La démographie aidant, les plus de 65 ans pèsent de plus en plus lourd dans l’économie, le budget de l’Etat et l’électorat. Une réalité qui complique la tenue d’un débat sur l’équité entre les générations, à huit mois de la prochaine élection présidentielle.

Some of the most dramatic footage from the deadly flash flooding is hidden from public view in China.

Six hommes ont été placés en détention provisoire, fin juillet, après la découverte d’armes dans un véhicule garé près de lieux de culte dans cette ville du Val-d’Oise. Alors que le renseignement marocain avait prévenu d’une possible opération menée par un groupe islamiste tchétchène, l’enquête doit encore identifier les éventuels commanditaires.

VOYAGE EN FRANCE 8/8 - Sur la Côte d’Azur, Grasse, la “capitale mondiale du parfum” cultive les fleurs destinées à la parfumerie et la cosmétique. Des joyaux fragiles : les roses, les jasmins ou encore les tubéreuses sont menacées par le réchauffement climatique, qui modifie aussi leurs senteurs, constate cette journaliste de la “Süddeutsche Zeitung”.

En rénovant la vieille table de sa cuisine, l’auteur Seán Moncrieff partage dans “The Irish Times” son sentiment d’avoir gommé de la vie vécue autour d’elle. Chaque semaine, “Courrier international” vous propose un billet qui soulève des interrogations sur notre condition moderne en s’appuyant sur des œuvres littéraires, scientifiques et, bien sûr, philosophiques.

Les Islandais sont appelés à se prononcer, samedi 29 août, sur une reprise, ou non, des négociations sur l’entrée de leur pays dans l’Union européenne. Un référendum à l’issue incertaine, même si le camp du oui est crédité d’une légère avance, sur fond d’inquiétudes suscitées par le président américain, Donald Trump, soulignent les journaux scandinaves.

Cette viennoiserie quelque peu désuète mais populaire au Royaume-Uni est un simple pain au lait agrémenté d’une épaisse couche de glaçage blanc ou rose. Un délice et des souvenirs d’enfance pour la chroniqueuse de l’hebdomadaire “The Spectator”, qui n’accepte aucune excentricité dans la recette.

Un accord entre Washington et Caracas donne aux Etats-Unis le contrôle sur 65 milliards de barils de réserves, pour développer « dix-sept champs stratégiques » moyennant un investissement de « plus de 100 milliards de dollars ».

Venezuelan interim president says the unusual agreement will help revive her country's economy.

Many of us have noted a tremendous price increase in many computer components for some mysterious reason. Whatever this cause is will be debated among the various modern philosophers and Diogeneses, but regardless of cause we all still have to live in this world and make do. That turns us towards getting maximum value from the things we already have rather than trying to go out and buy more computer components right now, like [svofski] using his vast swath of existing microSD cards to build an SD card library.
The library is based around a tiny robotic arm that can physically grip the cards and move them in and out of a reader. The first iteration of the arm involved rotating the two pincers, but this turned...

The British citizen, who lives and works in the US, has supported Trump and ICE agents in the past.

A woman who rented out homes to two al-Qaeda members speaks publicly for the first time - to the BBC.

Tiny capacitors in an SD card package. (Credit: Aeson Labs)
A nice thing about SD cards is that even in their non-micro format they are conveniently small. This is however a bit of a problem when an SD card stops working, as they are not exactly designed to be easy to service, or to recover data from. There is however a very good chance that the Flash memory and controller are still fine, and it’s actually one of the passives on the tiny PCB that failed, as with the 32 GB SD card that [Yevgeniy Kapishon] recently diagnosed and recovered data from for a customer.
A big hint during initial diagnostics was a clear short between the supply rail and ground, but as became clear when taking the SD card apart, this...

Google is now automatically expanding its AI search summaries at the top of the results page for some searches, as reported by Search Engine Roundtable. The change, when it kicks in, pushes the typical list of links from a search much farther down Google's results page; instead of seeing part of an AI Overview with a "Show more" button you can click, you'll Google will show a full AI Overview at the top of your search, an "Ask anything" box under that, and then the list of links. It can lead to a lot of scrolling.
It's unclear exactly what Google's criteria is for the auto-expanding AI Overviews. Before writing this story, I was seeing them …
Read the full story at The Verge.

The unexpected interruption came hours before the president wrote a congratulatory post on Truth Social about the company’s most recent earnings report.

