Ukraine has embarked on a programme to deploy armed robots on the battlefield against Russian forces.

Le président ukrainien s’est filmé sur une place de la localité de Droujkivka, à une quinzaine de kilomètres du front.

Idrissa Ouédraogo’s first feature, now streaming, is a tense drama of romance amid politics and a striking advance in cinematic form.

Platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket are facing bipartisan backlash as lawmakers warn that prediction markets are monetizing state secrets

Oil’s surge is now a gas-price problem, an airline problem, a bond-market problem, and after Friday’s jobs miss, a Fed headache for markets

Deveillance’s Spectre I, developed by a recent Harvard grad, wants to give people control over the always-on wearables surrounding their lives. The problem? Physics.

A blog post from Valve on Friday initially seemed to throw cold water on the idea that the Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller would arrive in 2026 at all. But Valve tells The Verge it did not mean to suggest that - and that all three pieces of hardware will indeed ship this year, despite challenges from the ongoing memory shortage. Earlier today, Valve wrote that "we hope to ship in 2026," which sounded like a downgrade from Valve's earlier promises. As recently as last month, the company explicitly said it had not changed its plans to ship all three new hardware products "in the first half of the year," even though that its …
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Marley Spoon has stripped Martha Stewart from its website and seems to be cooking a little differently. Here’s a review.

Daniel Chong was ready to cut the scene, until Pixar legends Pete Docter and Andrew Stanton stepped in.

L’agence américaine avait été la première à abaisser en septembre la note accordée à la dette française, en raison de l’incertitude politique. Ce vendredi 6 mars, elle a choisi de ne pas la modifier.

La télévision d’Etat iranienne a fait état d’une explosion dans la partie ouest de la capitale. Au Liban, alors qu’Israël poursuit ses bombardements dans le sud du pays, des casques bleus ghanéens ont été grièvement blessés dans une attaque de missile contre une position de la Force intérimaire des Nations unies au Liban (Finul).

AI’s projected water demand will create major problems not just for the average American, but for the industry itself.

Tesla is already looking to take advantage of lower Canadian tariffs on Chinese EVs.

Star Peter Claffey has hopes the very tall pair might meet again if the show gets more seasons.

From cast-iron pans to mechanical watches, we’ve rounded up products that are made to last for decades.

Prediction markets are luring teenage gamblers, and that's a problem as depression, addiction, and financial loss loom

So was it AI or not?

Clocks come in many styles and sizes, with perhaps the most visually pleasing ones involving marbles. Watching these little spheres obey gravity and form clearly readable numbers on a clock has strong mesmerizing qualities. If you’re not into really big marble clocks, or cannot quite find the space for a desk-sized clock, then the tiny marble clock by [Jens] may be an option.
While he totally loved the massive marble clock that [Ivan Miranda] built, it is a massive contraption that’s hard to justify as a permanent installation. His take on the concept thus makes it as small as possible, by using a pick-and-place style arm to place the marbles instead. Although the marbles don’t do a lot of rolling this...

Grammarly's "expert review" feature offers to give users writing advice "inspired by" subject matter experts, including recently deceased professors, as Wired reported on Wednesday. When I tried the feature out myself, I found some experts that came as a surprise for a different reason - one of them was my boss. The AI-generated feedback included comments that appeared to be from The Verge's editor-in-chief, Nilay Patel, as well as editor-at-large David Pierce and senior editors Sean Hollister and Tom Warren, none of whom gave Grammarly permission to include them in the "expert reviews." The feature, which launched in August, claims to h …
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Don’t buy one unless you can see the “EX” label on the card and package. | Image: Cameron Faulkner / The Verge Unlike the original Switch, the Nintendo Switch 2 requires microSD Express cards for storing and playing games. While physically identical to microSD cards (aside from a small, easy-to-miss “EX” emblem etched onto the front of the card, as highlighted in the main image above), microSD Express cards are significantly faster. They advertise a 4.4x increase in transfer speeds over regular microSD cards. That speed boost is necessary for loading Switch 2 games that have more detailed textures and larger worlds than those that are possible on the original Switch. You may not need to buy one...

The former Secretary of D.H.S. faced criticism for misspending funds, prioritizing her own self-promotion, and reflexively defending even the most brutal acts of the Trump Administration’s deportation efforts.

