The iPhone maker might be preparing to battle OpenAI's own family of AI gadgets.

J'avoue, j'ai un peu de mal avec l'univers des start-ups. Vous savez, ce petit monde des levées de fonds à rallonge, des pitchs sur LinkedIn et des banquiers qu'il faut brosser dans le sens du poil... C'est clairement pas mon truc. Je préfère rester dans mon coin, avec mon petit site, mon clavier et des gens qui aiment me lire.
La liberté quoi (en théorie ^^).
Mais bon, c'est pas parce que je n'aime pas l'écosystème que je ne respecte pas le boulot abattu, bien au contraire ! Monter une boîte, c'est un sacerdoce et pas mal de mecs et de filles s'y brûlent les ailes et beaucoup finissent par se planter.
C'est moche, mais c'est la réalité du business, surtout dans la tech !
Toutefois si vous avez...

The president says he "assumes" Denmark knows about the deal.

Nicholas Galitzine stars as He-Man in the upcoming movie, directed by Travis Knight.

(Creed voice) Head-phone wide op-ahn.

Congress might seek more authority over AI chips exports. MAGA can't make up its mind.

Apple is working on an AI-powered wearable pin with cameras and microphones designed to pick up a user's surroundings, according to a report from The Information. The rumored device is reportedly the size of an AirTag, with "thin, flat, circular" housing made from aluminium and glass.
The Information reports that Apple's rumored AI pin will have a standard lens and a wide-angle lens, along with three microphones, a speaker, a physical button on one of its sides, and support for wireless charging. The device is still in the "early stages" of development and could arrive as soon as 2027, according to The Information.
Along with this rumored …
Read the full story at The Verge.

The move follows renewed tensions between the US and EU, as Donald Trump pushes to acquire Greenland.

OpenAI and Anthropic are racing to become America's health advisor, and not everyone's buying into it

Vous rêvez de lancer Claude sur un projet et de le laisser bosser tout seul pendant que vous faites autre chose, du genre jouer à Animal Crossing en attendant la fin de la journée ? Hé bien c'est exactement ce que propose Auto-Claude, un outil open source qui transforme l'assistant IA préféré des devs en armée de développeurs plus autonomes que votre mère quand il s'agit d'échanger un billet de train.
J'avais déjà parlé de
Claude Engineer
c'est vrai. C'est un framework CLI en Python qui permettait de faire bosser Claude en autonomie. Mais Auto-Claude, alalalala, c'est un autre délire les amis ! Déjà c'est une vraie application desktop avec interface graphique, tableau Kanban pour gérer vos...

In a speech in Davos, the US president said that he would not use force to take the island.

Well there’s your problem. (Credit: Mark Funeaux, YouTube)
Akin to the razor-and-blades model, capsule-based coffee machines are an endless grind of overpriced pods and cheaply made machines that you’re supposed to throw out and buy a new one of, just so that you don’t waste all the proprietary pods you still have at home. What this also means is a seemingly endless supply of free broken capsule coffee makers that might be repairable. This is roughly how [Mark Furneaux] got into the habit of obtaining various Nespresso VertuoLine machine for attempted repairs.
The VirtuoLine machines feature the capsule with a bar code printed on the bottom of the lip, requiring the capsule to be spun around so that it...

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Seven Muslim-majority countries accept an invitation to Trump's new organisation, while Russia's Putin says he's considering joining.

Kim Gordon “Not Today”
After a few years exploring very modern electronic sounds, Kim Gordon has circled back to Sonic Youth aesthetic territory without actually sounding like anything Sonic Youth ever made. “Not Today” has a hypnotic motorik groove and woozy shoegaze guitars, both of which I’d say are adjacent to that band’s sound without ever really being something they actually did. This makes the song feel both familiar and slightly off, like a random person you know appearing in your dream in some peculiar context doing something that doesn’t quite make sense outside of dream logic. And it sounds dreamy too. The music whooshes along, but it’s all velocity and no weight. Gordon is there in...

Anthropic is overhauling Claude's so-called "soul doc." The new missive is a 57-page document titled "Claude's Constitution," which details "Anthropic's intentions for the model's values and behavior," aimed not at outside readers but the model itself. The document is designed to spell out Claude's "ethical character" and "core identity," including how it should balance conflicting values and high-stakes situations. Where the previous constitution, published in May 2023, was largely a list of guidelines, Anthropic now says it's important for AI models to "understand why we want them to behave in certain ways rather than just specifying w …
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Here’s how to pick the best mattress for your sleep needs, straight from a professional mattress tester.

