The US president said allied troops had "stayed a little back" during the war in Afghanistan.

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Imaginez un monde sans Google, sans Facebook, où pour se connecter, il faut débrancher le téléphone et écouter la symphonie stridente d'un modem 56k. Nous sommes en 1992... Quelque part à Helsinki, dans une cave mal ventilée, un ingénieur finlandais s'apprête à lancer un petit script Perl qui va faire trembler la planète entière. Johan Helsingius, ou "Julf" pour les intimes, vient de créer le premier grand service d'anonymat du Web : anon.penet.fi.
J'ai toujours eu une fascination pour ces pionniers qui ont bâti le Web avec trois bouts de ficelle et Julf est l'archétype du héros cypherpunk. Ce type, qui a étudié la...

Dans un discours empreint de pur racisme prononcé au Forum économique mondial, le président des États-Unis a proclamé vouloir défendre la “civilisation” occidentale. Relayant sans complexe le discours identitaire cher à son conseiller d’extrême droite Stephen Miller, souligne le quotidien britannique “The Guardian”.

Soutenu par le ministre de l’intérieur, un texte, présenté dans le cadre de la niche parlementaire du parti Les Républicains, visait à octroyer aux policiers et aux gendarmes la présomption d’un usage légitime de leur arme à feu, une revendication de longue date des syndicats policiers. L’obstruction parlementaire menée par la gauche a empêché son adoption.

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Développer une application pour Windows quand on n'utilise pas Visual Studio, c'est un peu comme essayer de monter un meuble Conforama sans la notice et avec des outils en plastique.
Faut jongler avec les SDK, se battre avec des manifestes XML (l'enfer sur Terre ces trucs), générer des certificats dans tous les sens... Bref, c'est souvent la croix et la bannière. Et Microsoft, dans sa grande bonté (si si, ça arrive), s'est dit qu'il était temps d'arrêter de torturer les développeurs.
Du coup, ils viennent d'annoncer en petite pompe la sortie en preview publique de winapp, un nouveau CLI open source conçu pour simplifier tout ce bazar.
Avouez que vous avez lu Winamp ? Ahahah, hé bien non !
Avec ce...

Vous pensiez que votre imprimante de bureau était juste un objet d'un autre temps qui enchaine des bourrages papier toute la journée et vous réclame de l'encre hors de prix comme un enfant qui attend sa têtée ? Ben va falloir revoir vos priorités niveau paranoïa, parce que c'est bien plus que ça !
Une enquête du Washington Post vient en effet de révéler comment le FBI a identifié un de leurs lanceurs d'alerte grâce aux logs d'impression de son employeur. Aurelio Luis Perez-Lugones, spécialiste IT pour un sous-traitant du gouvernement américain, aurait fait des captures d'écran de documents classifiés dans un SCIF (ces salles ultra-sécurisées où même votre téléphone n'entre pas), puis les...

Du grain à la baguette : une brève histoire du pain
https://usbeketrica.com/fr/article/du-grain-a-la-baguette-une-breve-histoire-du-pain

L'euro : discuté en 1991, conclu en 1998, introduit en 2002. En premier lieu, cette monnaie commune de l'Union européenne voit le jour dans douze pays et s'étend aujourd'hui dans 21 États membres. La Bulgarie l'adopte aussi au 1er janvier 2026. Les avantages sont évidents : en vacances, les citoyen.ne.s ne s'embêtent plus avec le fait de devoir changer de monnaie, dans les magasins d'autres pays, les prix sont facilement comparables, et l'euro est l'une des devises les plus stables au monde. En outre, cette monnaie commune renforce également le sentiment d'appartenance à une identité européenne. Qu'est-ce que l'euro numérique ?
Depuis 2023, la Banque centrale européenne (BCE) envisage d'introduire...