The US Customs and Border Protection says it currently can't comply with an order to process billions of dollars in refunds stemming from tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. In a filing on Friday, CBP executive director Brandon Lord says the agency's digital import processing system is "not well suited to a task of this scale," as reported earlier by CNBC. The CBP's admission comes after the Supreme Court struck down the tariffs imposed by Trump under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) last month. This week, the International Trade Court ruled that importers impacted by the tariffs are entitled to refunds with i …
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Here’s a guide to all the models—plus Pixel case recommendations and smart software tricks to try.

“The doctor kept hearing the same story from his patients. After taking GLP-1 weight-loss drugs and finally shedding those excess pounds, some had gone a bit rogue. They began spacing out the shots instead of injecting themselves every week. And it seemed to be working, said Dr. Mitch Biermann, an obesity and internal medicine specialist at Scripps Clinic in San Diego. ‘By the time the third person told me they were taking it every second or third week and still maintaining their weight, I started recommending it to other patients,’ he said. Dr. Biermann also conceived a study to test the strategy. Now the results of that research are in: After 36 weeks of follow-up, most of the patients who spaced out...

Iran’s internet shutdown has reduced connectivity by 99 percent, with air strikes likely causing additional outages, and few workarounds remaining.

“Weight loss drugs could help people avoid getting addicted to alcohol, tobacco and drugs such as cannabis and cocaine, a study has found. They could also reduce the risk of people already addicted to illicit substances having an overdose, ending up in hospital or dying, according to research published in the British Medical Journal. Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists used to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity, such as Mounjaro and Ozempic, are thought to work by influencing the brain’s reward pathways in order to cut cravings. They help people feel fuller by mimicking the natural substance released after eating. The US study analysed 606,434 US veterans with type 2 diabetes, who were monitored for...

“A new study across 38 countries found that among adults aged 20-45 who work from home at least one day per week, actual births since 2023 and planned family size are higher. This implies that an increase in remote work would boost fertility much more effectively than expensive pronatalist policies.” From Project Syndicate.
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“The DNA foundation model Evo 2 has been published in the journal Nature. Trained on the DNA of over 100,000 species across the entire tree of life, Evo 2 can identify patterns in gene sequences across disparate organisms that experimental researchers would need years to uncover. The machine learning model can accurately identify disease-causing mutations in human genes and is capable of designing new genomes that are as long as the genomes of simple bacteria.” From Phys.org.
The post AI Can Now Design the Genetic Code for All Domains of Life appeared first on Human Progress.

“Planned capital investment in South Africa surged last year as private commitments tripled, while government projects excluding state companies declined, according to a report by Nedbank Group Ltd. The value of newly announced plans climbed 16% to 705.6 billion rand ($44 billion), the lender said in its Capital Expenditure Project Listing report released Monday. Private firms committed to investing 382.5 billion rand, up from 116.2 billion rand in 2024. Major initiatives included Vodacom Group Ltd.’s 85.2 billion-rand expansion and modernization of digital infrastructure through network upgrades and an accelerated 5G rollout, and NT55 Investments’ planned 50 billion-rand inland port in the central...

Agés de 22 et 26 ans, les deux hommes, suspectés d’avoir participé à la rixe après laquelle est mort le militant d’extrême droite, ont été placés en détention provisoire.

Nintendo of America is suing the US government over President Trump's tariffs and is demanding a "prompt refund, with interest" of any duties that it has paid, according to a complaint filed in the US Court of International Trade, as reported previously by Aftermath. The Supreme Court ruled last month that Trump's use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to levy "reciprocal" tariffs was illegal, without specifying how any refunds might work. Nintendo announced launch details for the Switch 2, including a planned preorder date of April 9th, on the same day Trump announced plans to implement broad tariffs on imports f …
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As the conflict rapidly spreads throughout the Middle East, the New Yorker writers Dexter Filkins and Robin Wright discuss the stakes for Iran, the U.S., and the rest of the world.

The director talks with the New Yorker staff writer Jelani Cobb about his movie, which has been nominated for a record-setting sixteen Academy Awards.

Kyiv has reacted furiously after officials in Budapest accused staff transporting cash to Ukraine of money laundering.

Le 9e congrès du Parti des travailleurs de Corée (PTC) qui s’est tenu à Pyongyang du 19 au 26 février - le troisième depuis l’arrivée au pouvoir de Kim Jong Un en décembre 2011 - a mis en scène de façon grandiose, digne des grandes heures de l’Union soviétique, la toute-puissance du grand leader, doté de la bombe nucléaire, plus que jamais en confiance depuis son alliance stratégique avec la Russie en 2024 et sa proximité avec la Chine.

