Avant de mourir d’un cancer, le héros de “Dawson” avait dû vendre des accessoires mythiques de la série pour payer une partie de ses frais médicaux. Son épouse a depuis lancé un appel aux dons, afin de s’acquitter du reste des factures. La preuve, selon la presse anglophone, que le système de santé américain est défaillant.

From February 14 to 16, these ultra-plush blankets and throws are nearly half off. No exclusions.

Très grièvement blessée, la victime a été hospitalisée et placée dans le coma. Une enquête a été ouverte pour « violences aggravées ». Le ou les auteurs de l’agression ne sont pas identifiés.

AI promises to fix dating apps’ swipe fatigue and first-message dread. It may just turn love into something smoother, safer — and strangely less human

Plan the perfect girls’ trip with this list of the best weekend destinations in the U.S. — for music, food, and fun

These five lines offer prime amenities and extra touches that will let you live the life of luxury — often in child-free environments

Some of the best sales of the year are happening right now—we’ll help you save on our all-time favorite mattresses and bedding.

The Mexican city of Guadalupe, which will host portions of the 2026 World Cup, recently showed off four new robot dogs that will help provide security during matches at BBVA Stadium.

La Garonne a été maintenue en vigilance rouge aux crues samedi et dimanche dans les départements de la Gironde et de Lot-et-Garonne. Une dizaine de départements de l’Ouest sont placés en vigilance orange.

J'sais pas si parmi vous, y'en a qui ont déjà pris des cours de dactylographie genre à l'école où vous deviez taper "asdf jkl;" durant des heures en regardant un écran tristounet mais j'imagine que c'était chiant à mourir ! Hé bien quelqu'un a eu l'idée de transformer ça en jeu de course arcade façon Outrun sous stéroïdes !
TypeToRace, c'est un jeu de course 3D gratuit qui tourne directement dans votre navigateur et où votre vitesse dépend de votre capacité à taper des mots rapidement. Plus vous tapez vite, plus votre voiture accélère et vous vous retrouvez donc à foncer sur une route synthwave avec des néons roses et bleus partout pendant que vous tentez de taper "algorithm" sans faire...

Le Kazakh a remporté l’or au terme d’une soirée marquée par de nombreuses chutes. Ilia Malinin, le prodige américain de 21 ans, finit huitième après un passage cataclysmique, derrière le Français Adam Siao Him Fa.

Although [Jamie’s Brick Jams] has made many far more complicated motor design in the past, it’s nice to go back to the basics and make a motor that uses as few parts as possible. This particular design starts off with a driver coil and a magnetic rotor that uses two neodymium magnets. By balancing these magnets on both sides of an axis just right it should spin smoothly.
The circuit for the simple motor. (Credit: Jamie’s Brick Jams, YouTube)
First this driver coil is energized with a 9 V battery to confirm that it does in fact spin when briefly applying power, though this means that you need to constantly apply pulses of power to make it keep spinning. To this end a second coil is added, which senses...

A search has been carried out in Tuscon, Arizona, close to where the 84-year-old was abducted from nearly two weeks ago.

It's been eight years since I last reviewed a robot vacuum. Having spent the last two months with a new flagship, I'm shocked by how much they've advanced from early bump-and-run models.
In October, DJI launched its very first robovacs in Europe. I've been testing the top-of-the-line Romo P model, which doesn't yet have a US release date. It includes a self-cleaning base station, a mopping function, and enough high-end specs and charm that my colleague Jen Tuohy took notice.
Jen is a true robovac expert. I, let's be clear, am not. But I can share what it's like to make the jump from an entry-level model to one of these multifunctional comb …
Read the full story at The Verge.

The DJI Romo robot vacuum in its translucent dock. | Image: DJI Sammy Azdoufal claims he wasn't trying to hack every robot vacuum in the world. He just wanted to remote control his brand-new DJI Romo vacuum with a PS5 gamepad, he tells The Verge, because it sounded fun.
But when his homegrown remote control app started talking to DJI's servers, it wasn't just one vacuum cleaner that replied. Roughly 7,000 of them, all around the world, began treating Azdoufal like their boss. He could remotely control them, and look and listen through their live camera feeds, he tells me, saying he tested that out with a friend. He could watch them map out each room of a house, generating a complete 2D floor plan. He …
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Médiapart, ICE et le « régime étasunien »
https://www.lemonde.fr/blog/correcteurs/2026/01/28/le-regime-etasunien/

Le public s’est féminisé et rajeuni. À Saint-Pétersbourg comme à Moscou, les cabarets connaissent un regain de popularité malgré la guerre, la crise et la censure. L’offensive réactionnaire ayant forcé les drag-queens à s’exiler ou à changer d’activité, c’est désormais le burlesque qui a le vent en poupe. Un reportage de “Boumaga”, un média indépendant de Saint-Pétersbourg.

