So was it AI or not?

Grammarly's "expert review" feature offers to give users writing advice "inspired by" subject matter experts, including recently-deceased professors, as Wired reported on Wednesday. When I tried the feature out myself, I found some experts that came as a surprise for a different reason - one of them was my boss. The AI-generated feedback included comments that appeared to be from The Verge's editor-in-chief, Nilay Patel, as well as editor-at-large David Pierce and senior editors Sean Hollister and Tom Warren, none of whom gave Grammarly permission to include them in the "expert reviews." The feature, which launched in August, claims to h …
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Researchers have found evidence the rat lungworm is now endemic in southern California

'Kagurabachi' might be a bit basic, but what it does, it does exceedingly well.

Don’t buy one unless you can see the “EX” label on the card and package. | Image: Cameron Faulkner / The Verge Unlike the original Switch, the Nintendo Switch 2 requires microSD Express cards for storing and playing games. While physically identical to microSD cards (aside from a small, easy-to-miss “EX” emblem etched onto the front of the card, as highlighted in the main image above), microSD Express cards are significantly faster. They advertise a 4.4x increase in transfer speeds over regular microSD cards. That speed boost is necessary for loading Switch 2 games that have more detailed textures and larger worlds than those that are possible on the original Switch. You may not need to buy one...

The US Customs and Border Protection says it currently can't comply with an order to process billions of dollars in refunds stemming from tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. In a filing on Friday, CBP executive director Brandon Lord says the agency's digital import processing system is "not well suited to a task of this scale," as reported earlier by CNBC. The CBP's admission comes after the Supreme Court struck down the tariffs imposed by Trump under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) last month. This week, the International Trade Court ruled that importers impacted by the tariffs are entitled to refunds with i …
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Here’s a guide to all the models—plus Pixel case recommendations and smart software tricks to try.

The death of this ancient species, discovered alongside more newly described mammals, had been greatly exaggerated.

“The doctor kept hearing the same story from his patients. After taking GLP-1 weight-loss drugs and finally shedding those excess pounds, some had gone a bit rogue. They began spacing out the shots instead of injecting themselves every week. And it seemed to be working, said Dr. Mitch Biermann, an obesity and internal medicine specialist at Scripps Clinic in San Diego. ‘By the time the third person told me they were taking it every second or third week and still maintaining their weight, I started recommending it to other patients,’ he said. Dr. Biermann also conceived a study to test the strategy. Now the results of that research are in: After 36 weeks of follow-up, most of the patients who spaced out...

Nintendo isn't the first company to sue and it probably won't be the last.

Iran’s internet shutdown has reduced connectivity by 99 percent, with air strikes likely causing additional outages, and few workarounds remaining.

“Weight loss drugs could help people avoid getting addicted to alcohol, tobacco and drugs such as cannabis and cocaine, a study has found. They could also reduce the risk of people already addicted to illicit substances having an overdose, ending up in hospital or dying, according to research published in the British Medical Journal. Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists used to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity, such as Mounjaro and Ozempic, are thought to work by influencing the brain’s reward pathways in order to cut cravings. They help people feel fuller by mimicking the natural substance released after eating. The US study analysed 606,434 US veterans with type 2 diabetes, who were monitored for...

“A new study across 38 countries found that among adults aged 20-45 who work from home at least one day per week, actual births since 2023 and planned family size are higher. This implies that an increase in remote work would boost fertility much more effectively than expensive pronatalist policies.” From Project Syndicate.
The post The Baby Bump from Remote Work appeared first on Human Progress.

