In the interview, Wiles describes Donald Trump as having an "alcoholic's personality" and JD Vance as having been a "conspiracy theorist" for a decade.

Elon Musk, a billionaire who decimated the United States federal workforce using the Department of Government Efficiency, is not remembered fondly by the most powerful woman in Washington: Susie Wiles, White House Chief of Staff and the gatekeeper to President Donald Trump. In several on-the-record interviews with Vanity Fair's Chris Whipple conducted over the past year, Wiles, who had corralled the notoriously backstabby Trump political operation into coherence and discipline, described Musk as a "complete solo actor" who had plunged the Trump administration into several unnecessary crises - including the shuttering of USAID, the United S …
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Days after a rumor circulated that home arcade machine maker Arcade1Up would be shutting down, the company has finally shared a statement about its future. "Select assets" from Arcade1Up have been acquired by toy company Basic Fun, and although Arcade1Up isn't dead, what's next for the brand is still a little murky.
Last week, a screenshot of an email appearing to be sent from an Arcade1Up staffer painted a grim picture. As stated in the email, which you can see on Reddit: Arcade1Up is closing operations. For the majority of us, our last day is this coming Friday.
I cannot speak to the future of the brand, it is not my place to share w …
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Rob Reiner, the Hollywood director, and his wife Michele were both found dead with stab wounds on Sunday.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as (L-4th L) White House “AI and Crypto Czar” David Sacks, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and first lady Melania Trump listen during a dinner at the State Dining Room of the White House on September 4, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Hello and welcome to 2025's last issue of Regulator. If you're not a Verge subscriber, get off the 2026 naughty list by signing up here. And if you're a Verge subscriber - well, dang, that's really nice of you. Last week, I appeared on The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC to talk about my reporting on President Donald Trump's attempt to ban states from making their own AI laws. I don't often get to appear on radio, but I love...

In a first, burrowing bees have been discovered nesting inside the fossil remains of other mammals.

This is one of those fun hacks that come about from finding a product and going “I wonder if I could…” — in this case, artist/YouTuber [Wesley Treat] found out his favourite vendor makes spray cans in CYMK colours– that is the Cyan, Yellow, Magenta and blacK required for subtractive printing. Which got him wondering: can I make full-colour prints with this paint?
The MDF-based print, with naive half-tone dots.
His answer was “yes”, and the process to do so is fairly simple. First, split the image into colour channels, generate a half-tone pattern for each one, and carve it out of MDF on the laser. Then spray the MDF with the appropriate colour spray paint. Press the page against each block in...

We took a hair-raising trip around a track in the final four-door GT version of Jaguar's polarizing relaunch concept car. Is just might be good enough to end the British brand's abysmal run of luck.

Sexbot spinoff movie 'Soulm8te' has been removed from Universal's release calendar, though it may find new life elsewhere.

Un portrait de ce personnage-clé de l’administration américaine, publié dans le magazine « Vanity Fair », a déclenché une onde de choc dans la capitale.

The Alexa.com website appears to be live for some users. The browser-based home for Alexa Plus, the company's revamped digital voice assistant, was first announced at the Alexa Plus launch event in February. But until recently, Alexa.com redirected to an information page. Now, some users, myself included, are seeing a new Alexa Plus web interface. Today, when I typed Alexa.com into my web browser, it took me to a page that resembled the Alexa Plus chatbot in the Alexa app. (I was already logged in to my Amazon.com account.) I went through a few setup steps, then arrived at a large blue-and-white screen with a big "Hello Jen, …
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Following the release of the 115-inch Micro RGB TV back in August, Samsung has revealed today that its Micro RGB technology will extend into smaller sizes ranging from that 115-inch behemoth all the way down to 55 inches. While we all enjoy dreaming big, it's far more reasonable for most of us to consider putting a 55-, 65-, or 75-inch TV in a living room.
The new Micro RGB TVs will be available in 55, 65, 75, 85, 98, and 100 inches, joining the 115-inch MR95F. We expect further details about pricing and release dates at CES in January.
Currently, these Samsung TVs are the smallest Micro RGB TVs we've seen from any company. LG announced it …
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Grok, ChatGPT, and Claude all insist the image is real.

