The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is mostly known for its global dominance over petroleum production and oil reserves - not necessarily cars and auto manufacturing, and certainly not electric vehicle production. So it was a little surprising on Monday when a Saudi startup called Ceer unveiled a pair of hyper-angular, spaceship-like EVs, with plans to launch an additional five models by 2030.
The Exobot (yes, that's the real name) sedan and SUV are expected to go on sale in Saudi Arabia starting in 2027. The ultra-futuristic designs scream Tron, Blade Runner, and every other sci-fi movie you've seen - and then some. The gullwing doors are ripped s …
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Wingspan's birdwatching engine-builder, Ark Nova's zoo-building depth — the best board games for adults that keep getting pulled off the shelf for a second play

You couldn’t accuse Motorola of designing a boring phone. | Image: Motorola Motorola is the first company to announce a phone running Qualcomm's top-end Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chip. The Signature 27 looks set to be Motorola's most advanced flagship in some years, though we're still waiting for the full specs, price, and release date.
Any prospective buyers will first have to get over the design, which seems guaranteed to earn mixed reception. The aluminum phone has a thin body, available in either black (sorry, "Pantone coal smoke") or green ("Pantone capulet olive"), with a woven tactical texture on one and a "feather-inspired" finish on the other. Either way, it slopes upwards into what Motorola...

The 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and 8 Elite Gen 6 share most of their specs in common. | Image: Qualcomm Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, this year joined by the 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 too. The company describes both new phone chips as flagships, and the spec differences are relatively minor, mostly limited to improved AI processing, video capture, and gaming performance on the Extreme model.
Both Gen 6 chips are built on a 2nm process, and share much in common, including their modems, display specs, security features, GPS, and memory and storage support. Qualcomm no longer publishes detailed breakdowns of the cores across its silicon, but the CPU details given are identical, with two big cores at...

A planetary "health check" shows that many of Earth's critical systems have entered dangerous territory.

Apple's new texture and grain controls for stylizing photos will be more limited on older phones than initially expected. A confusingly worded press release from Apple indicated that the new features, announced alongside the iPhone 18 and 18 Pro earlier this month, would be "available" on older devices like the iPhone 16 and iPhone Air that "support the latest generation of Photographic Styles." But it turns out that "available" didn't mean that older iPhone models would have full access to those new features.
Making texture adjustments to enhance or smooth a subject's skin and adding film grain will only be an option when those phones …
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Three churches and three luxury hotels were targeted in the 2019 attacks which killed 270.

Why choose between an iPhone Duo and another iPhone when you can use one phone number on both and seamlessly switch between the two?

An early look at the first set of Googlebooks The Android-powered Googlebooks are coming soon, with familiar brands and specs that rival Windows Copilot machines. For anyone eager to get their hands on any the new laptops, there’s a preorder perk you may want to know about lasting until October 25th, 2026. When you add a Googlebook to your cart at Best Buy, a pair of Pixel Buds 2A in hazel will be added for free. You can preorder now, with some systems shipping as early as October 5th, 2026. If you’re curious about the new machines, my colleague Antonio G. Di Benedetto got to spend some time with the laptops and shared his thoughts. There are a number of qualifying Googlebooks available at the retailer,...

The company says Claude Opus 5.5 scores well on alignment measures, but that “public policy” will eventually need to step in to protect the world from recursively self-improving AI.

Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman both have close ties to President Putin, and Kyiv said the move sent Moscow the wrong signals.

Signé mardi 22 septembre, l’accord entre les États-Unis, le Danemark et le Groenland a été rendu public. Il ne comporte que des avancées relativement mineures par rapport au traité de 1951, souligne la presse anglo-saxonne.

Alexander Skarsgård's basket man caused a sensation when the trailer for the October release arrived over the summer.

Le président français a également appelé à un « double moratoire » sur les frappes contre les sites énergétiques en Russie et Ukraine.

An olive branch before the Trump-Xi meeting?

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The defence deal signed at the UN General Assembly also re-affirms Denmark's sovereignty over its semi-autonomous Arctic territory.

One of the most fun challenges in paleontology is determining characteristics of long-dead species like their behavior and body temperature based on nothing but some fossils and traces that are usually millions of years old. Something that has long vexed the paleontological community for example has been the question whether non-avian dinosaurs like the well-known Tyrannosaurus rex was cold- or warm-blooded, and if the latter, what temperature this was. Cue a recent study by [Randon J. Flores] et al. in Science Advances in which they seek to answer this question.
Although modern-day dinosaurs in the form of birds are all warm-blooded – meaning capable of regulating their body temperature – species like...

