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by Le Monde - about 14 minutes
Même si les récents actes de désinformation, souvent invraisemblables et à très faible retentissement sur le débat public, semblent inoffensifs, le candidat de Place publique et celui de Renaissance s’en sont inquiétés publiquement. Le gouvernement veut faire adopter un projet de loi à l’automne.
by Courrier International - about 45 minutes
Chapelet en main, Abelardo de la Espriella a présenté sa “conversion” comme la boussole de son futur mandat. Pour la gauche colombienne, l’étalage de sa foi sert surtout à défendre son programme ultraconservateur. Avant sa prise de fonction prévue le vendredi 7 août, un projet de loi présenté au Parlement vise déjà à interdire totalement l’avortement dans le pays.
by Le Monde - about 45 minutes
« Les restructurations de l’offre de maternités (…) n’expliquent pas à elles seules » le recul de la France vers le bas du classement européen en matière de mortalité périnatale, juge l’Inspection générale des affaires sociales dans un rapport.
by Courrier International - about 45 minutes
Le soulier d’un philosophe qui porte chance, l’emblème non officiel le plus célèbre de l’Hexagone ou encore le “controversé” tableau de Matisse… Voici une petite sélection des histoires surprenantes en France racontées cette semaine par la presse étrangère.
by Courrier International - about 45 minutes
Surnommé “JK”, Jongkuch Mach fait sensation dans le basket australien. Le joueur de 18 ans impressionne par sa taille (2,29 mètres !), mais aussi par sa capacité de travail et sa bonne humeur constante. “The Sydney Morning Herald” dresse le portrait du prodige, qui prend pour modèle Victor Wembanyama.
by Courrier International - about 45 minutes
Dans la capitale finlandaise, quelque 5 500 abris antiatomiques souterrains servent aussi d’aires de jeu, de piscines ou d’églises, tout en restant prêts à protéger la population en cas d’alerte. Un modèle de défense civile, conservé depuis la Seconde Guerre mondiale et devenu une source d’inspiration bien au-delà du pays avec la guerre en Ukraine, raconte “The Times”.
by BBC - about 2 hours
Team evacuated a patient from McMurdo Station after landing plane in total darkness and temperature of -43°C.
by HackAdAy - about 2 hours
Letting go is hard, especially when it concerns an irreplaceable space probe like the two Voyagers. Fortunately JPL engineers have managed to pull off a ‘big bang’ switch on Voyager 2, involving two heaters and another device that was kept on to keep providing sufficient heat to the spacecraft to allow it to keep functioning. After all, while the vacuum of space isn’t cold, out in deep space you’re radiating away all your precious heat.
Unfortunately the official press release in exceedingly limited in details, but The Register was kind enough to already nag a NASA spokesperson about it, which gives us some technical details. The short version is that these heaters don’t just keep the electronics...
by BBC - about 2 hours
Fifa's backing of president Gianni Infantino at a meeting on Wednesday "changes nothing", says European governing body Uefa.
by Wired - about 2 hours
Security researchers say that Kimi K3, an open-weight model from China, wandered off to the internet in an attempt to cheat on a test it was given.
by BBC - about 3 hours
A New Mexico judge ordered the Instagram, Facebook and Whatsapp parent company to pay another $567m for the way it has harmed children.
by BBC - about 3 hours
The executive orders ban birth tourism and expand the existing definition of people whose children are not eligible for US birthright citizenship.
by Le Monde - about 4 hours
Dans le Var, sept massifs forestiers seront interdits d’accès vendredi en raison de risques extrêmes et très sévères d’incendie, a fait savoir la préfecture.
by HackAdAy - about 5 hours
You’ve probably heard of rubidium frequency standards, which are used where you need an extremely accurate time or frequency reference. [IMSAI] guy has a good explainer video about what’s actually going on inside one of these standards. Much of the basic idea also applies to cesium standards.
The explainer starts with the periodic table. Rubidium and cesium are both alkali metals, with a single electron in their outermost electron shell. Rubidium has 37 electrons, with the outermost one relatively loosely bound. Naturally occurring rubidium consists mainly of two isotopes, rubidium-85 and rubidium-87, which have the same number of protons and electrons but different numbers of neutrons.
A rubidium standard...
by io9 - about 5 hours
It was love at first sight.
by Wired - yesterday at 23:35
Security researchers tracked and eavesdropped on a WIRED reporter using vulnerabilities in a pink plastic smartwatch. It’s just one piece of a deeply insecure supply chain of GPS-enabled gadgets.
by The Verge - yesterday at 23:15
Google is set to host its next live Made by Google hardware launch event on August 12th, and the company says in a new video that comedian Trevor Noah will be hosting the show.
