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by BBC - about 38 minutes
Victims group describes the New York appeal court's decision to retry Hollywood mogul as "profoundly unjust".
by io9 - about 47 minutes
“What homework?” asks Deadpool.Image: Marvel StudiosOutside of Avengers: Endgame, Deadpool & Wolverine may carry the most pre-release baggage of anything in Marvel history. For Deadpool, you’ve got not just two movies, but also all the behind-the-scenes drama leading up to them. With Wolverine, you’ve got 10 X-Men movies with all manner of wild stories, including the character actually dying. Then you’ve got the Marvel Cinematic Universe itself, including the TV shows which, as we’ve seen from the trailers, play a big role.Don’t sweat it, says director Shawn Levy. You can and will be rewarded for knowing all that, but you don’t need to know any of it. “I very much made this film with,...
by The Verge - about 47 minutes
Photo by Joe Scarnici / Getty Images Blizzard has announced it will not hold BlizzCon, the publisher’s annual fan convention, this year. “After careful consideration over the last year, we at Blizzard have made the decision not to hold BlizzCon in 2024,” Blizzard wrote on its website. Instead of BlizzCon, Blizzard wrote that it would be holding other, smaller events throughout the year and mentioned participating in other trade shows, such as Gamescom. Additionally, 2024 marks the 30th anniversary of World of Warcraft, with Blizzard stating that it’s planning “multiple, global, in-person events” as well as sharing updates for WoW’s 10th expansion, The War Within, and Diablo IV’s first...
by BBC - about 51 minutes
The council will try to restore order and form a new government in the nation gripped by gang violence.
by The Verge - about 1 hour
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The State Department will soon impose visa restrictions on people who it says have been involved in the development of spyware. In a press release issued on Monday, the department said it is taking steps to bar 13 people “who have been involved in the development and sale of commercial spyware or who are immediate family members of those involved” from entering the United States.
“These individuals have facilitated or derived financial benefit from the misuse of this technology, which has targeted journalists, academics, human rights defenders, dissidents and other perceived critics, and U.S. Government personnel,” the department’s release read.
The looming...
by QZ - about 1 hour
In about five years’ time, a potentially hazardous asteroid will swing by Earth at an eerily close distance of less than 20,000 miles (32,000 kilometers). During this rare encounter, Apophis will be ten times closer to Earth than the Moon and scientists want to take full advantage of its visit.Read more...
by The Verge - about 1 hour
Image: Facepunch Studios The popular physics sandbox game Garry’s Mod is pulling all of its Nintendo-related add-ons following copyright takedown requests from the gaming giant. On Wednesday, the developers of Garry’s Mod made a post on Steam saying users “may have noticed that certain Nintendo related workshop items have recently been taken down,” adding that “this is not a mistake,” as the takedowns came from Nintendo.
“Honestly, this is fair enough. This is Nintendo’s content and what they allow and don’t allow is up to them,” the post reads. “They don’t want you playing with that stuff in Garry’s Mod — that’s their decision, we have to respect that and take down as much as we...
by Courrier International - about 1 hour
Le jeudi 25 avril, le président de la République a prononcé un grand discours sur l’UE à la Sorbonne, où il a notamment parlé d’une “Europe mortelle”, invoquant ainsi une évolution de sa capacité de défense. Un ton “dramatique” qui semble avoir surpris les correspondants de la presse étrangère.
by QZ - about 1 hour
To lure workers back to the office, companies are looking for buildings that feature attractive amenities and are located in vibrant, buzzy neighborhoods.Read more...
by The Verge - about 1 hour
Megatron. | Image: Robosen Three years later, Hasbro’s self-transforming, dancing, driving, talking, and attacking Optimus Prime finally has a villain to fight. Megatron, the leader of the Decepticons, is about to arrive. For $1,200 — $899 through May 25th — its robot partner Robosen has created what could be the best auto-converting Transformer yet. Just to make sure you’re getting it: this bot automatically transforms itself into a badass remote-control tank with a gigantic auto-extending cannon that can actually fire projectiles — then stands up and speaks over 270 phrases from original Megatron voice actor Frank Welker while doing all sorts of tricks. Here, bask in the glory of childhood...
by The Verge - about 1 hour
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Google is working on a fix to block crafty individuals from gaining access to the emails of accounts logged in to some Android TV units. The Android TV operating system, which is preloaded on many smart TVs on the market, could allow people with physical access to get into Gmail and other services associated with the owner’s account, as reported by 404 Media.
