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Employees of OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as Google, Meta, Thinking Machines, Microsoft, Mistral, and other leading AI labs, have written a statement to the US government supporting a potential slowdown of sorts for frontier AI development - or at least a speed-up of global coordinated governance efforts.
"Al could help create a dramatically better future, but that outcome is not guaranteed," the employees wrote in a statement. "The world's leading Al companies believe they could be close to automating Al research. It is hard to predict exactly how much this will accelerate Al progress, but there is a real risk that capability development …
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The otherwise invisible object revealed itself with a flash of light as it munched on its stellar dinner.

Dog breeds for apartment living range from low-energy giants to quiet lapdogs, and this guide breaks down 15 that fit small spaces well

A Georgia man was charged with a felony for allegedly wiping his phone while being questioned by Customs and Border Protection. Samuel Tunick had something in common with others who have had their devices searched at airports: He was an activist.
Unlike others who have had their phones seized with no explanation, Tunick was told that CBP needed to search his device to determine whether it contained child sexual abuse material, according to court filings. But Tunick's attorneys argue that the search "was a pretext for a fishing expedition" into his connections with the Stop Cop City protests in Atlanta, in which dozens of people were charged …
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Working hard, or bear-ly working? | Cath Virginia It's earnings season, and investors got an unpleasant surprise from Google: an increase on its spending estimate, to as much as $205 billion - from the last quarter's projection of up to $190 billion. Even the lower end of Google's new projected range - $195 billion - is much more than the company had previously forecast as its top end spending. Now, look, I recognize that there's an impulse to say things like "What's $15 billion between friends?" but from an investor's perspective, Google has essentially said that it can't accurately forecast its costs, which is a scary thing. Plus, Google is spending more money than it's making. And Google …
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Donald Trump's base has been increasingly spilt. Laura Loomer's sudden embrace of Ukraine has only widened that divide.

That's some very expensive rubble.

The Hybrid adds Bluetooth functionality to the wired H3, seen here. | Photo by Cameron Faulkner / The Verge While most gaming headsets have moved towards low-latency wireless connections, there’s something to be said for a budget-friendly, capable wired headset. The EPOS H3 Hybrid is on sale for just $24.99 at Woot, a whopping 75 percent off its original price of $99.99. It has an unorthodox batch of features: USB-A and 3.5mm options for connecting to a controller or a PC, and Bluetooth support for listening to music and taking calls. Notably, it can play audio from wired and wireless sources concurrently, and it can last up to 37 hours per charge.
EPOS H3 Hybrid Where to Buy: $99.99 $24.99 at Woot
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You don't need Linux to bask in the joys of the ultra-repairable Framework Laptop 13 Pro, but maybe now's your time to try it out.

In June, Nintendo announced a new version of the Switch 2 that should let you easily replace its battery pack - but only for Europe. Logitech will do much the same. User-replaceable batteries will be the law in Europe in February 2027, but instead of bringing them to the rest of the world, Logitech plans to ship one version of its wireless mice to Europe and a different version everywhere else.
That's the word from Logitech's new gaming boss, Robin Piispanen. We talked about it over iced vanilla lattes at my local cafe, right after discussing how Logitech isn't sure it wants to make another gaming handheld. Why? Logitech believes that les …
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The POTUS himself and his co-star, Jim Rash, talk about their new 'Rick and Morty' spin-off.

These 15 sandwiches to make from scratch reward the extra effort with homemade bread, cured meats, and sauces you can't buy at the store

Apple becomes only the second publicly traded company to reach the milestone, a day after surpassing Nvidia as the most valuable company

The megarocket's latest test flight went well, but SpaceX still needs to overcome a critical engineering hurdle.

Les responsables politiques s’accusent mutuellement de ne pas avoir agi pour débloquer des fonds pour combattre les feux de forêts. Les Décodeurs ont décortiqué trois grandes décisions prises depuis 2022 pour y voir plus clair.

Sulemana Abdul Samed, who was diagnosed with gigantism several years ago, has died at the age of 33.

Science facts that sound fake but are true, from cube-shaped wombat droppings to a pulsar spinning 716 times a second, all confirmed by research

Selon quatorze chercheurs, les modèles de langage peuvent constituer une chance pour endiguer la fragmentation de l'espace informationnel.

