It might be World War III, but at least I won $20. | Image: Polymarket / The Verge Polymarket has been allowing people to bet on when the US would strike Iran next. Obviously, now that it's actually happened and people have died, the prediction betting market is feeling some pressure. The site has been at the center of controversy before, including suspicions of insider trading on the Super Bowl halftime show and the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
In a statement posted on its site, Polymarket defended its decision to allow betting on the potential start of a war, saying that it was an "invaluable" source of news and answers, before taking shots at traditional media and Elon Musk's X. The...

So called "pig butchering" scams are happening on an industrial scale. Politicians have noticed.

The U.S. and Israel have ignited a campaign to topple the Islamic Republic—with little thought to what comes after.

Wayans gives you a little bootlegged sneak peek at what you'll laugh at (and probably feel bad about laughing at) in 'Scary Movie 6.'

And the risks Democrats face if they fail to strongly oppose his war.

Iran's strike on US Navy base in Bahrain will worry Washington and its allies in the region.

That’s coming on a little strong, maybe. | Image: Vera C. Rubin Observatory The Vera C. Rubin Observatory's automated alert system is online and already bombarding astronomers with things to look at in the night sky. The system went live publicly on Tuesday, February 24th, and on the first night dropped some 800,000 alerts about asteroids, supernovas, and feasting black holes. And that number is only expected to climb to the multiple millions per night.
The observatory released the first images taken with its car-sized Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) camera in June of last year. But researchers and stargazers have been eagerly anticipating the launch of this system. Every night, the camera captures...

At the outbreak of a new war, Altman is closer than ever to the Pentagon.

« Ce matin, nous avons détruit dans une attaque surprise le complexe du tyran Khamenei au cœur de Téhéran » et « il y a de nombreux signes que ce tyran n’est plus », a déclaré le premier ministre israélien dans une allocution télévisée. L’armée israélienne a affirmé avoir tué Mohammad Pakpour, le chef des Gardiens de la révolution.

Created in 1897, it's over two decades older than the term "robot."

Farmers have long fought a quiet war against the fungi that rot crops in fields and storage sheds. Each year, these diseases destroy harvests of lettuce, beans, oilseed rape, wheat, and many other staples. The usual defense relies on synthetic fungicides, but those chemicals face rising costs, tighter rules, and growing concern about environmental harm. Now, new research suggests that help may come from an unexpected ally already living in the soil. Scientists at Rothamsted, working with partners at the Universities of Warwick and Exeter, have discovered that a common soil fungus, Trichoderma hamatum, can release natural airborne chemicals that slow or stop dangerous crop diseases. The study, published this...

Les vidéos vérifiées par « Le Monde » révèlent l’ampleur de l’attaque lancée par les Etats-Unis et Israël et de la riposte du régime iranien. Les images confirment que de nombreuses cibles ont été touchées.

Smoke and flames rose from Dubai's Fairmont The Palm hotel as civilian targets came under fire along with the US military bases across the middle east.

As temperatures warm up in the Northern Hemisphere, one’s mind naturally turns to the outdoors and the garden — even if some of our gardens are still snow-covered. One secret to good gardening is that many of the plants we love take too long to grow if started from seed outside, at least in relatively temperate climes. There are a myriad of ways to grow seedlings indoors, and this new hack highlighted by [GrowVeg] looks like a great way to get started.
The idea apparently comes from the seedier side of Instagram, where [Farida Sober] has been popularizing it as a “seed snail”, a name they seem to have coined. The technique is very simple: take a sheet of something cheap that won’t disintegrate when...

Les avocats de Brahim Chnina et d’Abdelhakim Sefrioui, contre qui ont été requis vingt ans de réclusion criminelle, ont plaidé, vendredi et samedi. Tous ont contesté l’intention terroriste de leur client.

Les États-Unis et Israël ont lancé une vague d’attaques contre l’Iran samedi 28 février. Téhéran a riposté en lançant des dizaines de drones et missiles en direction d’Israël mais aussi des pétromonarchies du Golfe. Dans la soirée, des sources israéliennes ont annoncé que le Guide suprême, l’ayatollah Khamenei, avait été tué. La presse étrangère redoute un embrasement régional. Retour sur le premier jour de la guerre en cinq articles.

Condamnations des attaques, appels au respect du droit international : les réactions des dirigeants se sont multipliées aux quatre coins de la planète après les frappes menées par les États-Unis et Israël contre l’Iran, suivie de la riposte iranienne, samedi 28 février.

