The US passed a law this week to force the sale of the popular video app or be banned in America.

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En 1968, les étudiants manifestaient contre la guerre du Vietnam et ont fait dérailler la convention nationale du Parti démocrate qui se déroulait à Chicago. Alors que les manifestations propalestiniennes se multiplient sur les campus des universités américaines, l’histoire pourrait se répéter, souligne ce chroniqueur du “New York Times”.

Accusés d’avoir commis un braquage sanglant, deux anarchistes italiens sont exécutés à Boston en 1927. Près d’un siècle plus tard, un de leurs descendants tente encore de récupérer leurs cendres.

“The Economist” décrit le lourd tribut payé à la guerre par les agriculteurs ukrainiens, victimes des mines et munitions non explosées laissées dans les champs par l’armée russe. Devant l’ampleur de la tâche, des démineurs clandestins proposent leurs services en cassant les prix, avec des méthodes artisanales qui mettent leurs clients en danger.

Entre les prix exorbitants et les promesses de métros bondés, ces JO parisiens peuvent en rebuter plus d’un. Alors une journaliste du journal britannique “The Independent” raconte pourquoi elle a opté pour Marseille plutôt que Paris pour assister à la compétition. La cité phocéenne, en plus d’offrir un cadre de vacances idéal, accueille elle aussi des épreuves, à des tarifs bien moins prohibitifs.

The actor was taken into custody on Thursday after failing to front court on assault charges.

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The synthesis of single-atom layer versions of a range of atoms is currently all the hype, with graphene probably the most well-known example of this. These monolayers are found to have a range of mechanical (e.g. hardness), electrical (conduction) and thermal properties that are very different from the other forms of these materials. The major difficulty in creating monolayers is finding a way that works reliably and which can scale. Now researchers have found a way to make monolayers of gold – called goldene – which allows for the synthesis of relatively large sheets of this two-dimensional structure.
In the research paper by [Shun Kashiwaya] and colleagues (with accompanying press release) as published...

Protests against the Gaza war have erupted in dozens of US campuses, and there have been hundreds of arrests.

While both Alphabet and Microsoft boasted strong quarterly earnings, only one tech giant showed that its generative AI bet is starting to pay off.

The actress tells BBC News survivors feel betrayed after a new trial is ordered for Harvey Weinstein.

Photo: io9/GizmodoFans of Pixar’s sleeper hit Turning Red will be happy to know that Mei and her friends have taken over both Disneyland and Disney California Adventure in a big way.During Pixar Fest at the Disneyland Resort, the Turning Red crew have brought 4*Town into the spotlight for show-stopping moments that will get you on your feet. First, during the day, you can catch them featured on their own float in the Better Together: A Pixar Pals Celebration parade at Disney’s California Adventure. We get to finally see red panda Mei she performs “Nobody Like You” with 4*Town and her best friends—even Mei’s dad in the cardboard red panda costume gets in on the action. It’s exciting to see Disney...

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Jeudi, l’ancien président a assisté, en silence, à la suite de l’audition de David Pecker, ex-patron du tabloïd « National Enquirer ». Son témoignage a mis en lumière le partenariat qui s’était noué entre eux lors de la campagne présidentielle de 2016.

While there’s still something undeniably cool about the flip-open communicators used in the original Star Trek, the fact is, they don’t really look all that futuristic compared to modern mobile phones. But the upgraded “combadges” used in Star Trek: The Next Generation and its various large and small screen spin-offs — now that’s a tech we’re still trying to catch up to.
As it turns out, it might not be as far away as we thought. A company called Vocera actually put out a few models of WiFi “Communication Badges” in the early 2000s that were intended for hospital use, which these days can be had on eBay for as little as $25 USD. Unfortunately, they’re basically worthless without a...

It’s not the Vita comeback we were hoping for, but the Sony’s portable remote player is still a handy companion. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge We may be out of the scarcity woods as it pertains to the PlayStation 5, but some of its accessories can still be hard to track down. Take the PlayStation Portal, for instance, which has been difficult to come by since it arrived on the scene in mid-November. Thankfully, Sony’s handheld remote player is available once again at Best Buy and Sony’s PlayStation Direct storefront, where you can currently pick it up for its full retail price of $199.99. The Portal isn’t the Nintendo Switch or Steam Deck killer some thought it might be, but it...

Une cour d’appel a jugé que l’ancien producteur de cinéma, accusé d’agressions sexuelles par plus d’une centaine de femmes, n’a pas eu droit à un procès équitable. Il reste pour l’instant derrière les barreaux car il purge une seconde peine de prison pour viol.

Software maker Microsoft reported strong third-quarter earnings on Thursday, led in part by its AI technology and cloud businesses, it said in a statement. Read more...

Google parent Alphabet reported a surge in profits of nearly 60% in the first quarter of this year versus the same period a prior year.Read more...

Le préfet de police de Paris, Laurent Nuñez, a détaillé jeudi le dispositif qui sera mis en place dès le 18 juillet. Deux zones distinctes seront établies aux abords de la Seine.

