The company announced the coming of 'Infinity Vision' with its September re-release of 'Avengers: Endgame,' building up to December's 'Avengers: Doomsday.'

Le président américain assure que des points-clés ont été résolus avec Téhéran, notamment sur le nucléaire et le détroit d’Ormuz. Mais la République islamique juge les propos des responsables américains contradictoires et nie avoir accepté le transfert de ses stocks d’uranium enrichi.

Brent crude sinks by a tenth after Iran says the key waterway is open for commercial ships for the rest of the ceasefire.

The new design tool lets anyone use text prompts to create prototypes, slides, and one-pagers. The jury's still out if it does a good job.

Last month, OpenAI gave up on its Sora video generation tool, and on Friday, the Sora team's leader, Bill Peebles, announced that he is leaving the company. OpenAI has been shifting its priorities as part of an effort to avoid "side quests," and Peebles' departure is just one of many recent changes as the company moves to focus more on coding and enterprise use.
As part of a note Peebles posted on X, he said: I am immensely grateful to Sam, Mark, Aditya and Jakub for fostering a research environment that allowed us to pursue ideas off-the-beaten path from the company's mainline roadmap. It's tempting in life to mode collapse to the most i …
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Anand Sheth’s presentation at the San Francisco Art Fair shows how designers are thinking about adaptability and reuse.This story is part of Fair Take, our reporting on global design events that looks up close at the newest ideas in fixtures, furnishings, and more. For the second year in a row, Dwell has partnered with architect and curator Anand Sheth on an exhibition at the San Francisco Art Fair, held at Fort Mason. Called "Inheriting San Francisco," the show celebrates San Francisco’s historic adaptability and explores what Sheth calls the city’s "aesthetics of vacancy" and the values shaping its urban landscape today. "It speaks to a kind of resourcefulness and innovation that feels very true to the...

Paramount's failure to clog up the leaks of the new 'Last Airbender' movie is just the latest in a long line of unfortunate events for the franchise.

Will your boss require an eyeball scan the next time you need to jump on Zoom?

Le jeu français avait déjà remporté en décembre aux Game Awards à Los Angeles le titre de « jeu de l’année ».

Tinder users who prove they're a real person by visiting an identity-verifying orb will soon be able to get five free boosts in the app - and it's just the latest service to embrace the orb. World, which was co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, initially tested Tinder verification using its facial scanning orbs through a pilot program in Japan last year. It's now expanding the service to "select markets, including Japan and the United States." To verify that they're not a bot or an AI agent, users have to physically visit one of World's orbs in person. According to World, the orb "takes pictures of your face and eyes, then encrypts and sto …
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The Trump administration has spent nearly two months fighting with AI company Anthropic. It's dubbed the company a "RADICAL LEFT, WOKE COMPANY" full of "Leftwing nut jobs" and a menace to national security. But some of the ice may reportedly be melting between the two, thanks to Anthropic's buzzy new cybersecurity-focused model: Claude Mythos Preview.
Anthropic's relationship with the Pentagon soured quickly in late February after the company refused to budge on two red lines: using its technology for domestic mass surveillance or lethal fully autonomous weapons with no human in the loop. Anthropic's tech has in the past been used heavily b …
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The chart-topping hits you hear in movies can stretch the limits of belief. On the “Mother Mary” soundtrack, Charli XCX and Jack Antonoff capture the real thing.

Despite a lot of headwinds, the fuel crisis is a boon for the EV industry.

Cooking food with fire is arguably the technology that propelled humans to become the dominant species on Earth. It’s pretty straightforward to achieve, just requiring a fuel source, a supply of oxygen from the air, and a way to initiate the reaction; then it self-sustains. You wouldn’t think there’s much to improve, but what about cooking with plasma? [Jay] from the plasma channel is no stranger here, and he thinks that there may be something in this idea, certainly enough to actually build something.
Now, let’s be straight with you, this isn’t a new concept, and you can buy a plasma-based cooking appliance right now. But they are all AC-powered devices. What if you want to go camping? [Jay]...

The former Instagram VP is departing the ChatGPT-maker, which is folding the AI science application he led into Codex.

