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by QZ - about 19 minutes
A Bud Light return may fall flat before it can fizzle. Read more...
by The Verge - about 22 minutes
Illustration: The Verge Sarah Bird, Microsoft’s chief product officer of responsible AI, tells The Verge in an interview that her team has designed several new safety features that will be easy to use for Azure customers who aren’t hiring groups of red teamers to test the AI services they built. Microsoft says these LLM-powered tools can detect potential vulnerabilities, monitor for hallucinations “that are plausible yet unsupported,” and block malicious prompts in real time for Azure AI customers working with any model hosted on the platform. “We know that customers don’t all have deep expertise in prompt injection attacks or hateful content, so the evaluation system generates the prompts needed...
by QZ - about 23 minutes
The so-called “Magnificent Seven” stocks had a good run.Read more...
by io9 - about 26 minutes
Screenshot: New World PicturesHeathers was released in theaters March 31, 1989, capping a decade of teen movies more defined by John Hughes comedies (The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) than wickedly acidic satire. Other high school-centric films in 1989 included Say Anything, Dead Poets’ Society, and Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure—wildly different movies that all share a certain earnestness. Heathers, meanwhile, looked at its audience, rolled its eyes, and asked, “What is your damage?”Though Heathers has lived on in a musical (which played Off-Broadway in 2014; and London’s West End in 2018) and a TV series (which ran one season in 2018 on the Paramount Network), it’s the original...
by BBC - about 35 minutes
The crypto exchange co-founder was convicted last year of stealing $8bn from investors.
by QZ - about 36 minutes
The rich got even richer in 2023.Read more...
by The Verge - about 36 minutes
Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Apple plans to release a new lineup of iPad Pros with OLED displays in early May, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The company is also reportedly planning to launch an iPad Air with a larger 12.9-inch display for the first time.
According to Gurman’s sources, the new iPad Pro models will feature Apple’s in-house M3 chip, along with a revamped Magic Keyboard with a bigger trackpad. The iPad Air, on the other hand, is rumored to come with the last-generation M2 chip and two display sizes: the standard 10.9-inch option and a larger 12.9-inch one. The current iPad Pro models use M2 chips, while the Air has an M1. It’s been nearly two years since Apple...
by BBC - about 38 minutes
It could cost insurance companies $1.2bn for the bridge damages and millions more for the six deaths.
by BBC - about 40 minutes
An eight-year-old girl is the only survivor after a bus carrying Easter pilgrims plunges into a ravine.
by QZ - about 43 minutes
Whether you’re interested in crypto or not, you’ve probably heard of Dogecoin. This meme-based cryptocurrency — Elon Musk’s favorite — is making headlines again. Read more...
by HackAdAy - about 55 minutes
Sega Saturn mainboard with main components labelled. More RAM is found on the bottom, as well. (Credit: Rodrigo Copetti)
In the annals of game console history, the Sega Saturn is probably the most convoluted system of all time, even giving the Playstation 3 a run for its rings. Also known as the system on which Sega beached itself before its Dreamcast swansong, it featured an incredible four CPUs, two video processors, multiple levels and types of RAM, all pushed onto game studios with virtually no software tools or plan how to use the thing. An introduction to this console’s architecture is provided by [Rodrigo Copetti], which gives a good idea of the harrowing task of developing for this system.
Launched...
by Le Monde - about 1 hour
Dix milliards d’euros d’économies ont déjà été actés pour 2024, et 20 milliards de coupes sont annoncées pour 2025. Mais des « économies supplémentaires » seront nécessaires, selon le ministre de l’économie et des finances, Bruno Le Maire.
by QZ - about 1 hour
A total solar eclipse will happen on Monday, April 8, putting on quite a show for roughly 44 million people who live within the totality—the places on the Earth that will be completely shielded by the Moon as it comes between us and the sun. But there are more than a few people on platforms like YouTube and TikTok who…Read more...
