Meta reportedly hopes a 'dynamic political environment' will let them get away with a new surveillance network.

“According to a webpage started by the mathematician Terence Tao, AI tools have helped transfer about 100 Erdős problems into the “solved” column since October. The bulk of this assistance has been a kind of souped-up literature search, as it was with Sawhney’s initial success. But in many cases, LLMs have pieced together extant theorems—often in dialogue with their mathematician prompters—to form new or improved solutions to these niche problems. In at least two cases, an LLM was even able to construct an original and valid proof to one that had never been solved, with little input from a human.” From Scientific American. The post AI Could Transform Mathematics appeared first on Human...

L’homme, armé d’un couteau, avait été touché de plusieurs balles par l’un des gendarmes. Le Parquet national antiterroriste a annoncé s’être saisi des faits.

Shortly after liftoff, an unusual plume shot out of one of the solid rocket boosters.

The recent request goes against decades of precedent and puts noncitizens at further risk of immigration enforcement actions.

“The Yangtze River in China, which has been in ecological decline for 70 years, is showing signs of recovery thanks to a sweeping fishing ban… The rapid improvement noted in the study, which compared data from the two years before (2019-2021) with the two years after (2021-23), included a twofold increase in overall biomass and a 13% improvement in diversity. One of the most endangered species, the Yangtze finless porpoise, appeared to have been a major beneficiary with observed numbers rising from 400 to 600, according to Brosse.” From The Guardian.
The post Yangtze River Rebounds After Fishing Ban appeared first on Human Progress.

Right before Valentine's Day, too.

After a record-breaking 2025, the chipmaker's shares are stuck in place even as global capex on AI infrastructure keeps climbing

A record-setting $30 billion funding round. A $380 billion valuation. And annual revenue up a whopping 1,300% for the AI startup behind Claude

The cost of housing, stubbornly increasing, is affecting consumers' perception of overall economic health

If you like how well AirPods work with iPhones but want something more colorful and flexible, the Beats Studio Buds Plus are a nice middle ground. They’re platform-agnostic and are on sale for $99.95 ($70 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, Target, and Walmart for Presidents Day. The deal includes the eye-catching translucent option and is just $10 shy of the buds’ best price to date. 
Beats Studio Buds Plus Where to Buy: $169.95 $99.95 at Amazon $169.95 $99.95 at Walmart $169.95 $99.99 at Best Buy
Unlike Apple’s AirPods, the Beats Studio Buds Plus play well with both iOS and Android devices, which is why they’re among our favorite wireless earbuds. You don’t get every ecosystem perk, but you do get a lot of...

A commercial made to tug on heartstrings hit like a dystopian nightmare, and days later Ring ended a planned partnership

The recent spate of volatility in financial markets has shown that investors are displaying "no mercy for anything remotely seen as an AI loser"

“A newly developed artificial intelligence system from the University of Michigan can analyze brain MRI scans and deliver a diagnosis in a matter of seconds, according to a new study. The model identified neurological conditions with accuracy reaching 97.5% and was also able to assess how urgently patients needed medical care.” From Science Daily.
The post AI Reads Brain MRIs in Seconds and Flags Emergencies appeared first on Human Progress.

If you're still upset over 'Transformers: The Movie' whacking Optimus Prime, you've got a whole year to accept Hasbro's 'we're sorry.'

The wrench attacks will continue until moral improves.

“In 2024, 1.4 billion people required PC [preventive chemotherapy] for at least 1 NTD [neglected tropical disease] , a decrease of 92 million from the 1.492 billion people requiring PC for at least 1 NTD in 2023.” From World Health Organization.
The post Reduced Need for Treatment of Neglected Tropical Diseases appeared first on Human Progress.

As prediction market platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi battle regulators in court, Senate Democrats are urging the CFTC to avoid weighing in, escalating a broader fight over the burgeoning industry.

Cyberdecks are great projects, and [Salim Benbouziyane]’s scratch-built CM Deck is a fantastic specimen. It’s a clamshell-style cyberdeck with custom split keyboard, trackpad, optional external WiFi antenna, and some slick underlighting thanks to a translucent bottom shell. There’s even a hidden feature that seems super handy for a cyberdeck: a special USB-C port that, when plugged in to another host (like another computer), lets the cyberdeck act as an external keyboard and trackpad for that downstream machine.
The CM Deck is built around the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5, which necessitates a custom PCB but offers more design freedom.
Notably, the CM Deck is custom-built around the Raspberry Pi Compute...

