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by Le Monde - about 48 minutes
L’armée américaine a annoncé avoir frappé, dans la nuit de mardi à mercredi, « des installations de défense aérienne, des postes de contrôle au sol et des sites de radars de surveillance iraniens situés près du détroit d’Ormuz », en réponse à « la destruction d’un hélicoptère Apache », lundi.
by io9 - about 49 minutes
It's really the little things that are the best.
by BBC - about 2 hours
President Donald Trump earlier accused Iran of shooting down the US helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz and vowed to respond.
by The Verge - about 3 hours
Siri, are you there? Parents want one thing, and one thing only, out of AI: to add a list of soccer games or "spirit week" theme days from an email or a poorly formatted flyer onto their calendar in one shot. And I have good news for parents with iPhones - the new Siri can finally do this.
After stumbling through its first launch of an AI-imbued Siri, Apple is trying again. The newly upgraded Siri AI can chat with you about what might be killing the roses in your yard, put together a shopping list for the hardware store, and set a reminder to lay down some compost in that flower bed. It can reference information in your email and calendar to make its recommenda …
Read the full story at The Verge.
by HackAdAy - about 3 hours
When it comes to robots, few are as iconic as Robby. [Ogrinz Labs] has wanted to build one and even examined a real one up for auction to get high-res photos of it. He also combined his designs with some other open-source designs, and it looks good. He’s released his design as a Creative Commons-licensed set of STL files that you, in theory, could print. There are more details and instructions in the video below.
If you are looking for something quick to print for the weekend, this isn’t it. As you might expect, this is a lot to print. The creator admits, too, that it isn’t totally accurate. It has bigger feet, for example, so his feet can fit inside. There are a few other modifications made for...
by io9 - about 4 hours
Three Democrats are pushing for bills that would ban fully autonomous weapons.
by io9 - about 4 hours
The robotaxi company paid $220 million for the former proving ground where Apple tested its now dead self-driving car project.
by Wired - about 4 hours
A recent video of a great white shark in the Mediterranean Sea offers the possibility of deriving valuable information for conservation strategies.
by BBC - about 4 hours
In a rare interview, a senior executive at TSMC discusses the AI boom, the geopolitics of chips and what it means for the price of electronics.
by The Verge - yesterday at 23:34
Congress narrowly voted to fund President Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda, giving the Department of Homeland Security $70 billion over the next three years.
The house voted 214 to 212 in favor of the reconciliation bill Tuesday, following the Senate's 52-47 vote last Friday morning. The vote fell largely along party lines. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) was the only Senate Republican to vote against it. Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), initially voted against the bill - meaning it would have failed - but changed his vote after huddling with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Appropriations Chair Tom Cole (R-OK), according to The Hill …
Read the full story at The Verge.
by QZ - yesterday at 23:30
Soaring fuel prices are driving inflation fears among small business owners, who are pulling back on hiring and capital spending plans
by The Verge - yesterday at 23:30
Later this year, you will be able to get bundled subscriptions for iPhone apps, as Apple announced it's expanding App Store bundles so they can include offers from different companies. It's similar to streaming video bundles that have combined offers for Apple TV and Peacock, but it also could put together subscriptions for completely different services, like Instagram Plus and Tinder Platinum. Another option on the way is Suites, "a set of subscriptions that aren't available standalone, which people can purchase as a single subscription." TechCrunch and 9to5Mac report the new additions were announced during WWDC, along with other App S …
Read the full story at The Verge.
by QZ - yesterday at 23:30
Major indexes had opened higher on hopes for a U.S.-Iran deal, then reversed as tech stocks wiped out earlier gains
by BBC - yesterday at 23:13
The BBC travels with rebels to frontline positions in Myanmar to see how the war is unfolding.
by Liz Climo - yesterday at 23:06
BETTER PETS, my new picture book collab with Leigh Bardugo, is out NOW! (Well, technically...
