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by io9 - about 49 minutes
The White House press secretary insisted, "there are very strict ethical guidelines here at the White House," on Thursday.
by FluxBlog - about 52 minutes
CFCF featuring Touching Ice & TECHG1RLS “Let’s Kill Ourselves”
Don’t let the title freak you out. This is a song about using “I’m gonna kill myself” in a hyperbolic or sarcastic way, and poking at that turn of phrase a bit. Is it funny, is it cute? Is it annoying, is it insensitive? Is it actually hyperbole at all, or is it just making light of actual dark urges? Will getting your blowout screwed up by a sudden rain storm really push you over the edge? It’s a fun song, so don’t expect it to do much more than gesture in these directions, but do prepare for a lot of exciting dynamic shifts.
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(un)familiar. & Devi McCallion “ohmyfuckinggod”
The synths and programming in...
by QZ - about 54 minutes
Noise, air, light, density, green space — the urban environment shapes brain and body through mechanisms that are well-documented and almost entirely invisible to the people living with them
by QZ - about 54 minutes
From Montréal's 500-performance jazz festival to Vancouver Island's surf beaches and Cowichan Valley boutique wineries, the best of Canada
by io9 - about 57 minutes
A more realistic, grounded version of Homer's tale is now being adapted for TV.
by BBC - about 1 hour
Fifa is "assessing the match reports" before deciding whether to punish Argentina after players held a banner in support of their country's claims to the Falkland Islands.
by The Verge - about 1 hour
Kalshi users betting on what President Donald Trump would say during his speeches were reportedly up against tough competition: the president's teleprompter operator.
ABC News reports that federal investigators believe Gabriel Perez - Trump's teleprompter operator since 2016 - used inside information to make bets on Kalshi, a major prediction market platform that allows users to bet on just about everything. One category that Kalshi offers is "mentions" markets, in which users try to predict what an individual will say during high-profile events.
Perez is accused of betting on what Trump would say during more than a dozen events, including …
Read the full story at The Verge.
by QZ - about 1 hour
The company will retain roughly 1,000 corporate-owned stores after the divestiture, which takes effect Aug. 16
by QZ - about 1 hour
From absinthe to Alabama's marriage laws, these 20 bans stayed on the books for decades before governments finally gave in
by Wired - about 1 hour
Cyclosporiasis isn’t the only thing spreading across the US. So is anxiety about getting hit with it.
by Wired - about 1 hour
The company endorsed landmark AI transparency laws in California and New York last year, but its head of US state and local policy says they may already be outdated.
by Liz Climo - about 1 hour

by io9 - about 1 hour
The sloppification of life is coming for your paycheck.
by QZ - about 2 hours
The two new sandwiches, priced at around $5.19, are appearing in the McDonald's app ahead of an expected July 21 launch
by io9 - about 2 hours
Studio Ghibli alumni SASAYURI's debut anime feature, based on Machiko Kyo's josei manga, hits theaters on September 4.
by New Yorker - about 2 hours
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
by The Verge - about 2 hours
New York Governor Kathy Hochul might have just signed a moratorium on new AI data centers in the state, but she's not against using the technology herself. During an interview with Bloomberg's Odd Lots podcast, Hochul said that her team is using "AI to analyze every single rule, regulation, [and] policy" to check for outdated legislation.
Some of the antiquated laws mentioned by Hochul in the interview include a $25 fee required to take a dog hunting, or a stipulation that pregnant people need a permit to work after midnight. Hochul added that it "probably would have taken five years at the staff level" to review all of the laws in the stat …
Read the full story at The Verge.
by The Verge - about 2 hours
Sometimes it feels like keeping your floors clean is one of those never-ending chores, which is why it's nice to have a versatile robot vacuum take it off your hands. The Ecovacs Deebot X11 robovac / mop hybrid is designed to do just that, and it's now $699 ($400 off) at Amazon and directly from Ecovacs, which is a new low price. The Deebot X11 is the latest version of one of our former top picks for the best robot vacuum / mop. While the Matic has since taken its place in our rankings, the X11 remains an excellent option, especially at nearly half the price. It combines powerful 19,500Pa suction along with a handful of features that make …
Read the full story at The Verge.