Since Android TV is just Android under the hood, it treats the owner’s Google account login as a persistent one, allowing them to automatically log in to allowed apps from the Play Store. Chrome is not allowed by Google to install on Android TV, but there’s a workaround that could get it installed, allowing easy...
by io9 - about 2 hours
Image: ParamountWe’ve said this many times before, and will no doubt say it a least a few times before as it nears its final end this season: Star Trek: Discovery is not a subtle show. It never has been, but ever since it really found its confidence and understood where its strengths were, it has never shied away from yelling them loudly in the audience’s faces.Sometimes this works in Discovery’s favor, like it did in last week’s stunningly tight time-twisting adventure—the show firing on all cylinders to play with a format it knows it’s really good at, and using it to do the character reflection it’s also really good at. Sometimes, it means you get an episode like this week’s “Mirrors,” a...
by QZ - about 2 hours
Coca-Cola is betting that AI can helpit pop. The beverage company has signed afive-year partnership with Microsoft to streamline its workplace operations, manage costs, and improve productivity, it said in a statement on Tuesday. The partnership is valued at $1.1 billion. Read more...
by QZ - about 2 hours
Rubrik, a Microsoft-backed company that makes data management software, went public on Thursday and the stock quickly soared 20% . Under the ticker symbol RBRK, the unicorn company priced its initial public offering at $32 per share. The stock opened at $38.60 per share.Read more...
by Le Monde - about 2 hours
Cette taxe concerne uniquement les touristes journaliers entrant dans la vieille ville entre 8 h 30 et 16 heures. Les touristes dormant au moins une nuit sur place sont exemptés.
by Wired - about 2 hours
These weatherproof outdoor security cams keep a watchful eye on your property while you get on with life. Our list includes battery-powered and LTE devices and options that need no subscription.
by Wired - about 2 hours
This week, we talk about the looming TikTok ban and what it means for the politicians and influencers who regularly post on the platform.
by Wired - about 2 hours
Conspiracies about outside forces funding and orchestrating the university protests at Columbia and NYU have taken hold online, primarily on X.
by Wired - about 2 hours
Good cold-brewed coffee tastes like magic. Learn how to make it right—no barista necessary.
by io9 - about 2 hours
The Fellowship is back in June.Image: New LinePack the lembas bread and gather up your fellowship, we’re going back to Middle-earth. Warner Bros. is releasing the extended editions of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy in theaters for one weekend only this June, and it’s the first time the re-releases will feature their remastered 4K versions from 2020.The screenings take place on June 8, 9, and 10 with one movie a day: The Fellowship of the Ring on Saturday, The Two Towers on Sunday, and Return of the King on Monday. Tickets are already on sale via this link so head there to check if your local theaters are participating. At first glance, it looks like most major theater chains are participating,...
by Torrentfreak - about 2 hours
It’s long been the case that access to certain services, whether on or offline, will only be granted when customers prove their identity. Often linked to financial products but in many cases basic money/goods transactions carried out online, handing over a name, address, date of birth and similar details, can increase confidence that a deal will more likely than not go according to plan. In some cases, especially when buying restricted products, proving identity can be a condition of sale.