OpenAI just upgraded ChatGPT Images with GPT Image 1.5, a faster, cheaper image push that reads like a direct response to Google’s Nano Banana moment

She calls him "an odd, odd duck" in a newly published article.

Of course 'Monopoly: San Diego Edition' includes multiple Comic-Con-related locations.

The holidays are drawing near. If you've put off shopping for too long, don’t worry. There’s still time to get the perfect gift

Synthesizing sounds from scratch is all well and good, you just use a bit of maths. However, the latest build from [Daisy] eschews such boring concepts as additive or subtractive synthesis, instead going for a sample-based approach.
This build is based around the Daisy Seed microcontroller platform. It was actually inspired by an earlier project to create a ribbon synth, which we covered previously. In this case, the ribbon potentiometer has been repurposed, being used to control the playback position of a lengthy recorded sample. In this build, the Daisy Seed is running its audio playback system at a rate of 48,000 samples per second. It’s capable of storing up to 192,000 samples in memory, so it has a...

Illustration par ChatGPT
 
Paul Jorion & Jean-Baptiste Auxietre — Pribor.ai — Décembre 2025
Introduction : Quand les observations défient la théorie
La physique du XXᵉ siècle nous a légué deux théories extraordinairement précises : la Mécanique Quantique et la Relativité Générale. La première décrit le monde microscopique avec une précision de 12 chiffres significatifs. La seconde a prédit les ondes gravitationnelles détectées en 2015, exactement comme Einstein l’avait calculé en 1916.
Pourtant, plusieurs observations résistent obstinément à ces théories. Nous allons nous concentrer sur deux d’entre elles, particulièrement troublantes : la tension de Hubble et...

The best streaming deals right now are ad-free. Maybe the best streaming deals are always ad-free.

Alex Bores is "bullish" on what AI can achieve. He's also the target of a $10 million campaign from a pro-AI group as he runs for Congress

Nick Allen’s venue in Dimes Square was a popular gathering spot for right-wing Zoomers. Now he’s opening a new club called Reign, an attempt to build a lasting cultural institution.

Down Cemetery Road, Pluribus, and The Morning Show are among the best shows on Apple TV this month.

A delayed jumbo report serves as a cold reality check, showing that official data is catching up to a slump that many workers and employers already see

Une semaine après avoir voté de justesse le projet de loi de financement de la Sécurité sociale pour 2026, les parlementaires se sont prononcés en faveur du texte par 247 voix contre 232. Déjà, les esprits se tournent vers le budget de l’Etat, dont l’issue se révèle bien plus complexe.

After controlling shareholders failed to take Grindr private and controversies over data and the banning of the phrase “No Zionists,” Grindr’s CEO opens up about AI, privacy, and big expansion plans.

Although Robert F. Kennedy gets the credit for popularizing it, George Bernard Shaw said: “Some men see things as they are and say, ‘Why?’ I dream of things that never were and say, ‘Why not?'” Well, [Hadz] didn’t wonder why there weren’t many GPU debuggers. Instead, [Hadz] decided to create one.
It wasn’t the first; he found some blog posts by [Marcell Kiss] that helped, and that led to a series of experiments you’ll enjoy reading about. Plus, don’t miss the video below that shows off a live demo.
It seems that if you don’t have an AMD GPU, this may not be directly useful. But it is still a fascinating peek under the covers of a modern graphics card. Ever wonder how to interact with a...

Carmakers, particularly in Germany, have lobbied heavily for concessions to the planned rules.

Across the country, cities—big, small, and midsize—are attempting to remake their cores into livable neighborhoods, not just places of commerce. Will it work?This story is part of Dwell’s yearlong 25th-anniversary celebration of the people, places, and ideas we’ve championed over the years. Downtown Orlando will soon look a lot different. The one-way streets designed to make car travel more efficient are changing back to pedestrian-friendly two-way traffic, and there will soon be wider sidewalks, more bike lanes, dog parks, plazas, and street trees around. These changes are part of an action plan, one that calls for downtown to become a daisy chain of public spaces that entices more foot traffic. "One...