After CNN, MS NOW, and Politico were barred from the White House, the entire TV press pool announced a boycott of the President.

Apple may pay out up to $95 for each eligible iPhone purchased by someone who felt misled about Siri’s release. You have until December 21 to submit a claim.

The new model matches Anthropic's Fable 5.1 on most tasks while cutting token prices by 20% and running more than 30% faster

Le président des États-Unis a surpris en affirmant que l’immense arc de triomphe qu’il veut ériger à Washington ferait office de poste d’observation militaire. Un projet qui soulève des questions en matière de sécurité.

Face à la nouvelle flambée de l’essence et du gazole, l’Etat va verser un nouveau chèque de 100 euros aux conducteurs qui utilisent leur voiture à titre professionnel. Quelque 5,5 millions de Français pourront en profiter. Objectif : tuer dans l’œuf un éventuel mouvement de protestation.

The 1,156 transactions in July totaled between roughly $79 million and $270 million, according to a CNBC analysis

Dans certains territoires, le niveau de sécheresse atteint des seuils jamais observés, toutes saisons confondues.

Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue and AI researcher Yoshua Bengio will also address the 15-member council during the UN General Assembly

“The black robin, once the world’s rarest bird before an extraordinary conservation project brought it back from brink of extinction, has been crowned New Zealand’s bird of the year, after record voter turnout… Habitat loss and introduced pests devastated its population, and by the 1970s there were five birds left. Just one breeding pair remained: Old Blue, the matriarch, and Old Yellow. A breeding programme that pioneered using other species to foster parent the robins’ eggs proved a success, and its numbers have steadily climbed to 350 adult birds.” From The Guardian.
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“India, a country of nearly 1.5 billion people, has long relied on coal to power its growing economy. But over the last two years, it has seen a remarkable shift: The rapid buildout of renewable energy has halted the growth of coal. Coal output is no higher than it was two years ago, even though power demand has continued to surge, according to an analysis from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air. After decades of growth, coal is finally hitting a wall in India. The result is that, since 2024, power sector emissions have stayed roughly flat.” From Yale Environment 360.
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“During the first 10 years of the SDG period (2015–2025), the global population of school-age children increased by over 100 million, from 1.85 billion to 1.96 billion. Over the same period, global coverage of basic drinking water in schools increased from 67% to 78%… Gglobal coverage of basic sanitation services increased from 67% to 77%… Global coverage of basic hygiene in schools has risen from 59% in 2015 to 72% in 2025.” From JMP.
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We met decades after “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek” took her from the slush pile to literary celebrity, in a flash.

“Since 2022, [Amazon has] invested more than $543 million in safety initiatives, programs, and technology for [Delivery Service Partner] owners and their teams. Combined with the strong safety leadership of DSP owners themselves, those investments are delivering real results: serious vehicle crashes dropped more than 23% across our network last year. We’re continuing that progress with new safety technology designed to give DSP’s Delivery Associates (DA) more visibility on the road. For example, we’re rolling out new surround-view cameras that identify vehicles, cyclists, and pedestrians from all directions and notify DAs. By the end of this year, the technology will be installed in 50% of Rivian...

Dans la nouvelle adaptation signée Georgia Oakley du “Raison et sentiments” de Jane Austen, George MacKay tient le premier rôle. Portrait d’un gentleman travailleur, adoubé par tout le milieu du cinéma.

Pirate streaming apps have been popular on Android-based devices and Amazon’s Fire TV stick, which in itself became a go-to tool for pirates. Responding to the pirate stigma and pressure from rightsholders, last year Amazon stepped in and disabled several popular pirate apps that were sideloaded onto users’ devices. Amazon’s targets included LiveNetTV, a popular TV streaming app that had been around for a decade. This ad-supported app offered access to hundreds of channels in dozens of countries and was one of the most popular of its kind. The block didn’t stop the app though. The developers released new versions that slipped by Amazon’s countermeasures and LiveNetTV was still working as usual at the...

Pour mesurer la baisse de la natalité, une équipe de chercheurs propose un indicateur plus parlant que l’habituel taux de fécondité. Plutôt que de calculer le nombre d’enfants moyen par femme, ils formulent une projection du taux de non-passage à la parentalité en fonction des conditions économiques et sociétales. Ce taux est de 25 % en Belgique actuellement, de 45 % en Corée du Sud.