Out of all of Batman’s massive array of tools which turn a relatively ordinary person into a superhero, perhaps his most utilitarian is his grappling gun — allowing him the ability to soar around his city like Spiderman or Superman. [John Boss] isn’t typically fighting crime, but he did develop his own grappling gun of sorts which gives him another superpower: the ability to easily scale snowy hills to quickly get back to the top.
The grappling gun takes inspiration from a commonly used tool called a power ascender, which is often used in industry applications where climbing is required. This one is held in the hand and uses a brushless motor with a belt-driven 3:1 reduction for increased torque. The...

La guerre livrée depuis le 28 février par les Etats-Unis et Israël contre l’Iran laisse, une fois de plus, la Chine en simple spectateur et représente pour elle un revers économique et géopolitique potentiel. Mais elle pourrait par contraste en retirer un gain conséquent en Asie si les Etats-Unis devaient se retrouver enlisés pour une longue période sur un théâtre iranien très risqué.

Sous prétexte de restaurer des forêts brûlées, Moscou a autorisé les coupes à blanc autour du plus grand réservoir d’eau douce du monde. Une décision dénoncée par les scientifiques et certains acteurs politiques, qui y voient surtout une victoire des intérêts privés sur la protection d’un site classé par l’Unesco.

The economy shed 92,000 jobs in February, while white-collar woes worsened and long-term unemployment rose

Oracle's layoffs show that the people losing jobs aren't losing them because AI can do their work. They're losing them to money spent on chips and data centers

An early print of the linoleum block that Kristina started carving during the podcast. (It’s the original Cherry MX patent drawing, re-imagined for block printing.)
This week, Hackaday’s Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos met up over assorted beverages to bring you the latest news, mystery sound results show, and of course, a big bunch of hacks from the previous seven days or so.
In the news, we’ve launched a brand-new contest! Yes, the Green-Powered Challenge is underway, and we need your entry to truly make it a contest. You have until April 24th to enter, so show us what you can do with power you scrounge up from the environment around you!
On What’s That Sound, Kristina was leaning toward some kind...

Un journaliste britannique tombe de haut quand sa rencontre avec un plombier du Languedoc le pousse à s’interroger sur le cliché du Français hédoniste et réfractaire à l’effort. Ses a priori tombent comme des dominos, et l’esprit contestataire de l’Hexagone devient bon sens.

Suspected Islamist militants reportedly seized control of a village for two days before being forced out by troops and air strikes.

La guerre est entrée, vendredi, dans son septième jour. Israël a annoncé une “nouvelle phase” qui visera “l’infrastructure du régime” de Téhéran. Parallèlement, l’État hébreu a intensifié ses frappes au Liban où l’on redoute, entre autres, une crise humanitaire. Donald Trump a, quant à lui, appelé à la “reddition inconditionnelle” du pouvoir iranien.

Les derniers documents dévoilés par le ministère de la Justice américain montrent que le financier a payé les frais de scolarité de plusieurs jeunes femmes étudiant au sein de la Confédération suisse. Originaires d’Europe de l’Est pour la plupart, ces dernières devaient en échange envoyer des photos d’elles au pédocriminel, qui leur demandait aussi de lui présenter d’autres femmes. Une enquête du journal genevois “Le Temps”.

Les amphithéâtres des universités russes se transforment peu à peu en nouveau terrain de recrutement pour l’armée. Selon plusieurs médias indépendants, de vastes campagnes visent désormais les étudiants en leur faisant miroiter des contrats avantageux d’un an, qui pourrait en réalité les engager pour une durée indéterminée. Certains sont mêmes menacés d’exclusion s’ils ne s’enrôlent pas.

The SGI O2 was SGI’s last-ditch attempt at a low-end MIPS-based workstation back in 1996, and correspondingly didn’t use the hottest parts of the time, nor did it offer much of an upgrade path. None of which is a concern to hobbyists who are more than happy to work around any hardware- and software limitations to e.g. install much faster CPUs. While quite a few CPU upgrades were possible with just some BGA chip reworking skills, installing the 900 MHz RM7900 would require some PROM hacking, which [mattst88] recently took a shake at.
The initial work on upgrading SGI O2 systems was done in the early 2000s, with [Joe Page] and [Ian Mapleson] running into the issue that these higher frequency MIPS CPUs...