Devant le déclin continuel de la lecture, les professionnels du livre communiquent sur les effets bénéfiques de la littérature pour inciter les jeunes à s’y mettre. Pour ce journaliste de “The Atlantic”, cette stratégie est mauvaise. Pour faire lire, il faudrait plutôt faire l’inverse et revenir au caractère subversivement improductif de se plonger dans un livre.

Pendant la guerre qui a ravagé la Syrie ces dernières années, visiter le pays était devenu quasiment impossible. Mais la chute du régime de Bachar El-Assad a ouvert cette possibilité. “The New York Times” a suivi un groupe de randonneurs pour qui redécouvrir leur pays est un devoir patriotique.

Sexe, vin, basilic : les médecins du Moyen Âge connaissaient de nombreux remèdes contre le “mal d’amour”. Et dans les cas les plus graves, des méthodes douloureuses et peu appétissantes étaient recommandées, raconte la journaliste Katja Iken dans les colonnes du magazine “Der Spiegel”.

Like most other countries, South Korea has a persistent piracy problem. Online streaming platforms in particular have flourished in recent years.
While several large piracy platforms such as Noonoo and TVWIKI have been shut down, new threats continue to emerge. To deal with this problem, Korean rightsholders use advanced OSINT tools to track down offenders and hold them responsible. In addition, dedicated anti-piracy groups deployed advanced AI monitoring systems. While anti-piracy efforts increasingly turn into an AI-assisted arms race, human involvement remains valuable too. In fact, the Korea Copyright Protection Agency (KCOPA) is actively recruiting more people to help monitor foreign language pirate...

Nous sommes le 14 février, c’est l’anniversaire de Lara Croft. C’est un Easter Egg tout simple, dans le jeu que tous les journalistes qui testent des Mac connaissent : Shadow of the Tomb Raider. C’est un portage efficace avec un benchmark de test. Si vous jouez le 14 février, le jour de l’anniversaire de Lara Croft, donc, vous verrez un petit message pendant l’écran de chargement. Pour l’anecdote, je l’ai découvert par hasard en 2019 en testant une carte graphique. Je ne sais pas si c’est dans toutes les versions du jeu, mais je suppose que c’est le cas.
Joyeux anniversaire, Lara!
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Les droits de l'Homme, en particulier ceux de la communauté LGBTQ+, ont été érodés ces cinq dernières années. Au vu de la position de la Hongrie, elle ne remplirait aujourd'hui plus les conditions requises pour adhérer à l'UE. Cette dernière peut-elle simplement rester passive et ne pas intervenir ou va-t-elle faire la différence ? Les rues de Budapest étaient très animées, il n'y avait pas que des personnes de la communauté queer, mais aussi des retraités et des familles, comme l'a expliqué Ármin (27) : « À ma grande surprise, c'était noir de monde, calme et il n'y avait pas beaucoup de policiers. » Jamais autant de personnes ne s'étaient rendues au CSD [Christopher Street Day,...

Caen Antifa fait une mise au point sur la venue du média Frontières à la fac et la mobilisation antifasciste qui a pu empêcher leur présence. -
Repères / Caen, Cocarde étudiante, Frontières

[Michigan Rocks] says he avoided making rock spheres for a long time on account of the time and cost he imagined was involved. Well, all that is in the past in light of the fabulous results from his self-built Rock Sphere Machine! Turns out that it’s neither costly to make such a machine, nor particularly time-consuming to create the spheres once things are dialed in. The video is a journey of the very first run of the machine, and it’s a great tour.
The resulting sphere? Super satisfying to hold and handle. The surface is beyond smooth, with an oil-like glossy shine that is utterly dry to the touch.
The basic concept — that of three cordless drills in tension — is adapted from existing designs, but...

In an extensive interview with Newsnight, the woman at the heart of France's biggest rape trial speaks about betrayal, healing and choosing the right path.

Upgrade your setup with Sony’s newest releases. Save on industry-leading noise-canceling audio, and pro-level Alpha cameras.

L'AG Antifasciste Rennes appelle à un rassemblement face à une réunion du Parti national breton -
Initiatives / Rennes, Manifs et rassemblements, Parti national breton (PNB)

Ancien conseiller diplomatique adjoint de l’Elysée, sous Nicolas Sarkozy, l’ex-diplomate se trouve au cœur des dossiers Epstein. Sa correspondance donne à voir une relation de proximité avec le prédateur sexuel américain. Il assure aujourd’hui « s’en vouloir » mais n’avoir « participé à aucune activité privée non strictement professionnelle et licite ». Il a rencontré Marine Le Pen à l’Assemblée nationale en 2025, avant de l’aider à organiser son déplacement au Tchad.