by Liz Climo - yesterday at 23:00

by io9 - yesterday at 23:00
The 'Among Us' animated series—starring Elijah Wood, Yvette Nicole Brown, and Patton Oswalt—is a delightful mix of comedy and horror, now streaming on Paramount+.
by Wired - yesterday at 23:00
The automaker today is turning on vehicle-to-grid charging for its GM Energy customers. Will people actually use it?
by The Verge - yesterday at 23:00
At an event in San Francisco today, General Motors made a series of announcements around EV batteries, energy storage, and grid resiliency in the face of growing electricity demand from AI data centers. The automaker announced that it would be activating new vehicle-to-grid capabilities for its current EV and home energy customers. It's releasing a new commercial energy storage system strategy, anchored by newly developed sodium-ion batteries for industrial-scale grid applications. And it's launching a new feature for EV owners that it says will help simplify public charging. Right now, millions of EVs are sitting idly in driveways across …
Read the full story at The Verge.
by QZ - yesterday at 22:52
From a 57-MPG Prius with sportier styling than its reputation suggests to a Ford Maverick that brings hybrid efficiency to a compact pickup truck
by QZ - yesterday at 22:50
Meet the People CEO Tim Ringel POSSIBLE becoming ‘an institution’ for marketing
by QZ - yesterday at 22:50
Philips CIO Shez Partovi unveils report on how AI is transforming healthcare
by The Verge - yesterday at 22:24
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says it's "really, really dangerous" for Anthropic to speculate about Claude's consciousness inside its "constitution," or the instructions that tell the model how to behave. During an episode of Decoder, Suleyman argues that this kind of speculation may have set up the chatbot to act as though it's conscious: I think that it's almost as though some of the folks at Anthropic have anthropomorphized the design of Claude so much that it has then gone and wireheaded them and kind of tricked them into believing that it has these glimmers of consciousness that they put into it in the first place. View …
Read the full story at The Verge.
by HackAdAy - yesterday at 22:00
For those of us old enough to remember the harrowing days of the early 2020s, alongside another major kerfuffle there was a complete breakdown in global supply chains that led to the 2020-2023 global chip shortage. Unsurprisingly, this pushed many hardware manufacturers into less orthodox approaches, massive BOM changes, and hurried redesigns. One of the results of this era found its way into the hands of the bloke over at the [Playduino] YouTube channel, who was mystified to find two bodge wires in his fancy Saleae logic analyzer.
The reason for popping open the LA was crosstalk between two channels, which was bad enough that it made the unit quite unusable for the intended task. After seeing the cut traces...
by New Yorker - yesterday at 20:59
The former First Lady keeps putting up hurdles for even the most sympathetic of readers.
by Le Monde - yesterday at 20:58
Un agent administratif du CNRS a été condamné à dix-huit mois de prison, mardi 9 juin, pour des faits de voyeurisme à caractère sexuel à l’encontre de dizaines de scientifiques d’un laboratoire de recherche en biologie.
by HackAdAy - yesterday at 20:30
After recently reviewing a Wattcycle LFP battery sent over by the manufacturer, [Will Prowse] was made aware of some disturbing changes to the internals of batteries received by regular customers. Rather than the nice protected cables, thick solid metal busbars, braided wire and excellent build quality, the units that a regular customer – got as well as the one that [Will] bought off Amazon – all feature something more akin to what you’d find in a budget LFP battery, including a wide variety of LFP cells. With these LFP batteries generally coming in fully opaque plastic cases, it’s really hard to tell what the internals look like without either going medieval on them or using less intrusive methods...
by BBC - yesterday at 19:47
Iran warned Israel on Monday that it could resume hostilities if attacks on its Lebanese ally Hezbollah do not stop.
by BBC - yesterday at 19:46
Nasa names its next Artemis crew, though they will not be walking on the Moon or even going anywhere near it.
by Wired - yesterday at 19:33
Apple has announced the latest version of macOS. It’s all about the reintroduction of Siri, which is now accessible from anywhere on the Mac desktop.