Buddy Guy and Miles Caton don't summon any spirits, but listening to them together will make your day better.

La stratégie du couple américano-israélien est de contraindre le régime iranien à changer de trajectoire, à accepter une forme de capitulation ou à être renversé de l’intérieur. Mais plusieurs questions restent en suspens, analyse le corédacteur en chef du quotidien “L’Orient-Le Jour”.

In one room, an adult caregiver paced around, patting their pockets and peeking underneath furniture. This indicated they were looking for something that was no longer there. Nearby, a dog observed closely before trotting to a cabinet shelf. Then it turned back to the caregiver, as if attempting to assist in locating the lost item. A cat observed everything happening as well, but tended to remain close to where it originally sat. It was just as observant. Many pet owners have likely encountered this difference in temperament between dogs and cats. Recent scientific studies confirm these observations experimentally. Scientists at Eötvös Loránd University and HUN-REN–ELTE in Hungary compared how...

Alors que des élections législatives doivent se tenir d’ici à octobre, les opposants au gouvernement de Benyamin Nétanyahou ont exprimé samedi leur appui à l’opération conjointe avec les Etats-Unis contre le régime de Téhéran. L’opinion publique aussi était prête à une nouvelle offensive.

Des programmes pour animaux de compagnie font des millions de vues sur Internet. Il existe même des chaînes de télévision spécialisées. Mais qu’en est-il des effets de ces vidéos sur nos chiens et nos chats ? “The New York Times” se penche sur ce phénomène.

Welcome to the weekend, friends! While the rest of our team was checking out Samsung’s forthcoming Galaxy S26 lineup and prepping for Apple’s “special experience” next week, we’ve been sifting through Woot’s “Video Games for All” sale and a truly weird slate of deals that, frankly, don’t have a throughline. (Some of us have also spent the last week unpacking what Huel is, but that’s neither here nor there.) Here’s what we can tell you. If you’re thinking of picking up the Galaxy S26 Ultra at launch, putting in your preorder now isn’t a bad idea. It’s also a great time to pick up the midrange QuietComfort Headphones and what many of us at The Verge consider to be the game of 2024:...

America’s journey back to the moon has run into a few missteps. NASA administrator Jared Isaacman is banking on a new approach.

As Israeli airstrikes hit Tehran this morning, Iranians received mysterious push notifications saying that “help is on the way,” promising amnesty if they surrender.

📷 #flashes

Iranians talk about what is happening inside the country, despite an almost total internet blackout.

Aussi longue et coûteuse puisse-t-elle être, la guerre contre Téhéran est plus que nécessaire pour les Israéliens et les Iraniens, défend cet éditorialiste connu pour son positionnement très marqué à droite dans le quotidien israélien “Yediot Aharonot”. En revanche, des frappes ciblant uniquement des institutions étatiques et des représentants du régime ne suffiront pas à faire céder le pouvoir des mollahs, juge-t-il.

As Iranian missiles targeted US-linked sites across the Gulf, the UAE’s missile shield was activated in real-time.

Tardigrades have a reputation for being nearly indestructible. These microscopic animals, often nicknamed water bears, can dry out and slip into a dormant state. This state helps them survive the vacuum of space, deep-sea pressures, and punishing cold. That track record makes them tempting stand-ins for a bigger question that hangs over future Mars missions. What happens when Earth life meets Martian soil? In a new set of experiments using Mars regolith simulants, researchers found that some “Mars dirt” was harsh enough to shut down active tardigrades within days. One simulant proved especially damaging. Yet, a simple rinse with water largely removed the problem. The work, co-led by Corien Bakermans, a...

Al and I were talking on the podcast today about a sweet 3D printed wide-format camera build, and we got to musing on why we 3D-print.
For Al, it’s an opportunity to experiment with 3D printing itself: tweaking his machines to get the best performance out of them. Other people make small, functional objects that they need in their daily life, like bag clips or spare parts for broken appliances. Some folks go for the ornamental or the aesthetic. The kids in my son’s class all seem obsessed with sci-fi props and fidget toys. The initial RepRap ideal was to replace all commercial fabrication with machines owned by the individual, rather than by companies – it was going to be Marxist revolutionary.
But...