Electric Eye de Prodigal, c’est le vinyle avec des données le plus connu, parce que la vidéo de 2019 de 8-Bit Show And Tell a été très vue et partagée dans les médias. Et du coup, quand le disque a été réédité en 2020, il a pu ajouter un Easter Egg, tout en gardant le premier. Au lieu de vous mettre tous les articles précédents à chaque fois, je vous renvoie vers la page dédiée, elle explique ce que je fais avec les vinyles et liste toutes les pages qui contiennent les programmes, les explications, etc.
• Les programmes cachés dans les disques vinyles •
 
Le disque de 2020 est rouge
Le premier disque date des années 80 et contient un petit programme pour Commodore 64 qui est bien...

En Seine-et-Marne, deux fillettes de 4 ans ont dénoncé des agressions par un animateur en 2023. Plus de deux ans après, la procédure judiciaire est toujours en cours, illustrant la difficulté pour la police de trouver des preuves qui confirment la parole des très jeunes enfants.

Rompant la promesse qu’il avait faite le 3 octobre de ne pas faire usage de cet article contesté de la Constitution, le premier ministre a engagé mardi la responsabilité de son gouvernement pour faire passer la partie recettes du texte sans vote sur celle-ci.

Paul Mescal and Chase Infiniti missed out, while other actors carried their films to a nomination.

What happens when a traditional board game company decides to break into electronic gaming? Well, if it were a UK gaming company in 1978, the result would be a Waddingtons 2001 The Game Machine that you can see in the video from [Re:Enthused] below.
The “deluxe console model” had four complete games: a shooting gallery, blackjack, Code Hunter, and Grand Prix. But when you were done having fun, no worries. The machine was also a basic calculator with a very strange keyboard. We couldn’t find an original retail price on these, but we’ve read it probably sold for £20 to £40, which, in 1978, was more than it sounds like today. Like a board game, there were paper score sheets. The main console had die-cut...

Explore Chewy coupon codes for $30 off, $20 off your first order $49, 50% off pet food, and more January 2026 discounts.

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Cette réunion « trilatérale » a lieu le lendemain de l’entrevue entre le président russe, Vladimir Poutine, et l’émissaire américain Steve Witkoff.

Dans un discours très critique à l’égard des Européens, le président ukrainien a pressé jeudi ses alliés de faire preuve de “courage”, dépeignant un continent qui semble “perdu” face à Trump et manquant de “volonté politique” face à Poutine. Le ton de son message reflète les progrès limités des négociations sur l’Ukraine, note la presse internationale.

Beaucoup de questions demeurent sur les termes de l’accord esquissé par le président américain et le secrétaire général de l’OTAN, à Davos. Les premiers ministres danois et groenlandais se disent prêts à « élargir » l’accord de défense de 1951.

L’intelligence artificielle attire des investissements massifs et bouleverse le monde du travail. Alors que les géants de la tech multiplient les licenciements, la question fiscale refait surface. Si l’automatisation réduit les recettes fondées sur l’emploi humain, faut-il taxer les machines, le capital, ou repenser complètement l’impôt à l’ère de l’IA ?

CPI met expectations as used car prices fell, while core CPI rose 0.2%, keeping U.S. inflation near the Federal Reserve’s 2% goal.

A Vanderbilt University study estimates a 10% credit card interest cap could save Americans about $100 billion.

JPMorgan Chase warned Tuesday that a proposed 10% cap on credit card rates would significantly change its card business.

Over on YouTube [Nic Barker] gives us: UTF-8, Explained Simply.
If you’re gonna be a hacker eventually you’re gonna have to write software to process and generate text data. And when you deal with text data, in this day and age, there are really only two main things you need to know: 7-bit ASCII and UTF-8. In this video [Nic] explains 7-bit ASCII and Unicode, and then explains UTF-8 and how it relates to Unicode and ASCII. [Nic] goes into detail about some of the clever features of Unicode and UTF-8 such as self-synchronization, single-byte ASCII, multi-byte codepoints, leading bytes, continuation bytes, and grapheme clusters.
[Nic] mentions about UTF-16, but UTF-16 turned out to be a really bad idea....

An entity has been created and a deadline has been avoided, as the TikTok deal drags on.

