constant stream of curated content
by BBC - about 11 minutes
The price of crude oil has swung sharply as uncertainty over the war in the Middle East continues.
by QZ - about 15 minutes
Alphabet reported $109.9 billion in revenue for the first quarter, topping analyst projections of $107.2 billion
by QZ - about 15 minutes
DXC president Chris Drumgoole explains how DXC OASIS is helping companies navigate an increasingly AI-driven landscape
by Human Progress - about 17 minutes
“Saudi Water Authority (SWA) announced on Monday that it has achieved the world’s lowest energy consumption rate for producing desalinated water, securing entry into the Guinness World Records. A 200,000 cubic metres per day (m3/day) mobile reverse osmosis (RO) desalination plant, located within the Yanbu desalination complex on the Red Sea coast, recorded lowest energy use of 1.55 kilowatt-hours per cubic metre (kWh/m3), SWA said in a social media post. The previous global benchmark was held by Saudi’s Shuaibah 5 desalination plant, a 664,000 m3/day facility on the Red Sea coast, which achieved 1.7 kWh/m3, according to an SWA statement issued in February 2026. That itself was a significant improvement...
by io9 - about 20 minutes
Maybe you've seen the 1987 movie, but you haven't seen anything like this, especially on stage.
by Human Progress - about 22 minutes
“Federal fishery managers voted Sunday to open waters off the coast of California to commercial salmon fishing for the first time since 2022, with the population rebounding after wet winters ended a long drought. The decision by the Pacific Fishery Management Council to allow limited commercial and recreational salmon fishing off the coast is a win for the state’s salmon fishing industry, which has grappled with years of season closures due to dwindling fish stocks. The council, which manages fisheries off the West Coast, barred commercial salmon fishing off California for the past three years. It voted last year to allow some recreational fishing for the first time since 2022.” From Associated...
by Le Monde - about 28 minutes
Lors d’un échange téléphonique, Vladimir Poutine a mis en garde Donald Trump contre les « conséquences dommageables » qu’aurait une nouvelle action militaire contre l’Iran. De son côté, le président du Parlement iranien appelle son pays à « l’unité » face au blocus américain.
by Human Progress - about 29 minutes
“The southern Appalachians hold an estimated 1.43 million metric tons of lithium oxide, concentrated in the Carolinas, and the northern Appalachians hold an estimated 900,000 metric tons, concentrated in Maine and New Hampshire, according to estimates in a new USGS scientific paper published in Natural Resources Research. The lithium is present in pegmatites, large-grained rocks similar to granite. ‘This research shows that the Appalachians contain enough lithium to help meet the nation’s growing needs – a major contribution to U.S. mineral security, at a time when global lithium demand is rising rapidly,’ said USGS Director Ned Mamula. ‘USGS mineral science is the leading edge in the effort to...
by QZ - about 35 minutes
Market expert Kenny Polcari breaks down the top questions ahead of big tech earnings
by BBC - about 44 minutes
The lawsuits, filed in California, accuse OpenAI and Sam Altman of negligence and abetting a mass shooting by failing to flag the suspect's ChatGPT activity.
by BBC - about 44 minutes
Péter Magyar meets EU leaders in Brussels, for the first time since his Tisza party won a landslide election.
by QZ - about 1 hour
New CFO survey reveals where finance chiefs see the biggest shifts in today's business climate
by QZ - about 1 hour
It would be a blow to Trump, who has mounted a relentless pressure campaign against Powell and would be deprived of the chance to nominate someone to replace him
by Wired - about 1 hour
Aleksandra Mendoza, aka Alorah Ziva, alleges that the 20-year-old influencer injected her with drugs on a livestream and had nonconsensual sex with her while she was underage.
by io9 - about 1 hour
Bug Films' adaptation of Kamome Shirahama's beloved fantasy manga elevated its source material to dizzying new heights in one of the best episodes of an anime you'll see all year.
by Le Monde - about 1 hour
Le banquier central a par ailleurs salué la clôture de l’enquête judiciaire à son encontre, actée vendredi.
by io9 - about 2 hours
Orbital data from asteroid 2001 CA21 points to a potential 153-day round-trip journey to Mars.
by FluxBlog - about 2 hours
The Orielles “Wasp”
The Orielles’ music mostly exists within the aesthetic boundaries of post-punk, but there’s a larger ambition to it that nudges their more recent material closer to film scores, conceptual art, and rock opera. The songs imply grand scale and dramatic arcs without providing a lot of clear cut narrative, though it’s easy to track the feelings. “Wasps” is something of an outlier, as it’s not as wistful or digressive as other tracks on Only You Left, but it’s a crucial bit of tension and catharsis on a record that often sounds like a field recording of a melancholy daydream. The arrangment is gnarled and absurdly tight, very similar to a lot of songs by The Smile. Esmé...