“The DNA foundation model Evo 2 has been published in the journal Nature. Trained on the DNA of over 100,000 species across the entire tree of life, Evo 2 can identify patterns in gene sequences across disparate organisms that experimental researchers would need years to uncover. The machine learning model can accurately identify disease-causing mutations in human genes and is capable of designing new genomes that are as long as the genomes of simple bacteria.” From Phys.org.
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“Planned capital investment in South Africa surged last year as private commitments tripled, while government projects excluding state companies declined, according to a report by Nedbank Group Ltd. The value of newly announced plans climbed 16% to 705.6 billion rand ($44 billion), the lender said in its Capital Expenditure Project Listing report released Monday. Private firms committed to investing 382.5 billion rand, up from 116.2 billion rand in 2024. Major initiatives included Vodacom Group Ltd.’s 85.2 billion-rand expansion and modernization of digital infrastructure through network upgrades and an accelerated 5G rollout, and NT55 Investments’ planned 50 billion-rand inland port in the central...

Agés de 22 et 26 ans, les deux hommes, suspectés d’avoir participé à la rixe après laquelle est mort le militant d’extrême droite, ont été placés en détention provisoire.

Nintendo of America is suing the US government over President Trump's tariffs and is demanding a "prompt refund, with interest" of any duties that it has paid, according to a complaint filed in the US Court of International Trade, as reported previously by Aftermath. The Supreme Court ruled last month that Trump's use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to levy "reciprocal" tariffs was illegal, without specifying how any refunds might work. Nintendo announced launch details for the Switch 2, including a planned preorder date of April 9th, on the same day Trump announced plans to implement broad tariffs on imports f …
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The MacBook Neo weighs as much as a MacBook Air, but comes in some very playful colors. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge It’s 2026, and that means Apple sells MacBooks equipped with not just its capable M-series processors but A-series chips that were previously exclusive to the iPhone. With the MacBook Neo starting at $599, the company now offers a wider range of options with more sizes and price points than ever before, all of which run the company’s newest operating system, macOS 26. Purchasing a new MacBook is easy if all you want is an affordable laptop. But if you have more specific needs and use cases that require a lot of power, or if you want to connect multiple 6K displays, it gets...

Les images inédites analysées par « Le Monde » prouvent la présence d’enfants parmi les personnes tuées dans une école de Minab, en Iran, touchée le premier jour du conflit par une « probable » frappe américaine.

Kyiv has reacted furiously after officials in Budapest accused staff transporting cash to Ukraine of money laundering.

Out of all of Batman’s massive array of tools which turn a relatively ordinary person into a superhero, perhaps his most utilitarian is his grappling gun — allowing him the ability to soar around his city like Spiderman or Superman. [John Boss] isn’t typically fighting crime, but he did develop his own grappling gun of sorts which gives him another superpower: the ability to easily scale snowy hills to quickly get back to the top.
The grappling gun takes inspiration from a commonly used tool called a power ascender, which is often used in industry applications where climbing is required. This one is held in the hand and uses a brushless motor with a belt-driven 3:1 reduction for increased torque. The...

Sous prétexte de restaurer des forêts brûlées, Moscou a autorisé les coupes à blanc autour du plus grand réservoir d’eau douce du monde. Une décision dénoncée par les scientifiques et certains acteurs politiques, qui y voient surtout une victoire des intérêts privés sur la protection d’un site classé par l’Unesco.

Save a chunk of change on the Beats Studio Pro over-ear headphones.

We were promised AI regulation and a race to the top. Now, we’re arguing about killer robots.

Le président ukrainien s’est filmé sur une place de la localité de Droujkivka, à une quinzaine de kilomètres du front.

Près de la moitié des 13 sélectionnés pour cette édition italienne se sont déjà invités sur un podium aux Jeux, et quatre d’entre eux sont même champions en titre. La France est représentée dans quatre des six disciplines au programme.

Shopping for a phone can be an ordeal. That’s why we’ve tested almost every Android phone, from the smartest to the cheapest—even phones that fold—to find the ones worth your money.

Platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket are facing bipartisan backlash as lawmakers warn that prediction markets are monetizing state secrets

The economy shed 92,000 jobs in February, while white-collar woes worsened and long-term unemployment rose

Oil’s surge is now a gas-price problem, an airline problem, a bond-market problem, and after Friday’s jobs miss, a Fed headache for markets

Oracle's layoffs show that the people losing jobs aren't losing them because AI can do their work. They're losing them to money spent on chips and data centers

Los Angeles brings in goats for wildfire prevention ahead of the Olympics, how building luxury homes could help the housing crisis, and more.Paris’s Tour Montparnasse building, long maligned for being an eyesore looming over the city’s skyline, is finally getting a $700-million facelift. The redesign, by Italian architect Rezno Piano, will add promenades and a tree-lined piazza, though some locals have concerns—one worries the renovation will disrupt a colony of pigeons that have made the complex its home. (The New York Times) Landscape architect Dan Barefoot spent more than a decade balancing his work with elite training to compete in skeleton for Team USA at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina....

An early print of the linoleum block that Kristina started carving during the podcast. (It’s the original Cherry MX patent drawing, re-imagined for block printing.)
This week, Hackaday’s Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos met up over assorted beverages to bring you the latest news, mystery sound results show, and of course, a big bunch of hacks from the previous seven days or so.
In the news, we’ve launched a brand-new contest! Yes, the Green-Powered Challenge is underway, and we need your entry to truly make it a contest. You have until April 24th to enter, so show us what you can do with power you scrounge up from the environment around you!
On What’s That Sound, Kristina was leaning toward some kind...

The ’70s cedar shingles had to stay, but the interiors are refreshed with an open layout and materials that are at once hard-wearing and easy on the eyes.Chris Wershoven has fond memories of visits to his uncle’s home on the North Fork of Long Island, a modest and modernist boxy cedar-clad house built in 1971. They include big family get-togethers, fishing in the creek adjacent to the backyard, and boat rides to the Great Peconic Bay just beyond. After his uncle passed and the house went up for sale, he and his wife, Erika, who live in Brooklyn, purchased it in 2019 so that their children could experience some of the same joys. The house was charming, but dated (think dark wood paneling and cloistered...

The revamped industrial space has milk-white interiors, a multilevel glass facade, and a roof deck with skyline views.Location: 6 17th Ave West #5, Vancouver, British Columbia Price: $1,978,000 CAD (approximately $1,442,871 USD) Year Built: 1913 Renovation Date: 2023 Renovation Architect: Inge Roecker of Air Studio Footprint: 1,713 square feet (3 bedrooms, 2 baths) From the Agent: "A rare Mount Pleasant landmark reimagined for contemporary life, this town house pairs the weight of its 1913 industrial origins with the luminous precision of Air Studio’s contemporary intervention, creating a home that feels both grounded in history and distinctly contemporary. The reimagining of the 113-year-old structure...

Un journaliste britannique tombe de haut quand sa rencontre avec un plombier du Languedoc le pousse à s’interroger sur le cliché du Français hédoniste et réfractaire à l’effort. Ses a priori tombent comme des dominos, et l’esprit contestataire de l’Hexagone devient bon sens.

Suspected Islamist militants reportedly seized control of a village for two days before being forced out by troops and air strikes.

The 1950s concrete dome houses were once widespread in Senegal’s capital. Photojournalist Andrea Ferro documented some of the few surviving structures, and the people who live in them.Since 2021, I’ve spent part of each year in Dakar, Senegal, for my work as a photojournalist and videographer. I mainly cover stories related to social issues and the effects of climate change on communities. About a year ago, an Italian friend living in Dakar told me about some dome houses in his neighborhood. I’d never heard of them before. Intrigued, I went with him to take a look. Though I’ve focused my photography practice on reporting, I have an architecture degree and worked briefly as an architect. That’s...

La guerre est entrée, vendredi, dans son septième jour. Israël a annoncé une “nouvelle phase” qui visera “l’infrastructure du régime” de Téhéran. Parallèlement, l’État hébreu a intensifié ses frappes au Liban où l’on redoute, entre autres, une crise humanitaire. Donald Trump a, quant à lui, appelé à la “reddition inconditionnelle” du pouvoir iranien.

