus de 80 % des infrastructures ont été détruits, tout comme les réseaux de drainage et les systèmes d’évacuation et d’assainissement des eaux.
by Courrier International - yesterday at 18:41
Le service national volontaire pour les jeunes annoncé par la France est largement commenté par la presse conservatrice étrangère, qui y voit un pas “dans la bonne direction”. Au Royaume-Uni, certains titres de droite espèrent qu’elle inspirera leur gouvernement et n’hésitent pas à s’en prendre à leur jeunesse et à leurs troupes.
by Courrier International - yesterday at 18:39
Réalisée en tissus de récupération et dépourvue de visages, la nouvelle crèche de la Ville de Bruxelles est vivement décriée depuis plusieurs jours. Mais au-delà du débat esthétique et de la récupération politique, cette histoire pose une question plus profonde quant à la place des symboles traditionnels et l’opportunité de les réinterpréter, estime une partie de la presse.
by BBC - yesterday at 18:38
Anicet Ekane's lawyer says the family was given little explanation - "his wife was just presented the corpse".
by QZ - yesterday at 18:09
Jim Chanos, most famous for his prescient Enron call in the early 2000s, is warning that Nvidia has created a risky new corner of the debt market
by New Yorker - yesterday at 18:07
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
by Courrier International - yesterday at 18:03
Karol Nawrocki invoque le récent déplacement du Premier ministre hongrois en Russie pour annuler sa rencontre avec lui, prévue le 4 décembre. Cette décision divise la droite en Pologne, révolte les voix conservatrices en Hongrie et aggrave la fracture entre les deux pays depuis le déclenchement de la guerre en Ukraine.
by QZ - yesterday at 18:02
Algorithmic persuasion is happening millions of times daily, transforming TikTok from entertainment platform to shopping powerhouse
by Le Monde - yesterday at 17:36
L’intersyndicale CGT, FSU et Solidaires veut tenter de faire pression sur le gouvernement, alors que le budget de la Sécurité sociale revient à l’Assemblée nationale mardi.
by HackAdAy - yesterday at 17:30
[Slant 3D] has a useful video explaining some thoughtful CAD techniques for designing 3D printed pins that don’t break and the concepts can be extended to similar features.
Sure, one can make pins stronger simply by upping infill density or increasing the number of perimeters, but those depend on having access to the slicer settings. If someone else is printing a part, that part’s designer has no actual control over these things. So how can one ensure sturdier pins without relying on specific print settings? [Slant 3D] covers two approaches.
The first approach includes making a pin thick, making it short (less leverage for stress), and adding a fillet to the sharp corner where the pin meets the rest of the...
by Les Décodeurs - yesterday at 17:00
La cocaïne est en plein essor, résultat d’une production en hausse, des prix qui baissent et de la pureté qui augmente. Le point en graphiques.
by Korben - yesterday at 16:42
– Article en partenariat avec TP-Link –
Vous vous souvenez de mon test du
Deco BE65-5G
avec son modem 5G intégré ? Hé bien, TP-Link m’a envoyé un autre joujou à tester, et cette fois c’est le pack de trois Deco BE68
, aussi connu sous le nom BE14000. Et je vais être honnête avec vous, ce truc a résolu un problème que je traînais depuis des mois à savoir une petite zone morte dans ma salle à manger où le Wi-Fi ramait comme un escargot asthmatique.
Pour ceux qui découvrent la gamme Deco, c’est le système mesh de TP-Link qui permet de couvrir toute une baraque avec un seul réseau Wi-Fi. Vous posez plusieurs bornes dans la maison, elles communiquent entre elles, et vous avez du réseau...
by daryo Bluesky - yesterday at 16:40
December 2007 📷 #flashes
by HackAdAy - yesterday at 16:00
As amazing as the human body is, it’s unfortunately not as amazing as e.g. axolotl bodies are, in the sense that they can regrow entire limbs and more. This has left us humans with the necessity to craft artificial replacement limbs to restore some semblance of the original functionality, at least until regenerative medicine reaches maturity.
Despite this limitation, humans have become very adept at crafting prosthetic limbs, starting with fairly basic prosthetics to fully articulated and beautifully sculpted ones, all the way to modern-day functional prosthetics. Yet as was the case a hundred years ago, today’s prosthetics are anything but cheap. This is mostly due to the customization  required as no...
by Korben - yesterday at 13:10
Modifier un PDF, c’est toujours la galère surtout si c’est un PDF avec que des images sans texte sélectionnable. Soit vous avez Adobe Acrobat qui coûte une couille, soit vous vous tapez des outils en ligne douteux, soit vous exportez en Word et vous priez pour que la mise en page survive. Bref, vous faites vos trucs de losers….
