Trump summoned tech leaders to the White House on Wednesday, March 4, 2026 to sign pledges committing their companies to foot the electricity bill for energy-hungry data centers.  | Photo: Getty Images Leaders from Google, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle, OpenAI, Amazon, and xAI met with President Donald Trump today to sign a "rate payer protection pledge." It's one way they're responding to growing bipartisan concerns about electricity rates rising as tech companies and the Trump administration rush to build out a new generation of AI data centers. "[Tech companies] need some PR help because people think that if a data center goes in, their electricity prices are going to go up," Trump said during the event. "Some...

A trade court has cleared the way for businesses to receive refunds for tariffs that the Supreme Court struck down last month.

Aikido Technologies has come up with a new way to bring renewable energy to the AI industry.

Epic CEO Tim Sweeney might be one of the most outspoken people in the history of the world. He fought two of the world's most valuable and powerful companies almost all the way to the US Supreme Court, insulting them again and again: "crooked," "deceitful," "insanely sneaky," calling Android a "fake open platform," calling both companies "gangster-style businesses that will do anything they think they can get away with," telling me how Google's Project Hug was "an astonishingly corrupt effort at a massive scale."
But Google has finally muzzled Tim Sweeney. It's right there in a binding term sheet for his settlement with Google. On March 3 …
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Le président français a fait savoir, mercredi, qu’il s’était entretenu avec le premier ministre israélien, Benyamin Nétanyahou, ainsi qu’avec le président libanais, Joseph Aoun.

They aren’t as high-end as the MacBook Neo, but these Windows laptops show that Apple has some strong competition.

The airline cited the expansion of Starlink as the reason for the new rule.

The tool, offered by the recently-rebranded company Superhuman, gives feedback based on the work of famous dead and living writers—without their permission.

A l’occasion de la visite à Caracas de Doug Burgum, connu pour sa proximité avec l’industrie pétrolière et gazière américaine, Delcy Rodriguez a promis une réforme du code minier, ouvrant la voie aux compagnies américaines.

It is also inconsistent with suicide-risk alerts, the researchers said.

Today, Google killed its 30 percent app store fee, partially uncoupled Google Play from Google Play Billing after they were declared an illegal monopoly in the US, and much more.
From July, depending on where you live, Google will now generally charge developers 20 percent for in-app purchases, or 10 percent for subscriptions - but it's also carving out several new categories of app which might pay differently. One of them is the mysterious new "metaverse browsers" category, whose details have been redacted. But Google is public that two other programs, Apps Experience and Games Level Up will let developers save up to 5 percent more of th …
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The deal that once sparked circular dealmaking fears is no more, according to Jensen Huang.

Aujourd’hui 4 mars : Rappel, le 24 février : pribor.ai
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The question of machine consciousness is suddenly everywhere, driven by models that are getting better at doing things that look an awful lot like thinking

“Data centers … they need some PR help,”President Donald Trump said at the event.

The health secretary recently announced his plans to have companies like Dunkin' Donuts prove their foods are safe to eat.

While companies like Anthropic debate limits on military uses of AI, Smack Technologies is training models to plan battlefield operations.

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Epic Games and Google are burying the hatchet, but documents released today reveal that they aren't only aligned on how Google is shaking things up for app stores. The two companies have also agreed to terms about a new class of apps that they're calling "metaverse browsers," according to a heavily redacted section of a revised binding term sheet.
While the term "metaverse" has largely fallen out of favor - Mark Zuckerberg, for example, is now much more interested in AI - Epic CEO Tim Sweeney has been talking for years about the metaverse and how it might work in the future. (Depending on how you define the concept, Epic's Fortnite is...

Disposable vapes aren’t quite the problem/resource stream they once were, with many jurisdictions moving to ban the absurdly wasteful little devices, but there are still a lot of slightly-smelly lithium batteries in the wild. You might be forgiven for thinking that most of them seem to be in [Chris Doel]’s UK workshop, given that he’s now cruising around what has to be the world’s only vape-powered car.
Technically, anyway; some motorheads might object to calling donor vehicle [Chris] starts with a car, but the venerable G-Wiz has four wheels, four seats, lights and a windscreen, so what more do you want? Horsepower in excess of 17 ponies (12.6 kW)? Top speeds in excess of 50 Mph (80 km/h)? Something...

The opera director—whose Met début, “Tristan und Isolde,” premières next week—discusses a few of his influences.

