On Thursday, Bitcoin's value fell over 10 percent in a single day, dropping to around $64,000, the lowest it has been since the 2024 Presidential election, as CNBC reports. After crossing $100,000 in November 2024 and peaking at over $122,000 in October 2025, the cryptocurrency has been in a steady decline for the last several weeks. Here are some other crypto headlines that have popped up as Bitcoin's price continues to slide: Ethereum-focused treasury BitMine's hoard lost over $8 billion in value on Thursday as Ether dropped below $2,000, CoinDesk reports. Bitcoin has effectively erased "all gains since its $69,000 all-time high in …
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There are lots of revelations about Epstein's relationship with the crypto world in the files. That's not one of them.

ICE has used Mobile Fortify to identify immigrants and citizens alike over 100,000 times, by one estimate. It wasn't built to work like that—and only got approved after DHS abandoned its own privacy rules.

Si vous êtes gamer sous Windows 11 avec une carte Nvidia, lisez bien ce qui suit avant de cliquer sur "Mettre à jour".
Parce que la mise à jour de janvier 2026 (KB5074109) est en train de foutre un bordel monstre sur les PC gaming équipés de GPU Nvidia. Chutes de framerate de 15 à 20 FPS, artefacts visuels qui apparaissent en plein milieu de vos parties, écrans noirs... bref, le package complet pour ruiner votre soirée gaming. Et apparemment, le problème est suffisamment répandu pour que Nvidia réagisse officiellement.
En effet, un représentant Nvidia a confirmé sur les forums GeForce que l'équipe était au courant. Sa recommandation est claire : Il faut désinstaller KB5074109 en attendant un...

Le plaignant, né en 1981, a été scolarisé dans l’établissement catholique à compter de la 6ᵉ. Il dénonce « un fait de viol survenu à une seule reprise, entre 1993 et 1996 », et met « en cause un ecclésiastique officiant au sein de l’institution », explique le parquet.

They're hoping companies will pay for AI agent management.

Writer-director Vera Miao’s film, which stars Kelly Marie Tran and Benedict Wong, premiered in the Midnight program at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.

“Early hominins in Europe were creating tools from raw materials hundreds of thousands of years before Homo sapiens arrived there, two new studies indicate, pushing back the established time for such activity. The evidence includes a 500,000-year-old hammer made of elephant or mammoth bone, excavated in southern England, and 430,000-year-old wooden tools found in southern Greece — the earliest wooden tools on record. The findings suggest that early humans possessed sophisticated technological skills, the researchers said. Katerina Harvati, a paleoanthropologist at the University of Tübingen in Germany and a lead author of the wooden-tool paper, which was published on Monday in the journal PNAS, said the...

Macropads can be as simple as a few buttons hooked up to a microcontroller to do the USB HID dance and talk to a PC. However, you can go a lot further, too. [CNCDan] demonstrates this well with his sleek macropad build, which throws haptic feedback into the mix.
The build features six programmable macro buttons, which are situated either on side of a 128×64 OLED display. This setup allows the OLED screen to show icons that explain the functionality of each button. There’s also a nice large rotary knob, surrounded by 20 addressable WS2811 LEDs for visual feedback. Underneath the knob lives an an encoder, as well as a brushless motor typically used in gimbal builds, which is driven by a TMC6300 motor driver...

Boosterism has shaped American growth for centuries. As AI companies sell the future, the same old strategy is back

Endless trade wars and Trump's demands for Greenland have stirred debate around the consequences of a "fire sale" of U.S. bonds

Trump has nominated Kevin Warsh to be the next Federal Reserve chair after Jerome Powell's term ends this spring

Layoffs last month reflected a 118% increase over January 2025 and more than doubled the total layoffs from December

Critics argue the change brushes aside a law that provided job protections for career employees while limiting at-will employment to political appointees

“U.S. President Donald Trump has extended a 26-year-old free-trade agreement with African countries that was left in doubt last year when his administration allowed it to expire while enforcing his policy of reciprocal tariffs. Trump on Tuesday signed into law an extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, or AGOA, according to the Office of the United States Trade Representative. But the extension is short-term, lasting only until Dec. 31. The trade office said the agreement, which gives eligible sub-Saharan African nations duty-free access to the U.S. market for some products, would be modified to account for tariffs the U.S. has imposed on other countries as part of the Republican president’s...