Hacking on Raspberry Pi board internals is one of my favourite topics. I know a bunch of obscure things about these cute little boards. Three years ago, I covered a Raspberry Pi 4 RAM upgrade story. Getting a BGA RAM chip and swapping it in seemed like a no-brainer to me – apart from all the numerous uncertain parts about it, you know. It was a joy to see hackers pull it off, and for it to function as well as it did!
Things changed. You can’t really get RAM chips anymore. You also can’t get RAM sticks. You can’t get even SSDs with RAM chips on them. Even getting Raspberry Pi boards can be hard unless you know where to look. This is where a recent three-minute video by [Jeff Geerling] finds us.
Turns...

Apôtre du multilatéralisme et du désarmement, Léon XIV tiendra au centre Robert-Schuman un discours sur l’Europe en présence d’Emmanuel Macron et de divers chefs d’Etat, dont la liste n’est pas encore connue.

Bombardé une dizaine de fois depuis 2022, ce quartier commerçant et ouvrier du centre de la capitale ukrainienne est devenu le symbole de l’intensification des frappes russes qui, depuis cet été, ont lieu aussi en pleine journée.

Après avoir évoqué avec fierté les quatre générations de médecins de sa famille, l’actrice sud-coréenne Ahn Ha-young s’est retrouvée au cœur d’une controverse en raison des activités projaponaises de son arrière-grand-père. Excuses, retrait de publicités, départ d’une série… La sévérité des réactions suscite des commentaires dans les médias sud-coréens, mais aussi au Japon.

Two years after trying to sidestep mobile apps with dedicated AI hardware, Rabbit is launching OS3, a cross-platform agent that lives on the screens you already use.

Stéphanie Yon-Courtin défend un meilleur contrôle de l'âge des utilisateurs, l'encadrement des mécanismes addictifs et des systèmes de recommandation, ainsi qu'une approche harmonisée à l'échelle européenne - Crédits : Parlement européen Élue au Parlement européen en 2019 et réélue en 2024, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Renaissance, Renew Europe) est avocate au Barreau de Paris de formation, spécialiste du droit de la concurrence et conseillère régionale de Normandie. Coordinatrice de la commission des Affaires économiques et monétaires (ECON), vice-présidente de la commission de la pêche et suppléante au sein de la commission du marché intérieur et de la protection des consommateurs...

ZATAZ repère des arnaques à la facture électronique, entre faux portail, logo officiel et pièges liés à la réforme.

Le candidat Reconquête ! à l’élection présidentielle de 2027 veut expulser les étrangers en situation régulière qui « vivent des aides sociales ». Mais le texte juridique qu’il prend pour modèle combattait tout autre chose : les attaques contre la crédibilité financière de la France.

Large format cameras can produce amazing shots, but are a bit too bulky to be practical. Medium format is a different story, as [Wenting] demonstrates with his Sitina B220M — an open-source digital back for the Mamiya Super 23 camera using a full-frame Kodak CCD.
“Digital back” just means he’s replacing the rear of an existing film camera in order to put a sensor where said film used to live. The sensor is a 22 Megapixel Kodak KAF-22000CE, which measures in at a very respectable 38.8 mm by 50 mm. That’s only a touch smaller than the rolls of 120 the camera was designed for, whose large dimension was 56 mm. How much was exposed at a time was determined by the back you put on the camera, but would...

L’UNCyber recrute à Pontoise un expert en investigations numériques, forensique et sciences de la donnée.

Faux conseiller Google, badge payant et site cloné : une tentative de phishing cible les entreprises.

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Conséquence des tensions internationales et notamment des perturbations du trafic dans le détroit d'Ormuz, la hausse des prix à la pompe s'est nettement accélérée en Europe. En août 2026, les prix des carburants étaient 23,8 % plus élevés qu'un an auparavant dans les pays de l'Union européenne, selon Eurostat. En juin, leur progression annuelle n'était encore que de 13,7 %, puis de 16,9 % en juillet. 26 des 27 États membres ont enregistré une hausse entre août 2025 et août 2026. Dans 18 d'entre eux, celle-ci dépasse 20 %. De +34,5 % en Bulgarie à des prix stables à Malte C'est en Bulgarie que l'augmentation est la plus importante au sein de l'UE : +34,5 % sur un an. Viennent ensuite la...

No cameras? No problem. Viture’s first display-free smart glasses have bone-conduction microphones to privately record your daily musings.