A l’issue d’une réunion de crise à Matignon, Annie Genevard a assuré que les troupeaux des 1 000 exploitations de l’Ariège seront intégralement vaccinés d’ici à la fin de l’année.

The move is seen as a further escalation of the Trump administration's war on drugs in Latin America.

In a world where AI may reshape careers faster than ever, long-term stock market wealth may be the single strongest defense ordinary Americans have 

From his own Santa Monica home to Bilbao’s Guggenheim, the first contemporary "starchitect" pioneered a style that changed cities—and our idea of what buildings could be.It’s near impossible to live in Los Angeles and not feel Frank Gehry’s presence. The architect, who died on December 5 at his Santa Monica home at the age of 96, shaped the city in his eccentric, unconventional, and sometimes wacky view. As a former L.A. resident of 15 years, I remember taking my parents to his sensationally sculptural Walt Disney Concert Hall, where we gazed on its reflective contours against a bright blue California sky; my dad, a home builder who wanted to be an architect, made one of his best pictures of the...

Le PLFSS 2026 a été adopté définitivement par les députés, mardi, par 247 voix pour, 232 contre et 90 abstentions. Découvrez les résultats détaillés du vote.

The steel-clad Arizona home has a hidden room, a sleek black interior, and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking miles of cacti.Location: 43415 N 65th Street, Cave Creek, Arizona Price: $2,100,000 Year Built: 2017 Architect: Wendell Burnette Footprint: 2,578 square feet (3 bedrooms, 3 baths) Lot Size: 5 Acres From the Agent: "Nestled on a five-acre slope in Cave Creek, the Hidden Valley Desert House was designed by Wendell Burnette FAIA. This exceptional home features superb materials, detailed construction, and a unique plan. The home is anchored on a solid plinth with stepped, local concrete masonry walls and a monolithic, hand-applied plaster-style coating. Above, a large shade canopy appears to float,...

I love first builds! They say so much about a person, because you see what’s paramount to them in a keyboard. You can almost feel their frustration at other keyboards come through their design choices. And the Lobo by [no-restarts] is no exception to any of this.
There’s just something about this Corne-like object with its custom case and highly-tappable and variously tilted keycaps. The list of reasons for being begins innocently enough with [no-restarts] wanting a picture of their dog on the case.
Image by [no-restarts] via redditFrom there, things get really personal. You may notice the thumb cluster is slightly different — [no-restarts] doesn’t like the thumb tuck required by the Corne to reach the...

C’est un feuilleton sans fin entre le pouvoir politique israélien et le système judiciaire du pays. Une longue séquence, ouverte il y a bientôt trois ans, qui connaît de nouveaux rebondissements, avec la réhabilitation de la procureure générale, que le gouvernement Nétanyahou avait tenté de limoger en août dernier.

These unexpected exterior renovations have a surprisingly high return on investment—and can drastically increase the resale value of your home.The garage is arguably one of the most overlooked spaces of the home, but in recent years, there’s been a change. Once catchalls for storage of all kinds (as well as being used for their intended purpose), the garage is experiencing a renaissance, and this sea change isn’t just limited to making them more functional. According to a recent New York Times article, the garage has become the home’s newest "third space"—part mini living room, part workspace—but altogether a flexible extension of a house. Hence, more homeowners are asking designers and architects...

Le 12 décembre, le ministre sud-africain des Communications a ordonné, à la demande d’Elon Musk, une modification d’une loi fondatrice de l’économie post-apartheid, la loi dite de la “propriété noire”. Le but ? Permettre à la société Starlink d’accéder au marché sud-africain. Une annonce qui a enflammé les partis politiques attachés à ces lois d’équité.

