Le média américain “New Lines Magazine” s’est rendu dans des marchés de Nouakchott et de Nouadhibou pour échanger autour d’un thé à la menthe sur les mariages secrets. Cette pratique est devenue “banale” dans une société mauritanienne qui s’est profondément transformée.

100 millions de dollars, c'est ce que coûterait normalement la production d'un pilote de qualité ciné, d'après Higgsfield, une boite basée à San Francisco et fondée par Alex Mashrabov.
Et eux, ils l'ont fait en 4 jours avec une équipe de 4 personnes et quelques GPU. Bienvenue dans l'ère du streaming généré par IA !
La plateforme vient en effat de lancer ses
Original Series
, une sorte de Netflix où tout le catalogue est généré par IA. On y trouve 13 séries dispo (sci-fi, thriller, anime, comédie...) avec des titres comme Arena Zero, Spit & Glow ou encore Tails of Steel, plus 6 autres en préparation. Et tout ça, des dialogues aux effets visuels en passant par le doublage, est généré par...

The famous cuckoo clock, with its moving, chirping mechanical bird indicating various divisions of time, has been around since at least the 1600s. The most famous of them come from the Black Forest area of Germany, and are still being made worldwide even today. Other clocks with different themes take their inspiration from the standard bird-based clocks from history, and thanks to modern 3D printing and other technologies we can make clocks with almost any type of hour indicator we’d like with relative ease like [Jason]’s golf clock.
While the timekeeping mechanism is a fairly standard analog clock, the hour indicator mechanism in this build is a small figure which putts a golf ball into a hole once every...

En quarante ans, Robert Thomas a redonné vie à près d’une vingtaine de débits de boissons dans les quartiers les moins cotés de la capitale britannique. À l’heure où les fermetures s’accélèrent, l’affable octogénaire livre sa recette au “Daily Telegraph” et fustige au passage un modèle économique prédateur pour les gérants.

Les réseaux sociaux sont inondés de publications célébrant les succès personnels. Pourtant, ce journaliste de la “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” pense que nous gagnerions à partager nos faiblesses, nos peurs et nos erreurs. Une manière de lutter contre le sentiment de solitude.

La vie dans les bois exaltée par l’écrivain du XIXᵉ siècle continue de faire des émules outre-Atlantique. Un peu partout dans le pays, des Américains s’emploient à bâtir de leurs mains des répliques de la célèbre cabane de Walden. Une façon de renouer avec une vie de simplicité plus proche de la nature, souligne “The New York Times”.

Enfant, elle rêvait d’être employée des postes. L’écrivaine et scénariste danoise Anna Juul a été marquée par la décision de PostNord, l’opérateur postal de son pays, de ne plus délivrer de missives depuis le 30 décembre 2025. Mais elle-même n’envoyait plus de lettres. Alors que perd-elle exactement avec le passage au tout-numérique ? Elle le raconte dans un essai publié par le site anglophone “The Dial”.

All hail true remote access. My Starlink Mini has radically changed the way I live. It's the biggest reason I can work remotely from my converted van, providing fast and reliable internet in places that traditional 4G and 5G data signals don't reach. Peakdo's latest LinkPower battery makes the smallest Starlink terminal even better by setting it free from power cables for hours at a time.
While that might not sound like a big deal, I can assure you it is. For example, I can park in the shade and place the Mini far away to avoid trees and other obstructions, just so long as I'm within reach of its Wi-Fi signal. It even works on my dashboard without any long cables to sn …
Read the full story at The Verge.

Le groupe de K-pop est aujourd’hui l’un des plus populaires de la planète. Lancé en 2013, le boys band coréen est de retour avec un nouvel album, « Arirang », sorti le 20 mars 2026.

Un petit Easter Egg dans l’application Planisphère de Mac OS. Elle est normalement dans les Tableaux de bord, mais parfois aussi dans Applications (Mac OS 9) -> Compléments Apple -> Tableu de bord "Planisphère". Le premier, c’est que si vous cliquez sur le numéro de version (ici 7.5.1 sous Mac OS 9.2.2), vous verrez le nom du développeur. J’ai dû passer par une carte de capture pour l’avoir et c’est Mark Davis.
Avant
Après
Le second, c’est un petit MAQ dans l’Antarctique. MacKiDo indique que ce sont les initiales du développeur.
Les initiales
Au passage, ce n’est pas le seul : il y a aussi un message littéralement au milieu de nulle part et quelques villes étonnantes. Au passage,...

