This detective-style sci-fi Yen Press series channels classic genre paranoia without throwing hands to solve supernatural problems.

“GMOs have remained at the center of scientific and societal debate since their regulatory authorization and subsequent market introduction in the 1990 s. This review synthesizes epidemiological evidence from the literature, including observational studies and prior systematic reviews, alongside international policy frameworks, to evaluate potential associations between GMO exposure and human health. Current evidence does not support consistent causal links between GMO consumption and cancer, reproductive toxicity, allergies, or other chronic diseases.” From GM Crops & Food.
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The Live Nation-Ticketmaster trial is back on. Dozens of states are expected to move forward with their claims against the company's alleged concert industry monopoly beginning on Monday, following a brief hearing on Friday.
The Justice Department and a handful of states have accepted settlements with the company, but the majority of the 40 state and district attorney general plaintiffs - as of now - are continuing their fight in court. The states that are pressing forward withdrew their motion for a mistrial, filed after the DOJ announced its settlement in court Monday, and showed up with new outside counsel to lead their trial team in the …
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A group of fighters based in Iraq say they are "ready to go home", as they face drone attacks from Tehran.

The guitar was used by David Gilmour on some of Pink Floyd's best-known albums, including Dark Side of the Moon.

A team of 15 specialist divers dove into waters off the coast of the Philippines last month—initiating a forensic recovery operation that one Pentagon scientist said could take "months or years."

Less slop please. | Image: Spotify Spotify Premium users in New Zealand will be the first to experience the service's latest personalization feature. The company is letting users view and make changes to their Taste Profile directly. If your algorithm is serving up too much Bieber, you can politely tell the algorithm to ease up. Beta testers will be able to access the feature by tapping on their profile icon and then selecting Taste Profile from the sidebar menu. The Taste Profile tells you not only what artists you frequently listen to, but also identifies trends in your listening habits. In a little demo clip, Spotify shows an example Taste Profile that includes the line, …
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“In the age of the internet, we’re fortunate to have virtual access to museum collections around the world, thanks to objects in the public domain and programs like The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Open Access Initiative. Through a searchable digital catalogue, visitors to the museum’s website can see hundreds of thousands of objects, many images of which are available for download. And it’s not alone—other institutions like the Art Institute of Chicago, The National Gallery of Art, and The Cleveland Museum of Art, among others, make pieces in their collections accessible to all. The thing is, digital images don’t always give us the full picture, so to speak. Even two-dimensional paintings and...

“Infections from enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) bacteria are the most common cause of travelers’ diarrhea, and they commonly cause childhood diarrhea in low-income regions. In children below the age of five, whose immune systems are still developing, the infections can lead to malnourishment; they cause up to 42,000 deaths annually. Soon there may be a vaccine to protect against these infections. In the Lancet Infectious Diseases last month, scientists shared the results of the first study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of an ETEC-controlling vaccine in a large pediatric population in Gambia. The vaccine—called ETVAX—is among several in development to reduce ETEC infections in both...

“A government study has found that access to education, housing and nutritious food has improved nationwide… 81.4% of the population had access to education in 2024 and the use of basic supplies for studying at home — electricity, television, internet — reached 70.2% of students between 3 and 17 years old. This represented an increase of 33.5 percentage points compared to 2016. 92.1% of Mexico’s population reported access to decent housing without a lack of quality and space, while 85.9% had access to basic services in 2024. On the other hand, access to water within the home fell to 53.4% in 2024, as compared to 54.8% in 2016… 85.6% of the population did not experience a lack of access to...

“BYD has reduced its EV charging times to as little as five minutes with its newly released Blade Battery 2.0 and 1.5-megawatt (1,500kW) Flash charger. The Chinese automotive giant’s Blade Battery 2.0 can charge from 20% to 97% in just 12 minutes in temperatures as low as -30°C. Under standard weather conditions, a 10% to 70% top-up is achievable in five minutes, and a 10% to 90% charge takes nine minutes. In addition to returning charging speeds comparable to refuelling a petrol or diesel car at a fuel station, the BYD Blade Battery 2.0 offers a range of over 621 miles, albeit on the generous Chinese CLTC efficiency cycle.” From EV Powered.
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'Sinners' is the most nominated film of all time—so let’s prepare for its potential awards bloodbath by looking back at the fang-tastic nominees that came before.