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Image: Prime VideoLike the video games before it, Fallout is a hit. The Prime Video series is getting a second season, which means we’ll get to see what’s next for Ella Purnell’s Lucy. After leaving the artificial confines of Vault 33, she got a crash course in surface-dwelling life in the post-apocalyptic world—as well as the sinister truth about its history.Speaking to GQ, Purnell admitted she felt a lot of pressure, knowing that Fallout already had a devoted fan base and Prime Video’s huge platform meant the show would be seen by even more eyeballs. “I am just Fallout-centric right now. I just eat, breathe, live, shit Fallout, all the time,” she joked. But the interview—which does, yes,...

From spiders struggling to make webs in orbit to bats clinging to the outside of the Space Shuttle, the history of animals in space is as fascinating as it is weird. Here are some of our favorite stories.Read more...

A team in the U.K. has found a new window into cancer, thanks to a novel imaging technique that allows them to take a detailed look at the fatty cargo inside a single tumor cell. The tech could make it easier to understand how different cancers respond to specific treatments, among many other insights.Read more...

Former magazine publisher David Pecker detailed how he helped bury stories for Trump, who he called “the boss”.

Millions of consumers trust airlines with their lives each day, but few passengers understand how these massive flying tubes stay airborne and why they look the way they do. I don’t remember jets having winglets when I was a kid, but on a recent work trip I took notice of the winglets on all the planes at the airport.…Read more...

Image: The Verge A physical education teacher and former athletic director of a Baltimore County high school has been arrested and charged with using an AI voice cloning service to frame the school’s principal.
The Baltimore Banner reports that Baltimore County police believe a recording whiich circulated through social media in January with purported audio of Pikesville High School principal Eric Eiswert making racist and antisemitic comments was fake. Experts told The Baltimore Banner and police that the recording, which briefly resulted in Eiswert’s suspension, has a “flat tone, unusually clean background sounds, and lack of consistent breathing sounds or pauses.” Baltimore County police traced the...

Week-end antifasciste à Bordeaux les 10,11 et 12 mai 2024 -
Initiatives / Dax, Solidarité antifasciste, Bordeaux, antifascisme, Initiative culturelle, Rencontre, débat, conférence, projection, Offensive Antifasciste Bordeaux

Appel à mobilisation antifasciste contre le C9M, marche annuelle néonazie à Paris. -
Initiatives / Paris, Action Antifasciste Paris Banlieue, antifascisme, Comité du 9 Mai (C9M), Mobilisation (manifs, rassemblements,...)

Appel à une manifestation antifasciste le Samedi 27 Avril 2024 à 14h, place Michelet à Tours. -
Initiatives / antifascisme, Tours, Mobilisation (manifs, rassemblements,...)

Image: CWWhen The Flash launched in October 2014—the second project of the CW’s bold attempt to flesh out its own superhero cinematic universe—its premiere episode ended with a bold statement: not only would the series be still going in a decade’s time, it would have grown enough to tackle one of the most iconic stories in DC Comics history, Crisis on Infinite Earths.Ten years later, we’ve arrived at that fateful April 25, 2024 date—and you know what? The Flash was kind of right, give or take a few temporal quibbles.Over the years as The Flash delved more and more into the time-bending shenanigans of the Speed Force, that infamous premiere stinger changed and developed—who wrote the story...

Illustration: The Verge The reminders you’ve jotted down in Google Keep will soon show up in Tasks. Google says the long-requested integration is coming over the next year, allowing you to see, edit, and complete your Keep reminders across Tasks, Calendar, and Assistant.
The change will make Tasks the central hub for all to-dos and reminders, hopefully making them far easier to manage. It’s something my colleague David Pierce suggested when talking about Google’s upgraded Keep app last year, saying, “Now, Google, make Keep reminders show up in Tasks. It’s right there!” Image: Google Even though Tasks doesn’t support location-based reminders like Keep does, Google states (referring to Keep) that...

Image: The Verge Microsoft just posted the third quarter of its 2024 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $61.9 billion in revenue and a net income of $21.9 billion during Q3. Revenue is up 17 percent, and net income has increased by 20 percent.
This is the second quarter in a row that Microsoft is including its additional revenue from its Activision Blizzard acquisition that briefly pushed gaming to be Microsoft’s third-largest business. This time around, gaming is back into fourth place behind Windows thanks to stronger than expected Windows OEM revenue this quarter.
Despite a strong quarter for Microsoft with Office revenue and Microsoft Cloud revenue up 23 percent year over year,...

Nintendo's top-of-the-line handheld gaming console hardly ever goes on sale, making this small discount super appealing.

Power distribution units, as the name implies, are indispensable tools to have available in a server rack. They can handle a huge amount of power for demands of intensive computing and do it in a way that the wiring is managed fairly well. Plenty of off-the-shelf solutions have remote control or automation capabilities as well, but finding none that fit [fmarzocca]’s needs or price range, he ended up building his own essentially from scratch that powers his home automation system.
Because it is the power supply for a home automation system, each of the twelve outlets in this unit needed to be individually controllable. For that, three four-channel relay boards were used, each driven by an output on an ESP32....