Imaginez un monde où votre identité entière tient sur trois lignes de caractères ASCII. Pas de selfie de votre gros nez, pas de bio Instagram mielleuse... mais juste des lettres ASCII, avec des plus et des moins.
Bienvenue en 1993 !!
Le Geek Code, c'est un système d'encodage inventé par Robert A. Hayden, étudiant à Mankato State University dans le Minnesota, qui permettait aux geeks de se décrire entre eux de manière codifiée. Vous colliez ce bloc de symboles dans votre signature Usenet ou email et n'importe quel initié pouvait vous cerner en 10 secondes. La devise du projet ? "More geek, less bullshit". Difficile de faire plus limpide.
En gros, ça fonctionnait comme ça : Le code commençait par...

Le Monde a réussi à localiser le porte-avions nucléaire français Charles-de-Gaulle grâce à l'application de sport Strava. Un officier a enregistré un footing de 7 km sur le pont du navire avec sa montre connectée, et son profil public a diffusé les coordonnées GPS en temps réel.
Le navire était déployé en Méditerranée orientale, au large de Chypre, en pleine mission liée au conflit au Moyen-Orient.
Un footing de 7 km qui trahit un navire de guerre
Le 13 mars, à 10h35, un jeune officier prénommé Arthur a lancé un jogging sur le pont du Charles-de-Gaulle. 35 minutes de course, un peu plus de 7 km, et sa montre connectée a transmis le tout à Strava via Bluetooth.
Son profil étant public,...

Déforestation, urbanisation, incendies... Les foréts sont mal en point, alors qu’elles constituent des puits de carbone précieux. Pour mieux comprendre et protéger les arbres, peut-on un jour espérer apprendre à communiquer avec eux ? On s'est posé la question dans le numéro d'été 2025 de notre magazine FUTUR, dédié aux futures grandes découvertes scientifiques. On vous le partage à l'occasion de la Journée internationale des forêts.

These days, it’s pretty easy to slap together a single-board computer and a cheap LCD screen to whip up a cool cyberdeck fast. But what if you wanna go more retro? [Manu] found a portable TV straight out of the original Blade Runner film, and decided this would be the perfect base for a cyberdeck rocking a whole-ass CRT screen.
The build started with a Panasonic TR-545 television. Back in the day, it took many large batteries to power this thing up—no surprise given how power hungry CRTs are. This gave [Manu] a neat opportunity to sneak all the new cyberdeck hardware into the original battery tray, including a new lithium-ion battery pack that is much more compact than the original. A Raspberry Pi 5 is...

Les bouteilles de protoxyde d’azote, un gaz inhalé pour ses effets euphorisants, provoquent de lourdes pertes en explosant dans les incinérateurs. Le coût des dégâts se chiffre désormais entre 35 millions et 40 millions d’euros, soit deux fois plus qu’en 2024, selon les organisations professionnelles de la filière.

L’interception quotidienne des milliers de missiles et de drones lancés par Téhéran depuis trois semaines pèse sur des réserves sous tension. La situation est particulièrement critique pour la France, liée par des accords de défense avec plusieurs Etats au Moyen-Orient.

The Slug Algorithm has been around for a decade now, mostly quietly rendering fonts and later entire GUIs using Bézier curves directly on the GPU for games and other types of software, but due to its proprietary nature it didn’t see much adoption outside of commercial settings. This has now changed with its author, [Eric Lengyel], releasing it to the public domain without any limitations.
Originally [Eric] had received a software patent in 2019 for the algorithm that would have prevented anyone else from implementing it until the patent’s expiration in 2038. Since 2016 [Eric] and his business have however had in his eyes sufficient benefit from the patent, making it unnecessary to hold on to it any longer...

Emmanuel Grégoire is facing a challenge from Rachida Dati on the right who is behind in the opinion polls.

Chuck Norris became an inadvertent source of humour for a viral online celebration of his movie tough guy persona.

The Department of Defense alleges the AI developer could manipulate models in the middle of war. Company executives argue that’s impossible.

The treasury secretary says the move will quickly bring about 140m barrels of oil to global markets.

A California jury determined that Elon Musk misled Twitter investors before making a $44 billion deal to buy the company in 2022, reports CNBC. The New York Times reports that Musk had testified this month that he didn't believe his posts would spook markets, but he did say that "If this was a trial about whether I made stupid tweets, I would say I'm guilty."
CNBC reports Musk's attorneys are expected to file an appeal, as damages could reach as high as $2.6 billion, according to attorneys representing the plaintiffs.
While finding that Musk did not engage in a specific scheme to defraud shareholders, the jury cited two of Musk's tweets, f …
Read the full story at The Verge.

Un jury a estimé que deux tweets publiés par le patron de Tesla en mai 2022 contenaient des déclarations mensongères responsables de la baisse du cours de la plateforme. Les dommages, qui doivent encore être déterminés, sont estimés à 2,6 milliards de dollars (environ 2,2 milliards d’euros).

