It would be deeply embarrassing if the law has to go into effect before X acts.

'MAD' is basically what would happen if 'Alien: Earth' was a manga and its battles were on par with 'Chainsaw Man' and 'Jujutsu Kaisen.'

It’s hard to buy a bad pair of wireless earbuds these days, and with constant discounts and deals wherever you look, now is as good a time as any to splurge on the pair you’ve been eyeing. The market has come a long way since the early era of true wireless earbuds, when we had to deal with mediocre sound quality and unreliable performance, all for the sake of ditching cables. Things are much different now. After several product generations, companies like Sony, Apple, Bose, and others are releasing their most impressive earbuds to date.  You can get phenomenal noise cancellation and sound quality in the premium tier of earbuds if you’re willing to spend big. But those aren’t always the most important...

Those movies and stuff are too wide and long to be real content.

The pivot doesn’t look out of place at CES, where Chinese electronics companies are increasingly applying their manufacturing prowess to new industries.

Après dix-neuf mois de détention en Russie, le chercheur français a été transféré à Paris jeudi. Il a été échangé contre un basketteur hackeur russe, détenu en France mais aussi poursuivi aux Etats-Unis. Un dénouement qui a mûri ces dernières semaines.

“Researchers at Penn and the University of Michigan have created the world’s smallest, fully programmable, autonomous robots, packing significant capacities into a device smaller than a grain of salt. These are parsimonious little things, barely visible to the naked eye yet able to sense their environment, respond to it and move around in complex patterns. As described in a new paper in the journal Science Robotics, they run on infinitesimally small quantities of energy and gain power from light.” From Wall Street Journal.
The post Scientists Create Robots Smaller than a Grain of Sand appeared first on Human Progress.

The fears of centralizing forces in crypto are creating a lot of skittishness.

“In 21 studies involving more than 104 million participants in Europe, Asia and North America, vaccination against shingles was associated with a 24 percent reduction in the risk of developing dementia. Flu vaccination was linked to a 13 percent reduction. Those vaccinated for pneumococcal infection had a 36 percent reduction in Alzheimer’s risk. The Tdap vaccine against tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough) is recommended for adults every 10 years, with vaccination among older adults often prompted by the birth of a grandchild, who cannot be fully vaccinated for months. It was associated with a one-third decline in dementia. Other researchers are investigating the effects of shingles...

“An Oxford-designed vaccine for Nipah virus has launched phase two trials, in a ‘major milestone’ for efforts to curb the deadly pathogen and boost pandemic preparedness. The disease – which inspired the Hollywood blockbuster Contagion – is rare but extremely deadly, with a fatality rate as high as 75 per cent. The World Health Organization considers it a priority pathogen for research, as no vaccines or treatments currently exist to tackle it. This month a jab developed by the University of Oxford, which uses the same ChAdOx platform as the institution’s Covid-19 shot, became the first Nipah vaccine candidate to enter phase two clinical trials to assess safety and the immune response. It is also...

Nvidia wants cash before shipping H200s. China wants a say in Meta’s Manus deal. The AI race is still on — it’s just running through regulators now

If you live in snow country and own a home, you either have a snowblower or wish you did. The alternatives are either an expensive and potentially unreliable plow service, or back-breaking (and heart-attack inducing) shoveling. [RCLifeOn] was one of those people in the second category, until he decided to do something about it: electrifying a scrap snowblower with a blown engine. 
The usual brushless DC motors and electronic speed controllers [RCLifeOn] has on hand to get his R/C life on with don’t quite have enough oomph to handle both functions of a snowblower. For those of you cursed to live in warmer climes, the modern snowblower is both self-propelled via its twin wheels, and generally has a two-stage...

The nostalgia-fueled prize is designed to honor shows that have made 'a profound and lasting impact' on culture.

“India surprised forecasters last year. While much of the global economy slowed under the weight of high interest rates and geopolitical uncertainty, the world’s most populous country grew upwards of 7 per cent. Inflation has fallen sharply, and the external deficit remains modest… Has the Indian economy finally shifted on to a structurally higher growth trajectory? There is a plausible case that something has changed. India has long oscillated between two uncomfortable states: rapid expansion accompanied by inflation and external imbalances, or macroeconomic stability achieved at the cost of slower growth. Recent performance appears to sit between these extremes. Improved macroeconomic management is...