Les députés ont voté ce mardi 16 décembre pour le budget de la Sécurité sociale 2026, permettant au gouvernement de se concentrer sur un ultime défi : le budget de l'État - Crédits : legna69 / iStock Une étape importante. Vingt-quatre heures après un vote au Sénat sur le budget de l'État (PLF), l'Assemblée nationale a définitivement adopté ce mardi 16 décembre le budget de la Sécurité sociale (PLFSS) pour 2026. Le résultat de longues heures de débats et un succès arraché à force de concessions par le Premier ministre, Sébastien Lecornu. Après que les députés ont voté en seconde lecture le 9 décembre dernier pour le PLFSS par treize voix d'écart (247 voix pour et 234 voix contre)...

Le parquet requiert le renvoi de l’ancien chef de l’Etat pour « association de malfaiteurs en vue de commettre une escroquerie en bande organisée » et « recel de subornation de témoin ».

Réforme des retraites, congé de naissance, allocations familiales, garde d’enfants, vaccins… Les mesures qui figurent dans le budget de la Sécurité sociale, définitivement adopté mardi.

As OpenAI scrambles to improve ChatGPT, it's ditching a feature in its free tier that contributed to last summer's user revolt.

Le commissaire Olivér Várhelyi, en charge de la Santé et du bien-être animal, et son homologue à l'Économie, Valdis Dombrovskis, ont présenté les mesures détaillées ce mardi 16 décembre à Strasbourg - Crédits : Valentine Zeler / Commission européenne Après le numérique, l'environnement ou la défense, c'est cette fois dans les domaines de la santé et de la sécurité alimentaire que la Commission européenne propose un nouvel "omnibus", ce mardi 16 décembre. A l'image des précédents présentés par l'exécutif européen depuis un an, ce dixième paquet de mesures vise à simplifier la législation européenne pour renforcer la compétitivité de l'UE. Les mesures dévoilées ce mardi...

Summary: Human progress depends on shared moral ground, yet people differ widely in what they see as right and wrong. Morality is neither fixed nor arbitrary. Instead, modern psychology shows that morality arises from evolved tendencies that vary across individuals and cultures. Understanding the psychological origins of moral foundations—and the trade-offs they entail—helps to illuminate today’s political divides and offers a path toward healthier discourse and more resilient progress. Human progress depends on some shared understanding of what “progress” actually means. That understanding is grounded in our moral psychology—how we think about morality and what we see as moral or immoral. For...

La présidente du Parlement européen, Roberta Metsola, aux côtés des représentantes des deux journalistes lauréats 2025. À gauche, la journaliste géorgienne Irma Dimitradze, collègue de Mzia Amaghlobeli au sein de Batumelebi. À droite, Jana Poczobut, fille du journaliste biélorusse Andrzej Poczobut. - Crédits : Parlement européen Que récompense-t-il ? Le "prix Sakharov pour la liberté de l'esprit" récompense chaque année depuis 1988 une action exceptionnelle dans le domaine de la défense des droits de l'homme et des libertés fondamentales, particulièrement la liberté d'expression, la défense du droit des minorités, le respect des lois internationales ou encore le développement de la...

The stair is a hack for the renovation, connecting two uneven levels and carving out a bathroom and storage areas.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: Madrid, Spain Architect: Burr / @burr.studio Footprint: 720 square feet Permits and Legal Architecture: García de los Muros Photography: Maru Serrano From the Architect: "The layout of this former furrier’s shop posed the main constraint for accommodating the new program: a dwelling for two people. The floor plan is split into two bands of roughly equal width: one at street level, with a generous...

17 % des Européens vivent dans des foyers qui n'offrent pas suffisamment d'espace pour vivre, estime le Parlement européen - Crédits : DjelicS / iStock Dans l'Union européenne, le logement est devenu une urgence sociale. Selon le Parlement européen, près de 10 % des ménages doivent consacrer plus de 40 % de leurs revenus à leur toit, un niveau considéré comme critique par les institutions européennes. La politique européenne du logement relève essentiellement des États membres : l'Union ne légifère pas directement en la matière. Cependant, le droit au logement ainsi que l'aide sociale sont consacrés par la Charte des droits fondamentaux (art. 34), et les principes du socle européen des...