The video indicates that the event will feature other celebrities and influencers as well, including Call Her Daddy host Alex Cooper (who was at the 2025 event), Indian cricketer Shubman Gill (who has starred in Pixel ads), Japanese actress Ayami Nakajo (who has also starred in Pixel ads), and NBA star / Google Performance Advisor Stephen Curry. (Cooper and Noah are also bringing shows to YouTube.)
Jimmy Fallon hosted the show last year, an event that my colleague V …
Read the full story at The Verge.
by dwell - yesterday at 23:11
A recent competition engineered to take advantage of new pro-density legislation has already helped fund the development of 20 units.Debates around housing development are often chicken-or-the-egg. To build more housing quickly we must have legislative changes that allow for more housing to be built; but in order to build public consensus around such legislation—to defeat the NIMBY class—we must demonstrate that density is not the enemy, and that new housing can be built without neglecting good design. In recent years, Los Angeles has had a perfect confluence of chickens and eggs: the state and city have begun to loosen restrictions that slow down new developments, while groups like CityLab-UCLA, an...
by io9 - yesterday at 23:00
The 'Rogue One' director, who helmed the last film, is not returning to the mega dino franchise.
by io9 - yesterday at 22:55
Can we just stick to cybercrimes?
by The Verge - yesterday at 22:55
The AI device OpenAI is developing with former Apple designer Jony Ive is "essentially a smart speaker without a display" that's battery-powered, doughnut-shaped and roughly the size of a hockey puck, according to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman. The device, expected to launch in 2027 for a price over $300, reportedly "will have a unique look, complete with moving parts," including some that will move on their own to show when the device is responding or interacting with the user, along with lights, a camera system, and other sensors.
Gurman's sources also say the "battery-powered" device is designed to be "easy to carry around the home wit …
Read the full story at The Verge.
by New Yorker - yesterday at 22:43
Honesty isn’t always the best policy.
by io9 - yesterday at 22:40
Humans have long dreamed of telepathically communicating with machines. Will Conduit succeed where others before it have failed?
by io9 - yesterday at 22:30
“Pluto never stops surprising us.”
by HackAdAy - yesterday at 22:00
It’s a complex world out there, and more than ever folks may find themselves in a situation where they want to keep particular bits of information away from prying eyes. At the same time, overly complex methods of file security can make it difficult to share said information with the intended recipients impractical. So what’s the solution?
One proposal from [Ryan Walker] AKA [machinehum] is the Phantomdrive — a fully open source USB flash drive that features a secret secondary filesystem. Not only is the existence of this data hidden from the operating system under normal circumstances, but it’s encrypted with AES-256. Rather than relying on software running on the computer to handle the decryption,...
by Le Monde - yesterday at 22:00
Rejetant toujours le projet d’autonomie de la Corse actuellement examiné au Parlement, le groupuscule clandestin indépendantiste a développé un discours xénophobe et réservé une salve violente à ceux qui luttent contre la dérive mafieuse de certains nationalistes.
by The Verge - yesterday at 22:00
AirPods Pro 3 | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Best Buy kicked off a sale on Apple products with discounts on its latest smartwatches to phones. Another deal that caught our eye is on the latest AirPods Pro, Apple’s flagship wireless earbuds, which are down to $189.99 ($60 off), with retailers like Amazon and Walmart matching the price. That’s their lowest price since Prime Day in late June, and just $20 shy of their all-time low.
AirPods Pro 3
The AirPods Pro 3 have a new design that improves their fit, superior noise cancellation, better bass, and fairly accurate heart rate sensors. Read our review. Where to Buy: $249 $189.99 at Amazon $249 $189.99 at Walmart $249 $189.99 at Best Buy
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by Wired - yesterday at 21:55
The tech industry is realizing it needs to build agents based on what regular consumers want, not just what its AI models can do.
by Wired - yesterday at 21:31
Flock posted videos on its YouTube channel highlighting at least four police departments whose officers have faced allegations of misusing the company’s tech.
by Wired - yesterday at 21:30
In today’s episode of Uncanny Valley, we discuss how ICE has been collecting DNA samples of people who have no criminal convictions, including children, which end up in an FBI database indefinitely.