by io9 - about 2 hours
"If something happens really bad, just blame AI,” Trump has said.
by BBC - about 3 hours
The ex-head of Italy's motorway operator Giovanni Castellucci was handed a 12-year term over the 2018 bridge collapse.
by HackAdAy - about 3 hours
Although Einstein’s Theory of Relativity is typically associated with really large and really heavy things like plants in solar systems and big things in universes in general, it turns out that even at an atomic scale its effects can be measured. These are the findings of Brown University scientists, whose measurements on very heavy elements indicate the presence of relativistic bonds.
Unfortunately the paper by [Kirk A. Peterson] et al. in Science is paywalled without a convenient ArXiv version to ogle details beyond the supplemental, but the Brown press release gives quite a few details by itself, including the use of photoelectron spectroscopy to measure the strength of the bonds between the examined...
by The Verge - about 3 hours
Google CEO Sundar Pichai | Bloomberg via Getty Images Today, the European Union ordered Google to give its AI rivals greater access to Android, the open-source operating system that powers billions of devices worldwide. The demand is hardly surprising. It may look like a defeat on paper for Google, which has spent years resisting exactly this kind of access, but it is a regulatory win. It's also a sign that Google may have outmaneuvered Apple by playing Brussels' regulatory game far more shrewdly. In one of two decisions handed down on Thursday, the European Commission - the EU's executive arm and the principal enforcer of the bloc's competition rules - said Google must give rival AI assistan …
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by Courrier International - about 3 hours
Le 14 août 2018, à Gênes, le viaduc Morandi s’écroulait, causant la mort de 43 personnes. Une tragédie qui aura marqué l’Italie. Huit ans plus tard, le procès pour cette catastrophe a abouti à 32 condamnations. L’ancien directeur général de la société gestionnaire du pont a écopé de douze ans de prison, la peine la plus lourde.
by The Verge - about 3 hours
Roblox is about to let people make games with AI right inside its mobile app, which could make a platform that's already filled with content of questionable quality feel even more overloaded. The company has embraced AI with open arms, including a preview of an ambitious take on AI world models similar to Google's Project Genie, an AI foundation model that developers can use to generate 3D game assets, and an AI assistant chatbot that can help developers while they're building games. The tools announced today will make using AI for Roblox game development far more accessible, though the company is starting small at first.
The new feature is …
Read the full story at The Verge.
by BBC - about 3 hours
A rift between Fedorov and Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi was apparently at the heart of Zelensky's decision.
by Courrier International - about 4 hours
Dans “The Globe and Mail”, un Montréalais expatrié à Los Angeles, raconte comment sa casquette des Expos provoque des rencontres et une complicité inattendue.
by Courrier International - about 4 hours
Attendu à Dakar dans le cadre de sa candidature au poste de secrétaire général des Nations unies, qui n’a pas été appuyée par le Sénégal, l’ancien président Macky Sall débarque dans un pays déchiré par les querelles de pouvoir entre ses successeurs. Il doit y rencontrer un président sénégalais en pleine rupture avec son ancien allié, Ousmane Sonko.
by Wired - about 4 hours
Swatch’s latest MoonSwatch is the Mission to the Moon 1969, a limited-edition model with components crafted from Omega’s 18K Moonshine Gold. To get one, you'll have to join a lottery.
by Courrier International - about 4 hours
Au cœur des négociations directes entre Israël et le Liban, qui se sont achevées le mercredi 15 juillet à Rome, les “zones pilotes” constituent la pierre angulaire du futur dispositif de sécurité dans le sud du Liban. Ce mécanisme prévoit un retrait progressif des forces israéliennes au profit de l’armée libanaise, chargée de reprendre le contrôle du terrain et de démanteler les infrastructures militaires du Hezbollah.
by New Yorker - about 4 hours
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
by HackAdAy - about 4 hours
Some breaking news from geostationary orbit, as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced that its newest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) satellite unexpectedly went offline last night, and as of this morning, remains stuck in safe mode.