Yet, for many years, companies operating in the online space have been happy to do business with customers without knowing very much about them at all. In some cases, where companies understand that a lack of friction is...
by Wired - about 3 hours
Our favorite zero-drop, minimalist footwear will let you feel the ground beneath your feet.
by Courrier International - about 3 hours
Les ailes du célèbre cabaret du Moulin-Rouge se sont effondrées dans la nuit du 24 au 25 avril. Si aucun blessé n’est à déplorer, la presse internationale s’émeut de cet accident qui a endommagé l’un des plus fameux temples de la nuit parisienne.
by Langue Sauce Piquante - about 3 hours
sur un mur de Marseille (photo : LSP, mars 2024)
 
Vous en souvenez-vous ? c’était le matin du 5 novembre 2018. 9 h 05, à Marseille, les  immeubles des 63 et 65 de la populaire rue d’Aubagne viennent de s’effondrer ; on retirera des décombres 8 morts et 2 blessés.Quelques jours plus tard, le maître de la ville, Jean-Claude Gaudin, tient une conférence de presse, on peut en trouver quelques minutes sur Twitter Vers 50 secondes de la vidéo, on peut entendre le maestro déclarer à propos des « immeubles en état d’insalubrité » que , « la plupart du temps », ils appartiennent « à des copropriétés privées, quelquefois même à des marchands de soleil* (sic)« .Il ne fallait pas...
by Les Décodeurs - about 3 hours
Depuis le 7 octobre 2023, des responsables politiques, militants ou étudiants sont convoqués par la police pour « apologie du terrorisme ». Des procédures critiquées comme des atteintes à la liberté d’expression.
by Le Monde - about 3 hours
Les attaques contre des journalistes travaillant pour des médias en langue iranienne, comme la chaîne Iran International ou la BBC Persian, s’intensifient, jusqu’à l’agression.
by Human Progress - about 3 hours
Summary: Since the introduction of the first US commercial soft contact lenses, significant advancements have made them more accessible and affordable. This progress in abundance, driven by continuous innovation, underscores the importance of fostering an environment conducive to scientific and entrepreneurial advancements for the prosperity of society. In 1971, Bausch & Lomb manufactured the first US commercial soft contact lenses. An eye doctor fitting ran around $550, and a pair of contact lenses cost $65, putting total costs around $615. Unskilled workers at the time earned about $2 an hour. This means the time price was about 307.5 hours. Today an eye exam is about $120, and lenses start at $200 for a...
by io9 - about 3 hours
Image: Heroes & VillainsRamp up your summer fandom wardrobe with Heroes & Villains’ new Star Wars resort collection. This new line from the online retailer has ‘fits perfect for May the Fourth, Mother’s Day, Memorial Day weekend, Father’s Day, and summer vacations at beach destinations like Niamos or Ibiza.io9 exclusively has the first look at the extended Star Wars vacation gear drop that features something for everyone. With prints inspired by Ahsoka, The Mandalorian, and classic Rebel or Jedi symbols, there’s swim and beachside lounge sets that are incredibly subtle with signature “if you know you know”detailing from Heroes & Villains. Take a look at the gallery ahead to see the collection....
by Courrier International - about 3 hours
Alors que des représentants de 176 pays négocient à Ottawa pour accoucher d’un traité mondial visant à s’attaquer au problème des déchets plastiques, une nouvelle étude montre que la majorité de la pollution plastique peut être attribuée à 56 entreprises, et plus de 20 % à Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Nestlé et Danone.
by Courrier International - about 3 hours
Aux États-Unis, un tribunal d’appel a statué en faveur de l’ancien producteur d’Hollywood. Même s’il reste sous le coup d’une autre condamnation, la presse souligne l’effet symbolique de cette décision, dans une affaire qui était à l’origine du mouvement #MeToo.
by HackAdAy - about 4 hours
Many readers will be aware of the trend for disposable vapes, and how harvesting them for lithium-ion batteries has become a popular pastime in our community. We’re all used to the slim ones about the size of a marker pen, but it’s a surprise to find that they also come in larger sizes equipped with colour LCD screens. [Jason Gin] received one of this type of vape, and set about reverse engineering it.