The cover of Star Wars: The Last Command by Timothy Zahn. Image: LucasfilmArguably the most important, game-changing event in the history of Star Wars storytelling happened 10 years ago today. On April 25, 2014, Lucasfilm announced that the Star Wars Expanded Universe was being pushed aside. All future storytelling would be part of the same, cohesive canon, and the EU stories fans knew and loved over the years would become disconnected “Legends.”You can read the official announcement at this link, and doing so with 10 years of hindsight is kind of mind-boggling. In the decade since, Star Wars fans have been so inundated with new stories, all of which connect, we almost take for granted that Lucasfilm had...

The FCC voted 3-2 to restore net neutrality rules that had disappeared during the Trump administration.

Apple TV+ Before AI meant you could impersonate someone’s voice with just a snippet of audio, con artists needed actual skill to impersonate famous figures. Take Hargobind Tahilramani, who allegedly impersonated such powerful Hollywood women as Amy Pascal, Kathleen Kennedy, and Wendi Deng Murdoch. Now, it’s a documentary from Tiger King’s Chris Smith.
The scam artist dubbed “the Con Queen of Hollywood” sent victims to Indonesia, then extracted cash for what seemed like normal expenses, promising reimbursements. The reimbursements never appeared. Scott Johnson at The Hollywood Reporter first broke the story in 2018, then followed it, eventually writing a book. The Apple TV Plus documentary is based on...

More than a dozen horses died during the 2023 racing season at events like the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes. A new documentary looks at what’s behind the crisis.

The latest film releases are Challengers, Uncropped, Egoist, and Alien (re-release). Weighing in are Alsondo Duralde and Dave White, film critics and co-hosts of movie podcast Linoleum Knife. Challengers This sports drama from Luca Guadagnino treats tennis as a metaphor for competition in a love triangle. Zendaya stars as coach Tashi Duncan, who turns her husband into a global tennis star. Then, he faces off against his former best friend who is also Tashi’s ex-boyfriend. Duralde: “You have these three people who first meet in 2006 when they are in the finals of the junior U.S. Open, and how their relationships evolve over the next 13 years. The movie is framed by this one tennis match that's happening in...

From Poor Things to Dune: Part One, here’s everything you need to watch on Hulu right now.

The Supreme Court justices grant that presidents have some immunity when it comes to prosecution, but differ in how much and when it applies.

Image: VerticalHis Jekyll and Hyde moment might have evaporated with Universal’s ill-fated Dark Universe, but Russell Crowe hasn’t turned his back on horror: on the heels of The Pope’s Exorcist, which became a surprise Netflix smash, he’s got The Exorcism—an unrelated film that obviously shares some familiar themes.In The Exorcism, Crowe plays “a troubled actor who begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film,” according to the film’s official description; from the looks of the first trailer, he gets to play the possessed person this time around! It’s also clear The Exorcism is very aware of horror-movie history—The Exorcist is one of Hollywood’s legendary “cursed”...

A New York appeals court has overturned the rape conviction against Harvey Weinstein, saying a judge mistakenly allowed women who were not part of the charges to testify that the former Hollywood producer abused them.

Phish “Evolve”
Last summer I went to see Phish and they played this song. The show was part of a week of Phish gigs at Madison Square Garden, and it was pretty easy to get an inexpensive ticket on a whim on the day of the gig. Phish is known for having very intense and obsessive fans, but Phish shows – and “jam band” shows more generally – are perfect for casual listeners. It’s a situation where knowing a lot of songs going in helpful, but also sets you up for disappointment since there’s no telling what the band might play beyond ruling out whatever they played at the few shows. You’re meant to show up and just go along for the ride. It’s like a musical rollercoaster that they make just...

In a Universe ruled by the harsh and unyielding laws of Physics, it’s often tempting to dream of mechanisms which defy these rigid restrictions. Although over the past hundred years we have made astounding progress in uncovering ways to work within these restrictions — including splitting and fusing atoms to liberate immense amounts of energy — there are those who dream of making reality a bit more magical. The concept of asymmetrical electrostatic propulsion is a major player here, with the EmDrive the infamous example. More recently [Dr. Charles Buhler] proposed trying it again, as part of his company Exodus Propulsion Technologies.
This slide from Dr. Buhler’s APEC presentation shows the custom-made...

Dans l’allocution qu’il a prononcée jeudi 25 avril à Paris, le président de la République a appelé à muscler la défense de l’Union et à doubler le budget communautaire pour ouvrir la voie à une « Europe puissance ».

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.

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.

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...

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 en trouve quelques minutes sur Twitter Vers 50 secondes de la vidéo, le maestro déclare 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 chercher bien loin de la...

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.

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...

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...

Mort à l’âge de 63 ans, le réalisateur travaillait sur un projet de film, intitulé « L’Apprenti », qui devait sortir en 2025.

Intuitions ? ou guidances ? en psychothérapie.

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.

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.