Google's NotebookLM can now turn users' research and notes into fully animated "cinematic" videos, going a step further than the original video overview feature Google introduced last year. Previously, video overviews could only generate narrated slideshows, but the upgraded video overview feature uses a combination of Google's AI models, "including Gemini 3, Nano Banana Pro and Veo 3," to generate animated visuals based on the content of users' notes. Google says Gemini "determines the best narrative, visual style and format, and even refines its own work to ensure consistency" when generating the videos. This is the latest in a string o …
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Gemini allegedly told the man, "The true act of mercy is to let Jonathan Gavalas die." 

Powered by the new M5 chip, Apple’s latest MacBook Airs are more powerful than ever with double the base storage (512GB), but they also cost $100 more than their predecessor. Fortunately, though, we’ve found a few ways to save. Best Buy is offering the new 13-inch M5-powered MacBook Air for $1,099 with a $50 gift card and the 15-inch for $1,299 with the same perk ahead of their March 11th release date. That said, if you’d rather spend less and don’t mind buying last year’s model, Amazon’s also selling the 15-inch M4 MacBook Air with 512GB of storage and 16GB of RAM for an all-time low of $1,099, matching the price of the new 13-inch Air.
13-inch M5 MacBook Air (512GB, 16GB RAM) with $50 gift card...

Tesla, Ford, and Volvo occupy the top three spots in a new ranking of 18 global automakers based on their efforts to eliminate carbon emissions, environmental harms, and human rights violations from their supply chains. Toyota, meanwhile, lurks near the bottom of the list, underscoring the persistent difficulty in getting the world's largest car company to clean up its supply chain. The rankings were compiled by Lead the Charge, a global coalition of leading climate, environment, and human rights organizations that includes the Sierra Club, The Sunrise Project, and Public Citizen, among others. This is the fourth edition of the coalition's …
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The Last of Us Part I. | Image: Sony Interactive Entertainment The near future of game consoles could look a lot like the past. Once a hallmark of the industry, over the last few years console-exclusive games have steadily become rare, as the likes of Sony and Microsoft experimented with offering titles on multiple platforms. Heck, who knows what an Xbox even is anymore? But it seems that the experiments haven't paid off. Signs are pointing to the return of exclusives, as companies lean on other ways to entice new audiences.
The most obvious indication of this shift comes from a Bloomberg report that Sony is pulling back from releasing its big PS5 games on PC, much in the way that it scaled back its li...

The "digital gold" narrative is getting a stress test.

Ditch the dongles. These multiport USB hubs will maximize your connectivity options.

Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale lead Maggie Gyllenhaal’s violent, wildly energetic horror romance.

The iPhone 17e is here to fill out Apple’s smartphone lineup. Our primer on the differences and similarities of these iPhones can help you shop.

Apple finally has cemented its "good," "better," and "best" tiers for its MacBook models.

Le conflit opposant l’Iran aux États-Unis et à Israël ne semble pas baisser en intensité ce mercredi 4 mars. Les lieux où se joue cette guerre sont même de plus en plus nombreux, ce qui fait monter encore d’un cran la préoccupation à l’échelle mondiale.

Les données de trafic maritime, des vidéos et des images satellites permettent de documenter comment les infrastructures pétrolières et gazières ainsi que plusieurs navires sont touchés par la guerre entre Israël, les Etats-Unis et l’Iran.

"Living here feels like being in a nature sanctuary," says the owner of the sculptural concrete residence, which is surprisingly open to the tropical climate and creatures visiting from the neighboring forest reserve.Singapore’s tropical weather can sometimes be unbearable with extreme heat, glare, and humidity—which is why many residents construct air-conditioned boxes to hide in. But thoughtful architecture with sufficient shade and cross-ventilation can provide comfort even on the hottest days—as this house by Yew Architects demonstrates. A couple with three young sons wanted to build a home that embraced an elevated site, which faces a nature reserve with a wild and lush landscape. "We invited Tay...