What he found inside alongside the lithium-ion cell (we love his use of the term ” street lithium” by the way) was an ARM Cortex M0 microcontroller, 1 MB of flash, and that 80×160 display. Some investigation revealed this last part to have an ST7735S controller with an SPI interface. He turned his...
by io9 - about 4 hours
Image: BBCThere is perhaps no funnier dichotomy in sci-fi fandom than Doctor Who—a show that has inherently been about the nature of change and the mutability of time for six decades—having a fandom that, by and large, does not cope well with change. But one major change coming into the show’s new season has had UK audiences concerned... enough that Who’s returning showrunner has spoken up about it.When Ncuti Gatwa’s debut season as the Doctor begins next month on the BBC and across the world on Disney+, it will do so in a staggered release: prioritizing the British series’ new home at Disney. While Doctor Who will still broadcast on TV in its traditional Saturday night time slot in the UK, it will...
by Le Monde - about 4 hours
L’annulation du discours de l’écrivain Antonio Scurati pour les célébrations du 25 avril, anniversaire de la libération du nazisme et du fascisme, est perçue comme un acte apparent de censure, réveillant une querelle autour de la mémoire historique italienne.
by Le Monde - about 4 hours
Mort à l’âge de 63 ans, le réalisateur travaillait sur un projet de film, intitulé « L’Apprenti », qui devait sortir en 2025.
by Paul Jorion - about 4 hours
Intuitions ? ou guidances ? en psychothérapie.
by BBC - about 4 hours
The French president delivers a stark warning for Europe to ask fast to survive in a changing world.
by Les Décodeurs - about 5 hours
Militantisme fiévreux, complotisme échevelé et culte de la personnalité : dans un reportage dans un bastion du trumpisme, Julien Pain donne à voir la nouvelle Amérique pro-Trump, plus désinformée et radicalisée que jamais.
by HackAdAy - about 5 hours
Image by [SrBlonde] via Hackaday.IOOkay, so we’re opening with more than just a keyboard, and that’s fine. In fact, it’s more than fine, it’s probably the cutest lil’ ZX Spectrum you’ll see today.
[SrBlonde]’s wonderful micro Spectrum project has only the essential inputs, which makes for an interesting-looking keyboard for sure. Inside you’ll find an Orange Pi Zero 2 board loaded with Batocera so [SrBlonde] can play all their favorite childhood games on the 5″ IPS display.
Something else that’s interesting is that the switches are a mix of blues and blacks — clickies and linears. I can’t figure out how they’re distributed based on the numbers in the components list, but I could see...
by KCRW - about 5 hours
The Supreme Court of the United States will hear oral arguments in the case of Trump vs. the United States. Before the court is the question of whether a former President has immunity from prosecution for official acts committed while that President was in office, and whether that applies to Trump’s efforts to subvert the 2020 election. Tune in to KCRW to hear NPR's live coverage at 6:50 a.m. PST.
by Le Monde - about 5 hours
La cour d’appel a estimé que des erreurs de procédure avaient été commises durant ce procès, qui avait constitué une victoire pour le mouvement #metoo.
by BBC - about 5 hours
Meanwhile, hundreds of students march in Washington DC, and congresswoman Ilhan Omar joins protesters at a New York campus.
by Actutech - about 6 hours
Supercell, bien connu pour ses titres Clash of Clans, Brawl Stars, et Clash Royale, s'apprête à lancer un nouveau jeu qui promet d’être un futur hit sur smartphone. Le 29 mai prochain, "Squad Busters" sera disponible à l'échelle mondiale pour les utilisateurs Android et iOS. Squad Busters se présente comme un jeu multijoueur compétitif, mais avec une plus grande envergure que celle des sorties mobiles habituelles. Il implique des matches où dix joueurs s’affrontent pour collecter le maximum de gemmes, tout en développant une équipe de personnages contrôlés par ordinateur. Inspiré des MOBA, mais dans une forme simplifiée, le futur titre du studio finlandais permet aux joueurs de déplacer...
by Buzzfeed - about 7 hours
But it can't, so you'll just have to be grateful and amazed on your own.View Entire Post ›
by Société de Géographie - about 7 hours
C’est un pays aussi impressionnant que mal connu. Etat le plus peuplé d’Afrique avec plus de 215 millions d’habitants, principale puissance économique d’Afrique de l’Ouest, le Nigeria n’en demeure pas moins un impensé de la géographie francophone, une terra incognita aussi fascinante qu’effrayante. Pour mieux comprendre la réalité de ce géant africain au pied d’argile, le chercheur Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos a accepté de nous accompagner pour interroger et déconstruire les stéréotypes toujours tenaces à l’encontre du Nigeria. Une plongée passionnante au cœur « d’un pays qui n’existait pas » pour les uns, d’une puissance en devenir pour les autres.