Spain's prime minister delivers a strong rebuttal to US President Donald Trump's threat to end trade with his country.

« Hier, je me suis entretenu avec les dirigeants des Emirats arabes unis et du Qatar. Aujourd’hui, j’ai discuté avec les dirigeants de la Jordanie et de Bahreïn. Des discussions auront également lieu avec le Koweït et d’autres pays de la région », a affirmé le président ukrainien, mercredi.

Google's NotebookLM can now turn users' research and notes into fully animated "cinematic" videos, going a step further than the original video overview feature Google introduced last year. Previously, video overviews could only generate narrated slideshows, but the upgraded video overview feature uses a combination of Google's AI models, "including Gemini 3, Nano Banana Pro and Veo 3," to generate animated visuals based on the content of users' notes. Google says Gemini "determines the best narrative, visual style and format, and even refines its own work to ensure consistency" when generating the videos. This is the latest in a string o …
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Ditch the dongles. These multiport USB hubs will maximize your connectivity options.

This week Jonathan chats with Philippe Humeau about Crowdsec! That company created a Web Application Firewall as on Open Source project, and now runs it as a Multiplayer Firewall. What does that mean, and how has it worked out as a business concept? Watch to find out! https://github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec
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Le conflit opposant l’Iran aux États-Unis et à Israël ne semble pas baisser en intensité ce mercredi 4 mars. Les lieux où se joue cette guerre sont même de plus en plus nombreux, ce qui fait monter encore d’un cran la préoccupation à l’échelle mondiale.

Les données de trafic maritime, des vidéos et des images satellites permettent de documenter comment les infrastructures pétrolières et gazières ainsi que plusieurs navires sont touchés par la guerre entre Israël, les Etats-Unis et l’Iran.

"Living here feels like being in a nature sanctuary," says the owner of the sculptural concrete residence, which is surprisingly open to the tropical climate and creatures visiting from the neighboring forest reserve.Singapore’s tropical weather can sometimes be unbearable with extreme heat, glare, and humidity—which is why many residents construct air-conditioned boxes to hide in. But thoughtful architecture with sufficient shade and cross ventilation can provide comfort even on the hottest days—as this house by Yew Architects demonstrates. A couple with three young sons wanted to build a home that embraced an elevated site, which faces a nature reserve with a wild and lush landscape. "We invited Tay...

Representative Greg Landsman explains his hope that the conflict remains limited but also creates an entirely new Middle East.

Des richesses de ton monde, ne prélève que le strict nécessaire.

Designed by Leonard Perfido, the residence has an angular exterior, a lofted, wood-wrapped living room, and an elevated pool surrounded by foliage.Location: 14 Codfish Lane, Weston, Connecticut Price: $1,649,000 Year Built: 1974 Architect: Leonard Perfido Footprint: 3,779 square feet (3 bedrooms, 3 baths) Lot Size: 2 Acres From the Agent: "This home was designed by internationally acclaimed architect Leonard. This is a unique opportunity to live in a home equally well suited for formal, elegant entertaining and casual, daily living. Recent upgrades include a new home theater and fitness room, a firepit, an upgraded electrical system (with a smart panel and Tesla charger), a renovated garage (with a puppy spa...

Wall Street keeps sanding down its worry by the close, but Solomon says the “cumulative effect” can take weeks — and markets won’t warn you first

An official says more preparations are needed for the three-day ceremony in Tehran, where the supreme leader will lie in state.

Le président américain a une nouvelle fois critiqué, mardi, le premier ministre britannique, Keir Starmer, à qui il reproche d’avoir tardé à autoriser l’usage de ses bases militaires contre l’Iran.

Yasmin van Dorp’s short film depicts beautiful destinations—and the crowds of cell-phone photographers who inundate them.

The TX50U isn’t very Linux-friendly
If you’ve used Linux for a long time, you know that we are spoiled these days. Getting a new piece of hardware back in the day was often a horrible affair, requiring custom kernels and lots of work. Today, it should be easier. The default drivers on most distros cover a lot of ground, kernel modules make adding drivers easier, and dkms can automate the building of modules for specific kernels, even if it isn’t perfect.
So ordering a cheap WiFi dongle to improve your old laptop’s network connection should be easy, right? Obviously, the answer is no or this would be a very short post.
Plug and Pray
The USB dongle in question is a newish TP-Link Archer TX50U. It is...