Suite à la mort du militant néofasciste Quentin Deranque à Lyon, c'est le narratif de l'extrême droite qui a surtout été relayé par les médias. La campagne anti-antifasciste lancée il y a plus de dix ans, avec l'émergence de la figure de « l'antifa » comme ennemi intérieur, a désormais franchi un nouveau cap. Alors que la violence est un des moteurs de l'extrême droite et qu'elle l'utilise sans retenue contre toutes les minorités ou les personnes qui défendent ces minorités, les combats de (…) -
Repères / Solidarité antifasciste, Répression, Argumentaires

The latest Xiaomi flagship is a beast and comes in a specially co-designed Leica edition that’s picture-perfect.

The Leitzphone has just launched internationally alongside a regular version of the 17 Ultra. Xiaomi and Leica's long-running phone partnership just got a little closer. Alongside the new international release of its 17 Ultra flagship, Xiaomi has been entrusted with manufacturing a separate version that is the first Leica Leitzphone to release outside of Japan, following three Sharp-made models exclusive to the country.
In truth, the Leitzphone is a 17 Ultra with Leica branding and a rotatable camera ring, and apart from a few design tweaks, it's mostly the same as the Leica Edition of that phone already available in China. But the branding is a big deal: Leica hasn't let Xiaomi use its red dot logo on...

The Xiaomi Tag is a bit larger than Apple’s second-gen AirTags. | Image: Xiaomi Xiaomi has announced its first Bluetooth tracker, and while the Xiaomi Tag has a more elongated design than the Apple AirTag, that lets you use it in more places right out of the box. On one end of the tracker you'll find an integrated metal loop that can be attached to a keyring or clipped to a carabiner without the need for an extra case.
The Xiaomi Tag is compatible with both Apple's Find My and Google's Find Hub tracking networks and mobile apps, but not at the same time. You'll need to choose one or the other during setup. Like Apple's AirTag, the Xiaomi Tag is powered by a replaceable CR2032 coin cell battery good for up to...

Le préfet de l’Ain a rejeté les demandes de titres de séjour et délivré des obligations de quitter le territoire pour sept plongeurs et commis de cuisine sans papiers, dont le groupe Georges Blanc dit avoir « besoin ». Le syndicat qui les soutient estime qu’ils répondaient aux critères de régularisation sur les métiers en tension.

Police fire tear gas to disperse crowds allegedly trying to take banknotes from the crash site.

Contrairement aux précédents scrutins, ces communes ne pourront pas voir émerger de candidatures de dernière minute. Elles passeront donc automatiquement sous le contrôle d’une « délégation spéciale », dans l’attente de l’organisation d’une nouvelle élection.

Rows of tiny crosses and dots run along the flank of a mammoth no bigger than your palm. Someone carved it from a tusk around 40,000 years ago, then went back and added the marks with care. They show up again on other Aurignacian objects from southwestern Germany, on ivory plates and figurines and bones. For a long time, it was easy to treat them as decoration, or as something too fragmentary to take seriously. A new computational analysis argues otherwise. Linguist Christian Bentz of Saarland University and archaeologist Ewa Dutkiewicz of Berlin’s Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte say the repeated sign sequences on Ice Age objects carry a measurable “statistical fingerprint,” and that fingerprint...

Our team evaluated a ton of toiletry bags to find the best storage, organization, and design options for all your essentials.

MRI machines come with a variety of safety warnings. Perhaps most importantly, you have to be very careful not to take ferrous metal objects anywhere near them, since strong magnetic fields can send them flying, causing damage and injuries. To that end, you might find yourself in need of magnetically-safe tools when working on such machines. [Sam Schmitz] recently whipped up a nifty example of an MRI-safe torque wrench himself.
The torque wrench mechanism, which operates in one direction only.
It’s a 3D printed design which can be produced on a Formlabs Fuse 1+ as a single piece in nylon using a selective laser sintering process. The torque wrench works in a deceptively simple manner. As the handle is...

Cette semaine, l’actualité cyber n’a laissé aucun répit. cyber attaques, fuites de données et opérations judiciaires ont marqué l'environnement de nos vies numériques....

The rebellion against Assad led to sudden freedom, but also to crime and inequality. The Islamic State took advantage.

The BBC spent resources politically castrating its awards-show broadcast that would have been better spent protecting vulnerable guests.

The funding debate in Congress is over immigration-enforcement practices, but the Administration is still spending unprecedented sums on military-grade equipment at the southern border.

Enlèvements crypto : analyse sur le rôle des fuites de données dans des cas français !...