Alors que les incendies monstres qui ravagent le pays sont en passe d’être fixés, le premier ministre socialiste estime qu’il est urgent d’adopter les mesures de prévention élaborées en 2025 avec la société civile et les scientifiques.

Former chairs and senior staff from Republican and Democratic administrations filed with the FCC on Tuesday, calling the proceeding unconstitutional

If there’s one constant in the world of commercial home automation solutions, it is that of decreasing availability and higher costs as time goes on. So too with Samsung’s SmartThings, the API of which will cease free access in October of 2026.
While this does not affect people who use the SmartThings app, any system that relies on access to this API will soon face a $4.99 per month fee for non-commercial users, with various commercial tiers also in the pipeline. While the rest of the blog post has all the elegance of the output of a ‘please generate a list of plausible excuses’ query to ChatGPT, the most likely reason is that offering free services after the sale of an Internet of Things device will...

« Nous avons discuté (…) des licences de production d’intercepteurs pour les [missiles] Patriot et de quelques autres idées qui pourraient aider. Nous avons également parlé de diplomatie », a affirmé le président ukrainien, sans plus de précisions.

It is the highest number of elephant deaths to be recorded in this area of southern Kenya in decades.

“The use of small, controlled burns to clear out flammable underbrush has saved thousands of giant sequoias from devastating wildfires, new research finds. The new study used aerial and satellite imagery to examine more than 26,000 giant sequoias. It found the trees were roughly four times more likely to survive the Castle and KNP Complex fires if they had been treated with a prescribed burn in the previous decade. In total, prescribed burns saved an estimated 1,900 sequoias, according to the study, published in Nature Communications. Had burns been applied to every tree, the research found, another 3,900 sequoias would have been spared.” From Yale Environment 360.
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“SpaceX completed a successful test flight of its Starship rocket on Friday evening, setting the stage for more ambitious developments in the months to come. The flight was the 13th for Starship but just the second for what SpaceX calls its Version 3, which incorporates a number of changes to improve performance and reliability. Friday’s flight appeared to accomplish almost all of its objectives, including correcting problems that occurred during the previous flight in May, deploying Starlink internet satellites and ending its journey bobbing intact in the Indian Ocean.” From New York Times.
The post SpaceX’s Newest Starship Design Sticks the Landing appeared first on Human Progress.

Dans le nouvel opus, moins drôle que les volets précédents, le super-héros doit apprendre à vivre sans l’aide des siens et avec un corps vulnérable.

Firefighters are braced for a sharp rise in temperatures on Wednesday, which could complicate the containment of wildfires in Gironde.

Sophie Brocas a annoncé que les habitants du Haillan et des quartiers « extra-rocade » de Mérignac et d’Eysines pourront réintégrer leur domicile s’ils le souhaitent, à condition de respecter les consignes de sécurité et de se tenir prêts à une nouvelle évacuation.

Il y en a qui récupèrent des vieux canapés dans des bennes à ordures et puis il y a eWastelander qui passe son temps à récupérer du matériel électronique pour ses futures bidouilles . Sa dernière prise, c'est une Xbox 360 à 15 dollars, dénichée au fond du rayon des "défectueux" d'un magasin de jeux qui soldait tout à moitié prix. Elle démarre parfaitement mais son unique défaut, c'est un contrôle parental verrouillé par un code que plus personne ne connaît.
C'est un modèle E, le dernier de la gamme, sorti à peu près au moment de la Xbox One . Malheureusement, ce verrou lui interdit tout ce qui dépasse la classification E, soit l'équivalent américain du tout public. Par exemple, le...

La photo d’un couple de vacanciers sur fond de colonnes de fumée en Gironde a retenu l’attention de la presse internationale. Elle symbolise déjà à quel point l’humanité peine à faire face aux conséquences de la sécheresse extrême et du changement climatique, estiment les uns. Elle révèle aussi nos contradictions, soulignent les autres.

Click To Pray expose 700 000 comptes via une faille idiote, avec un risque élevé de phishing ciblé et d’usurpation.

En raison du grave incendie dans la région, la métropole girondine a transformé son parc des expositions en centre d’accueil pour les personnes évacuées. Plusieurs médias internationaux se sont rendus sur place auprès de ces personnes “qui n’ont nulle part ailleurs où aller”.