Pose your questions to a panel of WIRED experts about the future of the electric vehicle industry.

“Argentina’s Senate approved President Javier Milei’s flagship labor reform bill early on Thursday, marking a key advance for the libertarian leader’s sweeping economic agenda. After debating the measure for more than 13 hours, lawmakers voted 42 to 30 to pass the reform and send it to the lower house for debate… The reform eases hiring rules, changes the vacation time system, allows for extending the standard workday from eight to 12 hours and for salaries to be paid in foreign currency. It also introduces new limits on the right to strike by setting minimum requirements for services to continue during work stoppages. The reform streamlines the calculation of severance pay, lowering costs for...

The announcement on Thursday removes the legal bedrock for much of US environmental legislation.

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

A newly released F.B.I. report shows that Donald Trump contacted the police about Epstein’s crimes as early as 2006. The Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown discusses the revelations.

The New Yorker critics Richard Brody and Alexandra Schwartz discuss the year’s best offerings, and how films seem to be getting better these days.

Le groupuscule d’ultradroite Némésis affirme qu’un membre de son service d’ordre a été tabassé, jeudi, par des activistes du groupe antifasciste de la Jeune Garde. Les autorités judiciaires restent prudentes sur les circonstances de ce drame.

"Our freedom is not guaranteed" in an era of big powers, the German chancellor tells Munich's security summit.

Shop these limited-time sales to save on some of our favorite gadgets from Branch, Eufy, and more.

Snowpack levels across a wide swath of western US states are among the lowest seen in decades, even as regulators struggle to negotiate water rights in the region.

User reviews on Steam may get more informative after a Steam Client Beta update released on Thursday, which adds an option for users to attach their hardware specs to game reviews. Steam users have always been able to share their specs in the text of their reviews, but the option to automatically include that data could encourage more users to add it, potentially making reviews more useful. When a user posts a negative review or reports having performance issues, the attached hardware specs could reveal why, highlighting when performance issues might be caused by a player's hardware rather than a problem with the game itself (such as specs …
Read the full story at The Verge.

Vladyslav Heraskevych's helmet depicts fellow athletes who have been killed since Russia's full-scale invasion of his country.

Deals have been admittedly pretty dry since the holidays, but now that February is in full swing, we’re starting to see strong discounts return across a range of categories. In fact, thanks to Valentine’s Day, the Super Bowl, and — as of this week — Presidents Day, retailers are once again offering a slew of notable tech deals, making now a great time to shop if you’ve been holding off on making a larger purchase. Although the Super Bowl has technically come and gone, plenty of game-day discounts are still around. A few have been rebranded for Presidents Day — including the discounts we recently saw on Sonos soundbars and speakers — but others are part of a new wave of limited-time deals, letting...

The past few days have been a wild ride for xAI, which is racking up staff and cofounder departure announcements left and right. On Tuesday and Wednesday, cofounder Yuhuai (Tony) Wu announced his departure and that it was "time for [his] next chapter," with cofounder Jimmy Ba following with a similar post later that day, writing that it was "time to recalibrate [his] gradient on the big picture." The departures mean that xAI is now left with only half of its original 12 cofounders on staff. A number of staffers also took to X to announce they were leaving xAI, with some announcing that they were starting their own AI companies. Elon Musk's …
Read the full story at The Verge.

In the latest episode of the Hackaday Podcast, editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi start things off by discussing the game of lunar hide-and-seek that has researchers searching for the lost Luna 9 probe, and drop a few hints about the upcoming Hackaday Europe conference. From there they’ll marvel over a miniature operating system for the ESP32, examine the re-use of iPad displays, and find out about homebrew software development for an obscure Nintendo handheld. You’ll also hear about a gorgeous RGB 14-segment display, a robot that plays chess, and a custom 3D printed turntable for all your rotational needs. The episode wraps up with a sobering look at the dangers of industrial robotics, and some...

« L’épisode n’est pas du tout terminé », a averti Lucie Chadourne-Facon, directrice de Vigicrues. « Les perturbations qui arrivent vont réalimenter les crues. Donc on n’est pas du tout dans une logique de retour à la normale dans les jours qui viennent », a-t-elle encore dit.