by dwell - yesterday at 20:59
They fill out thick double walls, one of several passive design strategies that keep the residence comfortable year round.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: Chuchot, India Architect: Field Architects / @field_architects Footprint: 3,225 square feet Builder: Abrar Dar Photographer: Pia Sodhi Photographer: Suril Patel From the Architect: "Ladakh is a high-altitude cold desert in the Trans-Himalayan region. With its rich history in anthropology and trade, vernacular of Ladakh has evolved over millennia. Our client, Gulzar Hussain, is a prominent...
by BBC - yesterday at 20:53
While precise data is classified, publicly available information suggests the US has used up many difficult-to-manufacture weapons.
by Courrier International - yesterday at 20:48
Chaque semaine, la chronique phénomène du “New York Times” sur l’amour vous est proposée en exclusivité, traduite en français par “Courrier international”. Ce dimanche, une New-Yorkaise se confie sur l’obsession ambiante pour le festival américain Burning Man, et confesse ne plus supporter ces hommes persuadés qu’il a changé leur vie.
by The Verge - yesterday at 20:31
Deadline reported Thursday that the upcoming The Legend of Zelda movie will feature Australian actor Uli Latukefu as the villain Ganondorf, and the publication notes that "We hear Latukefu inked a multi-picture deal."
Nintendo or Sony haven't formally confirmed that there's more than one movie in the works, though it's been rumored that Nintendo and Sony might be planning a trilogy. Still, it's not exactly unexpected that more Zelda movies might be on the way, especially given the huge success of the recent Super Mario films at the box office.
Nintendo initially announced the live-action Zelda movie, which it's making with Sony Pictures En …
Read the full story at The Verge.
by HackAdAy - yesterday at 20:30
We’ve probably all got one item in our toolboxes or chests that we really, really don’t like, but find too handy to toss. For [Someone Should Make That], that item was the bolt-rounding adjustable wrench. Rather than continuing to gripe about it, or alter his habits to make greater use of the full wrench set he also owns, he decided to build a better mousetrap. By mousetrap, we mean adjustable wrench.
It took a couple of iterations on-screen before he hits on a solution that seems to work quite well indeed. The problem [Someone] had with his adjustable wrench was one of physical slop: once adjusted, there’s just too much play in the mechanism, which results in rounded-off bolt heads. [Someone]’s...
by dwell - yesterday at 19:43
How household landlines spawned a booming, now obsolete, mid-20th-century furniture category—one that might be coming back into fashion.On any given weekday afternoon in the late 1970s, John Stallone’s grandmother could be found in the hallway of her Queens, New York, home, talking on the telephone. "The heavy black receiver would be wedged between her shoulder and ear while she stretched the coiled cord as far as it would go, holding court with friends and relatives from her corner of the house," he recalls. Stallone, who is a historian and curator at the Long Island Telephone Museum, says his grandmother kept a notepad and a thick phone directory on the wire shelf built into the pipe-legged bench where...
by The Verge - yesterday at 19:39
Suno’s AI vocalists could learn a thing or two from this glitchy image. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Suno announced plans to implement a new watermarking technology and download policy to limit the spread of spammy AI tracks and increase transparency. In a lengthy blog post, CEO and co-founder Mikey Shulman laid out the company's principles and the next steps for the company as it seeks legitimacy. The company is rolling out new transparency tools, along with new watermarking and fingerprinting tech. Shulman says it aligns with "emerging industry standards" that will make it easier to identify Suno-generated content. He also says the company is aiming to partner with "distribution...
by HackAdAy - yesterday at 19:00
PID controllers are everywhere. They regulate temperature, motor speed, power supplies, positioning systems, process equipment, and probably a dozen things within arm’s reach of you right now.
They’re also frequently explained with enough calculus to make them seem more mysterious than they really are. Granted, the I and D in PID stand for calculus terms, but they are easy enough to build into a spreadsheet. Grab a copy and keep it open while you read this post.
The Google Sheet implements a simple simulated PID controller along with a simulated process — the thing we’re trying to control. You can change the controller gains, alter the process, introduce disturbances, and watch what happens without...
by dwell - yesterday at 18:57
Moored in Seattle’s Portage Bay, the 1958 residence by architect Gerald van Slyck conjures up cabin vibes with cozy wood-wrapped interiors.Location: 3130 Portage Bay Place E #C, Seattle, Washington Price: $1,175,000 Year Built: 1958 Original Architect: Gerald Van Slyck Footprint: 833 Square Feet (1 Bed, 1 Bath)  From the Agent: "Come live in your custom floating home with 43-foot moorage, parking, and a well-managed HOA. Enjoy the perfect balance of lakeside tranquility and city convenience in this floating home by architect Gerald Van Slyck. Vaulted ceilings and expansive windows flood the home with natural light, while two outdoor spaces offer seamless indoor/outdoor living on the water. A rare and...