Apple is planning a big Siri overhaul that will transform the voice assistant into an AI chatbot built directly into its iPhone and Mac, according to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman. The update is reportedly coming later this year and will replace the existing Siri interface, allowing users to interact with the assistant by both typing and talking, similar to the chatbots available from Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and others.
As noted by Bloomberg, this change is separate from the AI-powered personalization features coming to Siri in the next few months. Like that updated version of Siri, the chatbot will reportedly use a custom Google Gemini …
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J'sais pas vous, mais moi je trouve super dur quand j'utilise des outils comme VS Code ou ce genre de truc, de bien choisir les couleurs de son environnement. En général on prend un peu au pif et on finit souvent avec un mélange de thèmes sombres disparates entre toutes nos applications, qui piquent les yeux à 3h du matin. Ce genre de dev quoi...
Mais ça, c'était avant.
Car si vous cherchez à unifier votre setup avec quelque chose de vraiment propre, va falloir regarder cet outil : Catppuccin.
Catppucin, c'est un thème communautaire aux tons pastels qui se définit lui-même comme quelque chose d'"apaisant pour les esprits vifs". Et vu l’engouement des devs pour ce truc, faut croire que c'est vrai....

The ball is in the court of European leaders ahead of Thursday's emergency EU meeting in Brussels, writes Nick Beake.

This week Jonathan chats with Nicholas Adams about OpenRiak! Why is there a Riak and an OpenRiak, which side of the CAP theorem does OpenRiak land on, and why is it so blazingly fast for some operations? Listen to find out! https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14551410/
https://github.com/openriak/
https://join.slack.com/t/postriak/shared_invite/zt-3i0e8alkg-hUKkWVcJQhWt5IzmQQ9I0w
https://files.tiot.jp/riak/
https://www.tiot.jp/riak-docs/
https://www.meetup.com/tokyo-openriak-meetup-group/ Did you know you can watch the live recording of the show right on our YouTube Channel? Have someone you’d like us to interview? Let us know, or have the guest contact us! Take a look at the schedule here. Direct Download in...

Faisal Islam said there was mixed reaction in the room during Trump's Davos speech.

Chaque semaine, la chronique phénomène du “New York Times” sur l’amour vous est proposée en exclusivité, traduite en français par “Courrier international”. Aujourd’hui, une femme raconte comment un chatbot l’a aidée à retrouver un peu de la sérénité qu’elle avait perdue avec son divorce.

Up until now, no president has attempted to fire Federal Reserve officials since the central bank was established in 1913

“Tokyo Electric Power on Wednesday restarted a reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant after inspections were completed, its first such move since the Fukushima disaster in 2011. TEPCO put online the 1.36 gigawatt (GW) reactor No. 6, one of seven at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, the world’s biggest nuclear power station capable of producing 8.2 GW of electricity when at full capacity.” From Reuters.
The post TEPCO Restarts Nuclear Reactor First Time Since Fukushima appeared first on Human Progress.

Créée en 2025, la contribution différentielle sur les hauts revenus n’a rapporté que 400 millions d’euros, presque cinq fois moins que prévu. Les contribuables visés ont manifestement réussi à contourner en grande partie le nouvel impôt.

“The UK is poised to extend the life of Sizewell B, a nuclear power station that supplies around 3 per cent of the country’s electricity, for a further 20 years as it seeks to bridge a gap in nuclear generation before new plants come online.” From Financial Times.
The post UK to Extend Life of Sizewell B Nuclear Plant by 20 Years appeared first on Human Progress.

Shark makes some seriously powerful vacuums, from handheld vacs to steam mops. Don’t miss $100 off, 10% off, and more limited-time coupons from WIRED.

A huge portion of the United States is going to be hit with snow or freezing rain this weekend. Exactly where, what, and how much remains uncertain.

Offre-toi le plus beau compliment qui puisse t’être fait.

WIRED analyzed more than 5,000 papers from NeurIPS using OpenAI’s Codex to understand the areas where the US and China actually work together on AI research.

As marketers lean on AI video to feed the posting grind, more than a third of consumers say it dents their perception of a brand

Mercredi 21 janvier, le président américain s’est exprimé dans le cadre du Forum économique mondial, à Davos. Dans son discours, Trump a assuré ne pas vouloir faire usage de la force dans le dossier groenlandais, tout en revendiquant une nouvelle fois avec véhémence ce territoire.