Launched in June of 2024, GOES-19 is one of four operational weather satellites that NOAA operates to provide forecast data and severe weather monitoring for the entire Western Hemisphere. The satellite is specifically responsible for covering the continental United States, Central and South America, as well as the Atlantic Ocean. This makes it a particularly critical asset even under normal circumstances, but the fact...
by Les Décodeurs - about 4 hours
Adoptée par les députés le 7 juillet, la proposition de loi portée par la droite vise à modifier le traitement judiciaire des tirs de policiers et de gendarmes. Ses possibles effets sur leur comportement, le déroulement des enquêtes et les droits des victimes alimentent les inquiétudes.
by Courrier International - about 5 hours
En avril 2021, le bijoutier Mario Roggero tirait sur trois hommes qui venaient de braquer son commerce, en tuant deux et blessant le troisième. Condamné à de la prison ferme, l’homme est devenu un symbole pour la droite dure, qui considère son acte comme de la légitime défense. Ce mercredi 15 juillet, il a été condamné en seconde instance à quatorze ans de réclusion.
by Korben - about 5 hours
La France vient de décrocher un titre plutôt inattendu, celui de championne du monde de l'IPv6, en détrônant l'Inde qui menait la danse depuis un bon moment.
L'IPv6, c'est la "nouvelle" version du système d'adresses qui identifie chaque appareil connecté à internet. Il remplace petit à petit l'IPv4, qui date des années 80 et dont le stock d'adresses, à peine plus de quatre milliards, est épuisé depuis longtemps.
Avec l'IPv6, on passe à un nombre d'adresses tellement gigantesque qu'on ne risque plus jamais d'en manquer, de quoi brancher tous les objets connectés de la planète sans jamais se poser la question.
Le plus amusant, c'est que l'IPv6 existe depuis la fin des années 90, mais son adoption...
by HackAdAy - about 6 hours
Even for those of us that are quite technically minded, we spend precious little time thinking about the cables that carry our signals and do all the important work we need them to do on a daily basis. A great deal of theory and engineering goes into making things like telephone lines and HDMI cables work, but we mostly just plug them in and get on with whatever we’re doing.
If this is your experience, you might find the Hackaday Europe talk from [Michael Wiebusch] to be particularly interesting. He dives into transmission line theory from an accessible standpoint, explaining how two disparate signals can go in opposite directions on the very same wire. Then he demonstrates the theory by building a cable...
by BBC - about 7 hours
Polish security services say the aim was to incite ethnic tensions between Poland and Ukraine.
by Wired - about 8 hours
The electric L03 is looking to punch above its weight in style and tech as it launches in 60 countries worldwide.
by Wired - about 8 hours
Whether you’re climbing peaks or taking the family to the local park, we’ve found the best sleeping bags for every temperature, budget, and camping expedition.
by BBC - about 8 hours
Explosions were heard across Iran overnight, shortly after neighbouring Gulf states began to report attacks.
by Autheuil - about 9 hours
Parmi les nombreux rapports publiés par les assemblées, il y en a un qui a retenu mon attention. A la fois pour le fond, mais aussi pour le traitement médiatique dont il fait l’objet. Le rapport sénatorial traite d’un sujet très pertinent, celui du remplacement des financements publics par des fonds privés, pour les actions […]
by HackAdAy - about 9 hours
Come next year, those looking to explore the globe virtually via Google Earth will have to do so on their smartphone or from within their browser, as the search giant has decided to discontinue the service’s desktop client in June 2027.
