Holiday spending is set to fall for the first time since 2020 as consumers — thanks to inflation, tariffs, and more — are planning to shop smarter

Researchers used a simulator to enduce dozens of brave participants with motion sickness and study their brain activity.

Tandis que le premier ministre, François Bayrou, poursuit ses consultations avec les forces politiques, le président de la République a invité, mardi, les chefs des partis de la coalition gouvernementale à élargir l’assise du bloc central en travaillant avec le PS.

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Prêchant la paix dans son discours, Xi Jinping a aussi conçu le défilé comme une illustration de la puissance de feu de son armée.

Les trois dirigeants se sont affichés ensemble pour la première fois, mercredi, à l’occasion d’un défilé commémorant la fin de la seconde guerre mondiale. A distance, Donald Trump, non invité, les a accusés de « conspirer » contre les Etats-Unis.

En deux ans, plus de 20 000 travailleurs ont quitté le petit royaume de 800 000 habitants, attirés par des salaires plus élevés, notamment en Australie. Un défi, en particulier, dans les services publics, explique le magazine japonais “Nikkei Asia”.

Dans la troisième aire urbaine du Royaume-Uni, une dizaine d’équipes d’inspecteurs interviennent auprès de locataires confrontés à des abus. Au-delà des relogements, ils ont récolté ces deux dernières années 1,5 million de livres sterling d’amende en vertu de pouvoirs jusqu’à présent sous-utilisés dans le pays, constate l’hebdomadaire “The Sunday Times”.

“Les Chroniques d’Haïfa. Histoires palestiniennes”, en salle ce 3 septembre, nous plonge dans le quotidien d’une famille palestinienne de la ville mixte d’Haïfa, en Israël. Entre conflits générationnels et pressions sociales, le réalisateur Scandar Copti donne à voir une réalité rarement représentée sur grand écran. Entretien.

Disney has agreed to pay $10 million to settle allegations from the Federal Trade Commission that it violated federal law by misleadingly labeling cartoons on YouTube so it could illegally collect children’s personal data. The FTC alleges that Disney failed to label some videos of its popular kids cartoons it uploaded to YouTube as “Made for Kids” — a designation that makes such videos ineligible for certain features, like the collection of personal information. It’s a way YouTube makes it harder to target kids with personalized ads. But rather than mark individual videos as either “Made for Kids” or “Not Made for Kids,” the FTC alleges, Disney left the default designation at the channel...

La décision rendue mardi par un juge fédéral, moins sévère que ce que demandait le ministère de la justice, est un revers pour l’administration Trump, mais aussi pour celle de Joe Biden, qui accusaient le groupe d’être un monopole et d’avoir agi comme tel.

The first version of Pascal was released by the prolific [Niklaus Wirth] back in 1970. That’s 55 years ago, an eternity in the world of computing. Does anyone still use Pascal in 2025? Quite a few people as it turns out, and [Huw Collingbourne] makes the case why you might want to be one of them in a video embedded below.
In all fairness, when [Huw] says “Pascal” he isn’t isn’t talking about the tiny language [Wirth] wrote back when the Apollo Program was a going concern. He’s talking about Object Pascal, as either Free Pascal or Delphi– which he points out are regularly the tenth most popular of all programming languages. (Index.dev claims that it has climbed up to number nine this year, just...

The remedies ruling in the Department of Justice’s antitrust case against Google finally landed on Tuesday. Last year, Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google was a monopolist in the search and advertising markets, but while today’s ruling says that Google will have to share some search data with competitors, Google doesn’t have to spin off Chrome and it can keep paying for deals like the one that lets it be the default search in Safari. Many Google critics aren’t happy with the remedies that have been handed down, saying that they don’t go far enough to slow Google’s dominance and restore competition in the market. Here are some statements from critics: Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN): Today’s ruling is...

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, the Democratic Federal Trade Commissioner fired by President Donald Trump without cause, can at least temporarily return to work while her legal case plays out. This happened once before when Slaughter briefly returned to her office months after Trump claimed to fire her, when US District Court Judge Loren AliKhan found her dismissal unlawful. Trump broke with decades of Supreme Court precedent known as Humphrey’s Executor, preventing presidents from firing independent commissioners without cause. But her return was short-lived — a few days later the appeals court temporarily paused the order reinstating Slaughter. This latest order, approved 2-1 by a panel of appeals court...