Les eurodéputés ont choisi de saisir la Cour de justice de l’UE sur le traité de libre-échange, ce qui gèle le processus de ratification. La Commission peut néanmoins décider d’une application provisoire.

The 65-inch QM8K sees a massive discount, with equally generous markdowns on larger models.

It looks like Samsung is preparing to launch a new Qi2 battery pack for the upcoming Galaxy S26, which is rumored to support the upgraded charging standard. A report from Winfuture shows off leaked images of what appears to be the new accessory, outfitted with a magnetic Qi2 charging ring that delivers up to 15W of power, along with a USB-C cable offering up to 20W.
Winfuture suggests that the wireless power bank itself will have a 5,000mAh battery capable of charging at up to 25W. The battery pack also appears to come with an arm that you can fold out to use as a stand. This isn't the first time we're hearing about this accessory; last Dec …
Read the full story at The Verge.

If you follow electronics history, few names were as ubiquitous as RCA, the Radio Corporation of America. Yet in modern times, the company is virtually forgotten for making large computers. [Computer History Archive Project] has a rare film from the 1970s (embedded below) explaining how RCA planned to become the number two supplier of business computers, presumably behind behemoth IBM. They had produced other large computers in the 1950s and 1960s, like the BIZMAC, the RCA 510, and the Spectra. But these new machines were their bid to eat away at IBM’s dominance in the field.
RCA had innovative ideas and arguably one of the first demand paging, virtual memory operating systems for mainframes. You can hope...

The Nvidia CEO called AI “the largest infrastructure buildout in human history,” outlining a five-layer stack from energy to applications

Au Forum économique mondial de Davos, dans une critique à peine voilée contre Donald Trump, le Premier ministre canadien a appelé les États à s’unir pour contrer les puissances hégémoniques. Experts et médias nord-américains y voient un changement de ton risqué de la part d’Ottawa.

Le futur du jeu vidéo va être génial ! J'en suis convaincu !
Souvenez-vous, je vous avais parlé de
Voyager
, ce petit robot qui explorait Minecraft tout seul comme un grand grâce à GPT-4. Eh bien, l'équipe de MineDojo (avec des chercheurs de chez NVIDIA, Caltech et Stanford) ont remis le couvert avec un truc encore plus costaud : NitroGen.
Là où les anciens modèles tâtonnaient ou avaient besoin de lire des tonnes de texte, cette nouvelle IA se base uniquement sur ce qu'elle voit à l'écran. C'est un modèle "vision-action". Schéma de fonctionnement du modèle NitroGen (
Source
)
En gros, elle regarde les pixels du jeu comme vous et moi, et elle en déduit sur quel bouton (virtuel) de gamepad...

Volvo's EX60, with fast-charging capabilities and a brand-new electric architecture, made its official debut today, with the Swedish automaker positioning the crossover EV as a new direction for its battery-powered lineup. With up to 400 miles of estimated range and an 800-volt architecture for ultra-fast charging, the EX60 feels like a concerted effort by Volvo to address some of the most common pain points of EV ownership. But it also represents Volvo's effort to reshuffle its supply chain and production process for a better chance at earning a profit on its EV lineup.
At first glance, the EX60 looks a little familiar, with an exterior de …
Read the full story at The Verge.

Donald Trump s’est exprimé à l’issue d’une entrevue avec Mark Rutte, le secrétaire général de l’OTAN, à Davos. En conséquence, le président américain dit renoncer à la hausse des droits de douane prévue au 1ᵉʳ février, sans donner plus de détails sur ledit « futur accord ».

Mardi 13 janvier, la NASA a signé un protocole d'accord avec le département américain de l’Énergie afin de s’engager à implanter un réacteur nucléaire sur la Lune avant 2030. Un scénario imaginé dès 1940 par l'écrivain de science-fiction Robert A. Heinlein dans l’une de ses nouvelles, comme le rappelait Usbek & Rica dans le numéro d’octobre 2025 de son magazine FUTUR.

Fils unique de l’ex-président vénézuélien, Nicolas Maduro, « Nicolasito », visé par l’acte d’accusation américain pour narcotrafic, mise sur une loyauté sans faille pour rester dans le jeu politique de son pays.

Selon la députée LFI Mathilde Panot, les compromis acceptés par les socialistes concernant le budget de l’Etat sont bien en deçà des mesures que le parti à la rose défendait il y a encore quelques mois dans son propre programme. Décryptage.