One day after The Wall Street Journal published a blockbuster story about Meta's own dismal findings about teen girls' mental health on Instagram, CEO Mark Zuckerberg wondered whether Meta should change how it studies its platforms' potential harms.
"Recent events have made me consider whether we should change our approach to research and analytics around social issues," Zuckerberg wrote in a September 15th, 2021, email to top executives including then-COO Sheryl Sandberg and head of global affairs Nick Clegg. The day before, the Journal published a story based on documents obtained from a whistleblower later revealed to be Frances Haugen, …
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An endless feed of random Wikipedia articles might be just what your soul needs.

“Researchers at the University of Manchester followed 25,000 11- to 14-year-olds over three school years, tracking their self-reported social media habits, gaming frequency and emotional difficulties to find out whether technology use genuinely predicted later mental health difficulties. Participants were asked how much time on a normal weekday in term time they spent on TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat and other social media, or gaming. They were also asked questions about their feelings, mood and wider mental health. The study found no evidence for boys or girls that heavier social media use or more frequent gaming increased teenagers’ symptoms of anxiety or depression over the following year. Increases in...

“Argentines are scooping up Lego sets, Apple computers and Stanley thermoses from abroad, as libertarian president Javier Milei’s efforts to open the closed economy prompt a flood of foreign goods. Total consumer goods imports jumped 55 per cent in 2025 on the previous year, reaching a record high of $11.4bn, according to official data. Argentines also bought around three times more goods from overseas via international ecommerce platforms in 2025 than in 2024, reaching a record $955mn, as companies such as Amazon, Shein and Temu gained a foothold in the country for the first time. The increase comes as Milei cuts tariffs and a web of import restrictions introduced by previous governments to protect...

The 'Matrix' legend has joined the star-studded cast for Flanagan's all-new take on the horror classic.

These swoon-worthy deals on WIRED-tested date night boxes, sex toys, and other gadgets will make your Valentine's Day extra sweet.

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

“A 33-year-old man survived for 48 hours without his lungs, after a medical team replaced the organs with an external artificial-lung system that it developed to keep him alive until he could receive a double lung transplant. There have been cases in which people have had their lungs removed and been connected to an external device to maintain oxygen levels. But, the devices used in these cases don’t count as artificial lungs because they do not maintain blood flow across the heart, meaning it cannot function normally, says Ankit Bharat, a thoracic surgeon at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois, who helped to develop the artificial system. Bharat says his team’s...

A recent report found that carbon emissions caused by the Milano Cortina Olympics could lead to the loss of 5.5 square kilometers of snowpack and millions of metric tons of glacial ice.

Après treize ans d’expatriation en Australie, une avocate kényane raconte son retour au pays. Dans “The Standard”, elle décrit une identité désormais partagée entre deux continents – et deux façons d’habiter le monde.

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The 25,000mAh / 90Wh power bank can charge up to four gadgets at once with its  three USB-C ports...

Le jeudi 5 février, à Abou Dhabi, où se tiennent des pourparlers entre Ukrainiens, Russes et Américains en vue de la fin de la guerre en Ukraine, les responsables de Washington et de Moscou ont annoncé relancer un “dialogue militaire de haut niveau”. Celui-ci avait été officiellement interrompu en 2021.

The new book The Wall Dancers explores the uneasy relationship between Chinese internet users and a government that is always watching.

You might find it kind of sad to put your hard-earned Switch 2 into a protective case. To me, it’s freeing. Sure, it can take away from the slick design. But using a case relieves me of the worry that the console will accumulate tons of little scratches, or worse. I’ve tested several types of cases on the Nintendo Switch 2 since it launched in June, including flimsy shells that snap or slide onto the Switch 2 to provide a simple, aesthetically pleasing barrier from scratches to the console and its Joy-Cons. I’ve also tested carrying cases that protect the console when it isn’t in use. It didn’t take long for me to find one that I think is the best, but that hasn’t stopped me from trying new options...

Super Bowl LX is nearly here, with the Seattle Seahawks taking on the New England Patriots. While Bad Bunny will be the star of the halftime show, AI could be the star of the commercial breaks, much like crypto was a few years ago. Last year’s Super Bowl featured a Google Gemini ad that fumbled a Gouda cheese stat, and this year’s game is already slated to include an ad for Anthropic’s AI platform that takes jabs at its competitors, namely OpenAI. AI-generated ads could make an appearance, too.  Super Bowl LX is set to kick off at 6:30PM ET/3:30PM PT on Sunday, February 8th at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.  Sam Altman responds to Anthropic’s ‘funny’ Super Bowl ads Anthropic’s...

The PM says the depth of the pair's relationship was not known when he was appointed US ambassador.

L’équipe de France d’Antoine Dupont, tenante du titre, ouvre le bal de l’édition 2026 de la compétition continentale, face aux Irlandais, jeudi au Stade de France.