“In the predawn darkness, a team of scientists climbs the slope of Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano, one of the world’s most active and whose eruption could affect millions of people. Its mission: figure out what is happening under the crater. For five years, the group from Mexico’s National Autonomous University has climbed the volcano with kilos of equipment, risked data loss due to bad weather or a volcanic explosion and used artificial intelligence to analyze the seismic data. Now, the team has created the first three-dimensional image of the 17,883-foot (5,452-meter) volcano’s interior, which tells them where the magma accumulates and will help them better understand its activity, and, eventually,...

Discover a cozy contemporary Montana retreat minutes from downtown Whitefish.123 Little Mountain Road in Whitefish, Montana, is currently listed at $1,850,000 by Patrick Landon at Glacier Sotheby’s International Realty. Set on over four and a half private acres, this striking A-frame blends modern design with classic mountain charm. Featuring five bedrooms and two bathrooms, the home offers generous space for comfortable living and hosting.  Step inside to soaring lines, stylish finishes, and thoughtful details throughout. After a day on the slopes, warm up with built-in ski boot warmers, soak in the outdoor hot tub, or unwind in the soaking tub. The expansive wrap-around deck, fire pit, and tranquil wooded...

Elon Musk’s chatbot has been used to generate thousands of sexualized images of adults and apparent minors. Apple and Google have removed other “nudify” apps—but continue to host X and Grok.

Gamers, roll up! CES is always jam-packed with new laptop announcements, acting as a barometer for the year's upcoming releases. The proofs of concept at the show display what could potentially come further in the future. 2026 will soon bring us new chip options from Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm. While I'm excited to see how the latest horse race shakes out, some of the new designs and form factors displayed at the show are easily more compelling.
There was a myriad of new models shown from Asus, Lenovo, Dell, MSI, Acer, and HP. Here's my shortlist of all the ones I'm most looking forward to testing - or hoping that there will even be an opportunity to test in …
Read the full story at The Verge.

The federal government’s narrative of the Minneapolis shooting conflicts wildly with video footage of the incident shared online.

Tron: Ares, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour—The Final Show are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Disney+ this month.

Préhistoire – Europe. Les “amants de Valdaro” étaient jeunes, et ils ont été enterrés ensemble. Mais leur sépulture est-elle la preuve que les premiers agriculteurs, à la fin de l’âge de pierre, nouaient des relations romantiques monogames et durables ? Les spécialistes sont divisés.

Le dernier classement d’International Living, cité par “Forbes”, redessine les choix des expatriés pour 2026. Entre sécurité, coût de la vie et nouveaux programmes de résidence, la Grèce s’impose comme la grande gagnante. Explications.

These bird feeders come with cameras and connected apps to let you see and learn about the birds in your neighborhood.

By traditional measures, the economy looks healthy right now. Yet nearly half of Americans say their financial security is worsening

AI-powered browsers can be tricked into stealing your data. The companies building them have decided that's a risk worth taking

Meta’s $2-3B Manus buy was meant to be a shortcut to shippable agents. Now, China’s commerce ministry is looking at whether the deal exports tech and data

Fewer layoff announcements may be masking a deeper slowdown as white-collar and manufacturing hiring continues to fall

Regardless of what your opinion is on cult-classic movies that got mixed-to-negative box office reviews when they were released, you have to admire the ones that went all out on practical effects and full-size constructions rather than CGI and scale models. Case in point the 1976 satirical comedy film The Big Bus that featured an absolutely massive articulated double-decker bus. With 32 wheels and multiple levels you’d think that a scale model would be used since most interior shots were done in the studio, but instead they built a real bus.
In this video by [Timeworn lengends] the genesis and details of the vehicle are covered. At the core of this road-worthy bus are two cabover International trucks, which...

As part of a few changes to its search filters, YouTube is going to allow you to search specifically for Shorts or longform videos. Right now, a filter-less search shows a mix of longform and short form videos, which can be annoying if you just want to see videos in one format or the other. But in the new search filters, among other options, you can pick to see "Videos," which in my testing has only showed a list of longform videos, or "Shorts," which just shows Shorts.
YouTube is also removing the "Upload Date - Last Hour" and "Sort by Rating" filters because they "were not working as expected and had contributed to user complaints." The c …
Read the full story at The Verge.