Le RN en France, l’AfD en Allemagne, ou encore Meloni en Italie. Partout en Europe, les partis d’extrême droite sont tiraillés entre deux positions. Faut-il soutenir l’attaque contre l’Iran au nom de la lutte contre l’islam radical ou la réfuter au nom du non-interventionnisme, si cher aux souverainistes ?

L’Institut de recherche polaire britannique recrute chaque année jusqu’à 150 nouveaux employés pour passer l’été dans ses stations de recherche. Des scientifiques et des ingénieurs, mais aussi des électriciens, des plombiers et des cuisiniers. Attention : il faut être capable de résister au froid et à l’isolement, prévient la BBC.

New data from Redfin shows Americans typically stay in the home they own for 12 years, up almost 100% from 2005

Dans une banlieue américaine fictive de Saint-Louis, deux collègues se lient d’amitié en pleine crise de la cinquantaine – sur fond d’infidélité. “DTF St. Louis”, sorti ce 1er mars sur HBO, est une enquête sur la mort de l’un d’eux. La presse américaine salue le duo porté par Jason Bateman et David Harbour, mais aussi le ton humoristique de la série.

Sri Lanka's navy says around 140 people are feared missing after a military vessel went down off its southern coast.

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Je crois que si j'ai UNE console de cœur, celle qui a bercé mon enfance et qui a aiguisé mon goût pour les jeux vidéo, c'est la Megadrive. Un des titres qui m'avait énormément marqué, qu'on avait eu en bundle avec la console, 2 manettes et Sonic, c'est Streets of Rage... Et bien sûr ces deux excellentes suites !
Le 4ème volet, sorti 26 ans après le 3ème, était incroyable lui aussi (je recommande chaudement), car il respectait à 100% la formule et le gameplay d'origine, tout en apportant plein de petits trucs et en modernisant l'aspect technique. Un pari un peu fou mais relevé avec brio.
En suivant un peu l'actualité des...

The topline number — 63,000 private-sector jobs added in February — appears to be good news. But a closer look brings something alarming into view

Last summer we took a look at FreeDOS as part of the Daily Drivers series, and found a faster and more complete successor to the DOS of old. The sojourn into the 16-bit OS wasn’t perfect though, as we couldn’t find drivers for the 2010-era network card on our newly DOS-ified netbook. Here’s [Inkbox] following the same path, and bringing with it a fix for that networking issue.
The video below is an affectionate look at the OS alongside coding a TRON clone in assembler, and it shows a capable environment within the limitations of the 16-bit mode. The modern laptop here can’t emulate a BIOS as it’s UEFI only, and after trying a UEFI-to-BIOS emulator with limited success, he hits on a different...

Architect Samuel Gonçalves used composite panels made from the biomaterial to create a brutalist-style home south of Porto.Welcome to Prefab Profiles, an ongoing series of interviews with people transforming how we build houses. From prefab tiny houses and modular cabin kits to entire homes ready to ship, their projects represent some of the best ideas in the industry. Do you know a prefab brand that should be on our radar? Get in touch! About a decade ago, architect Samuel Gonçalves was asked to lend his expertise to an idea for a prefab product. A smattering of other experts within fields like automation, HVAC systems, and carpentry built on what Gonçalves created, but there was one problem: the idea...

It also provides outdoor access to the home’s second level.Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here. Project Details: Location: Tokyo, Japan Architect: HOAA Footprint: 1,037 square feet Structural Engineer: MSE Photographer: Takuya Seki From the Architect: "This project is an architect’s home and office located in a densely populated residential area of Tokyo. As there were other houses adjacent to the site boundary on all sides except for the north side where the road is located, we decided to install a large window facing the road. The challenge was in creating a bright garden...

The Trump administration’s new tariff plan is a legal patch job: 10% today, maybe 15% this week, and a mad dash to rebuild duties before a July cutoff

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

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

Italia • May 2010 📷 #flashes

John Carroll Kirby “Suntory”
“Suntory” is a challenging song to write about because while I think of some poetic ways to describe its beauty, all of them seem to cheapen the sublime loveliness of the piece. Does it sound like waking up to a perfect, luxurious morning? Do the piano chords and synth tones somehow feel exactly like gentle golden sunlight on your skin? Does it have the ultra-relaxed and informal feel of Sun Ra’s “Sleeping Beauty,” one of my favorite recordings of all time? Yes, definitely, but that’s rather banal compared to what the music actually feels like. There are some songs that are so fun to describe that the music sometimes can’t live up to the words, but this is very...