Asha Sharma. | Image: The Verge, Microsoft According to Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, Project Helix, which she announced in March as a codename for Microsoft's "next generation console" - phrasing that seemingly implied a singular device - will actually be a "family" of devices."
"We've been hard at work on a great next generation and a great family of devices for Helix, and we'll share more soon," Sharma told BBC News. She shared the answer after being asked if Helix will be a discless console. She didn't answer that, but this week Microsoft announced a program for digitizing your physical games. In 2025, Microsoft and AMD announced a "strategic multi-year partnership" to work together on …
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Dave Green and Will Forte took to social media to mark the opening of the once-canceled comedy.

Le bilan de la catastrophe s’est alourdi, passant à 584 morts et près de 2 500 disparus. Mercredi, le Quai d’Orsay signalait la présence au Népal de 80 Français.

The 3-0 ruling creates a circuit split with a Third Circuit decision and sets up a likely Supreme Court showdown

In a new featurette, actor Liam McIntyre teases the sheer carnage and suite of comic-book-accurate costumes awaiting players when the game arrives on PlayStation 5 this September.

Selon le chef de l’Etat ukrainien, Kiev produit actuellement 300 drones en moyenne par jour. Il estime que les frappes ukrainiennes à longue portée commencent à avoir des effets économiques et logistiques importants en Russie.

A plaintiff is claiming that CSAM was used to train Grok.

Coffee tastes better with the right ice, straws and froth. Consumer Reports tested four small tools that upgrade any cup

Accessible technology helps small businesses lower startup costs, simplify training, address labor gaps, and expand into new technical services.

Here are four smart ways to avoid lemons and find a secondhand device that’s actually worth the price

Oscar winner Jessica Chastain stars in the new horror movie from the 'Boogeyman' and 'Dashcam' filmmaker, out October 8.

It’s technically true that any piece of software can be reproduced in hardware, although modern software’s size and complexity generally makes this a non-starter. But if we go far enough back in time, older software becomes easier and easier to implement in hardware. The original DOOM from 1993 might one day be recreated in full this way, but that day is not today. Instead, [Nick] has recreated the original music from that game, playing the opening track in nothing but 555 timers.
The circuit starts with a 555 timer that acts as a system clock with a rate of just over 7 Hz. These pulses feed a binary counter which in turn feeds a decoder, giving the circuit 15 positions. Each output of the decoder feeds to...

Even while refusing to admit legal fault, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram has accepted, for the first time, that much of its business model is unacceptable for children.

The longtime far-right operator and troll, a UK citizen, is being held in ICE custody pending his removal from the United States.

Mourners gather outside the palace as royals, politicians and citizens remember a beloved king, whose son has adopted the family motto "all for norway".

Don't worry, Ben Affleck and Paris Hilton made the cut.

After building a couple of internal combustion engines by milling billet aluminium stock and cringing at the absolute waste of material this created, [Camden Bowen] figured he’d give casting metal parts a shot. Of course, the key here is to create the molds for said casting, which is where you got a few options available. Since DIY is really his thing, he also made his own kiln using cement and perlite, plus a propane burner. For the aluminium material to melt, he bought a stack of aluminium alloy wheels, as these are made of an alloy that’s actually suitable for casting. These were turned into ingots as a first step towards casting the engine parts, which among other things helps to purify the metal.
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Fraudsters are exploiting enterprise chat apps like Teams and Webex to trick Chinese victims into transferring large sums of money, fueling a wave of complaints.

Frazier, the author of the New Yorker humor essay that inspired the new, buzzy film, talks with Burch, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter who reimagined it as a satire of legal thrillers.

The biographer’s new book, “American Scoundrel,” details Cohn’s infamous tactics during the McCarthy purges, a sex-trafficking allegation, and his profound influence on Trump.

“A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket topped with 29 Starlink internet satellites lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Tuesday (Aug. 25), at 5:33 a.m. EDT (0933 GMT). It was the 100th Falcon 9 flight of 2026 and the record-breaking 37th mission for this rocket's first stage, a booster designated B1067… SpaceX, meanwhile, has six Falcon 9 boosters with at least 30 flights under their belts, led by B1067's 36. (The others are B1077 and B1078 with 30, B1069 with 32, B1063 with 34 and B1071 with 35).” From Space.com.
The post Falcon 9 Booster Sets Rocket-Reuse Record appeared first on Human Progress.