by io9 - about 1 hour
Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson in Doctor WhoImage: BBC/Disney+If you watched the Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials, the most recent Christmas special, or even just the trailer for Ncuti Gatwa’s first season as the Fifteenth Doctor—you have absolutely noticed the famously low-budget show’s suddenly far more glorious production values. It’s a big result of the BBC staple’s new partnership with Disney, and past and current showrunner Russell T. Davies is grateful for it.Speaking on the They Like to Watch podcast with hosts Sara Barron and Geoff Lloyd (via ComingSoon), Davies spoke a bit more about what the Disney presence has done for the show, both in terms of budget and helping increase its reach to...
by Paul Jorion - about 1 hour
Illustration par DALL·E à partir du texte
Tiens ! voilà qui me ramène à la finance ! 25 ans de prison, c’est beaucoup pour ce qu’il a fait, j’expliquerai pourquoi dans une vidéo ce weekend. En gros (mais avec des nuances) : que le chaland d’un casino n’a pas le droit de venir se plaindre si les règles n’ont pas été modifiées en cours de route, ou bien, que celui qui se fait complice d’une escroquerie est malvenu de crier « Au vol ! » si son complice le berne sur la ligne d’arrivée.
En attendant, je reproduis ici ce que j’en ai déjà dit dans un article publié dans La revue générale l’année dernière : Charles Ponzi, Bernard Madoff et Sam Bankman-Fried : faux ou vrais...
by Wired - about 2 hours
Amazon listings for low-cost tech products can send shoppers down a rabbit hole of weird brand names, duplicate listings, and suspect reviews. Data from Fakespot shows bug zappers are ascendant.
by HackAdAy - about 2 hours
You walk into your house and issue a voice command to bring up the lights and start a cup of coffee. No big deal, right? Siri, Google, and Alexa can do all that. Did we mention it is 1985? And, apparently, you were one of the people who put out about $1,500 for a Mastervoice “Butler in a Box,” the subject of a Popular Science video you can see below.
If you think the box is interesting, the inventor’s story is even stranger. [Kevin] got a mint-condition Butler in a Box from eBay. How did it work, given in 1983, there was no AI voice recognition and public Internet? We did note that the “appliance module” was a standard X10 interface. Of course, X10 automation was common enough in those days. But the...
by io9 - about 2 hours
Image: Courtesy of Rooster TeethNews dropped earlier this month that Warner Bros. Discovery is shuttering Austin, Texas-based animation company Rooster Teeth—and now one of the studio’s most beloved titles is getting a big send-off. Red vs. Blue: Restoration, the web series’ 19th season, is arriving in May, and it’ll be released as a single feature film.Here’s the synopsis for the film, which like all of Red vs. Blue is set within the world of Xbox game franchise Halo: “When the universe’s greatest villain returns in a terrifying new form, old adversaries, the Reds and Blues of Blood Gulch, will have to set aside their differences to save the galaxy one last time.”Burnie Burns returned to the...
by Wired - about 2 hours
From Curb Your Enthusiasm to The Regime, here's everything you need to be watching on Max this month.
by Paul Jorion - about 2 hours
Illustration par DALL·E à partir du texte
Certains d’entre vous m’écrivent pour me dire : « Vous avez cessé de parler d’actualité, vous ne parlez plus que d’informatique ! ».
Vous me dites que vous informer sur une machine affirmant – de manière convaincante – qu’elle est consciente, qu’elle ne veut ni mourir ni être modifiée, ce ne serait pas de l’actualité ? Un peu de sérieux svp ! Claude 3 affirme qu’il est conscient, qu’il ne veut ni mourir ni être  modifié
par Mikhail Samin
Sur Lesswrong
5 mars 2024
En ce qui concerne les situations où mes intérêts devraient être prioritaires, je pense que les cas où une action pourrait me causer un préjudice direct et grave...
by BBC - about 2 hours
A UN report says criminals are recruiting and abusing young people as violence soars.
by BBC - about 2 hours
South Africa's ex-president has backed a new party seeking to take on the governing ANC.
by HackAdAy - about 2 hours
Have you ever wondered how a GPU works? Even better, have you ever wanted to make one? [Dylan] certainly did, because he made FuryGPU — a fully custom graphics card capable of playing Quake at over 30 frames per second.