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Lundi 2 février, le Front de libération de l’enclave de Cabinda (Flec) a proclamé unilatéralement depuis Bruxelles l’indépendance du territoire rattaché à l’Angola. Cette bande de terre, entourée par les deux Congos, est riche en pétrole et en minerais, ce qui la rend indispensable à l’économie angolaise.

The heat pump has become a common fixture in many parts of modern life. We now have reverse-cycle air conditioning, heat pump hot water systems, and even heat pump dryers. These home appliances have all been marketed as upgrades over simpler technologies from the past, and offer improved efficiency and performance for a somewhat-higher purchase price.
Heat pumps aren’t just for the home, though. They’re becoming an increasingly important part of major public works projects, as utility providers try to do ever more with ever less energy in an attempt to save the planet. These days, heat pumps are getting bigger, and will be doing ever grander things in years to come.
Magical Efficiency
The heat pump is a...

The swap - the first since October - sees 157 Ukrainians and 160 Russians returned home.

De nouveaux pourparlers entre Russes, Ukrainiens et Américains sont prévus « dans les semaines à venir », a annoncé le négociateur en chef de Kiev. Ils auront très probablement lieu aux Etats-Unis, selon Volodymyr Zelensky.

Lime Garden “23”
There’s a lot of humility in the lyrics of “23,” but it’s coming from a place of having been humiliated more than any sort of innate virtue. Chloe Howard sings about feeling like she’s not made any material progress in life, and identifies moments in her past when she fumbled opportunities. This could easily be a miserable song but the tone is fairly bright and funky, and her vocal signals an even balance of snarky cynicism and low-key optimism that something might eventually work out. The arrangement feels very mid to late 00s indie to me – very clean tones, casually groovy in a post-DFA way, slinky but a little silly. It’s a great match for the lyrical sentiment, but maybe...

La police uruguayenne a découvert un tunnel de plus de 200 mètres de long, en plein cœur historique de Montevideo, qui conduisait au réseau d’égouts, dans le quartier des banques. Onze personnes ont été arrêtées avant qu’elles ne puissent commettre un possible cambriolage de grande ampleur.

Israel declines to comment on the allegation its planes sprayed glyphosate over an area with extensive farmland.

Le président américain a appelé à prendre le contrôle du scrutin dans plusieurs États, quelques jours après une perquisition “hors du commun” où des centaines de cartons d’archives électorales de 2020 ont été saisies par le FBI. Trump cherche-t-il un prétexte pour s’immiscer dans les élections de mi-mandat ?

Over the past couple of years with the Jenny’s Daily Drivers series, we’ve looked at a number of unusual or noteworthy operating systems. Among them has been ReactOS, an open source clone of a millennium-era Windows OS, which we tried back in November. It’s one of those slow-burn projects we know has been around for a long time, but still it’s a surprise to find we’ve reached the 30th anniversary of the first ReactOS code commit.
The post is a run through the project’s history, and having followed it for a long time we recognize some of the milestones from the various ISOs we downloaded and tried back in the day. At the end it looks into the future with plans to support more up-to-date hardware as...

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

Vous connaissez mon opinion que le sort des « cryptos » (jetons commercialisables) et de Trump sont à ce point liés que chacun joue le rôle de baromètre pour l’autre.
P.S. Très logiquement – vu le potentiel à l’escroquerie de la chose – les Vénézuéliens avaient même pu utiliser les cryptos pour berner Trump !

It was January 25th of 1979, at an unassuming Michigan Ford Motor Company factory. Productivity over the past years had been skyrocketing due to increased automation, courtesy of Litton Industry’s industrial robots that among other things helped to pick parts from shelves. Unfortunately, on that day there was an issue with the automated inventory system, so Robert Williams was asked to retrieve parts manually.
As he climbed into the third level of the storage rack, he was crushed from behind by the arm of one of the still active one-ton transfer vehicles, killing him instantly. It would take half an hour before his body was discovered, and many years before the manufacturer would be forced to pay damages to...

L’éviction de la directrice de la première station de France intervient au moment où l’audiovisuel public est particulièrement visé par l’extrême droite, dans le cadre d’une commission d’enquête parlementaire sur l’audiovisuel public.

"Overtourism" during Japan's iconic blossom season makes life for locals in Fujiyoshida town unmanageable, authorities say.

Puts its stamp on everything.

Operation Switch off frappe un réseau IPTV illégal, 31 suspects, saisies et blanchiment via cryptomonnaies....