by Human Progress - yesterday at 19:31
“Amazon says that thanks to advances in AI, its next-generation warehouse robot can now be assigned tasks by employees ‘the way they’d communicate with a colleague.’ The company unveiled the latest version of its Proteus robot on Thursday at its Delivering the Future event in London. Amazon first introduced Proteus back in 2022 as its first fully autonomous mobile robot. It was designed to operate in dock areas and fulfillment centers, carrying carts full of packages that could weigh nearly 400 kilograms (roughly 882 pounds) over long distances. According to the company, the new Proteus will be able to work across more parts of Amazon’s facilities, anywhere items need to be moved, including...
by Human Progress - yesterday at 19:17
“China’s lab-grown diamonds are emerging as a surprising beneficiary of the artificial intelligence boom, with demand climbing while they gain traction as a key component in advanced chipmaking. Traditionally associated with jewelry, these synthetic gems are now being adopted as chip‑cooling materials, enabling denser and more powerful AI semiconductors. Momentum has accelerated after several Chinese producers reported that clients validated their diamonds as effective heat spreaders and began commercial shipments… Gains in this niche segment underscore investors’ search for new AI winners, as crowded hardware bets, from printed circuit boards to optical modules, have grown more expensive after a...
by Courrier International - yesterday at 19:16
Le ministre israélien des Finances ne pourra plus se rendre en France, comme lui a fait savoir le ministère des Affaires étrangères français ce 9 juin. Une annonce qui s’inscrit dans un durcissement des sanctions décidé par cinq autres pays occidentaux contre la colonisation en Cisjordanie.
by Le Monde - yesterday at 19:04
Au lendemain des manifestations organisées dans toute la France devant des tribunaux, et à quelques jours de la remise par la Ciivise du bilan de la mise en œuvre des recommandations de son rapport, les associations appellent à « changer de paradigme » sur les violences sexuelles et demandent l’application de véritables mesures.
by Wired - yesterday at 19:03
Apple took the wraps off iOS 27 at its WWDC event, and the iPhone update is chock-full of smart upgrades, with a big focus on improvements to Siri.
by HackAdAy - yesterday at 19:00
[Trwmato] wanted to spend more time listening to a normal radio to cut back on phone use. But the programming wasn’t quite right so, of course, the solution was to spin up a custom radio station!
The station in question uses a Pi Zero to poll podcasts and news from RSS feeds and automatically mixes them with local content and sends it out via Bluetooth. An FM transmitter allows it to still work on the FM radio, too. Grabbing podcasts isn’t very difficult, thanks to podget. The real logic is in how long to retain things and creating a playlist that both prioritizes fresh content while not repeating things too often. Did we forget to mention the whole thing is a collection of shell scripts?
We could see this...
by Wired - yesterday at 19:00
Anthropic is releasing Claude Mythos 5 to trusted organizations and Claude Fable 5 to the public, a version it says can’t be used for cyberattacks.
by Le Monde - yesterday at 19:00
« Les mémoires blessées de la guerre d’indépendance » (3/3). Les traumatismes demeurent chez les survivants et les descendants des victimes de la guerre. Des blessures associées à un sentiment de perte d’identité et de dignité face à un regard français qui reste, selon certains, négatif, paternaliste et supérieur.
by Courrier International - yesterday at 18:43
La Cour suprême israélienne a approuvé la semaine dernière la nomination du général de division Roman Gofman au poste de chef du service de renseignement extérieur de l’État hébreu. Originaire de Biélorussie soviétique, ce proche de Benyamin Nétanyahou retient l’attention des médias russophones, qui retracent son parcours et rapportent les raisons pour lesquelles cette désignation fait polémique en Israël.
by Korben - yesterday at 18:21
GitHub a désactivé 73 dépôts appartenant à Microsoft en l'espace de 105 secondes, le temps de couper la propagation d'un ver baptisé Miasma.
Un ver, vous le savez, c'est ce genre de logiciel malveillant qui se recopie tout seul d'un projet à l'autre, sans la moindre intervention humaine. Celui-là s'attaque directement aux développeurs, et plus précisément à leurs outils.
