Did he get beamed up?

At least 175 people were killed in the U.S. strike.

Microsoft seems more determined than ever to combine Xbox and Windows - to the point that its next-gen Xbox, codenamed Project Helix, will play PC games too. Today, we learned Helix will go alpha in 2027. But the company isn't waiting for Helix before it points Windows gamers in the Xbox direction. Starting in April, it's bringing its full-screen Xbox mode to every kind of Windows 11 PC, including laptops, desktops, and tablets. And it's renamed it "Xbox mode."
Technically, you've been able to try the Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE) in preview since November 2025, if you were part of both the Windows Insider and Xbox Insider Programs. But …
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io9 has confirmed with Viz Media that the smash-hit manga will come to an end, after speculation surrounding its latest chapter.

PC makers either have to respond fast or just sit there and let Apple eat their lunch.

The move could position the AI infrastructure powerhouse to quickly compete with OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepSeek.

Les documents rendus publics par la justice américaine révèlent à quel point le criminel sexuel était en relation avec le monde de la recherche, s’entourant d’esprits brillants et finançant leurs travaux.

A new method transforms a "persistent environmental liability" into a much-desired resource, the researchers say.

We're here at the 2026 Game Developers Conference, where Microsoft "VP of Next Generation" Jason Ronald is talking about a topic near and dear to many gamers' hearts: the future of Xbox. Ronald says the next Xbox, codenamed Project Helix, will have a custom AMD chip with "an order of magnitude increase in raytracing performance" up to and including path tracing, and a next-gen version of AMD's FSR upscaling technology that relies on machine learning and includes frame generation - which can improve the perceived smoothness of a game by imagining new frames between existing ones.
But don't expect that next Xbox soon: Microsoft will begin sen …
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Despite their animosity toward Iran, America’s allies in the Middle East are worried that the region is headed for wider conflict.

Donald Trump a déclaré lundi 9 mars que son administration envisageait des mesures destinées à enrayer la flambée des prix mondiaux du pétrole. S’il n’a pas clairement mentionné la Russie, un assouplissement des sanctions visant Moscou en fait manifestement partie. La presse russe y voit davantage une démarche conjoncturelle qu’une remise en question du régime de sanctions en lui-même.

Bien des candidats locaux de gauche prônent sans détour un renforcement des effectifs ou des moyens de police municipale, ainsi qu’un élargissement de leurs prérogatives. La rupture est majeure, tant ce parti pris était jusqu’ici revendiqué par la droite.

Épargnée jusqu’à présent par les conflits du Moyen-Orient, Chypre passait pour un havre de paix aux yeux de nombreux expatriés venus de Russie, d’Israël ou du Royaume-Uni. Depuis qu’un drone iranien s’est écrasé sur une base britannique dans le sud de l’île, ils ne se sentent plus en sécurité, rapporte le quotidien espagnol “El País”.

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OpenAI's Sora video generator could soon become a built-in feature in ChatGPT, as reported by The Information. Sora is currently only available on its website or as a standalone app, which has fallen shy of the popularity of ChatGPT. This update would allow users to access Sora's video generation capabilities directly within ChatGPT itself, much like the addition of image generation capabilities in the chatbot last year. Sora could help attract more users to ChatGPT, but it may also worsen the flood of deepfakes coming from OpenAI's video generator. When the Sora app initially launched less than a year ago, users generated realistic-lookin …
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“Des objectifs changeants, une menace exagérée, une mission ambiguë”, le tout enrobé d’euphémismes. Pour cet ancien correspondant du “New York Times” à Moscou, les similitudes entre la rhétorique et les justifications avancées par l’administration américaine pour frapper l’Iran et celles de la Russie pour motiver son “opération spéciale” en Ukraine sont troublantes.

The US president might learn that starting wars is much easier than ending them, writes the BBC's international editor.

En difficulté pour neutraliser les drones Shahed lancés par l’Iran, les États-Unis regardent vers l’Ukraine, qui a appris à contrer ces appareils à moindre coût depuis le début de l’invasion russe. Ce 11 mars, Kiev a annoncé que des experts ukrainiens avaient commencé leur travail au Qatar, aux Émirats arabes unis et en Arabie saoudite.