by Courrier International - about 2 hours
Lors d’une audition à la Chambre des représentants, le secrétaire américain à la Défense, Pete Hegseth, a confirmé le montant communiqué plus tôt par le contrôleur financier du Pentagone. Ce dernier a précisé que la majeure partie des dépenses concernait les munitions.
by BBC - about 2 hours
Prosecutors say a 2025 seashell photo posted by the former FBI director was a call for violence against Trump.
by io9 - about 2 hours
A good number of important scientific inquiries center on the physics of explosions. The new facility will help scientists explore how and why things go boom.
by HackAdAy - about 2 hours
This week Jonathan chats with Andrei, Mahir, and Praneeth, live on location at Texas Instruments! The team at TI has been working hard to provide really good Open Source support for Sitara processors, including upstreaming support to the mainline Linux kernel. We talk about the CI pipeline for these devices, the challenges of doing Open Source at a big company, and more. Check it out! https://github.com/texasinstruments
https://www.beagleboard.org/
https://www.ti.com/design-development/software-design/open-source.html 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...
by New Yorker - about 2 hours
A flag flub, a White House construction zone, a pollinator photo op, and Trump’s love of royal cosplay all contributed to the bizarre atmosphere of Charles and Camilla’s visit.
by The Verge - about 3 hours
The Musk v. Altman trial is underway, and that means exhibits, or the evidence to be presented in court, are being revealed piece by piece. So far, email exchanges, photos, and corporate documents are circulating from the earliest days of OpenAI - and from before the AI lab even had a name. Some high-level takeaways: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang gave OpenAI an in-demand supercomputer, Musk largely drafted OpenAI's mission and heavily influenced its early structure, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman appeared to want to lean heavily on Y Combinator for early support for OpenAI, OpenAI president Greg Brockman and Ilya Sutskever worried about Musk's level of con …
Read the full story at The Verge.
by Courrier International - about 3 hours
Quelle part de toi-même est la moins fiable ? Comment pourrais-tu l’optimiser ?
by Courrier International - about 3 hours
Incarné par Matthew Rhys, Tom, un maire sur une petite île de Nouvelle-Angleterre, cherche à attirer les touristes. Problème : les lieux sont hantés. “Widow’s Bay”, sorti ce 29 avril, mêle habilement les registres de l’horreur, du fantastique et de la comédie – pour le plus grand plaisir de la presse américaine.
by Le Monde - about 3 hours
Le prochain premier ministre hongrois a rencontré Ursula von der Leyen mercredi. Il espère obtenir le déblocage des fonds communautaires qui ont été gelés en raison des atteintes à l’Etat de droit de son prédécesseur Viktor Orban. Soit un montant de 17 milliards d’euros, auxquels il faut ajouter 16 milliards d’euros pour aider le pays à se réarmer.
by The Verge - about 3 hours
Canonical's plan to add AI features to Ubuntu has some users asking for "a version of Ubuntu that does not include these features," while others say they'll stick with older versions of the Linux distro or even switch to a different one. After Canonical's announcement earlier this week that it's bringing AI features to Ubuntu, replies included requests for an AI "kill switch" or a way to disable the upcoming features, and comparisons to Microsoft's addition of AI features into Windows 11. Canonical's VP of engineering, Jon Seager, responded on Tuesday, stating that Canonical isn't planning to add a "global AI kill switch," but users will be …
Read the full story at The Verge.
by Le Monde - about 3 hours
Le premier ministre britannique, Keir Starmer, a fait part de son « inquiétude », mercredi 29 avril, après une attaque au couteau survenue dans le quartier londonien de Golders Green, où vit une importante communauté juive.
by Wired - about 3 hours
With US restrictions limiting its access to advanced tech, SenseTime is doubling down on open source with a new model optimized to run on Chinese-made chips.
by Toute l'Europe - about 3 hours
Retrouvez les prix de l'essence et du gazole en Europe - Crédits : Dutchphotography / iStock Combien dépensent les Espagnols, les Allemands ou les Belges pour faire le plein d'essence ou de diesel à la pompe ? En moyenne, un Européen doit débourser 1,84 euro pour un litre d'essence (sans plomb 95) et 1,97 euro pour un litre de diesel selon les dernières données de la Commission européenne. Mais cette moyenne cache des disparités parfois importantes entre États membres. Les prix de l'essence SP95 et du gazole dans chaque pays Les données publiées par la Commission européenne correspondent à une moyenne nationale pour chaque pays, selon le bulletin publié le 29 avril 2026 et sur la base de prix...