“Let’s look at AI’s footprint in Europe’s workplaces. There is an unmistakable trend. In just two years, the share of workers using AI on the job has doubled from 26% of survey respondents in 2024 to 41% in 2025, reaching 52% in 2026. A majority of workers now report using AI for work and, on average, they use it around three days per week. the median user reports saving three hours per week, or about 7.7% of median working time, although this overall figure contains a highly skewed distribution. Most users enjoy moderate time-savings, while a small number report very high efficiency gains… The time saved already suggests that AI makes workers more productive. But for the three hours saved – or...

“The Food and Drug Administration approved on Wednesday a new drug for advanced pancreatic cancer, ushering in a new era of treatment for a disease that has long been considered one of the most hopeless in medicine. The drug, taken as two pills a day, is the first of its type and has electrified cancer specialists and patients. It is not a cure, but it is the first treatment to substantially extend the lives of patients with pancreatic cancer. The drug, daraxonrasib, is made by Revolution Medicines and will be sold under the brand name Rasonque. It was approved for patients who have metastatic pancreatic cancer and have already tried chemotherapy. In a key clinical trial, participants who got daraxonrasib...

Le rendement des obligations d’État italiennes à dix ans est désormais moins élevé que celui des obligations françaises, ce qui signifie que les marchés financiers considèrent désormais moins risqué d’investir dans la dette transalpine. Le constat, relayé et commenté par le “Financial Times”, réjouit la presse italienne conservatrice.

“Do we need to look at the ceiling before going to the bathroom? Can we actually trust the water is safe to drink?” asks one GSA worker.

Amazon and Best Buy have the TCL QM7L mini-LED TV on sale for as low as $797.99 for the 55-inch model, a $200 discount from the usual price. We spotted scaling discounts on larger sizes as well, although Amazon already listed low stock on the 65-inch version. While OLED televisions are great for deep black levels and great contrast, their high price point may be off-putting to some buyers. Mini-LED TVs like this TCL are a more wallet-friendly option, and have high brightness while also supporting features like Quantum Dots for vivid colors.
TCL QM7L Where to Buy: $997.99 $797.99 at Amazon (55-inch) $1499.99 $899.99 at Best Buy (65-inch)
The QM7L also includes the features you’d expect from a premium...

Just as new data centers face growing backlash from neighboring communities, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is about to make it harder for people to weigh in on any pollution those centers create.
The EPA plans to toss out a federal rule requiring public notice and an opportunity to comment when certain industrial sites apply for an air permit. Advocates warn that the move would allow data center developers and other industries to break ground without giving nearby residents a say, or even a warning that construction is planned. "You can see why that would be so interesting to an administration that wants to rush through the …
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The unofficial version of DLSS 5 makes Jesse Faden’s features much more pronounced. | Image: gabdeg via YouTube Modders are trying out an unofficial version of Nvidia's DLSS 5 on Skyrim, Cyberpunk 2077, GTA V, and a bunch of other games after code for the AI upscaling tech appeared in an early-access build of NBA 2K27. Members of the RenoDX modding channel on Discord reportedly found a way to extract the DLSS "Neural Rendering" file and apply it to Control before it expanded to other games, as reported earlier by Notebook Check and VideoCardz.
In one video, a person shows how Control protagonist Jesse Faden's facial features become more and less defined as they tweak various DLSS 5 settings enabled by the...

Un professionnel des bijoux en diamants piraté. 690 000 clients et leurs données potentiellement impactés.

Filigrane, caviardage et suppression des métadonnées : ZATAZ protège les images et vos documents directement dans le navigateur.

What did Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Al Williams read in Hackaday last week? Probably everything, but you can tune in and hear about their favorites on this week’s podcast. They heard from lots of listeners this week, and also saw DIY projects running from a 3D-printed Stirling engine, to clogs, to LEDs.
There are some over-the-top hacks like a refit for a decades-old watch to do tap-to-pay and a — for lack of a better word — a record player that optically reads MOD files. Want to emulate an iPod? Talk to Eliza? Print a hand-operated rail car? Hackaday is the place to read about it all.
The can’t miss articles included a talk from Hackaday Europe about making magical PCBs and a not-so-brief...

“A 30-year conservation effort has helped the critically endangered Galápagos snapdragon (Galvezia leucantha subsp. leucantha) recover from just six individuals to a small, carefully tended wild population. Following tireless conservation efforts and the planting of 94 nursery-propagated plants that were reintroduced to Playa Tortuga Negra and Caleta Tagus, the wild adult population has grown from six individuals in 2007 to 28 healthy adults today—20 at Playa Tortuga Negra and 8 at Tagus Cove.” From Phys.org.
The post Galápagos Snapdragon Population Begins to Recover appeared first on Human Progress.