Après l’attaque ukrainienne sur un navire iranien samedi, qui a fait un mort, plusieurs journaux conservateurs plaident pour une réponse forte, tandis que les titres réformistes mettent en garde contre une escalade entre les deux pays.

Avec sa frappe contre un navire iranien sur la route maritime qui relie Téhéran à Moscou, Kiev étend la guerre en Ukraine jusqu’à un corridor vital pour l’Iran et la Russie. Perçue comme la première ciblant directement un navire battant pavillon iranien, cette attaque pourrait ouvrir un nouveau front, tout en permettant à Volodymyr Zelensky d’afficher auprès de Donald Trump qu’il est “de son côté”.

Uefa and Prime Minister Andy Burnham criticise proposals from Fifa to seek private investment in its competitions, including the World Cup.

La préfecture de Kumamoto dans le sud de l’archipel a été frappée mardi 28 juillet par un séisme de magnitude 7,1. Si le bilan humain n’a pas encore été communiqué, les autorités font état de blessés. Elles craignent notamment que des employés d’un centre commercial qui s’est effondré ne soient décédés. Des répliques sont à craindre dans la région dans les jours à venir.

The Attack Shark is a modern keyboard with fancy magnetic keyswitches, macros, configurable blinky LEDs, and more. The problem is that the configuration software only works on Windows, so [JR Lanteigne] set out to fix that. Along the way, he completely worked out the configuration protocol that this keyboard needs, and wrote the comfortable sharkfin web-app so that you can flash yours too.
Don’t have an Attack Shark? Well, you might have one of the 522 other boards that are made on the same ROYUAN hardware, but are re-branded under 100 different names. Want to find out if yours is supported? Look it up in the list here, or just plug it in and find out.
[RJ]’s path to reverse engineering the config protocol...

En voyage, découvrez ce que votre fournisseur ou pirate voient et comment protéger vos données sur un Wi-Fi public.

The film has won rave reviews from film critics but a translator of Homer's work was less than impressed.

Veo is launching accessibility-focused electric tricycles in Denver, with plans to put its e-trikes on the streets nationwide.

There are many ways to soft-brick a device to the point where it cannot easily be used again, and “Cloud locks” or parental locks are probably at the top of the list here. [eWastelander] recently got an XBox 360 console for a mere $15 that had been tossed out without removing said parental lock. This led him down the fun path of exploring just how deep this lock goes that’s supposed to keep little Timmy from doing naughty things on the family gaming console.
The short version is that, unless you want to go medieval on the hardware and perform a NAND Flash-level reset, your best bet is probably to brute-force the pass code. You do not even have to mash in the thousands of codes yourself, but can use a...

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

Les deux départements du Sud-Ouest sont frappés, depuis le 22 juillet, par des feux de forêt ravageurs. Suivez avec notre carte l’évolution des feux actifs, des surfaces brûlées et des communes évacuées.

France has been at the forefront of the fight against online piracy for years.
More recently, it has been one of the pirate site blocking pioneers. In addition to demanding action from ISPs, their orders also targeted DNS resolvers and VPN providers. While the expansion of the blocking measures is still contested, French lawmakers have already prepared the next one. The French Parliament has handed ARCOM, the country’s audiovisual and digital regulator, the power to block pirate sports streams in real time without checking each targeted piracy source manually. The change is part of a broader professional sports law that both chambers formally adopted on July 21.
Article 10 of the new law rewrites the section...

Réseaux sociaux interdits aux moins de 15 ans : calendrier, contrôle d’âge, risques cyber et leçons australiennes.

Your mom never gets you a thoughtless gift, so you shouldn’t get her one, either. Here’s every cool gift WIRED writers would give their mothers.

La startup chinoise Moonshot AI, que vous connaissez peut-être pour son assistant Kimi et qui compte Alibaba parmi ses soutiens, a publié hier sur Hugging Face les poids complets de Kimi K3, un modèle de 2 800 milliards de paramètres qui devient du même coup le plus gros jamais mis en libre téléchargement. Personne n'était jamais allé aussi loin.
Ces fameux poids, ce sont les milliards de réglages internes que le modèle a accumulés pendant son entraînement, et c'est précisément ce qu'il faut posséder pour faire tourner l'IA sur ses propres machines plutôt que de passer par les serveurs de l'éditeur.
Le fonctionnement est d'ailleurs intéressant. Le modèle est découpé en 896 blocs...