Mais ça c’était sans compter sur
Nano-PDF
qui propose une approche radicalement différente : Vous décrivez ce que vous voulez changer en langage naturel, et l’IA se chargera du reste.
Par exemple, si vous avez une présentation PDF avec une faute de frappe sur la slide n°5, au lieu de galérer avec un éditeur, vous tapez juste
`nano-pdf edit ma_presentation.pdf 5...
by Paul Jorion - yesterday at 12:58
Illustration par ChatGPT
Le message que j’ai publié avant-hier annonçait que GENESIS et ANELLA-X sont désormais entièrement opérationnels. Plusieurs lecteurs m’ont demandé ce que recouvre exactement cette idée de « moteur d’émergence » et en quoi elle se distingue des approches classiques en intelligence artificielle.
Je tente ici de résumer l’esprit du projet sans entrer dans les aspects techniques, lesquels viendront plus tard, au rythme des démonstrations et des applications pilotes.
Pourquoi travailler sur l’émergence ?
Dans beaucoup de domaines – systèmes physiques, dynamiques sociales, signaux, comportements collectifs, processus cognitifs – nous observons des moments où un...
by Torrentfreak - yesterday at 12:46
With an estimated 85 million visits per month, Nhentai is one of the most trafficked websites online today. The site serves adult-oriented anime and manga, also known as hentai. These spicy Japanese comics are popular worldwide, but not everyone is happy with with the content Nhentai has to offer. Some rightsholders consider the site a deviant pirate operation. In the summer of 2024, California-based rightsholder PCR Distributing (PCR), which operates under brands including J18 and JAST USA, took legal action against Nhentai, describing the site as a significant threat to its business. Nhentai Owner Unmasked
PCR initially requested a DMCA subpoena asking Cloudflare to unmask the people behind the site....
by daryo Bluesky - yesterday at 12:40
France • 📷 Lensball • ○ ◯
by Korben - yesterday at 12:36
Vous vous souvenez de Notch, le créateur de Minecraft ?
Avant de devenir milliardaire dépressif à temps plein en vendant son jeu à Microsoft, le bonhomme participait à des game jams et pondait des petits jeux en moins de 48 heures. Et
Prelude of the Chambered
c’était justement l’un de ces projets, créé lors de la Ludum Dare 21 en août 2011 avec le thème “Escape”. Un dungeon crawler à l’ancienne façon Dungeon Master ou Eye of the Beholder, codé en Java.
Hé bien, Angelo Lima vient de le ressusciter en TypeScript et
ça tourne direct dans votre navigateur
. Qu’il est fort !!
Le projet s’appelle
Prelude of the Chambered: Reborn
et c’est donc une réécriture complète du code...
by Korben - yesterday at 12:21
Si vous avez déjà essayé de générer du pixel art avec une IA comme Midjourney ou le nouveau modèle Nano Banana Pro de Google, vous avez forcément remarqué ce problème : c’est moche de ouf ! Enfin non, c’est pas moche dans l’absolu, mais les pixels sont tout sauf alignés sur une grille propre. On se retrouve avec des trucs qui ressemblent à du pixel art de loin, mais qui sont en fait une bouillabaisse de pixels de tailles variables, mal placés, avec des anti-aliasing qui n’ont rien à faire là. Heureusement pour nous,
Pixel Snapper
va nous aider à corriger tout ça en quelques secondes !
L’outil est développé par
Hugo-Dz sur GitHub
dans le cadre du projet Sprite Fusion. Vous balancez...
by Usbek & Rica - yesterday at 12:21
Tourisme, politique, intelligence artificielle… et si, au-delà de représenter le monde, Google Street View contribuait depuis 20 ans à le façonner ?
by Korben - yesterday at 12:13
Si vous avez des caméras connectées chez vous et que vous vous baladez régulièrement, comme moi, en tenue d’Adam (ou d’Ève), j’ai une petite histoire qui va peut-être vous faire réfléchir.
La police sud-coréenne vient d’arrêter 4 personnes
qui auraient piraté plus de 120 000 caméras IP présentes dans des domiciles et des commerces pour en extraire des vidéos à caractère sexuel. Et oui, les gens filmés n’en savaient évidemment rien du tout.
Les lieux ciblés sont des maisons privées, des salles de karaoké, un studio de pilates et même… un cabinet de gynécologue. Gloups… Vous imaginez le truc ? Vous allez vous faire examiner chez le médecin et paf, y’a un mec de l’autre...