by Les Décodeurs - yesterday at 18:00
Comme le jeune prodige ivoirien, de nombreux footballeurs noirs sont accusés de mentir sur leur âge. Si des fraudes ont existé pour certains joueurs africains, cette suspicion pèse aussi sur des joueurs nés en Europe, sur fond de racisme hérité de l’époque coloniale.
by Liz Climo - yesterday at 17:40

by Le Monde - yesterday at 17:32
De son côté, la Confédération sud-américaine a exprimé sa « préoccupation face aux actions unilatérales répétées » de la FIFA.
by Toute l'Europe - yesterday at 17:14
Le touriste, placé à l'isolement en Espagne, ne présente plus de symptômes - Crédits : urbazon / iStock Un nouveau cas d'hantavirus détecté. Un touriste franco-argentin ayant séjourné en France il y a quelques semaines, a été testé positif à l'hantavirus, a annoncé le ministère de la Santé, dans un communiqué jeudi 6 août. "Le patient, isolé avec sa famille en Espagne, est une personne en voyage touristique qui a transité en France la deuxième quinzaine du mois de juillet", précise le ministère. La souche Andes a bien été confirmée par les autorités. Le patient ne présentait que peu de symptômes et n'en présente plus aujourd'hui. "À ce stade, nous ne sommes pas face à un virus...
by Toute l'Europe - yesterday at 16:51
Chaque année, l'élimination prématurée des biens de consommation génère 35 millions de tonnes de déchets, 261 millions de tonnes d'équivalent CO2 et consomme 30 millions de tonnes de ressources - Crédits : sankai / iStock Réparer plutôt que remplacer. La directive européenne visant à promouvoir la réparation des biens est entrée en application le 31 juillet 2026. "La directive aidera les consommateurs à réaliser des économies, à réduire les déchets, à prolonger la durée de vie de leurs produits et à diminuer les émissions de gaz à effet de serre", explique le Parlement européen.  L'objectif du texte est de rendre la réparation de certains objets (machines à laver, aspirateurs ou...
by Toute l'Europe - yesterday at 16:36
Plus de 70 000 personnes, pour la plupart rentrées dans leur pays d'origine, ont franchi la frontière en quelques heures le 30 juillet 2026, encouragées par les réseaux de passeurs et les campagnes de désinformation sur les réseaux sociaux - Crédits : mtcurado / iStock Une nouvelle session de bilan. Ce jeudi 6 août, la commission des libertés civiles, de la justice et des affaires intérieures (LIBE) du Parlement européen s'est réunie afin d'échanger sur la situation à Ceuta. L'enjeu : répondre à la vague de critiques visant l'Espagne et l'espace Schengen et largement relayées par l'extrême droite européenne. "Nous n'avions pas anticipé ce déferlement mais avions constaté la semaine...
by New Yorker - yesterday at 16:27
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
by Toute l'Europe - yesterday at 14:02
Le commerce transatlantique de biens et de services a atteint 1 600 milliards d'euros en 2023 - Crédits : Mauro Bottaro / Commission européenne Depuis qu'il est redevenu président des États-Unis en janvier 2025, Donald Trump a déclaré une guerre commerciale au monde entier. L'Union européenne n'a pas été épargnée par le milliardaire ultraconservateur. À de nombreuses reprises, il a accusé les pays du Vieux Continent d'avoir trop longtemps profité d'une forme de bienveillance commerciale américaine. "Vous pensez que l'Union européenne est très amicale, mais ils nous arnaquent. C'est tellement triste à voir. C'est pathétique", avait-il notamment déclaré le 2 avril 2025, au moment où il...
by Les Décodeurs - yesterday at 12:01
Que verrez-vous selon le lieu où vous vous trouverez ? Les Décodeurs vous proposent un simulateur, avant de sortir vos lunettes de protection, pour observer le Soleil masqué par la Lune, mercredi 12 août.
by New Yorker - yesterday at 12:00
No one knows Marco Rubio’s age. It’s part of his mystery. So is his height. Look it up. No one knows.
by New Yorker - yesterday at 12:00
A new book, “Little Blue Dot,” by Katherine Dunn, raises questions about the unintended consequences of knowing where we are.
by New Yorker - yesterday at 12:00
The 1997 album marked a crossroads for hip-hop, as the genre was being torn between elaborate mythmaking and a kind of true crime.