Ilyas Kherbouch, dit « Ganito », a été interpellé vendredi soir à Canet-en-Roussillon (Pyrénées-Orientales) par des forces spéciales, « sans incident », selon le ministre de l’intérieur, Laurent Nuñez.

Conway’s Game of Life excels in its simplicity, creating a cellular automaton on a 2D grid where each cell obeys a set of very simple rules that determine whether a cell is ‘alive’ or ‘dead’. After setting an initial condition the ‘game’ then evolves naturally from there, creating an endless series of patterns as a simplified form of bacterial evolution. Of course, setting an initial state and then watching cells light up or fade away seems like a natural fit for light-up buttons. After struggling with intrusive thoughts related to such a project for a while, [Michal Zalewski] finally gave in, creating a pretty amazing looking result.
Although there is no set size for the game board, [Michal] was...

Less Copilot, better search, and more taskbar customization are apparently in the pipeline.

Much of the damage was caused in initial retaliatory strikes by Iran in the week after the US and Israel launched its operation.

The 'Sin City' and 'Daredevil' legend inspired the Turtles, and now he's giving back to the franchise.

The company is reportedly building a new AI-powered mobile device. If Amazon follows through on the plan, experts warn it would be next to impossible to break into a crowded market.

Vast Data CMO Marianne Budnik talks AI hype vs. reality at Vast Forward 2026

Tumblr users were left scrambling on Wednesday after dozens of accounts were banned in the same afternoon by an automated system. Numerous users contacted The Verge about the incident, claiming that the wave of bans disproportionately seemed to impact accounts run by users who identify as trans women, many of whom were given no specific reason for why their accounts were terminated. Screenshots of the email some users received notifying them of the ban state that, "This action was taken as the result of an internally-generated report. Automated means may have been used to identify the content at issue." Chenda Ngak, head of communications …
Read the full story at The Verge.

Martha Stewart grows the next gen of green thumbs alongside Scotts Miracle-Gro

Unfortunately, the fantasy manga is a visual feast that quickly curdles into the genre's worst instincts.

Vercel COO discusses how AI will bolster human interactions in sales

Faherty CEO Alex Faherty at ICR discusses apparel retail trends

A report found methane emissions in the Permian Basin to be nearly four times higher than EPA estimates. A senator wants an explanation.

HumanX CEO Stefan Weitz reveals what's next after the Nest Campus acquisition

As the prediction market boom continues, backlash is growing, too, with Arizona filing criminal charges against Kalshi and public outcry after Polymarket traders threatened a journalist.

Good on him for trying, though.

Congressman Jim Himes claims a sweeping surveillance authority should stay intact because he hasn't seen abuses by Kash Patel's FBI, according to internal messaging obtained by WIRED.

Kyiv and Budapest disagree on how badly damaged a hub in western Ukraine bombed by Russia really is, as its oil flow remains suspended.

The final second prototype flying. (Credit: Luke Maximo Bell, YouTube)
The dream of fully powering everything from aircraft to cars on just the power generated from solar panels attached to the machine remains a tempting one, but always seems to require some serious engineering including putting the machine on a crash diet. The quadcopter that [Luke Maximo Bell] tried to fly off just solar power is a good case in point, as the first attempt crashed after three minutes and wrecked its solar panels. Now he’s back with a second attempt that ought to stay airborne for as long as the sun is shining.
Among the flaws with the first prototype were poor support for the very thin and fragile PV panels, requiring much...

Nintendo plans to release a Switch 2 revision in the European Union that will let users replace their own batteries, Nikkei reports. The current version of the Switch 2 has a glued-in battery. But Nintendo apparently plans to make the change in order to comply with EU rules going into effect in February 2027 that will require devices to let users easily swap out portable batteries.
The new version of the Switch 2 will be released "soon," and both the console and the Joy-Cons will have replaceable batteries, according to Nikkei. In Japan, the console's specifications will remain the same, Nikkei says. Nintendo didn't immediately reply to a r …
Read the full story at The Verge.

Mark Cerny, the lead architect of the PlayStation 5 and PS5 Pro, told Digital Foundry that ML-based frame generation tech is coming to "PlayStation platforms" in the future, letting the game console use AI to imagine new frames between the ones it's actually rendering, which can create smoother perceived image quality while (typically) introducing some amount of lag. At least, that's how it works on PCs, where critics call them "fake frames." It's not clear whether Cerny means he'll bring it to the PS5 Pro, which just got better AI upscaling with an upgraded PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) technique, or whether it'll have to w …
Read the full story at The Verge.

Nvidia’s new AI upscaling gaming technology struck gamers as uncanny and off-putting. Developers don't seem to like it, either, but it could be “the default” in a few years.

Rudy Reichstadt et Tristan Mendès France décryptent et analysent, dans ce nouveau numéro de Complorama comment le thème des extraterrestres est passé du divertissement populaire à un outil de déstabilisation politique et de désinformation. C'est le 106è numéro de Complorama.