Le président français a fait savoir, mercredi, qu’il s’était entretenu avec le premier ministre israélien ainsi qu’avec le président libanais, Joseph Aoun.

Representative Greg Landsman explains his hope that the conflict remains limited but also creates an entirely new Middle East.

The crater left behind from the impact has yet to be found.

The Middle East supplies a huge amount of the world’s fertilizer. Conflict in the region has sent prices soaring ahead of the critical spring planting season.

Des richesses de ton monde, ne prélève que le strict nécessaire.

A pair of US lawmakers are calling for an investigation into how easily spies can steal information based on devices’ electromagnetic and acoustic leaks—a spying trick the NSA once codenamed TEMPEST.

Google is bringing Canvas to everyone in the US using AI Mode in Search. The feature opens up a dedicated workspace within its AI-powered search tool, allowing it to use the latest information from Search to organize plans, develop tools, and draft documents in a panel alongside your chat.
Though Google initially launched Canvas inside its Gemini app as a way to create documents and code in real-time, it later tested the feature in AI Mode - but only for visualizing travel plans. Now, you can use Canvas in AI Mode for tasks related to creative writing and coding, too, giving you the ability to view an AI-generated dashboard laying out infor …
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Designed by Leonard Perfido, the residence has an angular exterior, a lofted, wood-wrapped living room, and an elevated pool surrounded by foliage.Location: 14 Codfish Lane, Weston, Connecticut Price: $1,649,000 Year Built: 1974 Architect: Leonard Perfido Footprint: 3,779 square feet (3 bedrooms, 3 baths) Lot Size: 2 Acres From the Agent: "This home was designed by internationally acclaimed architect Leonard. This is a unique opportunity to live in a home equally well suited for formal, elegant entertaining and casual, daily living. Recent upgrades include a new home theater and fitness room, a firepit, an upgraded electrical system (with a smart panel and Tesla charger), a renovated garage (with a puppy spa...

Sony's upgraded Bravia Theater System 6 packs a complete home audio setup into a single box.

Wall Street keeps sanding down its worry by the close, but Solomon says the “cumulative effect” can take weeks — and markets won’t warn you first

An official says more preparations are needed for the three-day ceremony in Tehran, where the supreme leader will lie in state.

Le président américain a une nouvelle fois critiqué, mardi, le premier ministre britannique, Keir Starmer, à qui il reproche d’avoir tardé à autoriser l’usage de ses bases militaires contre l’Iran.

Yasmin van Dorp’s short film depicts beautiful destinations—and the crowds of cell-phone photographers who inundate them.

The TX50U isn’t very Linux-friendly
If you’ve used Linux for a long time, you know that we are spoiled these days. Getting a new piece of hardware back in the day was often a horrible affair, requiring custom kernels and lots of work. Today, it should be easier. The default drivers on most distros cover a lot of ground, kernel modules make adding drivers easier, and dkms can automate the building of modules for specific kernels, even if it isn’t perfect.
So ordering a cheap WiFi dongle to improve your old laptop’s network connection should be easy, right? Obviously, the answer is no or this would be a very short post.
Plug and Pray
The USB dongle in question is a newish TP-Link Archer TX50U. It is...

Le RN en France, l’AfD en Allemagne, ou encore Meloni en Italie. Partout en Europe, les partis d’extrême droite sont tiraillés entre deux positions. Faut-il soutenir l’attaque contre l’Iran au nom de la lutte contre l’islam radical ou la réfuter au nom du non-interventionnisme, si cher aux souverainistes ?

L’Institut de recherche polaire britannique recrute chaque année jusqu’à 150 nouveaux employés pour passer l’été dans ses stations de recherche. Des scientifiques et des ingénieurs, mais aussi des électriciens, des plombiers et des cuisiniers. Attention : il faut être capable de résister au froid et à l’isolement, prévient la BBC.