Durante el gobierno de Trump, miles de niños inmigrantes han sido detenidos y muchos han sufrido de negligencia médica.

“Nearly 20 million measles-related deaths have been averted in Africa since 2000 thanks to increasing vaccination coverage, according to the first-ever detailed analysis of immunization targets on the continent.  The analysis, by World Health Organization (WHO) in the African region, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, also found that alongside the 19.5 million measles deaths averted, more than 500 million children in Africa have been protected through routine immunization between 2000 and 2024.” From World Health Organization.
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Des photos prises en Corse au shooting final négocié, les coulisses du reportage de « Paris Match » sur Jordan Bardella révèlent les méthodes de l’hebdomadaire. Ce récit de « romance », qui a dopé les ventes du titre, questionne la stratégie de peopolisation du leader du RN.

Bobby Pulido, a Tejano musician who’s trying to unseat a Republican in Congress, has turned some of his district’s splashiest parties into campaign stops.

“Dutch regulators approved the use of Tesla’s self-driving software with required human supervision on highways and city streets in a European first for the electric car maker, which hopes to see similar action from the rest of the European Union. The Netherlands’ approval for the technology, called Full Self‑Driving Supervised, which can steer, brake and accelerate a car, follows more than 18 months of tests and analysis by the Dutch vehicle authority RDW. ‘Proper use of this driver assistance system makes a positive contribution to road safety,’ RDW said in a statement on Friday, adding that it would also submit an application for the technology to be used throughout the EU.” From Reuters.
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“D.C.’s years-late report on how to implement robotaxis is expected this summer. Why it matters: The D.C. Council is holding up a bill that would green-light robotaxis like Waymo until the study is finished. Driving the news: Amid D.C.’s stalled robotaxi rollout, DDOT published on Wednesday a different report — a research study about how other cities have adopted autonomous vehicles. Yes, but: The report comes with a disclaimer — ‘much of this work was completed between July 2024 and December 2024,’ before Waymo began rolling out in more and more U.S. cities. It’s unclear why D.C. took this long to release the report.  As for the implementation report: ‘We expect there to be a full report...

“Tropic, the pioneering agricultural biotechnology company, has secured regulatory approval in both Japan and Brazil for its world first non‑browning banana variety, unlocking two of the most important fresh‑produce markets globally and marking a significant milestone in the future of sustainable fruit production. The approvals clear the way for Tropic’s non‑browning banana to be imported, sold, and consumed in both countries, and grown in Brazil – enabling expanded consumer access, new commercial opportunities, and substantial reductions in global food waste.” From Tropic.
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“For robots to be truly helpful in our daily lives and industries, they must do more than follow instructions, they must reason about the physical world. From navigating a complex facility to interpreting the needle on a pressure gauge, a robot’s “embodied reasoning” is what allows it to bridge the gap between digital intelligence and physical action. Today, we’re introducing Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6, a significant upgrade to our reasoning-first model that enables robots to understand their environments with unprecedented precision. By enhancing spatial reasoning and multi-view understanding, we are bringing a new level of autonomy to the next generation of physical agents. This model specializes in...

Pope Leo XIV is on his third day in Cameroon before he heads to Angola on Saturday.

The UK government blocked the rapper from entering the country over his history of making pro-Nazi and racist statements.

Le responsable éditorial de l’“Addis Standard”, Million Beyene, a été enlevé par des hommes non identifiés sur son lieu de travail, mercredi 15 avril. Un événement qui s’inscrit dans un contexte de répression contre les médias dans le pays dirigé par le Premier ministre Abiy Ahmed.

Prediction market exchanges have created an environment where just about any piece of information is potentially monetizable: How well will BTS's new song perform this week? How hot will Los Angeles get? Will Donald Trump be impeached? Users can wager on all of that and, on some platforms, more gruesome and violent outcomes in the real world.
The rapid rise and expansion of Polymarket and Kalshi have put newsrooms in a strange position. Prediction market evangelists often claim that their odds are more trustworthy and accurate than polls and traditional media - effectively positioning the industry as a replacement for news. At the same time …
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Selon des révélations du « Guardian », jeudi 16 avril, l’ancien ambassadeur aux Etats-Unis, mis en cause dans l’affaire Jeffrey Epstein, a été envoyé en poste à Washington alors qu’il n’avait pas reçu l’habilitation de sécurité nécessaire. Keir Starmer s’est dit vendredi stupéfait de ne pas en avoir été informé.