If your school in the 1980s was lucky enough to have a well-equipped computer lab, the chances are that alongside the 8-bit machines you might have found a little two-wheeled robot. These machines and the Logo programming language that allowed them to draw simple vector graphics were a popular teaching tool at the time. They’re long-forgotten now, but not in the workshop of [Niklas Roy], who has created a modern-day take on their trundling.
His two-wheeled robots form simple but effective vector plotters, calculating the paths between coordinates with a consistency that surprised him. They’re used for artwork rather than functional plotting, but we’re guessing they could be used for either. We...

Rumi singing voice EJAE tells the story behind 'Golden.'

Google will need to share data with competitors after a ruling that it's an illegal monopoly.

L’homme, un ressortissant tunisien, expulsé d’un hôtel a poignardé plusieurs personnes dans l’établissement, mardi après-midi, avant de s’attaquer à des passants, au gré de sa fuite.

In a refreshing twist, younger versions of the characters played by Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson will be played by younger actors.

Get your tickets to Uncanny Valley’s first live show in San Francisco on September 9, featuring special guest Jack Conte, CEO of Patreon.

On August 5th, 2024, Judge Amit Mehta ruled in the case of United States of America v. Google, saying, “…the court reaches the following conclusion: Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly. It has violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act.” Nearly a year later, the judge has followed that up with a ruling on remedies for Google’s search monopoly. While lawyers for the Department of Justice had argued that Google should be broken up and forced to split off products like Chrome, Search, and Android, Judge Mehta has ruled against the DOJ’s proposed remedies, banning exclusive deals but leaving others, like its massive search default deal with Apple, and allowing Google to...

Apple’s latest 13-inch MacBook Air with an M4 chip is on sale starting at $799 ($200 off). Apple currently sells MacBooks equipped with its own M-series chips in a wide range of sizes and price points. It discontinued the M1 MacBook Air to make room for newer models, but some retailers are still selling the 2020 laptop starting at $599 ($50 off) at Walmart — a far cry from the $2,499 starting price of the latest 16-inch MacBook Pro with M4 Pro. Purchasing a new MacBook can be a pricey endeavor, but finding a deal is surprisingly easy. Apple has recently shaken up the starting RAM for several models, creating more options than ever before and resulting in steeper discounts on older models. The best MacBook...

Pepsi has hidden a sluggish drinks business behind a fortress of chips. Now, with a $4 billion stake, Elliott wants the board to prove soda can pay

“Man’s Best Friend,” the singer’s newest album, is an obvious companion to her 2024 breakthrough, filled with chatty asides and quick, carnal jokes.

Country-specific tariffs are in effect until Oct. 14 while the White House brings its case to the Supreme Court

Carlos Alcaraz reaches the US Open semi-finals for the third time after comprehensive straight-set win against Jiri Lehecka.

Selon le deuxième panorama de l’Agence nationale du contrôle du logement social, publié mardi, les demandes, en 2023, ont été en hausse et les attributions en baisse. Les ménages sont moins nombreux qu’avant à changer de logement HLM ou à quitter le parc social, et la création de logements sociaux ralentit.

J’ai testé un truc trop cool ce soir et je pense que ça va vous plaire, si vous utilisez WordPress. Ça s’appelle Telex et c’est un nouveau service expérimental lancé par les petits gars d’Automattic au
WordCamp US 2025
. Matt Mullenweg l’a présenté comme leur vision de l’IA pour le développement WordPress, un peu comme le fait v0 de Vercel ou Lovable, mais spécifiquement conçu pour générer des blocs Gutenberg WordPress. Ces blocs Gutenberg, si vous ne connaissez pas, ce sont ces modules de contenus custom que vous pouvez rajouter dans vos pages WordPress. En général, ça me demande de coder un peu mais avec Telex, vous tapez un prompt décrivant ce que vous voulez, et il vous génère...

When the companies merged in 2015, they wanted to take advantage of scale. Shifting consumer tastes scuppered those plans.