New data from Redfin shows Americans typically stay in the home they own for 12 years, up almost 100% from 2005

Dans une banlieue américaine fictive de Saint-Louis, deux collègues se lient d’amitié en pleine crise de la cinquantaine – sur fond d’infidélité. “DTF St. Louis”, sorti ce 1er mars sur HBO, est une enquête sur la mort de l’un d’eux. La presse américaine salue le duo porté par Jason Bateman et David Harbour, mais aussi le ton humoristique de la série.

Sri Lanka's navy says around 140 people are feared missing after a military vessel went down off its southern coast.

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Je crois que si j'ai UNE console de cœur, celle qui a bercé mon enfance et qui a aiguisé mon goût pour les jeux vidéo, c'est la Megadrive. Un des titres qui m'avait énormément marqué, qu'on avait eu en bundle avec la console, 2 manettes et Sonic, c'est Streets of Rage... Et bien sûr ces deux excellentes suites !
Le 4ème volet, sorti 26 ans après le 3ème, était incroyable lui aussi (je recommande chaudement), car il respectait à 100% la formule et le gameplay d'origine, tout en apportant plein de petits trucs et en modernisant l'aspect technique. Un pari un peu fou mais relevé avec brio.
En suivant un peu l'actualité des...

The topline number — 63,000 private-sector jobs added in February — appears to be good news. But a closer look brings something alarming into view

Last summer we took a look at FreeDOS as part of the Daily Drivers series, and found a faster and more complete successor to the DOS of old. The sojourn into the 16-bit OS wasn’t perfect though, as we couldn’t find drivers for the 2010-era network card on our newly DOS-ified netbook. Here’s [Inkbox] following the same path, and bringing with it a fix for that networking issue.
The video below is an affectionate look at the OS alongside coding a TRON clone in assembler, and it shows a capable environment within the limitations of the 16-bit mode. The modern laptop here can’t emulate a BIOS as it’s UEFI only, and after trying a UEFI-to-BIOS emulator with limited success, he hits on a different...

Architect Samuel Gonçalves used composite panels made from the biomaterial to create a brutalist-style home south of Porto.Welcome to Prefab Profiles, an ongoing series of interviews with people transforming how we build houses. From prefab tiny houses and modular cabin kits to entire homes ready to ship, their projects represent some of the best ideas in the industry. Do you know a prefab brand that should be on our radar? Get in touch! About a decade ago, architect Samuel Gonçalves was asked to lend his expertise to an idea for a prefab product. A smattering of other experts within fields like automation, HVAC systems, and carpentry built on what Gonçalves created, but there was one problem: the idea...

Scott Bessent says that "likely sometime this week" the US will increase its global tariff on imports from the existing 10%.

It also provides outdoor access to the home’s second level.Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here. Project Details: Location: Tokyo, Japan Architect: HOAA Footprint: 1,037 square feet Structural Engineer: MSE Photographer: Takuya Seki From the Architect: "This project is an architect’s home and office located in a densely populated residential area of Tokyo. As there were other houses adjacent to the site boundary on all sides except for the north side where the road is located, we decided to install a large window facing the road. The challenge was in creating a bright garden...

The Trump administration’s new tariff plan is a legal patch job: 10% today, maybe 15% this week, and a mad dash to rebuild duties before a July cutoff

Le septième corps de réaction rapide de l’armée ukrainienne, déployé dans la région, où les combats avec les forces russes sont nombreux, a annoncé que l’armée russe « prévoit d’intensifier son attaque au début du printemps ».

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Our editors and critics review notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Economists, researchers, and workers are increasingly asking what happens to an economy built around a premium on human intelligence when that premium vanishes

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John Carroll Kirby “Suntory”
“Suntory” is a challenging song to write about because while I think of some poetic ways to describe its beauty, all of them seem to cheapen the sublime loveliness of the piece. Does it sound like waking up to a perfect, luxurious morning? Do the piano chords and synth tones somehow feel exactly like gentle golden sunlight on your skin? Does it have the ultra-relaxed and informal feel of Sun Ra’s “Sleeping Beauty,” one of my favorite recordings of all time? Yes, definitely, but that’s rather banal compared to what the music actually feels like. There are some songs that are so fun to describe that the music sometimes can’t live up to the words, but this is very...