Xbox is getting ready to launch its Gaming Copilot AI assistant on "current-generation consoles" this year, according to a report from GamesRadar. Sonali Yadav, Xbox's product manager for gaming AI, revealed the news during a panel at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), adding that the company will also add the assistant to "more services that players are playing." Microsoft has been working on its gaming-focused Copilot assistant for months now, with the company launching it in beta on the Xbox mobile app, Windows 11, and Xbox Ally handhelds. Players can use their voice to call upon the Gaming Copilot if they get stuck in a game, and th …
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Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. This week, I wanted to see how Trump Mobile stacks up to its conservative carrier competition.
Trump Mobile isn't unique. I mean, it is in some pretty specific senses - it's not every day the president's family launches a phone company while he's in office - but it's far from the first company to offer a mobile carrier targeted at the conservative crowd. In fact, there's a rich history of smaller networks trying to make their money from patriots, Christians, and Republican voters. Like Trump Mobile, they're all MVNOs (mobile virtual network operators), carriers that …
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It's only been a year since Digg founder Kevin Rose, Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian, and a few others announced the link-sharing site would relaunch, promising a "social discovery built by communities, not by algorithms." Now, two months after opening its Reddit-like platform to the public, Digg is announcing a "hard reset" that's shutting down operations and will "significantly downsize the Digg team." When they announced its relaunch, Rose told The Verge that AI could "remove the janitorial work of moderators and community managers." Now, the new Digg's CEO Justin Mezzell writes in a note pinned to the homepage that, "We knew bots were …
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« Il existe de multiples preuves que l’objectif principal (sinon le seul) de cette procédure est de harceler M. Powell pour le faire céder au président Trump », estime le magistrat. Le ministère de la justice a annoncé son intention de faire appel.

Apple's replacement for the Pro Display XDR offers an amazing sound stage and still costs an enormous sum.

But it’ll be much more expensive than promised until next year.

Trajan Wealth’s co-CIO David Busch on oil, global growth, and the Fed’s outlook

Putting the Jones Act on the table is the latest sign that the White House is feeling the political heat to address rising gas prices

The U.S.–Israel war with Iran has rattled global energy markets, pushing oil prices sharply higher and disrupting shipping in the Strait of Hormuz

Remember those brick cellphones in the 1990s? They were comically large by today’s standards. These phones used the 1G network to communicate and, as such, have been unusable for decades now. However [Alan Boris] has resurrected this classic phone to operate today.
Originally costing as much as today’s top-of-the-line phones, but instead of weighing just a few ounces this classic Motorola DynaTAC 8000 Classic 2 tips the scales at a hefty 1.5 lbs. [Alan Boris] decided to not just bring the electronics back to life, but to even stuff a modern cellphone inside it to make it fully functional. Given the size of this phone, finding room for the new innards wasn’t much of a challenge. In fact, after the...

Authentic Restaurant Brands CEO Alex Macedo at ICR speaks to $1 billion growth

Hint Water CEO Michael Pengue shares how subtle flavor hooks customers at ICR

La minute de silence observée à l’Assemblée nationale avait donné lieu à plusieurs échanges entre les députés LFI et le gouvernement.

Sous pression des États-Unis, qui ont bloqué les livraisons de pétrole sur l’île, le régime communiste de La Havane a annoncé vendredi 13 mars la libération prochaine de 51 prisonniers, grâce à une médiation du Vatican. Avant de confirmer l’ouverture de pourparlers pour “trouver des solutions aux différends entre les deux nations”.

Le président ukrainien a assuré sur France Inter vendredi que Vladimir Poutine fournit des drones de type Shahed à l’Iran. « La Russie est un allié du régime iranien », a-t-il rappelé.

Le quatorzième jour du conflit en cours au Moyen-Orient a notamment été marqué par des manifestations pro-régime organisées à Téhéran malgré les bombardements. La levée temporaire des sanctions américaines sur le pétrole russe pour enrayer la hausse des prix du baril a fait réagir en Europe, tout comme la mort de l’adjudant-chef Arnaud Frion au Kurdistan irakien. Et les corps de marins iraniens ont été rapatriés.

Dreo’s spring sale offers a great deal on the Chefmaker combi cooker, plus discounts on WIRED’s favorite bathroom heater and tower fan.

Will Donald Trump sustain Benjamin Netanyahu’s preëmptive wars?

After the first firm turned them down, a couple hired Elements Architectural Group to reimagine the house from top to bottom while preserving its charm.When Kris Rey and Kev Cahill started meeting with architects in 2021 for their house remodel, they had lived in their Chicago bungalow for several years and had a good grasp of its pain points. The main floor was cramped with small rooms. The second floor only had two bedrooms—one for them, and one shared by their two children—but now they had a baby on the way. The basement was a Tiki bar leftover from the 1960s—and although it was admittedly fun for karaoke parties, it wasn’t working for the whole family. "Our daughter was too afraid to go down...