by Courrier International - about 3 hours
Dans le Schleswig-Holstein, une forêt appartenant aux descendants du père de la nation allemande est utilisée à des fins d’optimisation fiscale, grâce à un statut particulier datant de l’Empire. Les autorités souhaitent abolir ce système, mais personne ne veut la charge du Sachsenwald, rapportait “Die Welt” en novembre 2025.
by HackAdAy - about 4 hours
For the average rider, inner tubes have been one of the most enduring and unchanging parts of bicycle design over the decades. They’re made of rubber, they have a Schrader or Presta valve, and they generally do an okay job at cushioning the ride.
However, if you’re an above-average rider, or just obsessive about your gear, you might consider butyl rubber tubes rather old hat. Today, there are far fancier—and more expensive—options on the market if you’re looking to squeeze every drip of performance out of your bike. A Series Of Tubes
Butyl rubber inner tubes have a lot of things going for them, which is why they’ve been the standard forever. Rubber holds air well, and is easy enough to repair in...
by Courrier International - about 4 hours
Le site Coco, qui a notamment servi à Dominique Pelicot à recruter des dizaines d’hommes pour qu’ils violent sa femme inconsciente, avait été fermé en 2024, mais, s’inquiète la justice française, a récemment réapparu sous le nom de Cocoland. La haute-commissaire à l’Enfance, Sarah El Haïry, a annoncé mercredi 29 avril avoir saisi la justice pour deux autres sites “mettant en contact des pédocriminels”.
by Le Monde - about 4 hours
Taxation, nationalisation… Devant les profits exceptionnels de TotalEnergies, les propositions se multiplient pour mieux partager la rente pétrolière. Le premier ministre défend le groupe, tout en l’appelant à « redistribuer » une partie de ses profits à ses clients.
by Toute l'Europe - about 4 hours
Photo de famille de la cinquième réunion de la Communauté politique européenne, le 7 novembre 2024 à Budapest en Hongrie - Crédits : Conseil européen Ce n'est ni l'Union européenne ni le Conseil de l'Europe, mais une structure bien plus récente. La Communauté politique européenne (CPE) est une instance informelle de coopération intergouvernementale entre une cinquantaine de pays européens. À l'initiative, on retrouve Emmanuel Macron, qui a proposé cette idée lors de la présidence française du Conseil de l'UE, au premier semestre 2022, quelques mois après l'invasion de l'Ukraine par la Russie. Le Président français a officiellement proposé ce projet lors du Conseil européen des 23 et 24...
by Human Progress - about 4 hours
Summary: Many common economic misconceptions stem from evolved psychological instincts shaped in small, zero-sum tribal environments rather than modern market systems. These “folk-economic beliefs” lead people to misinterpret trade, immigration, profit, and regulation in ways that conflict with core economic principles, often resulting in support for counterproductive policies. Because these intuitions are predictable products of human evolution, they help explain why flawed policy ideas persist. Recognizing their origins can help counteract misleading instincts while reinforcing those that support cooperation, openness, and exchange. Economic models, rooted in assumptions of rational agents maximizing...
by BBC - about 4 hours
Prosecutors argue Cole Tomas Allen should remain in custody until trial on a charge of attempted assassination of President Donald Trump.
by New Yorker - about 5 hours
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Carrowmore,” by Lucie Brock-Broido, and her own poem “The Fifties.”
by Wired - about 5 hours
Say hello (Moto) to price hikes on all three of Motorola’s latest Razr flip phones.
by The Verge - about 5 hours
Gotta hand it to Motorola: it’s a good-looking phone. 2026 is shaping up to be a tough year to launch a high-end phone. The memory crisis has phone prices rising across the board, so an already expensive phone risks becoming a much too expensive phone. That might be what happened to the Razr Fold, which will cost $1,900 when it goes on sale in the US on May 14th. That doesn't include the Moto Pen Ultra stylus, which costs an additional $100.
Motorola has dripped out some of the Fold's specs since it was first previewed at CES, and those early signs indicated that this device wouldn't be the more affordable folding phone the market so desperately needs. Today's announcement confirms that: it'll …
Read the...
by The Verge - about 5 hours
The Razr Plus only comes in one color, but it’s a good one. The memory crisis claims another couple of victims. Motorola's midtier and entry-level flip phones cost $100 more than their predecessors, and have few upgrades to show for it.