In their recent announcement, NASA has made official what pretty much anyone following the Artemis lunar program could have told you years ago — humans won’t be landing on the Moon in 2028.
It was always an ambitious timeline, especially given the scope of the mission. It wouldn’t be enough to revisit the Moon in a spidery lander that could only hold two crew members and a few hundred kilograms of gear like in the 60s. This time, NASA wants to return to the lunar surface with hardware capable of setting up a sustained human presence. That means a new breed of lander that dwarfs anything the agency, or humanity for that matter, has ever tried to place on another celestial body. Unsurprisingly, developing...

Civilians are being displaced, taking shelter in tents, parks and cars, as Israel retaliates to Hezbollah rocket attack.

Sur les théâtres d’opérations comme en ligne, l’IA réorganise la guerre autour d’un même nerf, la vitesse. Elle trie, corrèle et diffuse, au risque d’écraser la vérification humaine. L’intelligence artificielle s’impose dans la guerre moderne à deux niveaux, le champ de bataille et l’influence. Côté opérationnel, la fusion multi-capteurs devient la norme, drones, satellites, capteurs […]

TRIBUNE // Pour sortir du sentiment d’urgence symptomatique de notre époque, Jérôme Lhermenier, directeur général de l’agence Dragon Rouge Paris, suggère convoquer la figure du héros romantique du XIXème siècle pour aborder le futur avec une philosophie valorisant le vivant, les nuances, l'incongru.

In a tightly contested Democratic Senate race, the state representative defeated Jasmine Crockett. Republican Senator John Cornyn and state attorney general Ken Paxton face a prolonged contest.

Google et une société de cybersécurité, iVerify, ont découvert un puissant outil de piratage d'iPhone baptisé Coruna. Visiblement développé par le gouvernement américain, il a fuité et se retrouve aujourd'hui entre les mains d'espions russes et de cybercriminels chinois. Plus de 42 000 iPhone ont été piratés à cause de lui.
Comment ça marche ?
Coruna est un programme capable d'exploiter 23 failles de sécurité différentes dans iOS, le système d'exploitation de l'iPhone. Il suffit qu'un utilisateur visite un site web piégé pour que l'outil analyse automatiquement son téléphone (modèle, version du système, réglages de sécurité) et choisisse la bonne méthode pour en prendre le...

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Vous aimez les batteries externes ? Eh bien moi aussi. Et Ugreen a un modèle franchement intéressant si vous cherchez une batterie avec une grosse capacité. C'est la
Nexode 20 000 mAh 165W
, une batterie externe avec un câble USB-C rétractable intégré dans le châssis. Elle propose 100W sur un seul câble, 165W au total sur trois ports, un écran TFT pour tout contrôler et une recharge complète en moins de deux heures. Je la teste depuis quelques jours, et elle est validée. Un câble rétractable, et c'est tout de suite plus simple
On a tous le même problème quand on part en vadrouille : on part léger et on...

Spain's prime minister delivers a strong rebuttal to US President Donald Trump's threat to end trade with his country.

Phase-coherent lasers are crucial for many precision tasks, including timekeeping. Here on Earth the most stable optical oscillators are used in e.g. atomic clocks and many ultra-precise scientific measurements, such as gravitational wave detection. Since these optical oscillators use cryogenic silicon cavities, it’s completely logical to take this principle and build a cryogenic silicon cavity laser on the Moon. In the pre-print article by [Jun Ye] et al., the researchers go through the design parameters and construction details of such a device in one of the permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) of the Moon, as well as the applications for it. This would include the establishment of a very precise lunar...