Apple hasn’t released a new iPod product since 2019. But the iPod reboot vibe is real. Music and cultural experts point to a few factors

Humanoid robots for the home are still years away, but you can now have one mow your yard in the dog days of summer

Based on data from Reader’s Digest, here are six practical strategies that help travelers consistently pay less for flights

Purchasing one of these new SUVs now can save you thousands of dollars off the MSRP

La question que tout le monde se pose évidemment : Mediapart était-il de bonne foi dans ses négociations avec Mélenchon ? Ou s’agissait-il d’une simple diversion, une opération de plus grande ampleur étant de toute manière en préparation ?


Sodium Chloride has a melting point of 801 C (1,474 F), putting it comfortably between commonly-cast materials like aluminum and bronze. Which led to [Robinson Foundry] asking the question: can you cast salt like a metal? The answer, surprisingly, was yes!
[Robinson] tries casting the salt with two different methods: like it was glass, and like it was metal. In the glass-like casting, he packs a ceramic mold with salt and tosses it into an electric kiln, there to melt and very slowly cool. In metal-like casting, he just tosses salt into a crucible and melts it in the same beer-can kiln we saw when we featured his lost-pla casting a while back. The molten salt is poured very carefully into sand casting molds....

Le groupe allemand Welle: Erdball met souvent des messages cachés et autres programmes dans ses disques. Dans Film, Funk Und Fernsehen, il y a un programme pour Commodore 64 mais aussi du code Morse. Bon, je vais vous passer les essais ratés, mais j’ai d’abord tenté la même méthode que pour le Morse dans Wolfenstein 3D (sans succès, donc). Mais comme j’avais une idée de ce que je devais obtenir, je suis parti sur un décodage visuel simple. J’ai récupéré la fin du morceau dans Audacity (45 secondes), j’ai filtré assez fort sur la fréquence (j’avais estimé la fréquence en question en faisant Analyse -> Tracer le spectre) avec des filtres passe-bas et passe-haut (3 600 Hz et 3 400 Hz...

A l'appel de différentes organisations et associations, manifestation contre la montée de l'extrême-droite le 28 février -
Initiatives / Manifs et rassemblements

Dans le juste milieu démocratique et pro-européen allemand, une explication courante de la montée de l'Alternative pour l'Allemagne (AfD) consiste à considérer ses électeurs comme des enfants peu instruits : dépourvus de réelle capacité d'action politique, sensibles à la rhétorique la plus élémentaire et votant sur la base d'émotions irrationnelles. Si l'on adhère à cette lecture, la solution logique serait alors de simplement mieux expliquer ses propres politiques. En pratique, cela a conduit à une rhétorique encore plus simpliste que celle dont leurs adversaires les accusent. Le Parti social-démocrate d'Allemagne (SPD), autrefois représentant de la classe ouvrière, est aujourd'hui le...

[Joshua Clay] recently unveiled his newest RC Nerf Dart Robot and talks through his design choices, pointing out that in his aim to have it launch darts fast and hard he may have somewhat overshot the mark. He found out first hand during testing that it shoots hard enough to leave welts through a sweatshirt and probably should be downgraded a bit. Thankfully, one of the features of his new unit is a highly modular design that makes iterating easier than ever.
A modular, glue-free assembly that leaves wiring accessible helps make design iterations faster and easier.
This model is an evolution of his first Nerfbot, and the new one is a smaller, tighter design that trades a wheeled base for a tracked one, among...

La lune glacée de Saturne, Encelade, fait régulièrement les gros titres de la presse scientifique en raison de son océan d'eau glacée, qui contiendrait les éléments essentiels au développement de la vie. L'astre semble ainsi être le meilleur candidat dans notre Système solaire pour la recherche de vie extraterrestre.

Communiqué de presse de Visa Finistère : Rassemblement et pique-nique antifasciste - Samedi 28 février – 11h Place de la Liberté. -
Initiatives / Brest, Manifs et rassemblements

The former president told the committee that he would never have flown on Epstein's plane if he "had any inkling of what he was doing".

The Milky Way’s centre looks nothing like the calm band of starlight you see from a dark hillside. In a new, ultra-wide radio mosaic, the region turns into a tangle of cold, threadlike gas structures. Chemical fingerprints are scattered through the scene like dye in water. That mosaic, made with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile’s Atacama Desert, is the largest image ever assembled from ALMA observations. It covers the Milky Way’s Central Molecular Zone, or CMZ, which is the dense, dusty heart of the galaxy. Here, a supermassive black hole sits nearby. Star-forming gas gets pushed around by extreme conditions. “It’s a place of extremes, invisible to our eyes, but now...