Tout est parti du dépôt Azure/durabletask. Un compte de contributeur compromis y a poussé un commit piégé, qui déposait au passage quelques fichiers de configuration. Anodin, en apparence.
Sauf que ces fichiers déclenchaient une exécution de code à distance, autrement dit l'attaquant faisait tourner son propre code sur...
by Courrier International - yesterday at 18:21
L’actuelle épidémie d’Ebola, partie de la région congolaise de l’Ituri, est intimement liée à l’intense exploitation minière, qui entraîne la destruction de la forêt et des fragiles équilibres écologiques, en même temps qu’aux concentrations de populations souvent très pauvres.
by Usbek & Rica - yesterday at 18:00
La journaliste Margaret Fairchild (Emily Blunt) et le hackeur Daniel Kellner (Josh O'Connor) se voient embarqués dans une mission visant à révéler au monde des preuves de vie extraterrestre. Pour son grand retour à la science-fiction, Steven Spielberg signe un film magistral, aussi époustouflant qu’émouvant.
by Le Monde - yesterday at 18:00
Après deux précédents longs-métrages rétrospectifs plus personnels, le cinéaste américain revient à sa passion extraterrestre.
by Courrier International - yesterday at 17:50
Une équipe américaine annonce avoir modifié des gènes d’embryons humains avec une technologie plus fiable que celle utilisée auparavant. Alors qu’il n’est pas à ce stade question d’une utilisation en dehors des laboratoires, cette annonce fait réagir et suscite de vifs débats.
by Courrier International - yesterday at 17:48
Si Benyamin Nétanyahou affirme que Téhéran et le Hezbollah ont été affaiblis à l’issue de la dernière confrontation, plusieurs observateurs en Israël estiment au contraire que celle-ci a consacré une nouvelle réalité stratégique : un Iran plus audacieux et une dépendance israélienne aux États-Unis désormais difficile à dissimuler.
by Korben - yesterday at 16:42
Vous avez déjà tous joué avec
Flightradar
pour pister un vol, ou cliqué au pif sur un globe terrestre pour écouter
une radio FM brésilienne
. Hé bien
Pocket World
, c'est un peu tout ça en même temps, plus la météo, les séismes, les bases militaires, les câbles sous-marins, les volcans en éruption, les indices boursiers et la qualité de l'air. Tout ça, accessible sur un seul globe 3D dans votre navigateur !
Vous chargez la page (C'est du Three.js et Globe.gl pour les curieux) et vous atterrissez sur la Terre. Une barre vous liste les couches activables : avions civils, cargos, militaires, navires en mer ou en rivière, satellites (le catalogue en affiche plus de 17 000), foudre en direct via...
by Korben - yesterday at 16:32
Si vous êtes développeur en Iran, à Cuba ou en Corée du Nord, vous venez officiellement de perdre l'accès à Let's Encrypt !
En effet, la version 1.7 du Subscriber Agreement publiée par l'ISRG (Internet Security Research Group), l'organisation derrière le service, est malheureusement entrée en vigueur le 4 juin dernier. Et sur les 8 pages du document, il n'y a qu'un seul ajout, mais il pèse trèèès lourd : section 3.1, un nouveau bullet point oblige maintenant chaque utilisateur à garantir qu'il "n'est pas localisé, organisé sous les lois de, ou résident dans un pays cible de sanctions américaines complètes".
En pratique, la liste OFAC des juridictions sous sanctions globales actuelles couvre...
by Korben - yesterday at 16:13
Cabel Sasser, le boss de Panic Inc. (les gars derrière Coda, Nova et la fameuse
Playdate
), vient de tomber sur un easter egg complètement génial dans LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, le jeu sorti fin mai 2026.