The New Yorker staff writer, who has chronicled political violence under the Irish Republican Army and the opioid epidemic, traces how a teen came to impersonate an oligarch’s son.

The Israeli historian Omer Bartov argues in his new book that a “state ideology” of Zionism has led to what he calls genocide in Gaza.

Kinahan, in his 40s, was arrested in Dubai on foot of an arrest warrant issued by the Irish courts.

Région la plus pauvre du pays, située à l’extrémité sud de la péninsule, la Calabre a décidé de proposer une aide pouvant atteindre 1 000 euros par mois à ses étudiants qui décident de rester. Une tentative pour enrayer le départ massif de ses jeunes vers le nord du pays.

We’ve all had those times when your electrical device of choice is running low on battery. Sometimes you even plan ahead and are also carrying a battery pack, but what happens when you’ve forgotten to charge the battery pack? This is the problem that [Arnov Sharma] addressed with the SolMate, a portable solar panel that keeps a battery bank topped up.
The SolMate is built around an efficient 2 W photovoltaic panel that’s not much bigger than a cellphone. This panel can supply 5 V at 400 mA on a sunny day. The solar output is more than enough to keep the internal 2000 mAh battery topped up and ready for use. Charging the Li-ion battery is handled by an IP5306 power management chip, which pulls double...

I kind of wish it just took pictures. I've never been as charmed and frustrated by one gadget as I have with the Poetry Camera.
It's a delightful object. White and cherry red with a color-matched woven strap, it looks playful and adorably lo-fi. If I saw it on a store shelf, I'd absolutely pick it up. But aside from obviously appealing, I'm not exactly sure what it is. I mean, I know what it is. It's a camera that makes AI poems instead of photos. You take a picture, and instead of printing a photo, you get an AI-generated poem inspired by the scene, printed on thermal receipt paper. But after printing dozens of poems, I can only report feeling frustrated instead of inspired. …
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Si le Royaume-Uni retourne formellement au sein de l’UE dans les prochaines années, le blog de Paul Jorion sera encore plus « vindicated ». 2016 : Brexit 2017 : Le Monde : Les Britanniques peuvent-ils vraiment se passer du continent ? le 11 avril Extrait : Pour ne pas se déjuger, Londres s’efforcera de déguiser le maintien du statu quo en la rupture brutale que le Brexit aurait dû signifier. La preuve aura été faite que si les Britanniques méprisent le continent, ils n’ont jamais pu non plus s’en passer. 2021 : Brexit #7 – Vous trouviez ici les nouvelles avec quatre ans d’avance, le 08 avril Extrait : Le Monde : « Les difficultés d’approvisionnement dans la province britannique,...

Honestly, what’s hotter than a real person?

Designer Kathryn McCullough and musician Andrew Bulbrook revamped the Mount Washington property, which includes a 1940s farmhouse, a midcentury home, and a two-level ADU.Location: 850 Rome Drive, Los Angeles, California Price: $3,999,000 Year Built: 1941 and 1958 Renovation Date: 2025 Renovation Designers and Architect: Andrew Bulbrook, Kathryn McCullough, and Linda Taalman Landscape Designer: Terremoto Footprint: 3,479 square feet (4 bedrooms, 7 baths) Lot Size: 0.37 Acres From the Agent: "Perched on a rare flat ridge at the very top of Los Angeles’s Mount Washington neighborhood, this newly completed creative compound reimagines a historic hillside property into a series of interconnected living and...

Cette action militante, lancée en marge de la Biennale de Malte, intervient quelques semaines seulement après la condamnation d’une femme accusée d’avoir avorté. La presse maltaise rappelle que le pays possède l’une des législations les plus restrictives de l’Union européenne s’agissant de l’IVG.