The social psychologist Jonathan Haidt discusses social media’s “subversion of the ability to pay attention on a species-wide level,” how policymakers are intervening, and what more we should be doing to protect children.

Zhao, a previous Oscar winner, for Best Director, discusses her acclaimed film with Michael Schulman.

The 85-inch Hisense U7 gets a big discount, with markdowns for smaller sizes too.

De Paris à Vienne, les gouvernements cherchent à juguler le choc pétrolier provoqué par la guerre en Iran, avec des niveaux d’intervention variés, allant de la simple inspection antifraude au plafonnement des prix. Non sans frictions entre voisins, constate “The Times”.

Set just outside Denver, the midcentury Ditto Residence is surrounded by forest and wrapped in timber inside and out.Location: 5185 N Lariat Drive, Castle Rock, Colorado Price: $1,099,000 Year Built: 1964 Architect: James T. Ream Footprint: 2,962 square feet (2 bedrooms, 3 baths) Lot Size: 2.33 Acres From the Agent: "This is a truly rare property with exceptional architectural pedigree, original integrity, and over two private acres with mountain views.  You enter the property from a bridge adjacent to the garage that mirrors the same architectural details as the home. A spacious dining area (or flexible den) offers additional built-ins and warmth from the combination of cedar, walnut, and glass. The primary...

The Studio Display XDR monitor comes at a time when HDR-capable screens are everywhere. Apple still does it best, but at a hefty cost.

Join Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi as they cover their favorite hacks and stories from the week. The episode kicks off with some updates about Hackaday Europe and the recently announced Green Power contest, as well as the proposal of a new feature of the podcast where listeners are invited to send in their questions and comments. After the housekeeping is out of the way, the discussion will go from spoofing traffic light control signals and the line between desktop computers and smartphones, all the way to homebrew e-readers and writing code with chocolate candies. You’ll hear about molding replacement transparent parts, a collection of fantastic tutorials on hardware hacking and reverse...

En s’alignant sur les positions américaines au sujet du conflit en Iran, le chancelier allemand apparaît plus isolé que jamais, tant au sein de la coalition au gouvernement qu’auprès de ses alliés européens.

En deux semaines de guerre, les Israéliens et les Américains ont employé une quantité record de missiles pour se protéger des attaques iraniennes. Alors que les stocks d’intercepteurs comme le Patriot s’amenuisent, une course contre la montre a commencé.

The FBI says it is investigating the incident as a "targeted act of violence against the Jewish community", but a motive for the crime remains unclear.

Deux fourgons de la banque d’État ukrainienne transportant l’équivalent de 70 millions d’euros ont été interceptés par les autorités hongroises la semaine dernière, alors qu’ils effectuaient un transfert entre l’Autriche et l’Ukraine. Leur chargement a été mis sous séquestre, dans le cadre d’une enquête pour blanchiment d’argent présumé. L’affaire montre à quel point les relations sont tendues entre les deux pays.

TRIBUNE // Les élections municipales offrent une occasion rare de remettre la beauté au cœur du débat démocratique, défend Paul Klotz, expert associé à la Fondation Jean-Jaurès et haut fonctionnaire. Sa proposition : assumer politiquement les effets sociaux, psychiques et civiques du beau, de l’accès aux espaces verts à la préservation du patrimoine et à la végétalisation des villes.

Illustration par ChatGPT
Ce qui s’est cassé, Jean-Baptiste, c’est précisément cette posture de réception humble face à une pensée plus ancienne et plus dense. Plusieurs ruptures successives :
•⁠ ⁠La Révolution scientifique du XVIIe a marginalisé Aristote comme « pré-scientifique » : Descartes, Bacon, puis Newton. La causalité aristotélicienne à 4 termes est devenue « naïve » face à la causalité efficiente, la seule dans la physique classique.
•⁠ ⁠Le positivisme du XIXe a achevé le travail : ce qui ne se mesure pas n’existe pas.
•⁠ ⁠Et aujourd’hui le machine learning a hérité de ça : un monde où seule la causalité efficiente compte, formalisée en descente...

Two real estate stars and their brother are convicted of sex trafficking, whimsical home decor brand cofounder Victoria MacKenzie-Childs dies at 77, and more.A London appeals court ruled in favor of Zaha Hadid Architects in its dispute with the Zaha Hadid Foundation. The decision allows the architecture firm to end a licensing agreement, made before the late architect’s death, that required it to pay a six percent royalty to the Foundation in order to use her name. Here’s what the decision means for both the firm and the foundation. (Wallpaper)  Former top real estate brokers Tal and Oren Alexander, along with their brother, Alon, a security executive, were just found guilty by a jury in Manhattan of...