The 2026 Razr Plus costs $1,099, up from $999. It still comes with a Snapdragon 8S Gen 3 chipset - two years old at this point - with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. Its silicon-carbon battery offers a 4,500mAh capacity compared to the 4,000mAh capacity on last year's model, which is a significant boost. But that's its biggest improvement. The main camera hardware is unchanged, but Motorola swapped the previous generation's 50-megapixel 2x telephoto for a 50-megap …
Read...
by New Yorker - about 5 hours
The sequel, which reunites Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, and Emily Blunt, is familiar and at times preposterous—but it’s also a savvy, shiny reflection of our era.
by The Verge - about 5 hours
I mean, c’mon. Look, you're not going to find much new on the 2026 version of the Motorola Razr Ultra. There's a new main camera sensor, a slightly bigger battery, and a higher price: $1,499, up from $1,299. But one thing hasn't changed: this is a darn good looking phone.
The wood-finish back panel returns, and is joined by a new suede-like Alcantara option in orient blue. To everyone who has complained to me over the past year that "phones are boring now," which is many-a Verge reader, please look at these phones. They are definitely not boring. They feel nice, they look nice, and they are eminently photographable. That's the good ne …
Read the full story at The Verge.
by HackAdAy - about 5 hours
If you want to dabble in audio digital signal processing, you would probably think of grabbing a dedicated DSP chip. But thanks to [WeebLabs], you could just pick up a Pi Pico and use this full-featured DSP library.
The system supports plug-and-play USB audio interface that enumerates on Windows, Linux, macOS, and iOS. It can handle 16- or 24-bit inputs at up to 96 kHz. You can output up to four channels of 24-bit S/PDIF or I2S, or switch to an RP2350 to get eight channels. This lets you drive a DAC easily. There is also a direct output for a subwoofer that doesn’t require a DAC.
Each channel has a pre-amp, and a matrix mixer allows routing with different gains and phases for each input. An equalizer allows...
by Les Décodeurs - about 6 hours
La décision du gouvernement de Pedro Sanchez, justifiée par le viellissement de la population espagnole, a suscité en France de vives réactions à droite et à l’extrême droite. Au prix de plusieurs exagérations et approximations.
by New Yorker - about 6 hours
Our editors and critics review notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
by Wired - about 6 hours
The Trump administration has effectively forced out more than two dozen experienced lawyers from the DOJ's Voting Section, the part of the agency responsible for upholding the Voting Rights Act.
by New Yorker - about 6 hours
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
by Korben - about 6 hours
- Contient des liens affiliés Amazon -
Alors dans le titre j'ai écrit chat, mais c'est une chatte, juste je voulais pas vous faire rigoler dès le début, je vous connais. Ma chatte donc… Je la sors depuis plusieurs mois et je la laisse se balader à sa guise dans la résidence, mais l'idée qu'elle puisse traverser jusqu'à la rue où passent les voitures m'a fait craquer pour un collier GPS.
J'ai pris le
Weenect Chat XS à 45 euros sur Amazon
, plus l'abonnement mensuel (à partir de 4,16 euros par mois), et je l'utilise depuis plusieurs semaines. Verdict après cette période : convaincu, et content de voir qu'elle ne va pas si loin que ça en réalité. Screenshot
L'intérêt du XS, c'est sa taille. 27...
by HackAdAy - about 7 hours
There’s an old saying that the happiest days of a boat owner’s life are the day they buy the boat, and the day they sell it. For me, the happiest days of an Android tablet owner’s life are the day they buy a new one, and the day they buy a newer one. For some reason, I always buy tablets with great expectations, get them set up, and then promptly lose them in a pile on my desk, not to be seen again. Then a shiny new tablet gets my attention in a year or so, and the cycle repeats.
You might be thinking that I just buy cheap junk tablets. It is true that I have. But I have also bought new Galaxy and Asus tablets with the same result. Admittedly, I have owned several Surface Laptops and Pros, and I do use...
by Toute l'Europe - about 7 hours
Plusieurs élues, dont la Française Chloé Ridel (S&D), avaient dénoncé l'absence de solution durant leur grossesse - Crédits : Philippe Buissin / Parlement européen C'est bientôt la fin d'une exception qui pesait sur la représentation des femmes politiques à Strasbourg. Mercredi 29 avril, les eurodéputés ont modifié la loi électorale européenne pour autoriser le vote par procuration des parlementaires durant leur grossesse puis après la naissance de l'enfant. La proposition a été adoptée avec 616 voix pour, 24 voix contre et 8 abstentions. Jusqu'ici, le caractère strictement "personnel" du mandat de député européen empêchait toute forme de délégation de vote, contraignant les élues en...