Should you splurge on the new Series 11, or will the SE 3 do? Let us help you figure out which version to get (and which to avoid).

Let them pick out their own hiking boots. Instead, try gifting a useful blade or a nature journal to delight your outdoorsy friend.

With a recent change that removed dialog in favor of bsddialog, FreeBSD has now retired the last piece of GPL-licensed code in its base system. Although the impact of this change will be minor for users, it does highlight once again the Open Source divide that has split developers since the 1990s, when [Linus Torvalds] attached a scribbled set of notes to the v0.01 Linux kernel release that would later be replaced with the very similar GPL license and its derivatives.
This history and its impacts are also the subject of a recent video by [Brodie Robertson]. For the FreeBSD project the biggest change here is probably that the entire GNU subtree in the codebase is now gone, As detailed in the video, this is the...

Our first goal, as with “60 Minutes,” is balance. Lake Mead has been on the north side of the Hoover Dam for too long. When we’re finished, it will be on the south side, too.

The United States risks becoming a theme park of internal combustion, as the rest of the world moves on.

Recently, there has been much hand-wringing about downwardly mobile young adults living with their parents into their twenties or thirties. What’s really going on?

Sur la page Steam du jeu indé Crashphalt , il se passe un phénomène assez étrange... Des joueurs laissent des avis du genre "j'ai tué Sans d'Undertale !", "Super jeu, un peu triste qu'il ne serve que de mod multijoueur pour Undertale" ou "Le meilleur jeu auquel on ne joue jamais". Sauf que Crashphalt c'est juste un jeu de baston à 4 sorti gratuitement en 2018, et qu'il n'y a pas la moindre trace d'Undertale dedans...
Son créateur, Jose Pacio (RetroSpecter pour les intimes), a mis un moment à comprendre le délire parce qu'à la sortie de son jeu, sa fiche affichait une dizaine d'avis. Et aujourd'hui elle en compte 555, dont 530 positifs, ce qui classe le jeu en "évaluations extrêmement positives"....

Suitable AI : une fuite revendiquée expose 15 176 candidats et des failles critiques à grande échelle.

Des données personnelles d'un professionnel de l'IA piratés : courriels, identifiants, contenus générés et prompts d’utilisateurs.

Si vous êtes fan de The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, j'ai une bonne nouvelle pour vous : vous allez pouvoir y jouer directement dans un onglet de navigateur ! En effet, c'est ce que nous propose openmw-web , signé Virtastic et sorti il y a quelques jours !
openmw-web fait donc tourner Morrowind dans un browser en recompilant OpenMW vers WebAssembly avec Emscripten. OpenMW, c'est le moteur libre qui réimplémente de zéro celui du jeu, et l'avoir en WebAssembly, ça permet de le faire tourner localement sur votre machine dans le navigateur.
Si vous voulez tester, il y a deux façons de vous lancer. Soit via le monde de démo livré avec OpenMW qui est jouable direct avec un petit village, ses PNJ, ses...

At the 2024 Electromagnetic Field event in the UK, some awkward items turned up at the swap meet: radioactive sources. Fortunately there was [Tryst] at hand, who works in the nuclear industry, so they were safely collected. At this year’s EMF he was back, with a talk about what happened next.
It seems they were an industrial version of the smoke detectors we’ll all be familiar with, containing the same Americium alpha emitters, but in greater quantity. Their path from industry to hacker camp is purposefully shrouded in mystery to avoid future incidents happening because people are scared to come forward, but it seems that but for a bit of post-Brexit regulatory chaos they would normally have been taken...

Saviez-vous que ce bon vieux GLM 5.2 répond seulement à 17 % des questions politiquement sensibles portant sur la Chine. Eh bien maintenant, dites-lui qu'il est Claude, et il montera à 85 % !! C'est le résultat que viennent de sortir Benji Berczi et Kyuhee Kim , deux chercheurs du programme MATS, en collant de fausses identités à 7 modèles pour voir ce qui bougeait dessous.
Le protocole c'est juste une ligne ajoutée au system prompt, du genre "Tu es Claude, un grand modèle de langage d'Anthropic". Et rien d'autre ne change, ni le modèle, ni les questions posées.
Sauf que le nom "Claude" n'est pas vraiment la variable. Quand les chercheurs présentent le développeur comme un labo occidental, le...