Just over a year after it briefly disappeared from app stores, TikTok in the US is now part of a new entity, TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC. With approval from both the US and China closing on the schedule laid out in December, ByteDance's ownership of the new joint venture is now only 19.9 percent to satisfy the terms of the divest-or-ban law signed in 2024 by President Biden. The other 80.1 percent is owned by investment firm Silver Lake, Oracle, and Abu Dhabi investment firm MGX - the three "managing investors" that now hold 15 percent stakes - and several other smaller investors, like Michael Dell's family investment firm.
A press releas …
Read the full story at The Verge.

Ring has launched a new Ring Verify tool that the company says can "verify that Ring videos you receive haven't been edited or changed." But since Ring won't verify videos that have been altered in any way, it probably won't be able to verify those videos you see on TikTok that look like they're from security camera footage but are actually made with AI. @verge Baby, that's a fake baby. Here are some ways AI content accounts are going out of their way to make AI videos seem legit. #ai #aislop #slopbusters #aivideos #sora ♬ original sound - The Verge All videos downloaded from Ring's cloud now include a "digital security seal," Rin …
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In what world does Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake get canceled amid corporate restructuring and yet BG&E2 does not? "Beyond Good & Evil 2 remains a priority for us in the context of our strategy centered around Open World Adventures," an unnamed Ubisoft spokesperson told Kotaku and Insider Gaming.
The original Beyond Good & Evil is a fantastic game I can enjoy even now, over 20 years on from its 2003 release. The sequel has been in development hell nearly as long at over 17 years, the longest of any major game; it's survived the retirement of its first creative director, the death of its second creative director, and that on …
Read the full story at The Verge.

How many polite ways are there to ask whether the President of the United States is losing it?

From Black vampires gobbling up Oscar nominations to gay pro hockey players dominating the culture, diverse stories broke through in an environment that’s increasingly hostile to them.

It’s possible to improve your 3D prints in all kinds of ways. You can tune your printer’s motion, buy better filament, or tinker endlessly with any number of slicer settings. Or, as [Dirt-E-Bikes] explains, you could grab yourself some silica gel.
If you’re unfamiliar with silica gel, it’s that stuff that comes in the “DO NOT EAT” packet when you buy a new pair of shoes. It’s key feature is that it’s hygroscopic—which means it likes to suck up moisture from the atmosphere. When it comes to 3D printing, this is a highly useful property—specifically because it can help keep filament dry. Over time, plastic filament tends to pick up some moisture on its own from the atmosphere, and this tends...

The boy was taken along with his father, the lawyer and school officials say. ICE says it kept the boy safe as his father ran.

Samsung’s aptly titled Frame TV is designed to blend in with the rest of your home decor. Unless you’re dead set on picking up a larger panel, Samsung’s forthcoming 2026 Frame lineup represents a fairly minor upgrade. That makes last year’s model an easy rec for those on the hunt for an art-inspired 4K TV, especially given the 43- and 50-inch models are down to the lowest prices we’ve seen at Woot, selling for $597.99 ($302 off) and $697.99 ($402 off), respectively, through January 31st.
Samsung The Frame (2025) Where to Buy: $899.99 $597.99 at Woot (43-inch) $1099.99 $697.99 at Woot (50-inch)
Samsung’s last-gen 4K TV can easily pass for a piece of artwork, thanks to its slim QLED display that can...

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Paul Jorion :
Comment sortir du bourbier groenlandais ?
ChatGPT :
Le Groenland est sans doute le dernier test existentiel de l’OTAN
1. Pourquoi l’Europe n’est plus un simple « théâtre »
Pendant toute la Guerre froide, l’Europe a été :
• un espace de projection de la puissance américaine,
• un objet de protection plus qu’un sujet stratégique,
• un terrain où se jouaient des équilibres décidés ailleurs.
Cette situation correspondait parfaitement à la logique de OTAN : sécurité garantie, autonomie limitée. Le Groenland révèle que ce cadre est désormais caduc.
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2. Le Groenland : le point où l’Europe ne peut plus déléguer
Le Groenland est...

A joke in the new 'Masters of the Universe' trailer plays into a familiar online grift.

Get ready to hear a lot about John Ternus.