Last year, Tesla defied its critics by boldly launching a robotaxi service that, by the end of the year, required no human supervision and was available to over 50 percent of the US population. At least that's what Tesla CEO Elon Musk told us would happen by the end of 2025. The reality, of course, was much different. Tesla's "robotaxi" service, as it stands today in Austin and San Francisco, is still not available to anyone who wants to use it. It is still supervised by an employee who sits in either the driver or front passenger seat with access to a "kill switch" if anything goes wrong. (There have been some unsupervised tests, but it …
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Nothing’s Ear (a) come in a bright yellow color, though you can also buy them in black and white. The new year has brought a wave of deals on wireless earbuds and headphones, from the fitness-focused Beats Powerbeats Fit to the open-ear Shokz OpenRun Pro. Now, Nothing has joined in with a sale of its own, offering the Nothing Headphone (1), CMF Headphone Pro, and Nothing Ear (3) earbuds at their lowest prices to date. The most notable deal, though, is on the Nothing Ear (a), which are currently available from Amazon and Nothing for $59 ($40 off) for the first time since Black Friday, matching their lowest price to date. 
Nothing Ear (a) Where to Buy: $99 $59 at Amazon $99 $59 at Nothing
Nothing’s...

The revamped 1968 residence overlooks the surrounding woods with clerestories, wraparound windows, and an elevated screened porch.Location: 270 Sachem Hill Place, Saint James, New York Price: $999,999 Year Built: 1968 Architect: Geysa Sarkany Renovation Date: 2015 Footprint: 2,800 square feet (5 bedrooms, 2 full baths, 3 half baths) Lot Size: 1.12 Acres From the Agent: "This spectacular architect-designed, custom post-and-beam home was built with the goal of becoming one with nature. The first floor includes a guest half bath and a full primary suite with walls of glass and endless forest views. The primary bath is designed with charcoal-gray heated floor tile and warm teak finishes. The lower level offers...

L’histoire s’accélère. Deux mots grecs anciens apparaissent souvent dans les analyses des médias sur la situation internationale, l’hégémonie (des USA, 4 % de la population mondiale) — leur suprématie, leur domination — et l’hubris, la démesure (de Trump). En ce qui concerne le premier mot, les médias redécouvrent l’impérialisme américain, son « retour », même, comme s’il s’était éclipsé. Il n’a jamais quitté la scène, il est toujours là, plus cynique, prédateur et brutal, mais moins hypocrite — très « décomplexé » comme aime à dire la presse.  Pour l’hubris, ce terme a d’abord été appliqué à Alexandre de Macédoine. Loin de nous l’idée de...

Writer Carol Taylor had always been the apple that fell far from the tree in her West Indian family. But living alone for the first time, their design taste snuck up on her.Welcome to From the Archive, a look back at stories from Dwell’s past. This piece previously appeared in the April 2001 issue.  In America, Canada, and England, many West Indians grow up in houses filled with pseudo French Provincial furniture wrapped up tightly in a protective plastic skin that clings to the body in summer like a wet tongue kiss. West Indians love to live in a faux world: Faux mahogany dining sets, nestled comfortably in retro Edwardian living rooms. Implausible ornaments crowded ten deep on a side table. Elaborate...

Le président des Républicains a lancé sa précampagne avec des propositions sur la « valeur travail », en martelant un chiffre choc… et irréaliste.

Le chef de l’Etat a invoqué un « rejet politique unanime » en France pour se positionner contre ce texte, défendu par la Commission, mais décrié par les agriculteurs, qui ont manifesté jeudi en France. « L’étape de la signature ne constitue pas la fin de l’histoire », a-t-il prévenu.

An outer shell with precise cuts mediates vistas of the surrounding forest.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: Nicosia, Cyprus Architect: Kyriakos Miltiadou / @kyriakos.miltiadou Photographer: Creative Photo Room / @creativephotoroom From the Architect: "Situated near a sparse forest with vistas over the suburbs of Nicosia, Cyprus, this house stands in a deliberately ambiguous way. Rather than adopting a conventional residential typology that opens outward to offer uninterrupted views of the surrounding landscape, it rises as an austere, introverted...

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Cela concerne des «  personnes vénézuéliennes et étrangères », selon Jorge Rodriguez, qui n’est pas entré dans le détail au sujet de l’identité des prisonniers.

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

L’intervention des États-Unis au Venezuela et la focalisation de l’administration Trump sur le continent américain poussent le Japon à revoir ses stratégies de défense. Alors que Washington semble un partenaire de moins en moins fiable, l’archipel devrait constituer un nouvel axe avec des pays qui partagent ses valeurs, affirme la presse nippone.