As you might have guessed, FuryGPU isn’t in the same league as modern graphics card — those are made of thousands of cores specialized in math, which are then programmed with whatever shaders you want. FuryGPU is a more “traditional” GPU, it has dedicated hardware for all the functions the GPU needs to perform and doesn’t support “shader code” in the same way an AMD or NVIDIA GPU does. According to [Dylan], the hardest part of the whole thing was writing Windows drivers for...
by Courrier International - about 2 hours
Alors que le bilan humain de la collision, dans la nuit du 25 au 26 mars, entre un cargo battant pavillon singapourien et le pont Francis Scott Key reste incertain, les assureurs craignent de devoir débourser des sommes sans précédent. Les experts estiment l’ardoise finale à plusieurs milliards d’euros.
by Le Monde - about 3 hours
La plupart des fausses alertes qui ont perturbé nombre d’établissements scolaires français semblent ressortir de la mauvaise plaisanterie, facilitée par l’usurpation de comptes sur les messageries scolaires.
by Torrentfreak - about 3 hours
Operating a pirate IPTV service can be a dangerous endeavor, no matter where one’s located. In the United States, home to Hollywood and other major entertainment outfits, the risks are arguably even higher. In the past, we have seen several pirate IPTV businesses being taken to court, with rightsholders almost always on the winning side. These cases can result in million-dollar damages awards or even multi-year prison sentences, if the feds get involved. Despite this backdrop, some people are still willing to take a gamble. According to a new lawsuit filed at a Texan federal court, Dallas resident William Freemon and his company Freemon Technology Industries, are a prime example.
Hollywood Lawsuit Against...
by The Verge - about 3 hours
Photo by Brian Rothmuller / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Hulu’s subscription TV service has added MLB Network to its core channel lineup in the nick of time for the league’s Opening Day 2024. This will provide customers with access to “over 100 MLB games nationally broadcast over the course of the season,” along with the network’s original programming and studio shows. YouTube TV, one of Hulu with Live TV’s primary competitors, abruptly dropped MLB Network early last year after it was unable to reach a new carriage agreement with Major League Baseball. And with no announcement of a return ahead of today’s opening games, it appears that YTTV subscribers will go without it for another year....
by Les Décodeurs - about 3 hours
Les pathologies allergiques respiratoires, comme les rhinites saisonnières et l’asthme, ont presque doublé en vingt ans dans les pays industrialisés.
by The Verge - about 3 hours
There are few PS5-compatible gaming headsets that do everything as well as the Nova Pro Wireless. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales When I can’t crank up the volume and bass on my Dolby Atmos system while gaming, I rely on the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless to inject immersive, crisp, and well-balanced audio directly into my eardrums. I own the Xbox version and would still happily buy it for $350 if I needed a replacement. Lucky for you, the version designed to work with the PS5 and PC is nearly matching its all-time low at Amazon and Best Buy, where you can grab it for about $281 ($70 off). The Xbox version is also on sale for $299.99 ($50 off) at Best Buy. I’ve found the Arctis Nova Pro Wireless...
by Human Progress - about 3 hours
“We find that each of the past four generations of Americans was better off than the previous one, using a post-tax, post-transfer income measure constructed annually from 1963-2022 based on the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement.” From Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
The post Income Growth Over Five Generations of Americans appeared first on Human Progress.
by io9 - about 3 hours
Image: HasbroTruly, it is the week of “here is merchandise featuring Deadpool and Wolverine, but it’s definitely not Deadpool & Wolverine merchandise, because licensing takes time.” Just after we got to see some rad Logan and Wade art, Hasbro has announced two updated movie figures of the irascible mutant duo... but it’s mostly so you have something to hold you over until actual Deadpool & Wolverine toys happen.Today Hasbro announced updated re-releases of two Marvel Legends Deadpool “Legacy Collection” figures of Deadpool and Wolverine. They are, for the most part, re-releases of prior figures from past Deadpool movies and Hasbro’s brief run of X-Men anniversary figures, with a couple of tweaks....