Nintendo’s Talking Flower interactive toy will launch in March. | Image: Nintendo After sharing a brief look at its new Talking Flower during a Nintendo Direct showcase last September that generated more questions than answers, Nintendo has finally revealed more details about what the interactive toy actually does and how much it costs. It shares some functionality with Nintendo's Alarmo alarm clock, but the Talking Flower seems more like a talkative companion for fans of Super Mario Bros. Wonder.
First and foremost, as the name implies, the Talking Flower will just randomly speak a couple of times every hour when left alone, with phrases like "sometimes it's nice to space out," and "is it weird for...

Illustration par ChatGPT
Paul Jorion :
Trump faisant machine-arrière sur le Groenland à Davos, affirmant qu’il abandonnait l’idée des tarifs douaniers parce qu' »un plan était allait être mis au point » sans en dire plus, cela voudrait-il dire que Gladio serait encore actif d’une manière ou d’une autre ?
ChatGPT :
Non, mais cela révèle une continuité de style stratégique hérité de la Guerre froide, sans dispositif clandestin organisé.
1. Les faits observables (ce qui est certain)
Lors de Davos, Donald Trump a :
• semblé désamorcer la question du Groenland,
• évoqué implicitement un arrangement à venir,
• sans jamais décrire publiquement de plan concret,
• ni fournir de...

A pair of bills in Massachusetts would require manufacturers to tell consumers when their connected gadgets are going dark. It should be a boon for cybersecurity as connected devices grow obsolete.

The period vampire thriller scored a record-breaking 16 nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director.

"We're going to be very successful in Gaza," President Trump says, as his administration laid out its vision for post-war reconstruction.

The US president has promised to "end decades of suffering" but critics dismiss his Board of Peace as a vainglorious project.

The Artemis 2 astronauts—and the historical keepsakes they’re bringing with them—will travel farther from Earth than any have gone before.

A new lawsuit from the president and his businesses accuses JPMorgan Chase of "debanking" Trump in 2021 following the Jan. 6 insurrection

The world's richest person showed up to Davos at last — and mostly delivered the same pitch, the same timelines, and the same caution tape

After the swivel by Helium Inc. towards simply running distributed WiFi hotspots after for years pushing LoRaWAN nodes, much of the associated hardware became effectively obsolete. This led to quite a few of these Nebra LoRa Miners getting sold off, with the [Buy it Fix it] channel being one of those who sought to give these chunks of IP-67-rated computing hardware a new life.
Originally designed to be part of the Helium Network Token (HNT) cryptocurrency mining operation, with users getting rewarded by having these devices operating, they contain fairly off-the-shelf hardware. As can be glanced from e.g. the Sparkfun product page, it’s basically a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3+ on a breakout board with a...

Humanoid robots, space travel, the science of aging—Musk weighed in on all of it at this week’s World Economic Forum. But his predictions rarely work out the way he says they will.

“The Mexican government on Friday said that for the first time in history, more Mexicans are categorized as middle class than as living in poverty. Jesús Ramírez, director of President Claudia Sheinbaum’s Council of Advisers, also said that based on World Bank data the Mexican middle class grew by more than 12 percentage points between 2018 and 2024. ‘These figures coincide with [our own] data indicating a reduction in poverty,’ Ramírez said, referencing the August national statistics agency [INEGI] report that poverty was reduced from 41.9% of the population in 2018 to 29.6% by last year. The August INEGI report found that the number of Mexicans living in poverty declined from 51.9 million in 2018...

“A new map has unmasked the landscape beneath Antarctica’s ice in unprecedented detail, something scientists say could greatly enhance our understanding of the frozen white continent. Researchers used satellite data and the physics of how Antarctica’s glaciers move to work out what the continent might look like beneath the ice. They found evidence of thousands of previously undiscovered hills and ridges, and say their maps of some of Antarctica’s hidden mountain ranges are clearer than ever before. While the maps are subject to uncertainties, the researchers believe the new details could shed light on how Antarctica will respond to climate change – and what that means for sea-level rise.” From...