Je ne sais pas si vous connaissez curl.md, mais c'est un service qui prend l'adresse d'une page web et vous l'affiche en Markdown. Y'a pas de menus, pas de bandeaux de cookies, et ce genre de conneries... C'est juste le texte de votre article, les titres, les liens et les tableaux.
Et le plus sympa, c'est que vous n'avez rien à installer pour l'essayer. Vous collez curl.md/ devant l'adresse qui vous intéresse, dans la barre de votre navigateur, et vous obtenez la page en texte markdonw. Avec curl dans un terminal, c'est pareil, la réponse arrivera en text/markdown, et si vous préférez du JSON, vous envoyez l'en-tête Accept: application/json. Un article de korben.info passé par curl.md : le texte, les...

The Biological Computing Company is bringing its AI tools to Amazon Web Services in a major boost for a once-fringe field that aims to marry nature with code.

The Android version of Premiere has unique layouts on candy bar phones and foldable devices. It’s free to use and available today.

L'âge légal de départ à la retraite est l'âge minimum à partir duquel un assuré peut faire valoir ses droits à la retraite, sans nécessairement bénéficier d'une pension à taux plein. Il ne faut pas confondre l'âge légal et l'âge effectif de départ à la retraite. L'âge effectif ou l'âge moyen de départ à la retraite correspond à l'âge auquel les individus prennent réellement leur retraite. À LIRE AUSSI[Cartes] Retraites : le montant des pensions en Europe Des différences parfois importantes entre l’âge légal et l'âge effectif Selon le rapport de l'OCDE "Pensions at a glance" de 2025, c'était en Slovénie que l'âge effectif de départ à la retraite était le plus bas, avec une...

Scientists say the developing El Niño is now the strongest on record with weather impacts already being felt around the world.

L'évolution démographique du Vieux Continent a déjà des effets sur nos modèles économiques et sociaux - Crédits : MicroStockHub / iStock Si l'Europe doit son surnom de Vieux Continent par opposition au Nouveau Monde (L'Amérique), cette appellation pourrait également refléter un phénomène observé depuis plusieurs années : le vieillissement de la population européenne. Deux facteurs principaux viennent expliquer ce constat : un allongement de l'espérance de vie, et une natalité en baisse. Et la situation pourrait même s'aggraver. Actuellement, l'immigration vient en partie compenser le déclin de la population. Alors qu'au début du XIXe siècle, certains penseurs européens, comme le...

Emmanuel Macron et Donald Trump (ici, lors du G7 à Évian en juin dernier) se sont entretenus à New York - Crédits : Daniel Torok / Flickr White House Lundi 21 septembre, Emmanuel Macron et son homologue américain, Donald Trump, se sont rencontrés à New York, en marge de l'Assemblée générale des Nations unies, une discussion d'environ une demi-heure qualifiée de "très constructive" par le président français [France info] qui "a proposé plusieurs initiatives à Donald Trump pour lutter contre l'envolée des prix du pétrole". Emmanuel Macron avait promis de "débattre en toute franchise", soulignent Les Échos, alors que plus tôt dans la journée, le locataire de la Maison-Blanche avait exprimé...

In a recent video [Jeff Geerling] addresses an issue discovered with the Raspberry Pi firmware, specifically how since around 2024 the firmware locks down what RAM size and even module is supported. This isn’t an issue that is widely known, probably because most people just use the board as-is, but it can be an unpleasant surprise for those looking to upgrade or repair their Pi.
Naturally there is a valid reason for wanting to prevent unscrupulous RAM module changes, with a [Geekworm] blog post from earlier this year detailing this exact issue and how each board is marked with a specific code that identifies the model, RAM size, RAM manufacturer and such. Based on the earlier linked forum post and also a...

Footage appears to show a male in the area carrying a firearm, while officials say the attacker has been captured.

A.I. tells fifty per cent of people that knee-high socks are in and the other fifty per cent that no-show socks are in, and everyone dies in the Sock Wars.

A sense of shame binds us together—and can hold the powerful in check.

Mighty DOOM, le petit shoot roguelite que Bethesda avait sorti sur mobile en mars 2023, tourne de nouveau !! Alors bien sûr pas sur les serveurs officiels, qui sont éteints depuis deux ans, mais sur un serveur monté et hébergé par des fans, qui ont refait tout le boulot à la main. Mais avant, pour ceux qui ont raté un épisode, en fait, le jeu est mort parce que Microsoft a fermé Alpha Dog Games, le studio qui le développait, en mai 2024, c'est-à-dire en même temps qu'Arkane Austin et Tango Gameworks (le studio de Redfall et celui de Hi-Fi Rush... tout ça le même jour, l'hécatombe). Et ce qui devait arriver arriva, puisque trois mois plus tard, le 7 août 2024, les serveurs de Mighty DOOM se sont...