De gauche à droite, le Premier ministre espagnol, Pedro Sánchez, le Premier ministre finlandais Petteri Orpo, le Premier ministre bulgare Roumen Radev et le président français Emmanuel Macron, au Conseil européen le 19 juin 2026 - Crédits : Conseil européen Au sein du Conseil européen, institution réunissant les dirigeants européens des 27 États membres, siègent 23 chefs de gouvernement et quatre présidents de la République. Chaque État décide, selon sa propre organisation institutionnelle, si son chef d'État ou son chef de gouvernement le représente au Conseil européen. Un choix qui, dans la très grande majorité des cas, reflète la répartition du pouvoir exécutif dans le pays. Cet...

“Actinide, an advanced materials company that designs, builds, and operates its own isotope separation machines, has become the first startup in history to produce high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU). The enrichment was performed on the company’s first-generation calutron, which, weeks earlier, was producing Actinide’s flagship commercial product: enriched ytterbium-176, delivered to Oklo Isotopes. There is no end-to-end domestic supply chain for HALEU-based fuel: the Department of Energy says that most advanced reactor designs require HALEU, yet there is currently zero available from domestic suppliers. While conventional centrifuge enrichment is able to produce enriched uranium hexafluoride gas,...

Deface : 975 sites .fr touchés en août. Derrière le barbouillage, accès persistant, influence et compromission.

A recent paper argues that AI is often better at doctoring than doctors. Guess who isn't thrilled.

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

En octobre 2024, le pays avait déjà été touché par de violentes inondations meurtrières - Crédits : AP Tolang / iStock Une crue dévastatrice. Mercredi 26 août, de puissantes inondations se sont produites au Népal et dans la province chinoise du Tibet suite à un glissement de plusieurs millions de mètres cubes de roches qui aurait entraîné avec lui un glacier. Deux jours plus tard, les autorités népalaises et tibétaines dénombraient 552 morts et plus de 1 400 disparus.  Un bilan qui pourrait à nouveau s'alourdir dans les prochaines heures, la police népalaise ayant alerté sur la rupture d'un lac de retenue formé à la suite de la coulée de boue au Tibet, et prié les habitants "de se...

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Rare, mais particulièrement grave, ce trouble psychiatrique peut faire brutalement perdre à une mère ses repères avec la réalité après son accouchement. Il est invoqué par la défense de cette Américaine, actuellement jugée pour un triple infanticide en 2023.

Belgium’s Department for Combating Online Infringement (BAPO) regularly issues site blocking decisions, which are grounded in orders from the Brussels Business court. These blocking efforts yield some results but pirate sites often switch domain names quickly, frustrating the enforcement efforts.
With a series of new decisions issued this week, Belgium’s anti-piracy department is trying to tackle the piracy problem more directly. Instead of blocking the sites, they compel domain name registrars to identify the associated operators.
Domain Registrars and a Registry
As with the blocking effort, the five decisions are linked to an order from the French-speaking Business Court of Brussels. Four decisions are...

Une cyberattaque attribuée à des acteurs liés à l’Iran aurait immobilisé durant quatre jours une petite centrale britannique, sans perturber le réseau électrique national. Selon le Telegraph, des pirates associés au régime iranien auraient réussi une intrusion inédite contre une installation énergétique britannique. La centrale concernée, dont l’identité reste confidentielle pour des motifs de sécurité, […]

Définitions La carte ci-dessus représente le PIB par habitant dans chaque pays de l’Union européenne, exprimé en standards de pouvoir d’achat (SPA).Le produit intérieur brut est la richesse produite, en une année, par les acteurs économiques résidant à l’intérieur du pays considéré. Il s’agit de la valeur de tous les biens et services produits, moins la valeur des biens et services utilisés pour leur création.Le standard de pouvoir d'achat (SPA) est une unité monétaire artificielle qui permet de gommer les différences de prix entre les États membres pour un même bien (un SPA permet de se procurer les mêmes biens et services dans tous les pays, que l’on se trouve au Luxembourg ou...

La science-fiction n’échappe pas aux pesanteurs historiques. Les visions de l’avenir qu’elle met en scène racontent autant son pouvoir de projection que son contexte de création. La preuve à travers trois livres essentiels, qui permettent de mieux cerner l’évolution de notre perception du futur au cours des dernières décennies.