Les derniers documents dévoilés par le ministère de la Justice américain montrent que le financier a payé les frais de scolarité de plusieurs jeunes femmes étudiant au sein de la Confédération suisse. Originaires d’Europe de l’Est pour la plupart, ces dernières devaient en échange envoyer des photos d’elles au pédocriminel, qui leur demandait aussi de lui présenter d’autres femmes. Une enquête du journal genevois “Le Temps”.

Les amphithéâtres des universités russes se transforment peu à peu en nouveau terrain de recrutement pour l’armée. Selon plusieurs médias indépendants, de vastes campagnes visent désormais les étudiants en leur faisant miroiter des contrats avantageux d’un an, qui pourrait en réalité les engager pour une durée indéterminée. Certains sont mêmes menacés d’exclusion s’ils ne s’enrôlent pas.

The SGI O2 was SGI’s last-ditch attempt at a low-end MIPS-based workstation back in 1996, and correspondingly didn’t use the hottest parts of the time, nor did it offer much of an upgrade path. None of which is a concern to hobbyists who are more than happy to work around any hardware- and software limitations to e.g. install much faster CPUs. While quite a few CPU upgrades were possible with just some BGA chip reworking skills, installing the 900 MHz RM7900 would require some PROM hacking, which [mattst88] recently took a shake at.
The initial work on upgrading SGI O2 systems was done in the early 2000s, with [Joe Page] and [Ian Mapleson] running into the issue that these higher frequency MIPS CPUs...

VIDEO Dans le détroit d’Ormuz, récits en images de marins bloqués et en danger

Google vient de publier son rapport annuel sur les failles zero-day. En 2025, son équipe de renseignement a comptabilisé 90 vulnérabilités exploitées avant d'être corrigées. Près de la moitié visaient des équipements d'entreprise, un record, et les vendeurs de spyware passent en tête du classement pour la première fois.
90 failles, 43 contre les entreprises
Le Google Threat Intelligence Group a suivi 90 failles zero-day exploitées dans la nature en 2025, contre 78 en 2024 et 100 en 2023. Le chiffre global reste dans la même fourchette, mais la répartition a changé. 43 de ces failles ciblaient du matériel ou des logiciels d'entreprise, soit 48 % du total. C'est du jamais vu.
L'année...

Rudy Reichstadt et Tristan Mendès France décryptent et analysent, dans ce nouveau numéro de Complorama comment l'offensive militaire américano-israélienne contre l'Iran alimente les théories du complot à l'échelle mondiale. C'est le 105ème numéro de Complorama.

Praha • Česko • January 2022 📷 #flashes

Des sacs à dos capables d’envoyer des SMS frauduleux via de fausses antennes 4G-5G ont été repérés par ZATAZ.

Editor’s Note: Over the course of nearly 300 posts, Jonathan Bennett set a very high bar for this column, so we knew it needed to be placed in the hands of somebody who could do it justice. That’s why we’re pleased to announce that Mike Kershaw AKA [Dragorn] will be taking over This Week In Security! Mike is a security researcher with decades of experience, a frequent contributor to 2600, and perhaps best known as the creator of the Kismet wireless scanner.
He’ll be bringing the column to you regularly going forward, but given the extended period since we last checked in with the world of (in)security, we thought it would be appropriate to kick things off with a review of some of the stories you may...

Les opérateurs télécoms et la police courent après des campagnes de SMS massifs. Pendant ce temps, des vendeurs réapparaissent sous de nouveaux domaines, proposant des « fausses stations de base » prêtes à l’emploi. Des sites web en mandarin (Chinois) vendent ouvertement des « fausses stations de base » (IMSI Catcher) capables, selon leur propre […]

The contraction came as a surprise with payrolls down in nearly every sector.