82 314 dollars, c'est l'incroyable facture que s'est mangé un dev mexicain après 48 heures d'utilisation frauduleuse de sa clé API Gemini. Sa dépense habituelle était de 180 dollars par mois environ, j'imagine que ça lui a fait un peu mal aux fesses. Et c'est une bonne raison pour moi de vous inciter une nouvelle fois à bien sécuriser vos clés API !
Le gars bosse dans une petite startup et de ce que j'ai compris, quelqu'un a chopé ses credentials et s'est lâché sur Gemini 3 Pro pendant deux jours. La réponse de Google ? "Responsabilité partagée". En gros, eux sécurisent l'infra, et vous sécurisez vos clés. Si vous vous faites plumer, c'est votre problème !
Et c'est pas un cas isolé car les...

Un message revendique la fin de YGG, évoque des serveurs « vidés puis détruits » et promet des révélations techniques. Derrière l’onde de choc, une bataille de contrôle, d’argent et de traces numériques. Un texte virulent attribué à un groupe non identifié annonce l’effondrement de YGG après des « années de mensonges » et décrit […]

In recent years, YggTorrent was France’s largest and most active torrent community, serving millions of users.
The torrent site was not a typical torrent indexer. The community is powered by a dedicated tracker, something that’s quite rare these days.
This thriving community was severely tested last December when its operators introduced a paid ‘Turbo Mode’. This triggered a revolt, with users and uploaders actively looking for alternative French torrent trackers. Just as the storm appeared to have calmed, YggTorrent’s operation was shaken up by a final blow this week, after unknown people breached the site, stole data and funds, and exposed the entire operation.
YggTorrent Shuts Down Following...

Des chercheurs en sécurité ont découvert deux failles dans Comet, le navigateur IA de Perplexity. Une simple invitation de calendrier piégée suffisait pour accéder aux fichiers locaux de la machine et prendre le contrôle d'un coffre-fort 1Password, le tout sans aucun clic de l'utilisateur.
Une invitation de calendrier, et c'est tout
L'attaque est d'une simplicité qui fait froid dans le dos. Les chercheurs de Zenity Labs, qui ont baptisé la faille « PleaseFix », ont montré qu'il suffisait d'envoyer une invitation de calendrier contenant des instructions malveillantes cachées. Quand l'utilisateur interagit avec cette invitation dans Comet, l'IA du navigateur exécute en toute décontraction les...

You may or may not be reading this on a smartphone, but odds are that even if you aren’t, you own one. Well, possess one, anyway — it’s debatable if the locked-down, one-way relationships we have with our addiction slabs counts as ownership. [LuckyBor], aka [Breezy], on the other hand — fully owns his 4G smartphone, because he made it himself.
OK, sure, it’s only rocking a 4G modem, not 5G. But with an ESP32-S3 for a brain, that’s probably going to provide plenty of bandwidth. It does what you expect from a phone: thanks to its A7682E simcom modem, it can call and text. The OV2640 Arducam module allows it to take pictures, and yes, it surfs the web. It even has features certain flagship phones...

En 2016, j’avais testé un disque dur externe assez étonnant pour Canard PC Hardware (n°29, pas en ligne) : l’Innov8 de Seagate. Ce modèle de 8 To, vendu à l’époque 400 € (une capacité qui reste onéreuse en 2026), est unique à ma connaissance : il est auto-alimenté en USB-C. Même en 2026, tous les modèles basés sur des disques durs 3,5 pouces sont alimentés en externe, et seuls les modèles 2,5 pouces (qui font au mieux 6 To) sont auto-alimentés (et souvent en USB-A, mais c’est un autre problème). J’ai réussi à en trouver un récemment, pour une sorte de (re)test. Physiquement, c’est un gros boîtier : 20,8 x 12,3 x 3,6 cm pour 1,49 kg. Il est plus large et plus long qu’un...