Washington a annoncé, jeudi 16 avril, de nouvelles sanctions visant deux fils du couple présidentiel nicaraguayen, Daniel Ortega et Rosario Murillo, accusés de participer à un système mêlant industrie minière, propagande et financement du régime.

Obama’s Oval Office is recreated down to a fruit bowl, Ikea debuts a meatball-flavored lollipop, and more.The largest of just three homes designed by I.M. Pei has hit the market in Fort Worth, Texas, for $22 million. Designed in 1969 for an oil-and-banking heiress and her fourth husband, who loved to entertain, the sprawling 19,000-square-foot home backs up its price tag with three kitchens, seven bedrooms, and two wine cellars. (The Wall Street Journal) A hyper-exact replica of Michael S. Smith’s design for Barack Obama’s Oval Office is nearly finished at the $850 million Obama Presidential Center. The near one-to-one remake includes sanctioned reproductions of two Edward Hopper paintings, pottery by...

It’s the evening before publication, and a pair of Hackaday writers convene to record the week’s podcast. This week Elliot Williams is joined by Jenny List, and it’s a bumper episode!
Of course, a bit of Hackaday news makes the cut, as it’s time to make an entry in the Green Powered Challenge. Then we make the first of a couple of sojourns into AI, as we talk about the Linux kernel stance on AI code. In short: if you submit AI code you’re responsible for its bugs. Meanwhile out of this world, we look forward to a time when astronauts breathe oxygen from moon dust.
There are hacks aplenty for your enjoyment, starting with far more than you ever thought it was possible to know about  sound-reactive...

Allié de la Nobel de la paix, qui a vu sa peine de vingt-sept ans de prison légèrement réduite, Win Myint était détenu depuis 2021. Le chef de la junte birmane, Min Aung Hlaing, qui a prêté serment comme président le 10 avril après des élections considérées comme une mascarade, a par ailleurs libéré plus de 4 000 prisonniers et commué les condamnations à mort en cours en peines de prison à perpétuité.

Une vingtaine de candidats sont identifiables à ce stade. Mais leur chemin reste très long, en particulier si des primaires sont organisées pour départager les prétendants de certaines familles politiques.

Une vingtaine de candidats sont identifiables à ce stade. Mais leur chemin reste très long, en particulier si des primaires sont organisées pour départager les prétendants de certaines familles politiques.

Cliquer sur l'image pour l'agrandir Les députés européens, ou eurodéputés, sont élus pour 5 ans au suffrage universel direct dans chaque pays de l'Union européenne. Ils représentent les citoyens européens. Les dernières élections européennes se sont déroulées du 6 au 9 juin 2024 dans les 27 pays de l'Union européenne. Les députés européens votent les lois ainsi que le budget de l'Union européenne, et exercent également un contrôle sur la Commission européenne : ils élisent son président, approuvent les 27 commissaires et peuvent les contraindre à une démission collective en votant une motion de censure. À LIRE AUSSI[Infographie] Le rôle du Parlement européen Le nombre de députés...

AI-assisted writing is creeping into newsrooms under the guise of efficiency. But the tradeoff may be more profound than publishers are willing to admit.

Well, this might just be a Hackaday first. Certainly not the circuit sculpture part, nor the wearable aspect, but the glorious combination of the two. Behold [CMoz]’s Fashionably on Task: a Smart Bracelet for Forgetfulness. The name may be long, but the intent is concise: to showcase your top five must-dos for the day.
This lovely bracelet uses a tri-color e-paper display, and it’s WiFi enabled in order to receive input from the corresponding phone app. Although the cute pink ESP32-C3 is programmed in PlatformIO, the code will work with the Arduino IDE as well.
To get down to business, just power on the bracelet. If it can’t connect to the network you’ve hard-coded, it will broadcast it’s own access...

Trois questions à Catherine Pajares y Sanchez et Martine Vignau, co-rapporteures d’un récent avis du Conseil économique, social et environnemental (CESE) appelant à « sortir de l’hypocrisie juridique » sur le sujet des tests génétiques à visée généalogique, théoriquement toujours interdits en France.