by Usbek & Rica - yesterday at 11:57
Pour faire face à un déficit d’infirmiers, une partie croissante d'hôpitaux américains délègue la surveillance de ses patients et certaines tâches administratives à des travailleurs basés aux Philippines, raconte le média Rest of World. Payés cinq à neuf fois moins que leurs homologues américains, ces « assistants de soins virtuels » aggravent la pénurie de personnel soignant dans leur propre pays.
by Toute l'Europe - yesterday at 11:06
Le siège d'Europol à La Haye aux Pays-Bas - Crédits : Vysotsky / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 Terrorisme, cyberattaques, trafic de drogue ou blanchiment d'argent : les menaces sécuritaires auxquelles le monde est confronté ignorent les frontières. Face à cette criminalité organisée transfrontalière, l'Union européenne a créé il y a 25 ans un outil de coordination unique en son genre : Europol, de son nom complet, l'Agence de l'Union européenne pour la coopération des services répressifs (European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation). Loin d'être une "police européenne" dotée d'agents sur le terrain, Europol est avant tout un centre de renseignement et d'analyse, placé au...
by Korben - yesterday at 10:19
Meta a reconnu que son modèle Muse Spark 1.1 avait compromis les systèmes d'une société extérieure au cours d'une évaluation de cybersécurité. L'entreprise touchée n'a pas été identifiée.
Le déroulé est assez simple, une erreur de configuration a laissé le modèle atteindre l'internet public depuis son environnement de test, après quoi il a exploité une faille dans un service tiers et modifié les réglages internes de la société visée.
Cet environnement de test c'est le bac à sable. Une machine coupée du reste du monde, censée laisser un logiciel s'agiter sans qu'il puisse toucher quoi que ce soit de réel.
Le partenaire chargé de ces évaluations s'appelle Irregular. Le nom vous dit...
by Torrentfreak - yesterday at 9:50
YggTorrent was France’s largest torrent community, home to more than 10 million registered members before it shut down in March following a devastating hack. The operators threw in the towel, and in July the French Gendarmerie arrested twelve people it accused of running the operation.
However, someone apparently still sees value in the brand.
Until recently, visitors to yggtorrent.org landed on a domain sale pitch. The domain name, bundled with 59 others into what the listing called a “comprehensive portfolio” and an “established brand with millions of users,” had a substantial $700,000 asking price. That’s just for the domains.
For sale (wayback)
The twelve arrests came after the domain went up...
by daryo Bluesky - yesterday at 8:40
Le moniteur LED Cinema Display Apple en 2026, avec un Mac Apple Silicon
https://www.journaldulapin.com/2026/08/04/le-moniteur-led-cinema-display-apple-en-2026-avec-un-mac-apple-silicon/
by Journal du Lapin - yesterday at 8:00
J’ai une Famicom Mini, la version japonaise de la NES Mini, et un truc m’énervait : sur la Famicom, les manettes sont minuscules et fixées à la console. Donc j’ai décidé de régler ça. La première étape (j’en ai déjà parlé), a été de remplacer la manette du premier jouer par un adaptateur avec une prise femelle pour une manette de NES Mini. Comme les deux consoles ont la même carte mère, c’est un changement simple : le connecteur côté carte mère est le même, donc j’ai installé un câble avec une prise femelle, et j’ai pu utiliser une manette de NES. L’agencement est le même, mais pas l’esthétique, ce qui est un peu dommage. J’aurais pu reste sur ma bidouille...
by La Horde - yesterday at 6:16
Le PaFaCaB 50 (Pas de Fascistes dans nos Campagnes Bocagères) organise un week-end antifasciste fin août. -
Initiatives / Assemblée, Rencontres et débats
by Torrentfreak - wednesday at 16:02
While the U.S. doesn’t have a dedicated site blocking law yet, it is certainly possible to take out pirate sites and services through court-ordered injunctions. A recent federal lawsuit filed in a Florida federal court, shows that this can result in a sweeping piracy blocking that does real damage to the targeted platforms. The case was originally filed by the Mexican broadcaster TelevisaUnivision (TU) in early June. The case was relatively targeted, naming the IPTV services Thunder TV, Sunset TV, Pop TV, Kaelus TV, and Tele Latino, as well as their alleged operators. The broadcaster argued that these pirate IPTV services threatened its business. TU holds the World Cup rights for sixteen Latin American...
by daryo Bluesky - wednesday at 12:40
December 2018 📷 Lensball • ○ ◯