Le vice-président de la Commission, Stéphane Séjourné, a présenté mardi 16 décembre le plan de l'exécutif européen pour l'avenir de l'industrie automobile - Crédits : Lukasz Kobus / Commission européenne C'était une question largement débattue ces dernières semaines : l'Union européenne allait-elle revenir sur l'interdiction de la vente de véhicules thermiques neufs en 2035, comme le réclamaient certains États membres et industriels du secteur ? Une mesure emblématique du Pacte vert européen, visant à atteindre la neutralité climatique d'ici 2050. Après de longues tractations, la Commission européenne est finalement revenue sur sa position ce mardi 16 décembre. Selon sa nouvelle...

Après l’attaque meurtrière ayant ciblé la communauté juive rassemblée pour fêter Hanoukka sur la plage de Bondi le 14 décembre, le Premier ministre australien est fortement critiqué. De nombreuses voix lui reprochent sa négligence vis-à-vis d’un rapport remis au gouvernement en juillet, qui avançait des pistes pour lutter contre la hausse récente des actes antisémites.

L’écrivaine anglaise, experte à dépeindre les élans entravés du cœur, a vu le jour le 16 décembre 1775. En cette année 2025, le 250ᵉ anniversaire de sa naissance est célébré avec une étonnante ferveur, qui dépasse le cadre de la littérature. Pourquoi ?

Réunis à Abuja le 14 décembre, les chefs d’État et de gouvernement de la Cedeao ont nommé le Sénégal à la tête de la Commission pour un mandat s’étalant de 2026 à 2030. Les questions électorales ainsi que les récents coups d’État, réussis ou avortés, étaient au cœur des discussions de cette instance affaiblie par sa gestion des bouleversements politiques.

When the Tamagotchi first launched all those decades ago, it took the world by storm. It was just a bunch of simple animations on a monochrome LCD, but it had heart, and people responded to that. Modern technology is capable of so much more, so [CiferTech] set out to build a virtual pet that can sniff out WiFi networks.
The build employs an ESP32-S3, perhaps the world’s favorite microcontroller that has WiFi baked right in from the factory. It’s paired with a 240×240 TFT LCD that delivers bright, vivid colors to show the digital pet living inside. Addressable WS2812B LEDs and a simple sound engine provide further feedback on the pet’s status.
The pet has various behaviors coded in, like hunting,...

On a weekend of terrible violent events, you would not expect a President of the United States to make matters even worse. But, of course, he did.

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

Warszawa • Polska • October 2018 📷 #flashes

La chaîne Arte ressort sur sa plateforme « La tribu et le gourou – Gaïaland », une série documentaire de 2022, qui retrace, à l’aide d’archives rares et de témoignages saisissants d’anciens adeptes, la dangereuse dérive d’une communauté d’écologistes manipulés par un redoutable gourou. Entretien avec Yvonne Debeaumarché, la coréalisatrice.

Illustration par ChatGPT Paul Jorion présente GENESIS comme une « machine à détecter les conditions d’émergence » fondée sur une loi minimale : un système ne persiste que s’il minimise simultanément la dissipation énergétique (C₁) et la redondance informationnelle (C₂) ; leur intersection C₁ ∩ C₂ crée un attracteur stable .
Dans cette optique, vos quatre étapes deviennent : Compression symbolique + numérique
– Le code n’est plus écrit sur un support, il se ré-inscrit dans la dynamique du support : le « ruban » et la « règle » fusionnent .
– La compression n’est donc pas un algorithme postérieur, mais la conséquence directe de la pulsion qui « recharge » la...

Rudy Reichstadt et Tristan Mendès France décryptent et analysent, dans ce 100ème épisode, l'activité de la complosphère depuis les débuts de Complorama. Une émission spéciale réalisée en public à la Maison de la radio et de la musique.

La saga culte de James Cameron revient au cinéma ce mercredi 17 décembre avec un troisième opus aussi spectaculaire que contemplatif. Premières impressions subjectives, racontées avec quelques légers spoilers.