The phone ecosystem these days is horribly boring compared to the innovation of a couple decades back. Your options include flat rectangles, and flat rectangles that fold in half and then break. [Marcin Plaza] wanted to think outside the slab, without reinventing the wheel. In an inspired bout of hacking, he flipped a broken Samsung zFlip 5 into a “new” phone.
There’s really nothing new in it; the guts all come from the donor phone. That screen? It’s the front screen that was on the top half of the zFlip, as you might have guessed from the cameras. Normally that screen is only used for notifications, but with the Samsung’s fancy folding OLED dead as Disco that needed to change. Luckily for [Marcin]...

Construction spending was down 2.8% year-over-year in July, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau

In response to a reporter's question, the president said he was ‘very active’ over the Labor Day weekend.

New job hires slowed dramatically this year as inflation and tariffs continued to unsettle the economy. But one agency wants to sign on 10,000 new workers: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Ads show Uncle Sam in the style of a World War II recruitment poster, pointing his finger, with the words, “America has been invaded by criminals and predators. We need YOU to get them out.” No college degree is necessary, and you can be as young as 18. Mandatory: Passing a background check, drug test, and fitness test. Last week in Arlington, Texas, thousands of people answered that call at a two-day ICE recruitment drive. Brittny Mejia, who covers federal courts for The LA Times, attended the drive, and so...

The TT-inspired roadster debuts Audi’s new strategy for “radical simplicity”—and it looks terrific.

Building atom bombs was a feat rivaling the science behind them. The Manhattan Project oversaw hundreds of thousands of workers in cities that technically didn’t exist.

Peacemaker, Ruby & Jodi: A Cult of Sin and Influence, and The Gilded Age are just a few of the shows you need to be watching on HBO Max this month.

The single bloodiest day of World War II was the firebombing of Tokyo — before atomic bombs destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Why isn’t it mourned that way?

Judge Charles Breyer ruled that the Trump administration’s use of the military as domestic police violated federal law, setting the tone for legal challenges in other cities.

[BPS.space] takes model rocketry seriously, and their rockets tend to get bigger and bigger. If there’s one thing that comes with the territory in DIY rocketry, it’s the constant need to solve new problems.
Coating the inside of a tube evenly with a thick, goopy layer before it cures isn’t easy.
One such problem is how to coat the inside of a rocket motor tube with a thermal liner, and their solution is a machine they made and called the Limb Remover 6000 on account of its ability to spin an 18 kg metal tube at up to 1,000 rpm which is certainly enough to, well, you know.
One problem is that the mixture for the thermal liner is extremely thick and goopy, and doesn’t pour very well. To get an even layer...

The Softshell takes inspiration from A-frame cabins and prioritizes ease of construction for hoteliers looking to set up sites quickly.Glamping comes in many shapes and sizes, but you know it when you see it: a structure or series of structures arranged in a pristine slice of wilderness or natural-looking plot, with more amenities than you’d get with an accommodation that can be stuffed into a small bag, but far fewer than a hotel. The accommodations might be an Airstream, an A-frame cabin, or something resembling a tent. Or, something combining an A-frame with a tent, as is the case with Nokken and Bjarke Ingels Group’s new collaboration. The Softshell is a 387-square-foot cabin with canvas panels...

Ground forces are already pushing into the city, where hospitals say more than 50 people were killed by Israeli strikes on Tuesday.

The "Victory Day" parade on Wednesday will see Kim rub shoulders with China's Xi Jinping, Russia's Vladimir Putin and others.

If you don’t need the latest and greatest, you can get this still-excellent pair of Sony noise-canceling headphones for $300.

Lindsay Leskovac, 16 ans, a passé en tout et pour tout 22 minutes, inconsciente dans son pickup totalement détruit, pendant que son iPhone 14 discutait tout seul avec les secours. Pas de panique, pas de cris, juste un téléphone qui fait son job pendant que sa propriétaire est dans les vapes. Et apparemment, il l’a fait plutôt bien puisque la jeune fille est toujours vivante pour raconter son histoire. L’accident s’est produit
dans la nuit du 2 août dernier, à Greenville en Pennsylvanie. Lindsay rentrait chez elle après avoir déposé une amie. Vous connaissez la suite, fatigue, route monotone, et la voilà endormie au volant. Le pickup percute alors deux poteaux électriques et quelques arbres...