Un éminent universitaire, Gilles Toulemonde, a commenté de manière un peu acerbe, la mission qui a été confiée à Eric Woerth, qui lui a notamment permis de transmettre son mandat de député à sa suppléante. Il critique également le fait que la mission ait été clôturée sans même qu’un rapport soit rendu. Même s’il est […]

La hausse des prix du carburant qui a été provoquée par le blocage du détroit d’Ormuz affecte durement l’économie de nombreux Etats. Mais derrière cette crise s’en cache une autre aux conséquences potentiellement désastreuses : celle des engrais.

Le détroit d'Ormuz, point de passage névralgique par lequel transite 20 % de la consommation mondiale de pétrole brut, est au centre des tensions entre Américains et Iraniens - Crédits : Suphanat Khumsap / iStock Blocus du détroit d'Ormuz par les États-Unis mais réouverture par l'Iran, prix de l'énergie, échec des négociations entre Américains et Iraniens au Pakistan, fragile cessez-le-feu entre Israël et le Liban…. la septième semaine de la guerre en Iran a encore une fois été émaillée de conséquences pour le Vieux Continent, qui se retrouve malgré-lui impliqué dans le conflit. Voici un tour d'horizon, en texte détaillé et en infographie, des principaux développements de la semaine...

The halt to weeks of fighting is being celebrated in Lebanon, but it will be difficult to ensure it lasts.

A post-midnight revolt in the House sank the White House's efforts to extend Section 702—a spy program the FBI has used to look into members of Congress, protesters, and political donors.

À moins d'accueillir de nouveaux membres dans les prochaines années, l'Union européenne s'apprête à entamer son déclin démographique. De 451,8 millions d'habitants en 2025, la population des Vingt-Sept pourrait chuter à moins de 400 millions d'ici 2100, selon les dernières projections dévoilées par Eurostat. Lors de précédentes projections réalisées en 2021, l'office européen de statistique avait évalué à 419 millions d'habitant la population de l'UE d'ici la fin du siècle. Eurostat revoit donc à la baisse son estimation, en raison notamment d'une diminution plus rapide que prévue de la fécondité. Un pic de population en 2029, avant un déclin Après un recul exceptionnel lié à la...

CVE-2026-34040 lets attackers bypass some Docker authentication plugins by allowing an empty request body. Present since 2024, this bug was caused by a previous fix to the auth workflow. In the 2024 bug, the authentication system could be tricked into passing a zero-length request to the authentication handler. In the modern vulnerability, the system can be tricked into removing a too-large authentication request and passing a zero-length request to the authentication handler.
In both cases, the authentication system may not properly handle the malformed request and allow creation of docker images with access to stored credentials and secrets.
Bugs like these are increasing in visibility because AI agents...

Conspiracy theories about the Butler, Pennsylvania, shooting have ramped up in recent weeks as once steadfast Trump supporters turn on the president.

Les Pays-Bas viennent de franchir une étape vers une adoption européenne du système FSD de Tesla, qui peut assurer de manière autonome la direction, l'accélération et le freinage, tout en restant sous la supervision du conducteur - Crédits : metamorworks / iStock Une petite révolution. L'autorité néerlandaise chargée de l'immatriculation des véhicules, la RDW, a approuvé le 10 avril le système d'assistance à la conduite "Full Self-Driving Supervised" (Conduite entièrement autonome supervisée) de Tesla, faisant des Pays-Bas le premier pays d'Europe où cette technologie peut être utilisée sur les routes publiques. Dans un communiqué, elle indique avoir étudié et testé le système pendant...

Add it to the list of playful moves by O-N Architects in the renovated family home, which includes a mural by a tattoo artist and an aluminum bar with a party trick.Irene Chung and Davis Owen, cofounders of O-N Architects, don’t mind if you call their work a little strange. "We like to create spaces that feel five degrees off of what you expect," says Owen. "Things that require you to take a second look." Consider this recently completed brownstone renovation in the Prospect Lefferts Gardens neighborhood, in Brooklyn. Its owners, a couple with young children, asked for room-specific solutions to a few problems they were having. On the main floor, a fireplace in the dining room was defunct, while one in the...

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