Dans une note interne datée de juillet 2025, le ministère américain de la Justice et le FBI affirment avoir passé au crible des centaines de gigaoctets de données et des scellés judiciaires liés à l’affaire Epstein. Ils récusent la thèse d'un assassinat maquillé en suicide et indiquent n’avoir trouvé ni « liste de clients », ni preuve crédible de chantage. Conspiracy Watch en propose ici une traduction intégrale en français.

US Vice President Kamala Harris during a Commander in Chief farewell ceremony at Joint Base Myers-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Virginia, US, on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. The Biden administration advanced a plan to limit oil drilling and infrastructure across more of Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve, a bid to lock in land protections and conservation requirements days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Photographer: Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images | Bloomberg via Getty Images During the 2024 presidential election, @KamalaHQ was something of an alter ego for Vice President Kamala Harris - as Harris ran a buttoned-up campaign, the online accounts shared clips of her set to viral...

Un tiers de la cocaïne destinée à l’Europe passerait dans un premier temps par l’Afrique. Des échanges entre narcotrafiquants déchiffrés par la police française éclairent les méthodes et la logistique des réseaux criminels.

Four mayors in a row have inflamed the debate over gifted-and-talented programs. Why does G. & T. stir such strong emotions?

Le Musée royal d’Afrique centrale, près de Bruxelles, contient un stock impressionnant d’archives sur les ressources minières de la République démocratique du Congo. Mais qui se chargera de les numériser ? La Belgique, qui porte les stigmates de son passé colonial ? Ou une société américaine mandatée par Kinshasa et qui pourrait en tirer un fameux avantage commercial ?

Voters are hoping for a return to democracy after 15 years of authoritarian rule under Sheikh Hasina.

Peter Magyar suspects there are plans to release a sex tape of him from August 2024.

Depuis que les États-Unis ont décidé de l’asphyxier, Cuba est en proie à des pénuries sans précédent, notamment de carburant. Plusieurs pays de la région, dirigés par des gouvernements de gauche, ont commencé à lui apporter des produits de première nécessité. Et une flottille se prépare à s’y rendre le mois prochain.

En visite dans la localité frontalière de Mandera, dans le nord-est du Kenya, le président kényan, William Ruto, a annoncé la réouverture en avril de postes-frontières donnant sur la Somalie voisine. Une nouvelle sur fond de menaces sécuritaires, qui survient alors que des annonces du même type ont fait long feu ces dernières années.

En octobre, le gouvernement de la Première ministre, Sanae Takaichi, a durci les conditions d’obtention du visa d’entrepreneur dans le but de mieux contrôler les ressortissants étrangers. Certains patrons de petits restaurants craignent de voir leur renouvellement de visa refusé et de devoir fermer leur commerce.

Énorme ensemble immobilier construit en 1983 à Noisy-le-Grand, les Espaces d’Abraxas sont un lieu unique. Ils accueillent une population aux revenus souvent modestes dans un univers architectural postmoderne si original qu’il a servi de décor à plusieurs films. Mais se rendre sur place peut parfois être périlleux, prévient le site italien “Il Post”.

One of the best parts of 3D printing is that you can freely download the plans for countless models from sites like Thingiverse, Printables, and others. Yet with the veritable flood of models on these sites you also want to have some level of quality. Here recent news pertaining to Thingiverse is probably rather joyful, as with the acquisition of Thingiverse by MyMiniFactory, it should remain one of the most friendly sites for sharing 3D printing models.
Although Thingiverse as a concept probably doesn’t need much introduction, it’s important here to acknowledge the tumultuous times that it has gone through since its launch in 2008 as part of MakerBot. Both were acquired by Stratasys in 2013, and this has...

We live in an age where engineering marvels are commonplace: airplanes crisscross the sky, skyscrapers grow like weeds, and spacecraft reach for the stars. But every so often, we see something unusual that makes us take a second look. The Falkirk Wheel is a great example, and, even better, it is functional art, as well.
The Wheel links two canals in Scotland. Before you click away, here’s the kicker: One canal is 35 meters higher than the other. Before 1933, the canals were connected with 11 locks. It took nearly a day to operate the locks to get a boat from one canal to the other. In the 1930s, there wasn’t enough traffic to maintain the locks, and they tore them out.
Fast Forward
In the 1990s, a team of...

Une étude menée en 2025 par le Human Adaptation Institute constate que le cerveau humain se dégrade (perte de mémoire, d’agilité, de concentration) lorsqu’il est exposé à de fortes chaleurs dans la durée, même à des températures pas forcément extrêmes. Des résultats qui confirment les conclusions de l’enquête publiée à l’automne 2024 par Usbek & Rica dans les pages de son magazine FUTUR.