There’s a meme which may have a basis in truth, of a teenager left clueless when presented with a rotary telephone. The dial, in reality a mechanical pulse chain generator, was once ubiquitous enough that having one in your parts bin was anything but unusual. If you’re curious about their inner workings in 2026 though, you may be out of luck. Never fear though, because [Moeya 3D Designs] is here with a fully 3D printed version. It’s not as compact as the original, but it’s all there.
If you’re not put off by the anime-style Japanese voice over on the video below the break and you can enable subtitles for your language, you get the full explanation. There’s a ratchet and spring on the dial, which...

A l’issue d’une réunion des dirigeants du G7, mercredi, le président français a renvoyé à Donald Trump la décision de « clarifier à la fois ses objectifs finaux et le tempo qu’il veut donner aux opérations ».

If you're struggling with chronic back or shoulder pain, these mattresses could change your life

Contre le racisme, les fascistes et les violences d'État, plus de 330 organisations appellent à la mobilisation et plus de 85 manifestations sont déjà annoncées. Sur le site de la Marche des Solidarités, retrouvez la carte de toutes les mobilisations prévues le 14/03. Réuni·e·s en assemblée de la Marche des Solidarités ces 4 et 5 octobre 2025 nous sommes membres de collectifs de sans-papiers, de collectifs de mineur·e·s isolé·e·s en lutte, de collectifs et associations antiracistes et (…) -
Initiatives / antiracisme, Manifs et rassemblements

Iranians say they are sheltering at home and rarely venturing out on near-empty streets as the US-Israeli bombing campaign continues.

AltStore PAL, the alternative iOS app store available in the European Union and Japan, is joining the social web. In a post on Wednesday, AltStore PAL announced that users across Mastodon, Threads, and Bluesky can now interact with apps that developers choose to federate on its explore.alt.store website.
Any likes from the social web will appear on AltStore PAL, according to creator Riley Testut, who shared last October that "you'll be able to comment on an app on Mastodon, like a news update on Threads, then open AltStore and view all these same interactions in-app." Users can also now sign into the AltStore PAL with their Mastodon or Blue …
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The G7 group of nations welcomes the idea of releasing oil in response to the surge in prices since the US-Israel war with Iran began

France • May 2019 📷 #flashes

Sunday night, around 7:00 PM local time, a bright fireball streaked across the western German sky, exploded, and rained chunks of space rock down on the region around Koblenz. One of the largest known chunks put a soccer-ball-sized hole in someone’s roof, landing in their bedroom. Fortunately, nobody was hurt. But given the apparent size of the explosion, there must be many more pieces out there for the finding, and a wave of hopeful meteorite hunters has descended upon the region.
But if you wanted a piece of the action, where exactly would you start looking? How do scientists find meteorites anyway? And what should you do if you happen to see a similar fireball in the night sky?
Citizen Science
Meteorite...

Memes such as “monitoring the situation” reflect a deluded belief that we can be more than just passive, confused bystanders to a spray of digital shrapnel.

Canva introduced a new feature that separates flat image files and AI-generated visuals into layered, fully editable designs. The Magic Layers tool is launching in public beta today in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia, allowing design components like objects, text boxes, and other graphics to be selected individually while preserving the original layout.
"After a breakthrough from our AI research team, we're introducing Magic Layers so anyone can take a flat image and turn it into a fully editable design inside Canva," Canva's chief product officer, Cameron Adams, said in the press release. "There's no need to start over, or to figure out …
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A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

Le club de la capitale enchaîne les performances décevantes depuis plusieurs semaines. Il accueille les Blues, mercredi, au Parc des Princes, en huitièmes de finale aller de la compétition européenne, dont il est le tenant du titre.

In Discord servers and Instagram DMs, content creators are organizing, turning followings in the millions into millions of dollars in political giving.

Our editors and critics review notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Drones contre AWS, piratage télévisé au Pakistan : le conflit régional s’étend aux infrastructures numériques critiques.