The good news is, the lights won’t be going out immediately. According to a post made on Google Earth’s official support community by Community Manager [Aamir F.], the June cutoff date applies to new downloads, but nothing is changing on the backend, so existing installs will continue to work. Now, while it’s safe to assume that you’ll have little trouble finding an alternate download of the Google Earth client for years to come, there’s no telling how long before...
by Les Décodeurs - about 10 hours
En France, près de neuf feux de forêt sur dix sont d’origine humaine. Parmi eux, une part relève d’actes volontaires, dont les auteurs restent difficiles à identifier.
by New Yorker - about 10 hours
The team is headed back to the World Cup final, but one lifelong fan has fallen out of love.
by New Yorker - about 10 hours
How generous his mother was to some people—but was she?
by New Yorker - about 10 hours
The director Christopher Nolan has been accused of “woke-ifying” Homer’s epic. But finding new resonance in ancient texts is part of the art of translation itself.
by HackAdAy - about 12 hours
In order to not hit something, you generally need to know where that thing is. On land, the meager human eyesight tends to be sufficient. On the water, however, the prospects are more dangerous and complicated. So, technology is required to ensure safe ocean voyages in the form of the AIS transponder system. The off the shelf solutions tend to work quite well, but [peterantypas] was displeased with the commercial offerings, and built what appears to be the first open source AIS transponder called MAIANA.
Automatic Identification System (AIS) is a GPS tracking system designed for maritime applications. Broadly speaking, it broadcasts GPS and other data at intervals over VHF radio. AIS is what allows the precise...
by daryo Bluesky - about 13 hours
Priceline Promo Codes & Coupons: 10% Off July
https://www.wired.com/story/priceline-promo-code/
by Journal du Lapin - about 14 hours
J’en avais parlé en 2024, la compatibilité des souris Bluetooth modernes est parfois un peu compliquée. On est en effet passé des souris qui utilisent la version classique du Bluetooth à celles qui utilisent le Bluetooth LE. Et si vous avez un ordinateur qui n’est pas Bluetooth LE ou qui a un système d’exploitation trop ancien, ça peut ne pas fonctionner. Avec les claviers, c’est à peu près la même chose. Un peu de théorie, rapidement. Le Bluetooth LE (4.0) a été déployé à partir de 2010 environ, et c’est une version basse consommation de la norme. Chez Apple, elle a été mise en place dès le MacBook Air de 2010, mais sur les modèles précédents, ce n’est pas le cas. Le second...
by Le Monde - about 15 hours
Ces manifestations, organisées à la veille de l’examen par le Parlement d’un remaniement gouvernemental, ont été annoncées après des informations faisant état du remplacement imminent de M. Fedorov et la publication par celui-ci d’un message d’adieu.
by Le Monde - about 15 hours
L’Ile-de-France et le Sud-Est sont toujours placés en en vigilance orange pour fortes chaleurs ou orages, neuf départements seront également en vigilance feu élevé, notamment dans le sud de la France.
by Le Monde - about 15 hours
Le royaume chérifien continue de nier avoir été utilisateur du puissant logiciel de l’entreprise NSO Group, malgré les révélations du « Monde » et de ses partenaires en 2021. De nouveaux éléments et témoignages le confirment à nouveau.
by Le Monde - about 16 hours
Dans l’Atlantique, des centaines de hors-bords ultrapuissants, conçus sur mesure pour transporter des tonnes de cocaïne, viennent récupérer la marchandise auprès de navires qui empruntent les routes commerciales entre l’Amérique du Sud, l’Afrique et l’Europe, révèle une enquête du « Monde », en partenariat avec NDR, WDR, le « Süddeutsche Zeitung », « NRC », « IrpiMedia » et le « Washington Post ».
by Le Monde - about 16 hours
L’armée iranienne a annoncé, jeudi matin, avoir ciblé des installations militaires américaines en Jordanie avec des drones, selon la télévision d’Etat, après que les Etats-Unis ont mené de nouvelles frappes sur le territoire iranien.