by Korben - about 8 hours
Pour qui n'utilise pas encore de VPN (on sait jamais, il y a aussi des néophytes qui nous lisent parfois !), c'est un service qui fait passer votre trafic Internet par un serveur intermédiaire situé dans un autre pays. Résultat, les sites web croient que vous vous connectez depuis là-bas, ce qui sert à débloquer du contenu géo-bloqué (Netflix, presse étrangère) ou à masquer votre vraie adresse IP face aux sites que vous visitez.
Firefox embarque depuis quelques semaines un VPN gratuit intégré directement dans le navigateur, et la version 151 prévue pour le 19 mai va enfin permettre de choisir le pays de sortie, ce qui était la grande absence depuis le lancement.
Cinq destinations seront...
by Wired - about 8 hours
We consulted preparedness experts and WIRED's team of testers for the essential gear to keep on hand in case of wildfires, earthquakes, and lord knows what else.
by Korben - about 9 hours
Coup dur pour DNS4EU. Le résolveur DNS public co-financé par la Commission européenne, présenté il y a moins d'un an comme l'alternative souveraine à Google et Cloudflare, doit désormais bloquer une trentaine de domaines de streaming pirate, sur ordre du tribunal judiciaire de Paris.
La décision date du 17 avril, après deux ordonnances réclamées par Canal+ et restées sans réponse côté défense.
Concrètement, l'ordonnance vise 37 domaines au total, répartis entre 16 sites qui diffusaient illégalement le MotoGP et 21 autres qui faisaient pareil avec la Formule 1. On y retrouve des grands classiques de l'IPTV pirate comme daddylive3.com, iptvsupra.com ou king365tv.me.
Whalebone, la société...
by HackAdAy - about 10 hours
Noctua wants to make life easier for fans of its…fans. To that end, the company has released a bevy of 3D models across its various product lines, all available to download for free.
If you’re not familiar with the company, Noctua specializes in high-quality cooling systems for the PC market. Its hope is that by freely providing 3D models of its components, it will aid aftermarket companies and DIYers that wish to integrate Noctua fans into their gear. In the company’s own words, these files are made available for “mechanical design, rendering, or animations.” They will let people check things like mountings and fitment without having to have the parts on hand, or to create demo visuals featuring the...
by Toute l'Europe - about 10 hours
13 personnes et 23 groupes, actifs tant à l'intérieur qu'à l'extérieur de l'UE, figurent sur cette liste noire - Crédits : Tomas Ragina / iStock Définition. L'Union européenne dispose d'une définition commune des infractions terroristes. Adoptée dès 2002, elle permet aux États membres de s'appuyer sur une base juridique commune pour poursuivre ces actes. Combinaison. Pour l'UE, une infraction terroriste repose ainsi sur des éléments objectifs (homicide, préjudices corporels, prise d'otage, attentats ou menaces de commettre l'une des infractions citées, etc.) et subjectifs (actes commis dans le but de gravement intimider une population, de déstabiliser ou de détruire des structures d'un pays...
by Korben - about 10 hours
Xiaomi a publié hier MiMo-V2.5 et MiMo-V2.5-Pro, deux modèles d'IA qu'il met directement en open source sous licence MIT. Le plus gros, le Pro, fait 1 020 milliards de paramètres dont 42 milliards activés en simultané, avec une fenêtre de contexte d'un million de tokens.
À noter que tout est téléchargeable sur Hugging Face avec poids, tokenizer et fiche modèle complète.
L'architecture est un Mixture-of-Experts à attention hybride, conçue pour tenir des tâches longues avec plus de mille appels d'outils enchaînés. Sur les benchmarks que Xiaomi met en avant, le Pro tient la dragée haute à Claude Sonnet 4.6 sur les tâches multimodales agentiques et à Gemini 3 Pro sur la compréhension...
by Asialyst - about 10 hours
D’ici une centaine de jours, le 15 août, l’Émirat islamique d’Afghanistan 2.0 – appellation officielle du gouvernement intérimaire taliban afghan - célébrera son 5e anniversaire aux affaires dans un pays enclavé au destin éternellement fiévreux où règne la terreur dont les victimes sont surtout les femmes, à laquelle s’ajoute le sort tragique de millions de réfugiés, le tout dans une relative indifférence internationale.