Cloud Imperium Games révèle une intrusion avec accès à des données d'utilisateurs de Star Citizen en janvier 2026.

Par ailleurs, une attaque de drone russe a fait deux morts et sept blessés dans la ville de Kharkiv, mercredi matin.

Fuite revendiquée au DHS : contrats, données sensibles et prestataires liés à l'ICE désormais exposés.

The MTIA processors are the tech giant’s latest attempt to build its own AI hardware, even as it continues spending billions on gear from industry leaders like Nvidia.

Six Palestinians have been killed during attacks by settlers in the West Bank since the start of Israel's war, the UN says.

Un pirate arrêté après un vol présumé de 46 millions de dollars en crypto visant le Service des Marshals américains.

Depuis le milieu des années 2000, divers responsables politiques guyanais de premier plan, dont certains se présentent aux élections municipales des 15 et 22 mars, ont vu leur nom apparaître dans des dossiers judiciaires.

Après la « créolisation », le leader « insoumis » teste un nouveau concept politique identitaire en vue de l’élection présidentielle. En sortant du répertoire classique de la gauche, centré sur les questions sociales, il attise les divisions.

Brooklyn-based Looking Glass has been dabbling in 3D screens for nearly a decade. It's finally launching Musubi, an AI-powered holographic frame to bring your photos and videos to life.

Ericsson US signale une fuite de données après le piratage d’un prestataire, avec exposition d’informations personnelles d’employés et de clients.

Russia says the attack hit civilians and could not have been carried out without British help.

The Republican Clay Fuller and the Democrat Shawn Harris are headed for a runoff to fill Marjorie Taylor Greene’s House seat.

Most people love arcade games, but putting a full-sized arcade cabinet in the living room can lead to certain unpleasant complications. Ergo the market for fun-sized cabinets has exploded alongside the availability of cheap SBCs and MCUs that can run classical arcade titles. Microcontrollers like the ESP32 with its dual 240 MHz cores can run circles around the CPU grunt of 1980s arcade hardware. Cue [Till Harbaum]’s Galagino ESP32-based arcade emulator project, that recently saw some community versions and cabinet takes.
There was a port to the PlatformIO framework by [speckhoiler] which also added a few more arcade titles and repurposed the enclosure of an off-the-shelf ‘My Arcade’ by stuffing in an...

Le PNF envisage de poursuivre M. Alexandre et quatre autres personnes à la suite d’une enquête sur l’attribution d’une délégation de service public à la compagnie Air Guyane.

Réalisatrice pour le compte du CNRS, Momoko Seto signe son premier long métrage, Planètes, diffusé en salles ce mercredi 11 mars. Une épopée végétale qui donne, pour la première fois, le rôle principal à des graines de pissenlits nommées "akènes". Salutaire, quoiqu’un peu tiraillée entre la rigueur du documentaire et les élans de la fiction.

E-readers are an awesome creation allowing you to display digital information in a way that requires little battery life. While there’s plenty of very impressive models to chose from on the commercial market, it’s also possible to build one yourself — which is exactly what [kaos-69] did in his Mimisbrunnur project, creating a truly unique e-reader from scratch.
While looking through old junk at home, [kaos-69] came across a case that held a calculator and pen at one point in the distant past. The pen was gone and the calculator no longer functioned but the case held promise. He removed the calculator and got some parts on order. For the e-paper display he went with a 5.83-inch unit that just fit inside...

'I just want to be able to sleep': Attacks in Iran rock cities and cut power
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Quand j’ai parlé de la Super NES Mini, je me suis demandé si la NES Mini (pardon, la Nintendo Classic Mini: Nintendo Entertainment System) se trouvait finalement à un prix correct. Elle est sortie fin 2016 en Europe et elle a été en rupture rapidement, avec des prix élevés. En 2026, on en trouve pour quelques dizaines d’euros, ce qui est cher (elle valait 60 €) mais ça reste envisageable. Donc j’ai fait la même chose qu’avec la Super NES Mini : j’ai testé une manette de NES du Nintendo Switch Online en Bluetooth, avec l’adaptateur de 8BitDo. Premier point, la console. C’est une version réduite de la NES originale, beaucoup (beaucoup) plus petite. Elle s’alimente en Micro USB,...