Recherché depuis 2020, Chen Zhi a été arrêté au Cambodge et extradé vers la Chine. Accusé d’avoir constitué une organisation criminelle derrière le consortium Prince, le jeune magnat avait tissé des liens étroits avec l’oligarchie cambodgienne.

Depuis deux jours, des affrontements meurtriers opposent les troupes gouvernementales aux Forces démocratiques syriennes (FDS), coalition militaire dominée par les Kurdes, dans la deuxième ville du pays. Des milliers de civils ont déjà fui les quartiers kurdes. L’extension des tensions à d’autres régions et la perspective d’une intervention turque font craindre un conflit généralisé.

After his assault on Venezuela, the President is turning his attention to the rest of the Western Hemisphere.

Selon le président ukrainien, les Russes « tentent de tirer profit des conditions météorologiques » alors que le pays est en plein hiver et que les habitants des oblasts de Dnipropetrovsk et Zaporijia étaient sans électricité.

There’s an old adage in photography that the best camera in the world is the one in your hand when the shot presents itself, but there’s no doubt that a better camera makes a difference to the quality of the final image. Among decent quality cameras the Leica rangefinder models have near cult-like status, but the problem is for would-be Leica owners that they carry eye-watering prices. [Cristian Băluță] approached this problem in s special way, by crafting a Leica-style body for a Panasonic Lumix camera. Given the technology relationship between the Japanese and German companies, we can see the appeal.
While the aesthetics of a Leica are an important consideration, the ergonomics such as the position of...

The organisers of a professional women's tournament which has gone viral because of a wildcard player's poor performance acknowledge she should not have been allowed to play.

The White House says the decision was taken because those entities "no longer serve American interests".

Le tout premier sommet UE-Jordanie a eu lieu à Amman, jeudi 8 janvier 2025 - Crédits : Commission européenne Une réunion historique. La présidente de la Commission européenne, Ursula von der Leyen, et le président du Conseil européen, António Costa, se sont rendus à Amman en Jordanie pour rencontrer le roi Abdallah II, jeudi 8 janvier. Ce temps fort marque la première réunion bilatérale entre Bruxelles et la Jordanie. Voici ce qu'il faut retenir de cette rencontre. "Les relations entre l'UE et la Jordanie sont solides et ne feront que se renforcer", s'est félicité António Costa sur X, à la sortie de la réunion. Dans une déclaration commune, les dirigeants ont confirmé la poursuite du...

Des vents allant jusqu’à 130 km/h sont attendus, selon Météo-France. Jeudi en début de soirée, sur certaines routes de la Manche, des débris jonchaient déjà le sol : branches, mobilier, poubelles et panneaux de signalisation...

The accord follows complaints that religious leaders had failed to tackle the issue adequately.

European allies of Denmark have rejected Trump's ideas to annex the semi-autonomous territory.

No matter the item on my list of childhood occupational dreams, one constant ran throughout: I saw myself using an old-fashioned punch clock with the longish time cards and everything. I now realize that I have some trouble with the daily transitions of life. In my childish wisdom, I somehow knew that doing this one thing would be enough to signify the beginning and end of work for the day, effectively putting me in the mood, and then pulling me back out of it.
But that day never came. Well, it sort of did this year. I realized a slightly newer dream of working at a thrift store, and they use something that I feel like I see everywhere now that I’ve left the place — a system called UKG that uses mag-stripe...

Quelle est la vision de GENESIS sur la matière noire ? – Résumé
Aujourd’hui, nous sommes passés des modèles théoriques aux données d’observation réelles, en testant l’hypothèse de concentration de courbure sur 6 galaxies SPARC. Voici ce que nous pouvons désormais affirmer avec certitude :
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La réponse de GENESIS à la question « Qu’est-ce que la matière noire ? »
Du point de vue de GENESIS, la « matière noire » n’est pas une substance, mais une signature géométrique.
Plus précisément :
« Halo de matière noire » = zone de transition gravitationnelle caractérisée par :
1.⁠ ⁠Une dynamique opposée : la composante baryonique diminue tandis que la composante non...