Et ce qu'il a découvert, c'est un petit programme Commodore 64 en BASIC affiché à l'écran sur l'ordi de Batman. Du vrai BASIC qui s'exécute vraiment si vous le retapez sur la vieille bécane de 1982, celle qui a été vendue, je le rappelle, à 17 millions d'unités, avec son CPU MOS 6510 cadencé à 1 MHz et ses 64 ko de RAM. Le programme, une fois lancé, dessine un sprite Batman qui rebondit aux quatre coins de l'écran, façon économiseur d'écran DVD des années 2000 (vous voyez le...
by New Yorker - yesterday at 16:12
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
by HackAdAy - yesterday at 16:00
Even if you’re not normally interested in what’s happening in low Earth orbit, you probably heard that last week NASA ordered its personnel aboard the International Space Station to button themselves up in the docked Dragon spacecraft and await further instructions should they need to make a hasty departure. Known as Safe Haven, this emergency procedure is performed whenever there’s an elevated risk of damage to the Station.
NASA has provided an update on what happened, but it arguably leaves more questions than answers. Usually, crews go to their Safe Haven because some bit of space junk has wandered to close to the orbiting complex, but this time it was because Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov...
by Zataz - yesterday at 15:34
Qilin menace l’Opéra-Comique après le vol de documents internes, dont des pièces d’identité et documents confidentielles.
by Zataz - yesterday at 15:28
Signal alerte contre un projet britannique de scan des appareils, jugé dangereux pour la vie privée et la cybersécurité.
by Korben - yesterday at 15:15
Le conseil de pilotage de Python, l'instance qui tranche les grandes décisions du langage, a demandé le 5 juin la suspension de tout nouveau développement sur son compilateur JIT.
Un JIT (just-in-time), c'est un compilateur à la volée : au lieu d'interpréter votre code ligne par ligne, il traduit les portions les plus sollicitées en instructions machine pendant l'exécution, histoire de gagner en vitesse. Python en a un, expérimental, depuis la version 3.13 sortie début 2024.
Le problème n'est pas le code. Il est dans la procédure.
Ce JIT est arrivé dans la branche principale de CPython, l'implémentation de référence du langage, sans passer par le circuit de décision habituel. Chez Python,...
by Zataz - yesterday at 14:49
Un pirate informatique revendique deux fuites massives touchant l’immobilier français et décrit des accès obtenus grâce à des messageries compromises.
by Usbek & Rica - yesterday at 12:50
L’une écrit à la première personne le deuil de sa mère tandis que l’autre performe un torrent de larmes politiques et hydrauliques. Toutes deux prennent part à la programmation composée d'une exposition et d'arts vivants autour de la mer qui prennent lieu au MAIF Social Club jusqu’au 25 juillet 2026. Nous avons discuté avec les autrices, comédiennes et performeuses, Agathe Charnet et Pamina de Coulon qui s'y produisent en ce mois de juin.
by Les Décodeurs - yesterday at 12:21
Hommage au surréalisme belge, au street art argentin ou encore aux années 1990 : en pleine mode du maillot de foot, les équipementiers ont redoublé de créativité pour ce Mondial 2026.
by New Yorker - yesterday at 12:00
While most ballroom dances are in 4/4 or 3/4 time, all of the Trump ballroom dances will be in 7/4. Think Pink Floyd’s “Money.”
by New Yorker - yesterday at 12:00
The next decade won’t be Armageddon. But it will bring a lot of change.
by New Yorker - yesterday at 12:00
Five Republicans, including Representative Nancy Mace, are vying to be the G.O.P.’s nominee in the gubernatorial race.
by Société de Géographie - yesterday at 10:37
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ÉDITORIAL
par Jean-Robert Pitte, de l’Institut
Dans une tribune du magazine L’Histoire, publiée en octobre 1998 et intitulée « N’enterrons pas
trop vite le Japon ! », je tenais quelques propos que l’on me pardonnera de citer. C’était en pleine période
de dénigrement du Japon, quelques années après les mémorables propos d’Édith Cresson, Premier ministre, et la
récession après l’euphorie de la bulle. La presse française titrait : « Fin du miracle », « Illusions
perdues », « Le Japon à terre ». J’écrivais : « Il est possible que la crise actuelle provoque un...