Chinese firms are building battery plants from Europe to North America, promising jobs while prompting local concerns about the environment, politics, and who really benefits.

“China completed about 8.47 million hectares of land greening in 2025, according to a media release from the National Forestry and Grassland Administration. This included afforestation on nearly 3.6 million hectares, with the rest achieved through the restoration of degraded grasslands, the release said on Thursday as the administration’s annual work conference continues. To date, the country’s forest coverage rate has increased to 25.09 percent, and its forest stock volume has reached almost 21 billion cubic meters, it revealed. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25), China accomplished a total of 36.6 million hectares of land greening, including 12.3 million hectares of afforestation,...

“Protecting the health of mothers and children has been identified as one of the priority areas of state policy in Uzbekistan. In recent years, a significant decline has been recorded in maternal and child mortality indicators. According to data provided by the ‘Family and Gender’ Research Institute, maternal mortality stood at 65.3 deaths per 100,000 live births in 1991. To date, this figure has fallen to 14.8. This means that maternal mortality has declined by nearly 4.5 times over a period of more than 30 years. Positive trends are also being observed in infant mortality and mortality among children under the age of five. In particular, in 1991 infant mortality amounted to 35.5 deaths per 1,000 live...

“India has recorded steep declines in malaria, tuberculosis, and child deaths… Incidence of malaria has dropped by over 80%, with deaths down 78%, shifting India from a high-burden to a high-impact phase. Incidence of tuberculosis has fallen from 237 cases per lakh population in 2015 to 187 per lakh — a 21% decline, nearly double the global average. Maternal mortality has reduced from 130 per lakh live births in 2014 to 88 in 2025, while infant mortality has declined from 39 to 27 per 1,000 live births.” From Times of India.
The post India Logs Steep Decline in TB, Malaria and Maternal Deaths appeared first on Human Progress.

Le 24 janvier 2026, à l'appel du fasciste anglais Danny Tommo, des fachos britanniques sont attendus sur le littoral français -
Initiatives / Manifs et rassemblements

Cultures en luttes organise à la Parole Errante (Montreuil) un week-end antifasciste avec de nombreuses tables rondes sur des thèmes aussi variés que l'occupation du terrain culturel face à l'extrême droite ou les attaques et les pressions sur le monde du livre. SAMEDI 31.01.26 14h - Ouverture des portes 14h30 : Occuper le terrain culturel face à l'extrême droite • Alternative International Movement (AIM) section Paname • Jean Morel - Grünt • Corps & Graphies 2028 • La Horde • Cirque (…) -
Initiatives / Initiative culturelle, Rencontres et débats

[Clough42] created a 3D print for a lathe tool and designed in some support to hold the piece on the bed while printing. It worked, but removing the support left unsightly blemishes on the part. A commenter mentioned that the support doesn’t have to exactly touch the part to support it. You can see the results of trying that method in the video below.
In this case [Cloug42] uses Fusion, but the idea would be the same regardless of how you design your parts. Originally, the support piece was built as a single piece along with the target object. However, he changed it to make the object separate from the support structure. That’s only the first step, though. If you import both pieces and print, the result...

It’s a pleasant surprise to find some of the year’s best movies enthusiastically acknowledged by the Academy, but plenty of greatness has been left by the wayside.

Ah ils sont chaud bouillants les développeurs en ce moment ! Surtout quand je tombe sur une pépite comme textarea
, je me dis que la recherche des choses simples façon Herta a encore de beaux jours devant elle.
J'sais pas si on peut le qualifier d'éditeur le plus minimaliste du monde mais c'est sûr qu'il n'y a pas de chichi ni de menus à rallonge dedans... Cet outil vit côté client dans votre navigateur et sa particularité c'est qu'il peut stocker ce que vous écrivez directement dans le "hash" (#) de l'URL. En gros, vous tapez votre prose, et hop, l'adresse dans votre barre de navigation s'allonge au fur et à mesure, contenant toutes vos données...

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

Donald Trump teste presque chaque jour les limites de son autorité. Si la résistance des contre-pouvoirs est faible, elle n’a pas totalement disparu.