Un personnage public qui défraye la chronique actuellement et que tout le monde aura sans doute reconnu est accusé, entre autres, d’avoir laissé de nombreuses notes d’hôtel ou de restaurant impayées. Cette escroquerie, un délit selon le droit, porte un nom un peu tombé dans l’oubli, il s’agit de la grivèlerie. Merci au personnage en question de nous donner l’occasion d’évoquer ce mot. Il daterait du XVIe siècle. Un verbe lui correspond : griveler. Et le coupable est un griveleur. Le mot vient peut-être de la grive, un oiseau accusé de piller les vignes. 

Pneumatics are a common way to add some motion to soft robotic actuators, but adding it to a robot can be somewhat of a chore. A method demonstrated by [Jackson K. Wilt] et al. (press release, preprint) involves using a 3D printing to extrude two materials: one elastomeric material and a fugitive ink that is used to create pneumatic channels which are dissolved after printing, leaving the empty channels to be filled with air. By printing these materials with a rational, multi-material (RM-3DP) custom nozzle it’s possible to create various channel patterns, controlling the effect of compressed air on the elastomeric material. This way structures like hinges and muscles can be created, which can then be...

L’étude du CEVIPOF sur la confiance des français dans la classe politique est effrayante. Les chiffres qui étaient déjà bas avant, attestent d’un niveau de défiance qui peut basculer en détestation et en rejet brutal. Jamais la cassure n’a été aussi profonde entre les citoyens et leurs représentants. Une situation qui doit alarmer et amener […]

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Alerte tourisme : faux WhatsApp après réservation, lien douteux et domaine créé le 12 février 2026....

Je suis complètement passé à côté de ce truc jusqu'à ce que David (merci à lui !) m'envoie un petit message pour me dire : "Hé Korben, t'as vu Anytype ? C'est comme Notion mais en mieux". Du coup, j'ai testé et j'ai vraiment halluciné.
Si vous êtes du genre à noter tout ce qui vous passe par la tête dans Notion, Obsidian ou Evernote, vous connaissez le problème. Vos données sont hébergées on ne sait où, et le jour où la boite décide de changer ses conditions d'utilisation ou de fermer boutique, vous êtes marron.
Hé bien Anytype, c'est la réponse à cette angoisse.
C'est une application open source, local-first et chiffrée de bout en bout qui permet de créer votre propre "internet...

Au lendemain de la médaille d’argent de Romane Miradoli en ski alpin, la journée pourrait offrir à la France de nouvelles occasions pour briller, notamment en ski de fond, en biathlon et en snowboardcross.

Quelles sont vos chances de gagner ? Les jeux à gratter se valent-ils tous ? « Le Monde » a compilé les gains des principaux tickets de la Française des jeux disponibles dans le commerce.

Does this Electron Make Me Look Fat? Weighing an Electron
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/12/does-this-electron-make-me-look-fat-weighing-an-electron/

Pour le boulot, j’ai pu tester deux webcams intéressantes, les Link 2 Pro et Link 2C Pro. Et les choix techniques d’Insta360 sont intéressants, parce qu’ils ne sont pas les mêmes que pour d’autres fabricants de webcam haut de gamme. Je vous conseille d’aller lire le test sur MacG, évidemment. La version 2C sur un écran
Parler de webcams, c’est extrêmement subjectif. Certains veulent juste un truc qui affiche une image et qui se fait oublier, sans trop se soucier de la qualité de l’image. En clair, la webcam intégrée dans l’écran d’un ordinateur portable, celle intégrée dans de (rares) moniteurs ou n’importe quel modèle d’entrée de gamme suffit. La qualité est parfois...

Située au nord de l'Europe, à la frontière symbolique entre le monde urbain et l'immensité arctique, la ville d'Oulu a été désignée Capitale européenne de la culture 2026 ; succédant à Chemnitz en Allemagne et à Nova Gorica en Slovénie. Méconnue du grand public, cette ville finlandaise met en avant ses traditions nordiques et la culture du peuple Sámi, tout en cherchant à préserver un environnement fragile et à encadrer un tourisme devenu vital pour les régions nordiques, mais de plus en plus exposé au risque du surtourisme. Oulu, la porte d'entrée du Grand Nord européen
Au nord de la Finlande, à proximité du golfe de Botnie, Oulu, à environ 600 kilomètres au nord de Helsinki. Avec...