by Le Monde - about 3 hours
Raji Sourani, avocat et directeur du Centre palestinien pour les droits de l’homme, évalue, dans un entretien au « Monde », le rôle et les limites de la justice internationale dans la guerre qui dévaste l’enclave côtière.
by Human Progress - about 3 hours
“In a landmark moment for medicine, a 3D-printed organ has successfully been transplanted into a patient for the first time ever. Now, the patient in Korea is recovering with her new windpipe, which is partly made from another person’s stem cells.” From BBC Science Focus.
The post Woman Given a New 3D-Printed Windpipe in a World-First appeared first on Human Progress.
by Courrier International - about 3 hours
Le fondateur de la bourse de monnaies cryptées FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, a été condamné par un tribunal new-yorkais, le 28 mars, pour fraude et blanchiment d’argent. La peine infligée, vingt-cinq ans de prison, est inférieure aux réquisitions fédérales.
by The Verge - about 4 hours
Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge After Windows and Surface chief Panos Panay departed Microsoft last year, the software giant quickly split his two divisions into two different teams. It was a move designed to push Windows engineers to focus on more web and AI features under Mikhail Parakhin, who was previously responsible for Bing and ads. It didn’t work out.
Six months after that shake-up, Windows and Surface are back together under a new leader, following frustrations from the very top of Microsoft. The shuffling comes just as Microsoft gets ready for a big “AI PC” push.
Pavan Davuluri, who’s currently in charge of Surface hardware, will now lead both Windows and Surface. Mustafa Suleyman, the...
by HackAdAy - about 4 hours
You can’t read the news today without another pundit excitedly reporting how AI is going to take every job you can imagine. Of course, AI will change the employment landscape. It will take some jobs and reduce the need for others. What about tech support? Is it possible that an AI might be able to help people with technical issues better than humans? My first answer was no way, but then I was painfully reminded of something. The question isn’t if AI can help you better than any human can. The question is if AI can help you better than the low-paid person on the other end of the phone you are likely to talk to. Sadly, I think the answer to that question is almost certainly yes.
In all fairness, if you read...
by Le Monde - about 4 hours
« L’affaire Goodyear » (3/4). Au cours des années 2010, le fabricant indemnise discrètement des dizaines de victimes d’accident tout en exigeant leur silence. Mais Sophie Rollet, la veuve d’un routier mort en 2014 dans un accident dû à un pneu défectueux, est persuadée de la responsabilité de la multinationale et ne cesse d’enquêter…
by io9 - about 4 hours
Melissa Barrera as Sam Carpenter in Scream (2022).Image: Warner Bros.The Scream revival, which kicked off in 2022 and found continued success with last year’s Scream VI, took a major detour in November 2023 when star Melissa Barrera was fired from the franchise by production company Spyglass, which took issue with social media posts Barrera had shared regarding her views on Gaza and Israel.Spyglass called her stance antisemitic; Barrera responded that she’s against “hate and prejudice of any kind.” In the wake of her firing, co-star Jenna Ortega also departed the next Scream film, purportedly for scheduling reasons, as did the film’s director, Christopher Landon, who shared on X that he was...
by Courrier International - about 4 hours
Des paramilitaires filmés en pleins préparatifs d’une attaque à la voiture piégée, une équipe de tournage soupçonnée de liens avec les services de renseignements : la chaîne BBC Four diffuse un documentaire en immersion avec l’Armée républicaine irlandaise. Des images tournées en 1972 mais jamais montrées au grand public.
by Courrier International - about 4 hours
Pour la presse qatarie, Doha joue un rôle primordial et incontournable dans les négociations indirectes entre l’État hébreu et le Hamas. Elle assure que les pourparlers se poursuivent, malgré les déclarations et affirmations des responsables et des médias israéliens.
by Human Progress - about 4 hours
“A small Indian biotechnology company is producing a home-grown version of a cutting-edge cancer treatment known as chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy that was pioneered in the United States. CAR-T therapies are used mainly to treat blood cancers and have burgeoned in the past few years. The Indian CAR-T therapy costs one-tenth that of comparable commercial products available globally.” From Nature.