   
by BBC - about 7 hours
Justices push lawyers for both sides on whether a president can be criminally prosecuted for acts while in office.
by HackAdAy - about 8 hours
Let’s face it — electronics are hard. Difficult concepts, tiny parts, inscrutable datasheets, and a hundred other factors make it easy to screw up in new and exciting ways. Sometimes the Magic Smoke is released, but more often things just don’t work even though they absolutely should, and no amount of banging your head on the bench seems to change things.
It’s at times like this that one questions their sanity, as [Gili Yankovitch] probably did when he discovered that not all CH32V003s are created equal. In an attempt to recreate the Linux-on-a-microcontroller project, [Gili] decided to go with the A4M6 variant of the dirt-cheap RISC-V microcontroller. This variant lives in a SOP16 package, which makes...
by Usbek & Rica - about 9 hours
Trois questions à l’écrivaine Tania de Montaigne à l’occasion de la présentation de son œuvre immersive Noire, sélectionnée dans le cadre du NewImages Festival, qui se tient jusqu’au 28 avril au Forum des images, à Paris, et dont Usbek & Rica est partenaire.
by Torrentfreak - about 9 hours
Twenty-five years ago, peer-to-peer file-sharing took the Internet by storm. The ability to search for and share content with complete strangers was nothing short of a revolution. In the years that followed, media consumption swiftly moved online. This usually involved content shared without permission, but pirate pioneers ultimately paved the way for new business models.
The original ‘pirate’ ethos has long since gone. There are still plenty of unauthorized sites and services, but few today concern themselves with decentralization and similar technical advances; centralized streaming is the new king with money as the main motivator.
AI Meets BitTorrent
There are areas where innovation and technological...
by Korben - about 10 hours
Vous avez une vieille vidéo toute pourrie, floue à souhait, qui date de Mathusalem et bien avec VideoGigaGAN d’Adobe, elle va se transformer en une magnifique séquence HD, avec des détails si nets que vous pourrez compter les poils de nez des gens qui sont dessus ! VideoGigaGAN est ce qu’on appelle un modèle d’IA génératif. En gros, ce machin est capable de deviner les détails manquants dans une vidéo pourrave pour la rendre méga classe. Les petits gars d’Adobe ont balancé des exemples sur leur GitHub et franchement, c’est impressionnant. On passe d’une vidéo degueulasse à un truc ultra net, avec des textures de peau hallucinantes et des détails de fou ! En plus, cette IA est capable...
by Korben - about 11 hours
Vous connaissez OpenELM ? Non, normal, ça vient de sortir. Et c’est une famille de modèles IA open-source made in Apple conçus pour tourner directement sur vos appareils, sans passer par le cloud. En gros, c’est de l’IA maison dans nos iPhone, iPad et Mac…etc. OpenELM combine plusieurs modèles de langage naturel (LLMs) utilisant des algorithmes évolutionnistes qui exploitent les principes techniques suivants : Layer-wise scaling strategy : Cette stratégie consiste à allouer les paramètres dans les couches d’un modèle transformeur pour améliorer l’exactitude. Les modèles sont pré-alourés avec un budget de paramètres de 270 millions, 450 millions, 1,1 milliard et 3 milliards....
by HackAdAy - about 11 hours
Battery technology is the major limiting factor for the large-scale adoption of electric vehicles and grid-level energy storage. Marginal improvements have been made for lithium cells in the past decade but the technology has arguably been fairly stagnant, at least on massive industrial scales. At smaller levels there have been some more outside-of-the-box developments for things like embedded systems and, at least in the case of this battery that can recharge itself, implantable batteries for medical devices.