The Canadian prime minister attended a vigil with federal leaders and paid tribute to the eight victims.

The shutdown won't affect air traffic controllers but some TSA workers may go without pay.

Les propriétaires de résidences secondaires ne forment pas un groupe homogène : retraités, cadres ou investisseurs y cohabitent. Cette diversité des profils révèle des modes d’habitation en mutation et bouscule l’organisation des territoires.

Suite de la chronique sur le « temps long » proposée par Cécile Wendling, à la tête du cabinet Pan-or-amiques.com et chercheuse associée au CSO (Sciences po Paris – CNRS). Dans ce nouvel épisode, à l’occasion de la Saint-Valentin, la prospectiviste envisage l’exploration du futur comme une démarche romantique.

Vendredi, Emmanuel Macron a appelé le Vieux Continent à être fier de lui-même face aux attaques répétées de l’administration Trump. Tout en défendant les valeurs européennes, le chancelier allemand Friedrich Merz a, lui, répété son attachement à la relation transatlantique.

The historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat on Donald Trump and “autocratic backfire.”

Many things about diamonds seem eternal, including the many engineering problems related to making them work as a silicon replacement in semiconductor technology. Yet much like a diamond exposed to a stream of oxygen-rich air and a roughly 750°C heat source, time will eventually erase all of them. As detailed in a recent [Asianometry] video, over the decades the challenges with creating diamond wafers and finding the right way to dope pure diamond have been slowly solved, even if some challenges still remain today.
Diamond is basically the exact opposite as silicon when it comes to suitability as a semiconductor material, with a large bandgap (5.5 eV vs the 1.2 of silicon), and excellent thermal conductivity...

The search for the “Today” show host’s mother, nearing its second week, has transfixed the public in Arizona and beyond.

Tarique Rahman is set to be Bangladesh's next prime minister, 18 months after mass protests ousted its longest-serving leader.

While it is fun to get toys that look like your favorite science fiction props, it is less fun when the electronics in them don’t measure up to the physical design. [Steve Gibbs] took a Hasbro R2D2 toy robot and decided to give it a brain upgrade along with enhanced sensors. You can see a video of the robot doing its thing and some build details below.
In this case, the toy from Hasbro was not working at all, so [Steve] saved it from the dumpster. Instead of a repair, he decided to just gut it and rebuild it with modern electronics. The ultrasonic sensor on the forward toe is a dead giveaway.
The robot responds to voice commands better than the original and can play sound effects and clips from Star Wars....

Le républicain Thomas Massie et le démocrate Ro Khanna ont dévoilé l’identité de six hommes présentés comme « riches et puissants ». Quatre d’entre eux n’ont pourtant aucun lien avéré avec le criminel sexuel.

This year's winners offer behind-the-scenes access to the frontiers of particle physics research.

Just days after SpaceX pivoted to the Moon, Blue Origin’s new lunar strategy has come to light.

If you wished 'Delicious in Dungeon' was scarier right out of the gate, check out this dark fantasy manga about a lovable crew of adventurers.

As OpenAI removed access to GPT-4o in its app on Friday, people who have come to rely on the chatbot for companionship are mourning the loss all over the world.

On nous régale avec la partie qui dépasse de l’iceberg mais on ne nous dit rien de ce qui s’est passé : Epstein faisait-il chanter ses copains ? Travaillait-il pour des services secrets ? On nous donne les noms de ses copains mais on n’a pas la moindre idée de ce qu’ils ont fait !

A closer look at the planets around a star called LHS 1903 may just flip our understanding of how planetary systems form.

The English director Bart Layton’s new film reveals a shaky grasp of L.A. but a pleasingly deep knowledge of noir.

Just ahead of Valentine's Day, Score wants to be more inclusive.

The close timing of Jeffrey Epstein coming into contact with 4chan founder Chris 'moot' Poole and the launch of the "politically incorrect" message board /pol/ that became a breeding ground for QAnon and the white supremacist alt-right movement was coincidental, says Poole. In a statement given to The Verge, Pool writes, "The decision to add the board was made weeks beforehand, and the board was added almost 24 hours prior to a first, chance encounter at a social event."
Speculation about the timing arose after emails found in the millions of documents released by the Department of Justice showed Epstein and venture capitalist Boris Nikolic …
Read the full story at The Verge.