In their recent announcement, NASA has made official what pretty much anyone following the Artemis lunar program could have told you years ago — humans won’t be landing on the Moon in 2028.
It was always an ambitious timeline, especially given the scope of the mission. It wouldn’t be enough to revisit the Moon in a spidery lander that could only hold two crew members and a few hundred kilograms of gear like in the 60s. This time, NASA wants to return to the lunar surface with hardware capable of setting up a sustained human presence. That means a new breed of lander that dwarfs anything the agency, or humanity for that matter, has ever tried to place on another celestial body. Unsurprisingly, developing...

Civilians are being displaced, taking shelter in tents, parks and cars, as Israel retaliates to Hezbollah rocket attack.

Sur les théâtres d’opérations comme en ligne, l’IA réorganise la guerre autour d’un même nerf, la vitesse. Elle trie, corrèle et diffuse, au risque d’écraser la vérification humaine. L’intelligence artificielle s’impose dans la guerre moderne à deux niveaux, le champ de bataille et l’influence. Côté opérationnel, la fusion multi-capteurs devient la norme, drones, satellites, capteurs […]

TRIBUNE // Pour sortir du sentiment d’urgence symptomatique de notre époque, Jérôme Lhermenier, directeur général de l’agence Dragon Rouge Paris, suggère convoquer la figure du héros romantique du XIXème siècle pour aborder le futur avec une philosophie valorisant le vivant, les nuances, l'incongru.

Google et une société de cybersécurité, iVerify, ont découvert un puissant outil de piratage d'iPhone baptisé Coruna. Visiblement développé par le gouvernement américain, il a fuité et se retrouve aujourd'hui entre les mains d'espions russes et de cybercriminels chinois. Plus de 42 000 iPhone ont été piratés à cause de lui.
Comment ça marche ?
Coruna est un programme capable d'exploiter 23 failles de sécurité différentes dans iOS, le système d'exploitation de l'iPhone. Il suffit qu'un utilisateur visite un site web piégé pour que l'outil analyse automatiquement son téléphone (modèle, version du système, réglages de sécurité) et choisisse la bonne méthode pour en prendre le...

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Vous aimez les batteries externes ? Eh bien moi aussi. Et Ugreen a un modèle franchement intéressant si vous cherchez une batterie avec une grosse capacité. C'est la
Nexode 20 000 mAh 165W
, une batterie externe avec un câble USB-C rétractable intégré dans le châssis. Elle propose 100W sur un seul câble, 165W au total sur trois ports, un écran TFT pour tout contrôler et une recharge complète en moins de deux heures. Je la teste depuis quelques jours, et elle est validée. Un câble rétractable, et c'est tout de suite plus simple
On a tous le même problème quand on part en vadrouille : on part léger et on...

82 314 dollars, c'est l'incroyable facture que s'est mangé un dev mexicain après 48 heures d'utilisation frauduleuse de sa clé API Gemini. Sa dépense habituelle était de 180 dollars par mois environ, j'imagine que ça lui a fait un peu mal aux fesses. Et c'est une bonne raison pour moi de vous inciter une nouvelle fois à bien sécuriser vos clés API !
Le gars bosse dans une petite startup et de ce que j'ai compris, quelqu'un a chopé ses credentials et s'est lâché sur Gemini 3 Pro pendant deux jours. La réponse de Google ? "Responsabilité partagée". En gros, eux sécurisent l'infra, et vous sécurisez vos clés. Si vous vous faites plumer, c'est votre problème !
Et c'est pas un cas isolé car les...

Un message revendique la fin de YGG, évoque des serveurs « vidés puis détruits » et promet des révélations techniques. Derrière l’onde de choc, une bataille de contrôle, d’argent et de traces numériques. Un texte virulent attribué à un groupe non identifié annonce l’effondrement de YGG après des « années de mensonges » et décrit […]

In recent years, YggTorrent was France’s largest and most active torrent community, serving millions of users.
The torrent site was not a typical torrent indexer. The community is powered by a dedicated tracker, something that’s quite rare these days.
This thriving community was severely tested last December when its operators introduced a paid ‘Turbo Mode’. This triggered a revolt, with users and uploaders actively looking for alternative French torrent trackers. Just as the storm appeared to have calmed, YggTorrent’s operation was shaken up by a final blow this week, after unknown people breached the site, stole data and funds, and exposed the entire operation.
YggTorrent Shuts Down Following...