The tiny battery uses sodium and gold for the anode and cathode, and takes oxygen from the body to complete the chemical reaction. With a virtually unlimited supply of oxygen available to it, the battery...
by Korben - about 11 hours
— Article en partenariat avec Incogni — Ah, les data brokers, ces entreprises mystérieuses dont on entend parler à peine plus souvent que de la météo sur Pluton (jamais en gros). Pourtant, ces entités obscures ont les mains (ou plutôt les serveurs) pleines de données, récoltées dans les plus sombres recoins numériques. J’ai déjà abordé le sujet sur ce site, mais comment opèrent-ils concrètement ? Voyage dans les entrailles du web pour percer le mystère des data brokers et comment lutter avec l’aide d’Incogni. Qui sont-ils et que font-ils ? Les data brokers, ce sont un peu les fantômes du cyberespace. On les connait rarement de nom, mais ils traquent nos traces numériques comme...
by Korben - about 12 hours
Localsumm est un générateur de résumés nouvelle génération qui tourne direct dans votre navigateur Chrome, sans envoyer vos données sur le cloud. Sous le capot, cette petite extension magique utilise un modèle de langage maison développé par Microsoft : le fameux Phi-3. C’est une sorte de cousin du célèbre GPT, mais en version allégée et spécialisée dans le résumé de texte. Pour tester cette merveille, c’est assez simple. Déjà, il faut avoir Chrome (ou un clone open source comme Brave ou Chromium) puis : Installez et lancez Ollama Entrez la commande ollama run phi3 dans le terminal pour déployer le modèle Phi-3 Bidouillez un peu les paramètres CORS de votre navigateur (voici un tuto...
by Usbek & Rica - about 12 hours
Les écrans nous permettent désormais de vivre les grands événements « comme si on y était » Les stades et les salles de concert sont devenus des forteresses bardées de portiques et de caméras de surveillance. Quant à l’empreinte carbone de ces rassemblements XXL, elle fait tache dans un monde qui brûle. À 3 mois des JO de Paris, le nouveau numéro d'Usbek & Rica explore la façon dont on pourra encore « faire foule » demain. Disponible en librairie et sur notre site.
by KCRW - about 12 hours
A landslide on Topanga Canyon Blvd. blocks access to Pacific Coast Highway, leading to three-hour commutes and potential catastrophe in fire season.
by Korben - about 12 hours
Et si aujourd’hui, on parlait un peu de l’extension CSS Compatibility Checker pour Visual Studio Code ? Un outil juste dingue qui va vous aider à voir en un clin d’œil si votre code est compatible avec tous les navigateurs. Plus besoin de passer des heures à éplucher la doc ou de croiser les doigts en espérant que ça passe, cette petite merveille va vous changer la vie ! Imaginez un peu le topo : vous êtes tranquillou en train de tapoter votre CSS, vous balancez une propriété backdrop-filter pour flouter votre background avec classe et là bim 💥, l’extension vous remonte direct que c’est pas compatible avec certaines vieilles versions de navigateurs. Ou alors vous utilisez un mot-clé un...
by Actutech - about 12 hours
Meta a annoncé des prévisions de revenus pour le trimestre en cours qui ne répondent pas aux attentes de Wall Street, tout en révélant des plans pour accroître substantiellement ses dépenses en intelligence artificielle. Malgré des résultats financiers solides pour les trois premiers mois de l'année, cette annonce a semé le doute parmi les investisseurs.Au cours du premier trimestre, la société a enregistré un chiffre d'affaires de 36,5 milliards de dollars, en hausse de 27% par rapport à l'année dernière, et légèrement au-dessus des prévisions de 36,1 milliards. Le bénéfice net a atteint 12,4 milliards, plus que doublant les 5,7 milliards de 2023. Cependant, pour ce trimestre, elle...
by daryo Bluesky - about 13 hours
Watch Office Pals John Krasinski and Steve Carell Reunite for If
https://gizmodo.com/office-reunion-michael-jim-john-krasinski-steve-carell-1851433120