It’s a bit ironic that an Atari 2600 game based on Raiders of the Lost Ark — a movie about archaeology — is now the subject of its own archaeological expedition as [Dennis Debro] and [Halkun] spent time reverse-engineering the game. Luckily, they shared their findings, so you can enjoy it the same way you can visit a king’s tomb without having to discover it and dig for it. If you don’t remember the game, you might enjoy the demo from [Speedy Walkthroughs] in the video below.
If you are only used to modern software, you might think this is little more than someone dumping the program code and commenting it. However, on these old, limited systems, you have to really understand the actual architecture...

Valentine's Day is often thought of as the quintessential Hallmark holiday - and why wouldn't it be? Most of the time, it's marketed to us with massive floral arrangements and heart-shaped chocolates, both of which can come off as borderline twee. But no one says you have to play by the rulebook when it comes to holidays, especially if your husband or boyfriend couldn't care less about the classics.
If you're hoping to express your affection for the man in your life with something a little different this year, we have some thoughts. Quince's cashmere crewneck is quickly becoming a staple in our closet, while past favorites like Glocusent's …
Read the full story at The Verge.

“According to a webpage started by the mathematician Terence Tao, AI tools have helped transfer about 100 Erdős problems into the “solved” column since October. The bulk of this assistance has been a kind of souped-up literature search, as it was with Sawhney’s initial success. But in many cases, LLMs have pieced together extant theorems—often in dialogue with their mathematician prompters—to form new or improved solutions to these niche problems. In at least two cases, an LLM was even able to construct an original and valid proof to one that had never been solved, with little input from a human.” From Scientific American. The post AI Could Transform Mathematics appeared first on Human...

“The Yangtze River in China, which has been in ecological decline for 70 years, is showing signs of recovery thanks to a sweeping fishing ban… The rapid improvement noted in the study, which compared data from the two years before (2019-2021) with the two years after (2021-23), included a twofold increase in overall biomass and a 13% improvement in diversity. One of the most endangered species, the Yangtze finless porpoise, appeared to have been a major beneficiary with observed numbers rising from 400 to 600, according to Brosse.” From The Guardian.
The post Yangtze River Rebounds After Fishing Ban appeared first on Human Progress.

After a record-breaking 2025, the chipmaker's shares are stuck in place even as global capex on AI infrastructure keeps climbing

A record-setting $30 billion funding round. A $380 billion valuation. And annual revenue up a whopping 1,300% for the AI startup behind Claude

If you like how well AirPods work with iPhones but want something more colorful and flexible, the Beats Studio Buds Plus are a nice middle ground. They’re platform-agnostic and are on sale for $99.95 ($70 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, Target, and Walmart for Presidents Day. The deal includes the eye-catching translucent option and is just $10 shy of the buds’ best price to date. 
Beats Studio Buds Plus Where to Buy: $169.95 $99.95 at Amazon $169.95 $99.95 at Walmart $169.95 $99.99 at Best Buy
Unlike Apple’s AirPods, the Beats Studio Buds Plus play well with both iOS and Android devices, which is why they’re among our favorite wireless earbuds. You don’t get every ecosystem perk, but you do get a lot of...

“A newly developed artificial intelligence system from the University of Michigan can analyze brain MRI scans and deliver a diagnosis in a matter of seconds, according to a new study. The model identified neurological conditions with accuracy reaching 97.5% and was also able to assess how urgently patients needed medical care.” From Science Daily.
The post AI Reads Brain MRIs in Seconds and Flags Emergencies appeared first on Human Progress.

“In 2024, 1.4 billion people required PC [preventive chemotherapy] for at least 1 NTD [neglected tropical disease] , a decrease of 92 million from the 1.492 billion people requiring PC for at least 1 NTD in 2023.” From World Health Organization.
The post Reduced Need for Treatment of Neglected Tropical Diseases appeared first on Human Progress.

“Argentina’s Senate approved President Javier Milei’s flagship labor reform bill early on Thursday, marking a key advance for the libertarian leader’s sweeping economic agenda. After debating the measure for more than 13 hours, lawmakers voted 42 to 30 to pass the reform and send it to the lower house for debate… The reform eases hiring rules, changes the vacation time system, allows for extending the standard workday from eight to 12 hours and for salaries to be paid in foreign currency. It also introduces new limits on the right to strike by setting minimum requirements for services to continue during work stoppages. The reform streamlines the calculation of severance pay, lowering costs for...

The New Yorker critics Richard Brody and Alexandra Schwartz discuss the year’s best offerings, and how films seem to be getting better these days.