“Urban planners, the refuse industry and cities across the country are reimagining how we manage and dispose of our waste. The New York City Department of Sanitation and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are among those leveraging artificial intelligence, robotics and electric power to tackle a growing garbage crisis fueled by cheap products and throwaway culture.” From Wall Street Journal.
The post The Hassle-Free Future of Trash Pickup and Recycling appeared first on Human Progress.

Dieu m’est témoin que j’ai essayé de prendre des vacances !

As the art of 3D printing has refined itself over the years, a few accessories have emerged to take prints to the next level. One of them is the threaded insert, a a piece of machined brass designed to be heat-set into a printed hole in the part. They can be placed by hand with a soldering iron, or for the really cool kids, with a purpose-built press. They look great and they can certainly make assembly of a 3D printed structure very easy, but I’m here to tell you they are not as necessary as they might seem. There’s an alternative I have been using for years which does essentially the same job without the drama.
Enter The Self-Tapper
This turret camera project features both inserts on the M12 lens...

En ce moment, tout le monde veut son petit serveur local pour faire tourner des modèles IA, mais en vrai, j’ai l’impression que personne ne se pose la question de la sécurité. Du coup, on se retrouve avec un problème totalement anticipable mais j’ai l’impression que tout le monde s’en cogne…
En effet, j’ai découvert qu’il y a littéralement des milliers de serveurs Ollama qui traînent en libre-service sur le net. Pas protégés, pas sécurisés, que dalle. Ils sont juste là, accessibles à qui veut bien se connecter dessus. Le site
Malware Patrol
parle même de 14 000 instances publiquement accessibles. C’est fou !
Le truc, c’est qu’Ollama par défaut, ça vient sans...

Own a piece of Pacific Northwest modernist history.7799 Hansen Rd NE in Bainbridge Island, Washington is currently listed at $4,400,000 by Matthew Paige, Dennis Paige, and Danny Varona at Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty. Engineer John "Jack" Christiansen and architect Paul Hayden Kirk—two modernist icons behind Seattle’s most celebrated structures—collaborated on this midcentury modern waterfront residence. Crafted by Christiansen as his own home, it stands as an architectural embodiment of his life’s work and structural vision. The home is a bold interplay of engineering and art, resting on a series of concrete platforms supported by sculptural columns and crowned by a dramatic thin-shell...

MoreDesign took the 19th-century structure down to the studs and rebuilt it with reclaimed stone, lime mortar, and locally made fixtures.Location: Deià, Mallorca, Spain Price: €820,000 (approximately $958,780 USD) Year Built: Circa 1800s Renovation Date: 2019 Renovation Architect: MoreDesign Footprint: 1,582 square feet (2 bedrooms, 1 bath) From the Agent: "Tucked just off the steps of Deià’s Plaza de la Iglesia, this home carries with it layers of story. Once known to poet and soldier Robert Graves as ‘the haunted house of Deià,’ it stood empty for years as a bare-boned structure, weathered by time. When MoreDesign took it on, there were no modern installations. Just four stone walls and a hole in...

La majorité des États membres de l'Union européenne ont un âge légal de départ à la retraite aux alentours de 65 ans. En France, la loi sur la réforme des retraites entrée en vigueur le 1er septembre 2023 fait reculer l'âge de départ à la retraite d'un trimestre chaque année jusqu'en 2030, afin de le porter de 62 ans à 64 ans. Mais les pays européens sont loin d'être dotés de législations équivalentes. L'âge légal de départ à la retraite peut varier selon le sexe du travailleur, tel que c'est le cas dans un quart des pays de l'UE, et aussi selon le statut professionnel et les exceptions propres à chaque État. Tous prévoient des systèmes de retraite anticipée ou au contraire...

Summary: Recent deaths from heat waves have fueled fears that climate change will make the problem far worse. Yet history shows that humans are not helpless in the face of rising temperatures. Through innovation and adaptation such as widespread air conditioning, societies have already dramatically reduced heat-related mortality in many regions. Far from being doomed, people have the tools and ingenuity to meet the challenge of hotter climates and protect human welfare. As summer heat waves rolled across Europe in recent years, many areas saw devastating spikes in deaths due to extreme heat. Research estimated that heat-related causes were responsible for more than 61,000 excess deaths across Europe during the...