Des chercheurs ont utilisé un accélérateur de particules du Karlsruhe Institute of Technology pour scanner 2 200 fourmis de 800 espèces différentes en quelques jours. Le résultat : des modèles 3D d'une précision au micromètre, qui révèlent muscles, systèmes nerveux et dards. Le tout est accessible gratuitement en ligne sur le portail
antscan.info
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Un synchrotron pour radiographier des fourmis
Le projet AntScan est né d'une collaboration entre Evan Economo, entomologiste à l'université du Maryland, et Thomas van de Kamp, physicien au Karlsruhe Institute of Technology en Allemagne. L'idée : utiliser le synchrotron du KIT, un accélérateur de particules qui...

Cyberattaque chez un producteur de volailles, livraisons stoppées, la filière volaille expose sa dépendance numérique.

Casino Cheyenne et Arapaho à l’arrêt après rançongiciel, enquête fédérale et refus de payer une rançon.

Le gaspillage du cloud, c'est un peu le secret de polichinelle du devops. Tout le monde sait qu'il y a des volumes EBS détachés qui traînent, des snapshots vieux de 6 mois, des Elastic IP à 3,65 $/mois qui servent à rien... mais bon, on nettoie pas. Parce qu'on a trop les miquettes de casser un truc en prod. Mais entre le volume de 500 Go "temporaire" créé en 2024 et le NAT Gateway qui facture 32 $/mois dans le vide, ça chiffre assez vite. CleanCloud
va vous permettre de remédier à ça. Il s'agit d'un petit CLI Python compatible Linux, macOS et Windows (dispo via pip ou pipx) qui va scanner vos comptes AWS et Azure pour débusquer toutes ces ressources orphelines. Le truc, c'est qu'il tourne...

MuddyWater, un groupe de hackers rattaché aux services de renseignement iraniens, s'est infiltré dans les réseaux d'une banque, d'un aéroport et d'un éditeur de logiciels américains avec deux nouvelles portes dérobées. L'opération, repérée par Symantec, s'est intensifiée après les frappes américaines et israéliennes sur l'Iran fin février.
Deux portes dérobées inédites
C'est l'équipe Threat Hunter de Symantec qui a levé le lièvre. Depuis début février 2026, le groupe MuddyWater (aussi connu sous le nom de Seedworm) a déployé deux malwares jusqu'ici inconnus. Le premier, Dindoor, utilise Deno, un environnement d'exécution JavaScript, et a été signé avec un certificat émis au nom...

Piratage : un hacktiviste diffuse des commandes attribuées à Nicolas Sarkozy après l’intrusion dans la base clients du fleuriste en ligne.

Le Discord Game SDK, c'est ce petit bout de code que les devs de jeux vidéo intègrent pour afficher votre statut, gérer les invitations entre potes... sauf que dans ARC Raiders, le truc ouvrait carrément une connexion complète au serveur Discord. Du coup, vos DMs privés se retrouvaient jusqu'il y a peu, logués en clair sur votre disque dur.
C'est Timothy Meadows, un ingénieur en sécurité, qui a découvert le pot aux roses. En fouillant dans les fichiers de log du jeu (le chemin exact c'est AppData\Local\PioneerGame\Saved\Logs\discord.log), il est tombé sur des conversations privées Discord en clair.
Et cerise sur le gâteau, le fichier contenait aussi le Bearer token d'authentification Discord du...

Des « personnalités » antifascistes dénoncent le récit médiatique dominant après la mort de Deranque. -
Repères

De nombreuses organisations ont publié un communiqué suite à la mort du néofasciste Deranque. -
Repères / Solidarité antifasciste, anti-antifascisme, Affaire Deranque

La manif a été un signe fort de contestation contre l'implantation des Hammerskins dans la Meuse. -
Initiatives / Taverne de Thor, Manifs et rassemblements