Ukraine's president says the US decision "certainly does not help achieve peace".

Microsoft a profité de la GDC 2026 pour annoncer l'arrivée du Xbox Mode sur tous les PC sous Windows 11 dès le mois d'avril. L'interface plein écran, pensée pour la manette, était jusqu'à présent réservée aux consoles portables ASUS ROG Xbox Ally.
Une interface console sur n'importe quel PC
Le Xbox Mode, c'est l'interface plein écran que les possesseurs (dont je suis) de ROG Xbox Ally et Ally X connaissent déjà. Un environnement épuré, optimisé pour la navigation à la manette, qui donne accès à toute votre bibliothèque de jeux sans passer par le bureau Windows. Vous lancez le mode, vous jouez, et vous pouvez revenir au bureau classique à tout moment.
Microsoft l'étend donc à tous les...

Airline ticket prices are already rising, but an extended crisis in Iran could have bigger effects on the global travel industry.

France • September 2024 📷 #flashes

After the previous attempt of running a PC off AA cells got a lot of comments, [ScuffedBits] decided to do the scientifically responsible thing and re-ran the experiment with all the peer-reviewed commentary in mind. Although we noted with the previous experiment that only alkaline cells were used, [ScuffedBits] rectified this by stating that both carbon and alkaline AA cells were used the first time around.
For this second experiment a number of changes were made, though still both carbon and alkaline cells were put into the mix. To these a third string was added, consisting of NiMH cells, for a total of 64 cells with each of the three strings outputting around 25 VDC when fully charged. These fed a cheap...

Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen says the conflict is stranding cargo and threatening inflation.

Google vient de lancer Gemini Embedding 2, son premier modèle d'embedding nativement multimodal. Texte, images, vidéo, audio et documents sont projetés dans un même espace vectoriel, ce qui permet de faire de la recherche sémantique croisée entre différents types de contenus.
Un seul modèle pour tout indexer
Jusqu'à présent, les modèles d'embedding se limitaient au texte. Vous vouliez indexer des images ou de la vidéo, il fallait un autre pipeline. Gemini Embedding 2 fait tout d'un coup : vous lui envoyez du texte, des images (jusqu'à 6), de la vidéo (jusqu'à 120 secondes) ou de l'audio (jusqu'à 80 secondes), et il vous renvoie un vecteur dans le même espace. Le modèle gère plus de 100...

Ce dimanche 15 mars, 700 listes citoyennes et participatives se présentent aux élections municipales. Ce mouvement en plein essor entend répondre aux crises globales par la démocratie locale — un pari ambitieux qui se heurte cependant à de nombreux obstacles. On vous explique.

The US Central Command says all six crew members died after a refuelling aircraft went down over western Iraq.

Forum InCyber 2026 : une conférence analyse le social engineering, technique où les pirates ciblent directement le facteur humain.

Un projet open source vient de lâcher une IA sur les 41 300 règlements européens adoptés depuis 1958. L'outil, qui tourne sur Grok 4.1, rend un verdict binaire pour chaque texte : à garder ou à supprimer. Les résultats défilent en direct sur bettereu.com.
41 300 textes passés à la moulinette
Le principe est assez bourrin.
BetterEU
prend chaque règlement européen, du plus ancien, publié en 1958, au plus récent publié il y a quelques semaines, et le soumet à Grok avec un prompt unique. L'IA doit trancher : KEEP ou DELETE.
Aucune nuance, pas de peut-être, juste un verdict sec. Le tout est diffusé en temps réel sur le site, avec un graphique interactif qui montre la progression année par...

Portrait des cinq principaux candidats qui sont en lice pour remporter le fauteuil de maire de la cité phocéenne à l’issue des élections municipales des 15 et 22 mars.

When Friday the Thirteenth and Patch Tuesday happen on the same week, we’re surely in for a good time.
Anyone who maintains any sort of Microsoft ecosystem knows by now to brace for impact come Patch Tuesday; March brings the usual batch of “interesting” issues, including: Two high-risk Microsoft Office vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-26110 and CVE-2026-26113), both of which allow execution of arbitrary code with no user interaction other than opening a hostile file. Vulnerabilities like these are especially dangerous in environments where transferring Office documents is considered normal, such as (unsurprisingly) offices, but also for home users who may not be savvy enough to avoid opening hostile files....

À Paris, le festival des Crocheteurs de France explore le lien méconnu entre locksport, sécurité physique et cybersécurité.

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.