35 secondes… C’est même pas le temps qu’il vous faut pour réchauffer votre café au micro-ondes. Par contre, c’est pile poil le temps qu’il a fallu à des attaquant pour balancer 11,5 térabits par seconde sur les serveurs protégés par Cloudflare. Pour vous donner une idée, c’est comme si quelqu’un vous envoyait 10 000 films HD d’un coup, direct dans la tronche. Cette attaque monumentale s’inscrit dans une série d’assauts qui deviennent de plus en plus violents. Par exemple, au premier trimestre de cette année, Cloudflare a bloqué 20,5 millions d’attaques DDoS. C’est quand même une augmentation de 358% par rapport à l’année dernière. Visiblement, quelqu’un s’amuse à...

Many remain trapped under rubble as rescuers use helicopters in remote areas hit by recent landslides.

Over the course of two years, a father reshaped his family’s home, relocating the staircase, reworking the loft, and layering in textural materials.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: Newington Green, United Kingdom Architect: Mosley Thorold / @mosleythorold Footprint: 2,000 square feet Builder: Decor House Construction Ltd Structural Engineer: Phi Structural Design Ltd Metalwork Stair Fabrication: Best Metalwork Metalwork Shelving Fabrication: Christopher Willis Cabinetry Installation: Esquared Stylist: Alex Kristal Photographer: Ollie...

Au sein de la communauté d'Agglomération Dembéni-Mamoudzou, des voies de bus ont été aménagées en site propre pour le projet Caribus - Crédits : CADEMA / Ali Hamidi Maoulida Pour répondre au besoin de massification des transports à Mayotte, le projet Caribus repose sur trois piliers pour un réseau sécurisé, moderne et renforcé. Doté d'un budget total de 245 millions d'euros, ce projet majeur pour l'avenir de la mobilité durable à Mayotte s’articule en trois phases de travaux, programmées jusqu’en 2027. Après avoir soutenu le lancement de la première étape, à hauteur de 33,7 millions d'euros via le Fonds européen de développement régional (FEDER), l’Union européenne accompagne...

The traditional knock is that light roast espresso is bitter and sour. But new techniques mean that just plain isn’t true anymore.

Vous vous souvenez de ces autocollants holographiques qu’on trouvait à tous les coins de rue dans les années 90 ? Mais siiiii, ces machins brillants qui changeaient de couleur selon l’angle de vue et qui scintillaient de mille feux grâce à leurs petites paillettes métalliques ? Eh bien, un développeur a réussi à reproduire cet effet en WebGL et en a fait un générateur. Et je dois dire que le résultat est plutôt bluffant.
Le projet en question part d’une observation simple qui est que ces autocollants jouent sur deux phénomènes visuels. D’abord l’iridescence, ce changement de couleur selon l’angle de vue qui rappelle les bulles de savon ou les ailes de papillon. Et ensuite ces...

Si la plupart des pays européens autorisent maintenant l'IVG, son maintien est loin d'être garanti - Crédits : Amparo Garcia / iStock La Commission européenne s'est engagée lundi 1er septembre à examiner l'initiative citoyenne européenne "Ma Voix, Mon Choix". Dans un communiqué, l'exécutif européen déclare qu'il rencontrera "les organisateurs afin de discuter en détail de cette initiative dans les semaines à venir". À l'origine de cette pétition : un ensemble d'associations, de militantes anonymes et personnalités publiques européennes, invitant l'exécutif européen à "présenter, dans un esprit de solidarité, une proposition de soutien financier aux États membres qui seraient en mesure de...

L'Autorité européenne de sécurité des aliments, dont le siège est à Parme (Italie), est chargée d'étudier les risques pouvant être présents dans la chaîne alimentaire et animale - Crédits : EFSA / Lucio Rossi for EFSA, Studio Valle Progettazioni, Art & Build, Manens -Tifs, Pool Engineering, Art Ambiente Risorse e Territorio. Du champ à l'assiette des consommateurs, l'Autorité européenne de sécurité des aliments (EFSA) est une agence de l'Union européenne chargée d’analyser les risques liés à l’alimentation à toutes les étapes de la chaîne. Ses travaux sont variés : nutrition, santé et bien-être animal, pesticides ou encore OGM. Basée à Parme en Italie, elle se présente comme...