VIDEO Dans le détroit d’Ormuz, récits en images de marins bloqués et en danger

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

Google vient de publier son rapport annuel sur les failles zero-day. En 2025, son équipe de renseignement a comptabilisé 90 vulnérabilités exploitées avant d'être corrigées. Près de la moitié visaient des équipements d'entreprise, un record, et les vendeurs de spyware passent en tête du classement pour la première fois.
90 failles, 43 contre les entreprises
Le Google Threat Intelligence Group a suivi 90 failles zero-day exploitées dans la nature en 2025, contre 78 en 2024 et 100 en 2023. Le chiffre global reste dans la même fourchette, mais la répartition a changé. 43 de ces failles ciblaient du matériel ou des logiciels d'entreprise, soit 48 % du total. C'est du jamais vu.
L'année...

Rudy Reichstadt et Tristan Mendès France décryptent et analysent, dans ce nouveau numéro de Complorama comment l'offensive militaire américano-israélienne contre l'Iran alimente les théories du complot à l'échelle mondiale. C'est le 105ème numéro de Complorama.

Praha • Česko • January 2022 📷 #flashes

Des sacs à dos capables d’envoyer des SMS frauduleux via de fausses antennes 4G-5G ont été repérés par ZATAZ.

Editor’s Note: Over the course of nearly 300 posts, Jonathan Bennett set a very high bar for this column, so we knew it needed to be placed in the hands of somebody who could do it justice. That’s why we’re pleased to announce that Mike Kershaw AKA [Dragorn] will be taking over This Week In Security! Mike is a security researcher with decades of experience, a frequent contributor to 2600, and perhaps best known as the creator of the Kismet wireless scanner.
He’ll be bringing the column to you regularly going forward, but given the extended period since we last checked in with the world of (in)security, we thought it would be appropriate to kick things off with a review of some of the stories you may...

Les opérateurs télécoms et la police courent après des campagnes de SMS massifs. Pendant ce temps, des vendeurs réapparaissent sous de nouveaux domaines, proposant des « fausses stations de base » prêtes à l’emploi. Des sites web en mandarin (Chinois) vendent ouvertement des « fausses stations de base » (IMSI Catcher) capables, selon leur propre […]

Des chercheurs ont utilisé un accélérateur de particules du Karlsruhe Institute of Technology pour scanner 2 200 fourmis de 800 espèces différentes en quelques jours. Le résultat : des modèles 3D d'une précision au micromètre, qui révèlent muscles, systèmes nerveux et dards. Le tout est accessible gratuitement en ligne sur le portail
antscan.info
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Un synchrotron pour radiographier des fourmis
Le projet AntScan est né d'une collaboration entre Evan Economo, entomologiste à l'université du Maryland, et Thomas van de Kamp, physicien au Karlsruhe Institute of Technology en Allemagne. L'idée : utiliser le synchrotron du KIT, un accélérateur de particules qui...

Cyberattaque chez un producteur de volailles, livraisons stoppées, la filière volaille expose sa dépendance numérique.

Casino Cheyenne et Arapaho à l’arrêt après rançongiciel, enquête fédérale et refus de payer une rançon.

Le gaspillage du cloud, c'est un peu le secret de polichinelle du devops. Tout le monde sait qu'il y a des volumes EBS détachés qui traînent, des snapshots vieux de 6 mois, des Elastic IP à 3,65 $/mois qui servent à rien... mais bon, on nettoie pas. Parce qu'on a trop les miquettes de casser un truc en prod. Mais entre le volume de 500 Go "temporaire" créé en 2024 et le NAT Gateway qui facture 32 $/mois dans le vide, ça chiffre assez vite. CleanCloud
va vous permettre de remédier à ça. Il s'agit d'un petit CLI Python compatible Linux, macOS et Windows (dispo via pip ou pipx) qui va scanner vos comptes AWS et Azure pour débusquer toutes ces ressources orphelines. Le truc, c'est qu'il tourne...

MuddyWater, un groupe de hackers rattaché aux services de renseignement iraniens, s'est infiltré dans les réseaux d'une banque, d'un aéroport et d'un éditeur de logiciels américains avec deux nouvelles portes dérobées. L'opération, repérée par Symantec, s'est intensifiée après les frappes américaines et israéliennes sur l'Iran fin février.
Deux portes dérobées inédites
C'est l'équipe Threat Hunter de Symantec qui a levé le lièvre. Depuis début février 2026, le groupe MuddyWater (aussi connu sous le nom de Seedworm) a déployé deux malwares jusqu'ici inconnus. Le premier, Dindoor, utilise Deno, un environnement d'exécution JavaScript, et a été signé avec un certificat émis au nom...