by Human Progress - yesterday at 23:03
“On a mid-May weekend, Benton held its annual Alewife Festival on the riverbank. With the tunes of a local steel drum band in the background, families made fish-themed crafts, sampled smoked alewives and watched the migration in progress. Below Benton Falls Dam, fishermen hauled alewives into their boats one full net at a time. Looking at this scene, it’s hard to believe that 35 years ago, fewer than 800 alewives were making this trip upriver. Last year, they numbered 9 million. The story of Maine’s alewives is a conservation success decades in the making—and unmatched on the rest of the Atlantic coast.” From Inside Climate News.
The post Dam Removal Efforts Lead to a Comeback for Maine’s Alewives...
by Human Progress - yesterday at 22:54
“Mizani, a 12-year-old male western lowland gorilla at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, underwent a first-of-its-kind mastoidectomy to treat an infection that had spread into portions of his skull. The surgery was performed by a multidisciplinary team of wildlife health experts from the San Diego Zoo Safari Park and surgeons from UC San Diego Health.” From Phys.org.
The post First-of-Its-Kind Surgery Done at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park appeared first on Human Progress.
by Korben - wednesday at 21:16
Si vous cherchez un logiciel de dictée vocale sérieux sur Mac, vous avez sûrement remarqué que le marché ressemble à un désert. Nuance a débranché Dragon pour Mac en octobre 2018, la dictée intégrée de macOS dépanne pour 2 SMS mais s'essouffle sur un vrai document, et la plupart des services actuels envoient votre voix mouliner sur un serveur à l'autre bout du monde. Et quand vous êtes avocat, médecin, journaliste ou juste quelqu'un qui dicte des trucs confidentiels, bah ça pique un peu.
Alors comme vous le savez, j'ai fini par coder ma propre solution, et bonne nouvelle, Kassis débarque aujourd'hui sur le Mac App Store ! Jusqu'ici, mon app de saisie vocale était réservée à mes abonnés...
by Usbek & Rica - wednesday at 18:31
Et si la vraie compétence d'avenir n'était finalement pas de savoir coder, mais de savoir philosopher ? C’est ce que suggère un article publié par le média américain The Economist, qui fait le constat d'un intérêt grandissant des entreprises d’IA pour les diplômés de philosophie.
by Korben - wednesday at 17:43
DOOM tourne aujourd'hui sur presque tout, d'un frigo connecté à une calculatrice, et chaque année quelqu'un ajoute une machine encore plus improbable à la liste. Il restait pourtant une exception qui résistait, la Neo Geo, la console d'arcade de SNK des années 90. Elle coûtait le prix d'un petit salaire à l'époque, et elle passait quand même pour incapable de faire tourner le jeu de tir culte de id Software. Le plus curieux, c'est que ce n'était pas une question de puissance. Son processeur et sa puce graphique étaient très corrects pour leur temps. Le problème venait de sa mémoire, à peine 64 kilo-octets, alors qu'une simple photo de téléphone en réclame des milliers de fois plus...
by Korben - wednesday at 16:22
Il y a des chiffres qui en disent long sur l'état d'un logiciel, et celui-ci en fait clairement partie. Microsoft vient de corriger 570 failles de sécurité d'un seul coup lors de son dernier Patch Tuesday, ce rendez-vous mensuel où l'éditeur rebouche les trous de ses programmes, et jamais encore il n'avait sorti un paquet de correctifs aussi monstrueux, presque le triple d'un mois précédent qui battait pourtant déjà tous les records.
Le ménage s'étend à peu près à tout ce que la maison fabrique, de Windows à Office jusqu'aux gros serveurs qui font tourner les entreprises. Dans le lot se cachent trois failles particulièrement vicieuses, de celles que les pirates connaissaient et exploitaient...
by daryo Bluesky - wednesday at 15:10
Pour être clair et précis : vive la clim !
https://korben.info/climatisation-idees-recues.html