L'ancienne colonie danoise a accédé au statut de communauté autonome constitutive du royaume du Danemark en 1979 - Crédits : pejft / iStock La situation au Venezuela est-elle un avant-goût de ce qui attend d'autres pays ? Moins de deux jours après la capture du dirigeant Nicolás Maduro samedi 3 janvier, la Maison-Blanche a laissé planer le doute. À bord d'Air Force One dimanche dernier, le président américain a évoqué tour à tour devant la presse la Colombie, Cuba, le Mexique, l'Iran et… le Groenland. "Nous avons besoin du Groenland. C'est une question de sécurité nationale", a-t-il insisté face aux journalistes qui l'accompagnaient. "Aujourd’hui, le Groenland est cerné de bateaux russes...

Le Groenland (ici le village de Kulusuk) est le territoire le moins densément peuplé de la planète, avec 0,03 habitant par km2 - Crédits : dibrova /iStock Un territoire grand comme quatre fois celui de la France métropolitaine, mais peuplé de seulement 56 000 âmes et recouvert à 85 % de glace. À première vue, le Groenland ne semble pas particulièrement attrayant. Pourtant, la plus grande île du monde fait aujourd'hui l'objet de nombreuses convoitises, notamment de la part du président des États-Unis. Depuis son retour au pouvoir en janvier 2025, Donald Trump a fait part à plusieurs reprises de ses envies d'annexion. "Nous avons besoin du Groenland du point de vue de la sécurité nationale, et...

Quake, le FPS de 1996, vous connaissez forcément. Et si vous êtes du genre à traîner sur les forums de modding, vous savez que la communauté autour de la légende d'id Software refuse obstinément de mourir. Du coup, quand un projet rassemble des dizaines de mappeurs durant un an pour pondre 77 excellentes maps, ça mérite qu'on en parle ! Quake Brutalist Jam III vient de sortir et le résultat est dingue car ce n'est pas un simple pack de cartes, mais d'une vraie conversion totale du jeu avec un arsenal entièrement redessiné, de nouveaux monstres et une refonte visuelle complète du bestiaire original. Bref, c'est un nouveau jeu qui tourne sur le moteur du shooter culte. L'ambiance béton brut de...

Si vous en avez marre qu'on vous vende le dernier OS de Microsoft comme la huitième merveille du monde, et que ça vous rend aigri, vous allez A-D-O-R-E-R ce qui suit.
Un YouTubeur a décidé de mettre tout le monde d'accord en faisant un test comparatif assez brutal : Windows XP contre Vista contre 7 contre 8.1 contre 10 contre 11.
Et devinez qui arrive bon dernier ?
Bingo ! C'est OuinOuin 11 ! Le test a été réalisé sur un vieux ThinkPad X220 équipé d'un Core i5-2520M, 8 Go de RAM et un SSD de 256 Go sur lequel chaque version de Windows a été installée proprement, avec les mêmes conditions pour tout le monde.
Et là, c'est terminé pour l'OS de Redmond version 2021 et vous allez voir pourquoi !
Au...

Si comme moi vous avez une enceinte Bose SoundTouch qui traîne chez vous, vous avez peut-être appris que la bestiole allait bientôt perdre son cerveau "cloud". Bose a en effet annoncé la fin du support pour le 6 mai 2026, et de ce que j'ai compris, ça veut dire que votre enceinte va se transformer en brique connectée qui ne se connecte plus à grand chose.
Sauf que non !
Bose a fait un truc plutôt cool puisqu'ils ont publié
la documentation complète de l'API locale de leurs enceintes
. Du coup, même quand les serveurs Bose fermeront boutique, vous pourrez continuer à bidouiller votre enceinte en local.
Perso, j'ai une petite SoundTouch 10 qui fait bien le boulot depuis des années, donc cette...

L'administration américaine semble hésiter sur la meilleure manière de réaliser la volonté de Donald Trump d'intégrer le Groenland aux États-Unis - Crédits : Hacer Keles / iStock Et si le projet d'annexion du Groenland qui agite les plus hautes sphères du pouvoir américain pouvait réellement se concrétiser ? C'est en tout cas ce qu'a laissé entendre, mercredi 7 janvier, la porte-parole de la Maison-Blanche, Karoline Leavitt. Selon elle, Donald Trump étudie "activement" un "achat" du Groenland avec ses équipes, tout en refusant une nouvelle fois d'exclure l'option militaire pour obtenir l'île, territoire autonome danois. Une perspective fermement rejetée par les dirigeants danois et de nombreux...