Downloading audio and video from YouTube is generally not allowed, which the video streaming service clearly states in its terms of service.
Despite this explicit restriction, there are numerous ‘stream-ripping’ and “YouTube downloader” tools available on the web that do just that.
These ripping tools can be used to convert YouTube music videos into MP3s for example. This is seen as a major problem by the music industry, which has and is taking legal steps in response. Specifically, music companies argue that using these stream-ripping tools violates the DMCA, as it circumvents YouTube’s copyright protection technology. This ‘rolling cipher’ can be bypassed relatively easily, but it prevents...

Le nouveau code pénal indonésien publié le 2 janvier dernier remplace le code précédent hérité de la période coloniale après 50 ans de débats. Cette modernisation suscite toutefois de nombreuses réactions et mobilise la société civile. Le nouveau code criminalise l’idéologie communiste, encadre le droit de manifester, limite les droits des femmes et la liberté religieuse. Le débat est désormais porté par différentes associations devant la cour constitutionnelle.

Everyone here can think of a cloud-connected product that was killed because the company that made it stopped supporting it. While these corporations have forgotten their products, the US PIRG Education Fund has immortalized them in their Electronic Waste Graveyard.
With an estimated “130,000,000 pounds of electronic waste” produced since 2014, the amount of wasted resources is staggering. The advent of the cloud promised us reduced waste as lightweight devices could rely on remote brains to keep the upgrades going long after a traditional device would have been unable to keep up. The opposite seems to have occurred, wreaking havoc on the environment and pocketbooks.
Of course, we can count on hackers to...

0apt simule-t-il un ransomware et des « fuites » en données aléatoires, pour pousser au paiement....

He knows your rhythms, your insecurities, your REM cycle—your cycle. He’s made himself needed, and now you don’t exist without one another.

Zohran Mamdani delivered a political victory—but making his plans a reality will require the help of a workforce that’s already struggling.

Vous faites des sauvegardes régulières de vos données ? Non ?
Bon, je ne vais pas vous faire la morale, mais le jour où votre disque dur décidera de rendre l'âme ou que votre serveur VPS partira en fumée, vous allez vraiment regretter de ne pas avoir investi dix minutes dans un système de backup sérieux.
Alors, ouiiii, c'est vrai, on a souvent la flemme parce que c'est chiant à configurer. Entre les scripts bash qui plantent sans prévenir et les crontabs illisibles, y’a de quoi s'arracher les cheveux. C'est là qu'intervient Zerobyte
, un projet open source qui veut réconcilier les allergiques du terminal avec la sécurité de leurs données. Zerobyte est donc une plateforme d'automatisation de...

Lundi 2 février, Blaise Mao, directeur de la rédaction d’Usbek & Rica, était au micro de l’émission « La Science, CQFD », sur France Culture, pour parler du lien de corrélation entre la consommation excessive de vidéos ultracourtes sur les réseaux sociaux et la baisse des capacités cognitives.

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Les data brokers, ces intermédiaires invisibles du Web, ont transformé votre vie numérique en produit de consommation courante. Ils collectent, recoupent et monétisent des milliers de détails sur vous : adresse précise, numéros de téléphone, emails secondaires, habitudes d'achat, revenus estimés, présence sur les réseaux, même des inférences sur votre santé ou vos orientations politiques ou sexuelles. Incogni s'attaque à ce rouleau compresseur en demandant, à votre place et en continu, la suppression de ces informations chez plus de 420 courtiers, pour que votre profil cesse enfin d'être un actif coté en bourse.
Le Web aspire vos infos plus vite que...

11-Septembre, 7-Octobre, Bondi Beach... : Bassem Youssef en roue libre chez Candace Owens
https://www.conspiracywatch.info/11-septembre-7-octobre-bondi-beach-bassem-youssef-en-roue-libre-chez-candace-owens.html

Il y a quelques semaines, Apple a mis en vente les traditionnels AirPods du Nouvel An chinois. Pour 2026, ce sont des AirPods Pro 3 avec un émoji de cheval (). Il y a eu le buffle en 2021 (AirPods Pro première version), le tigre en 2022 (AirPods Pro deuxième version), le lapin en 2023 (AirPods Pro 2 Lightning), le dragon en 2024 (AirPods Pro 2 USB-C) et le serpent en 2025 (AirPods 4 avec réduction de bruit).
Les AirPods pro 3
Ce n’est pas un test des AirPods Pro 3, mais je peux tout de même noter qu’il n’y a pas de câble USB-C dans la boîte. Visuellement, la boîte reprend la même structure : un marquage rouge métallisé, avec l’emoji sur une des flancs. Ce n’est pas l’emoji du cheval...