Un pirate revendique 387 Go de données volées chez un courtier du crédit, avec un enjeu majeur pour le renseignement criminel.

Une base du secteur de la photographie de maternité est vendue 900€ sur un forum criminel, avec des données familiales sensibles.

Summary: A famous bet between Julian Simon and Paul Ehrlich illustrates two ways of thinking about resources and human ingenuity. Ehrlich thought of resources as a fixed pie, while Simon believed that human beings would find ways to make resources more abundant. As Simon predicted, thanks to markets and human ingenuity, the resource prices that Simon and Ehrlich bet on fell over a decade. One of the most important checks ever written in economics was for $576.07. It arrived in the mailbox of Julian Simon, the University of Maryland economist and Cato Institute senior fellow, on an October morning in 1990. The envelope was plain. There was no return address. Inside was a check from Paul Ehrlich. Ehrlich, who...

“The blockbuster weight loss drug sold as Ozempic and Wegovy will soon go generic in countries that are home to 40 percent of the world’s population, significantly lowering the price of a costly medicine that had been largely unaffordable to nearly all but the wealthiest people. On Saturday, Novo Nordisk, the company that until now has had a monopoly on selling the drug, will lose patent protection in several of the world’s most populous countries. The first generic versions are expected to arrive in India as soon as this weekend. In the coming months, the generics are also expected to become available in China, Canada, Brazil, Turkey and South Africa… Generic makers have not yet disclosed pricing...

“On a sunny January afternoon in Bodega Bay, some 70 miles north of San Francisco, the White Abalone Culture Lab is humming with activity… The researchers here hope that the 110 white abalone on the premises will successfully produce offspring. They’ll then nurse the marine mollusks until they’re big enough to be released into their native waters along the southern California coast. It’s part of a 25 year effort to repair the damage from overfishing and other factors to the species. In 2001, the year the first artificial spawning program took place, only 1% percent remained – about 2,000 individuals. If left alone in the wild, they were doomed to go extinct within a decade. The white abalone became...

World Monitor agrège signaux OSINT, IA et cartographie pour une veille cyber et géopolitique temps réel en accès libre.

“A vaccine that can protect against acne has entered early-stage trials. Using mRNA technology, the vaccine targets specific strains of the C. acnes bacterium and the inflammatory pathways thought to drive it. Acne is one of the most prevalent diseases worldwide, with about 85% of adolescents affected, and it is increasing in prevalence in adults. If successful, acne vaccines could mark the beginning of a new class of vaccines designed not just to stop infections, but to recalibrate the complex relationships between microbes, the immune system and chronic conditions.” From Gavi.
The post Could Acne Be Prevented with a Vaccine? appeared first on Human Progress.

Une vidéo suffira (l’énergie coûte cher ces jours-ci).

Alerte du C4 sur des attaques visant Signal et WhatsApp, avec usurpation d’identité, espionnage et risque d’ingérence.

“Amazon said Tuesday it’s starting one-hour and three-hour deliveries in parts of the U.S., as the company continues to look for ways to satisfy impatient consumers. The company said three-hour delivery is available in about 2,000 cities and towns in the U.S., while one-hour delivery is available in hundreds of those areas.” From CNBC.
The post Amazon Rolls Out 1-Hour, 3-Hour Delivery appeared first on Human Progress.

Les choix du second tour auront une portée nationale puisque les conseillers municipaux éliront la moitié des sénateurs en septembre, dans le cadre d’un scrutin encore largement méconnu.

En Thaïlande, le FBI cible les finances, les outils et les relais numériques des scam centers avec les autorités locales.

Claude Octopus
, c'est un plugin Claude Code qui fait bosser trois IA ensemble sur le même problème. Codex pour l'implémentation, Gemini pour la recherche, Claude pour la synthèse, le tout avec un seuil de qualité à 75% qui bloque ce qui n'est pas au niveau.
En gros, au lieu de faire confiance à un seul modèle GPT ou Gemini, vous en mettez trois en parallèle et le plugin ne valide que si les résultats des trois moteurs convergent suffisamment.
Ça s'installe en deux commandes :
claude plugin marketplace add https://github.com/nyldn/claude-octopus.git
claude plugin install octo@nyldn-plugins
Et ensuite, faites un /octo:setup dans votre terminal et c'est parti.
Le truc fonctionne avec Claude seulement...

Dans un contexte de tensions accrues en Asie de l’Est, marqué par l’intensification des activités militaires chinoises et l’incertitude croissante entourant l’avenir du détroit de Taïwan, le Japon a entrepris un réarmement inédit de l’archipel étiré des Ryūkyū, à l’extrémité occidentale de son territoire, une série d’îles longtemps perçues comme périphériques.