Après avoir réprimé la contestation dans le sang, les autorités iraniennes ont imposé une chape de plomb et lancé une chasse tous azimuts contre les dissidents. Elle cible notamment les familles de manifestants tués, notamment lors de leurs funérailles, saisissent des biens et des entreprises, et poursuivent certaines figures publiques. Des témoignages de mauvais traitements contre des détenus commencent aussi à émerger.

In Madeline Cash’s “Lost Lambs,” the distinction between responsible adult and dependent child has frayed.

Summary: The bicycle, once a costly luxury, has become a symbol of how innovation transforms scarcity into abundance. What began as a marvel of mechanics in the 19th century is now affordable to nearly everyone, thanks to rising productivity and human ingenuity. Over time, free markets and technological progress have multiplied access to tools of freedom and mobility. In 1885, John Kemp Starley invented the modern bicycle with two wheels of the same size and a rear wheel connected and driven by a chain. Interest in the new innovation exploded. By the 1890s, Europe and the United States were in the midst of a bike craze. A New York Times article from 1896 gushed that “the bicycle promises a splendid extension...

Disponible sur iOS, Dumb Phone est une application bien sympathique qui va vous permettre de transformer votre iPhone en téléphone minimaliste.
Alors peut-être que ça vous rendra encore plus débile
comme je vous l'expliquais hier
mais tant pis ! Au moins avec ça, au lieu de vous bouffer le cerveau avec des icônes colorées et des pastilles de notifications qui hurlent à la mort pour avoir votre dose de dopamine, l'app propose une interface complétement épurée via des widgets et des raccourcis hyper sobres comme vous pouvez le voir.
C'est un peu le remède contre le doomscrolling, vous choisissez des applications essentielles, et hop, vous vous retrouvez avec un écran d'accueil 100% textuel. Vous...

[Brainiac75] is a fan of fiber optic lamps, except for one thing—they’re often remarkably dim. Thus, they set out to hack the technology to deliver terrifying amounts of light while still retaining their quirky charm.
Older fiber optic lamps use a dim filament lamp or halogen lamp to light them up. They also often feature a spinning color disk to vary the light patterns, which does have the side effect of absorbing some of the already-limited light output.
When it came to upgrading his own decades-old lamp, [Braniac75] decided to initially stick within the specs of the original halogen lamp. The fixture was rated for 12 volts at 5 watts, with a GU4/GZ4 compatible base, and white light was desired so the...

The New Yorker’s editors and critics choose this year’s essential reads in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.

Our editors and critics review notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

France • May 2020 📷 #flashes

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

There was a time when wise older people warned you to check your tire pressure regularly. We never did, and would eventually wind up with a flat or, worse, a blowout. These days, your car will probably warn you when your tires are low. That’s because of a class of devices known as tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS).
If you are like us, you see some piece of tech like this, and you immediately guess how it probably works. In this case, the obvious guess is sometimes, but not always, correct. There are two different styles that are common, and only one works in the most obvious way.
Obvious Guess
We’d guess that the tire would have a little pressure sensor attached to it that would then wirelessly...

“Japan has launched the world’s first test to extract rare earth elements from deep-sea mud, aiming to reduce its reliance on Chinese supplies amid rising geopolitical and trade tensions. Chikyu, a government-backed Japanese mining vessel set sail on Monday for waters near Minamitori Island, a remote coral atoll in the Pacific, to study seabed mud rich in rare earth elements at a depth of about four miles. If successful, the project would mark the first sustained attempt globally to lift rare-earth-bearing sludge from the ocean floor directly onto a ship.” From MINING.COM.
The post Japan Launches World’s First Deep-Sea Rare Earth Mining Test appeared first on Human Progress.

“Wall Street is finding an unexpected beneficiary of America’s weight loss boom: airlines. With the first GLP-1 weight loss drug now available in pill form, analysts at Jefferies say broad adoption across society could quietly lower fuel bills — airlines’ single largest cost — and lift earnings for the carriers. ‘A slimmer society = lower fuel consumption. Airlines have a history of being vigilant around aircraft weight savings, from olives (pitless, of course) to paper stock,’ the Wall Street firm said in a note to clients. Jefferies contended that a 10% reduction in average passenger weight could translate into roughly 2% total aircraft weight savings, up to 1.5% lower fuel costs and as much as...

Une partie importante des soutiens de Donald Trump se réclame de l’isolationnisme, mais la plupart d’entre eux continueront de le suivre tant que le président américain gardera le soutien des conservateurs évangéliques, estime le politiste Thomas Charrayre, dans une tribune au « Monde ».

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