La pandémie de Covid-19 a mis en lumière une dégradation profonde de la santé mentale des jeunes en Europe, révélant et accentuant des inégalités sociales déjà existantes. La santé mentale des jeunes interroge la capacité de l'Union à construire des réponses communes face à une crise qui dépasse les frontières. Une dégradation marquée de la santé mentale des jeunes, amplifiée par la pandémie
La crise sanitaire provoquée par la pandémie de Covid-19 a profondément bouleversé les sociétés européennes, affectant à la fois les systèmes de santé, l'économie et les parcours éducatifs. Les mesures de confinement ont provoqué une restriction des interactions sociales, générant un...

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Initiatives / Lyon, Manifs et rassemblements

At this point in time it can be safely stated that the question ‘Does it run Doom?’ defaults to a resounding ‘Yes’. This raises the question of what next games should be seen as some kind impressive benchmark, with [Game of Tobi] gunning heavily for Nintendo 64 titles. Most recently he ported Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time to the Apple Watch, with the port almost ready for release along with Super Mario 64 after a few more issues are fixed.
Although there are a few approaches when it comes to porting Nintendo 64 games to other systems, if the target system is effectively a small PC with all of the amenities such as rendering APIs, then using the Ship of Harkinian project as the basis is a good...

Le site antifasciste Ripostes publie trois brochures et les met à disposition en différents formats afin de faciliter la diffusion. Le fond de l'air est de plus en plus brun Comment par petites touches ou par grandes accélérations, la banalisation du projet brun s'effectue sous nos yeux. Le RN et l'argent Front national, Rassemblement national, que ce soit en Europe, au plan national ou municipal, ils ne peuvent pas s'empêcher de plonger dans la caisse, de confondre argent public et (…) -
Repères / Rassemblement national (RN), Argumentaires

“Rodney Gorham recently passed a milestone that few people have reached. He’s had a brain-computer interface implanted for five years. Made by startup Synchron, the experimental implant allows him to control a computer and other digital devices around his home using just his thoughts. It’s been a lifeline for 65-year-old Gorham, who has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, and can no longer walk, talk, or move his hands. Synchron is among several companies, including Elon Musk’s Neuralink, aiming to commercialize brain-computer interfaces to help individuals with paralysis. Over the past five years, Synchron’s software and hardware have gone through many iterations, with Gorham helping to shape the...

“The Department of Energy has made public a set of new rules that slash environmental and security requirements for experimental nuclear reactors. Last month, NPR reported on the existence of the rules, which were quietly rewritten to accelerate development of a new generation of nuclear reactor designs. The rule changes came about after President Trump signed an executive order calling for three or more of the experimental reactors to come online by July 4 of this year — an incredibly tight deadline in the world of nuclear power. The order led to the creation of a new Reactor Pilot Program at the Department of Energy.” From NPR.
The post Nuclear Safety Rules Rewritten to Accelerate Development appeared...

“Indian officials have been in a boastful mood lately. A government report in December argued that judging by real-time economic indicators, India had overtaken Japan as the world’s fourth-biggest economy. This was to become economic fact once the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation updated how it calculates GDP. So in one sense, the new numbers released on February 27th are a disappointment: GDP was 3.3% smaller than previously thought. In other ways, though, they are a cause for celebration. The methodological update, the first since 2015, reset the ‘base year’—which sets the weights for different parts of the economy—to 2022. It also added new data sources that capture a clearer...

“In 2024, Eon senior scientist Philip Shiu and collaborators published in Nature a computational model of the entire adult Drosophila melanogaster brain, containing more than 125,000 neurons and 50 million synaptic connections, built from the FlyWire connectome and machine learning predictions of neurotransmitter identity. That model predicted motor behavior at 95% accuracy. But it was disembodied: a brain without a body, activation without physics, motor outputs with nowhere to go. Now the brain has somewhere to go. Building on previous work, including Shiu et al.’s whole-brain computational model, the NeuroMechFly v2 embodied simulation framework, and Özdil et al.’s research on centralized brain...