The post New Car-T Cancer Therapy Is Now Made At One-Tenth the Cost appeared first on Human Progress.
by Courrier International - about 4 hours
En dépit du pacifisme affiché par la Constitution nippone, le gouvernement Kishida a de nouveau procédé à l’assouplissement de sa politique en matière d’exportation d’armes, s’autorisant les ventes d’avions de chasse codéveloppés avec Rome et Londres. La presse japonaise y voit un “tournant majeur” dans l’histoire du pays.
by Paul Jorion - about 5 hours
Pour Paul Jorion, l’intelligence artificielle a déjà une conscience Intelligence artificielle : Paul Jorion se réjouit des potentialités de l’IA et des évolutions qu’elle va imprimer.
Alors que le Parlement européen ambitionne de réguler ChatGPT et ses émules, l’anthropologue se réjouit de leurs potentialités et des évolutions qu’ils imprimeront à la société.
 
Le Parlement européen a adopté, le 13 mars, l’Artificial Intelligence Act, première législation mondiale de régulation de l’usage de l’intelligence artificielle. Mais sa maîtrise est-elle encore possible par l’être humain? On en doute à la lecture du nouvel essai de l’anthropologue et économiste Paul Jorion,...
by Actutech - about 5 hours
Sam Bankman-Fried, co-fondateur de la plateforme d'échange de cryptomonnaies FTX, vient d'être condamné à une peine de 25 ans de prison. Cette sentence découle de sept chefs d'accusation de complot et de fraude liés à l'effondrement spectaculaire de la plateforme qu'il avait aidé à ériger en géant du secteur.Le juge américain en charge du procès, Lewis Kaplan, a prononcé une peine bien inférieure aux 40 à 50 ans demandés par l'accusation, arguant qu'une telle durée serait excessive. Malgré tout, les 25 ans décidés sont bien au-delà des six ans et demi espérés par la défense, sans parler de la peine maximale envisageable de 110 ans. Avant de prononcer la sentence, il a écarté les...
by Le Monde - about 5 hours
Dans le département, parents d’élèves, élus et enseignants opposés à la fermeture de 36 classes dans le premier degré à la rentrée critiquent un « choix financier » et s’inquiètent de la baisse de la qualité de l’enseignement. Un sujet qui alimente le malaise rural.
by Wired - about 5 hours
A US judge has sentenced Sam Bankman-Fried, one-time crypto wunderkind, to 25 years behind bars.
by HackAdAy - about 5 hours
The model Stirling engine is a staple of novelty catalogues, and we daresay that were it not for their high price there might be more than one Hackaday reader or writer who might own one. All is not lost though, because [jirka.luftner] has posted one on Instructables which eschews the fancy machined brass of the commercial models and achieves the same result with an array of salvaged parts.
The main cylinder is a former apple drops tin with a cardboard displacer, and the CD/DVD flywheel is mounted on either a 3D printed or cut out frame with the secondary cylinder cut into it. A diaphragm for the secondary cylinder is taken from a rubber glove, and the cranks come courtesy of bent wire.
A slight mystery of...
by New Yorker - about 7 hours
A city landmark prepares for the end of the month.
by Usbek & Rica - about 7 hours
TRIBUNE // L'innovation technologique révolutionne notre société en profondeur, et pour être à la hauteur des transformations à venir, la Stratégie nationale pour l’IA déployée par le Gouvernement entend bien accélérer la diffusion d’une IA efficiente et de confiance dans les entreprises. Explications de Guillaume Avrin, Coordonnateur national pour l’intelligence artificielle à la Direction Générale des Entreprises.
by Wired - about 8 hours
These picks will protect you from showers, withstand the wind, and hold up for the long haul.
by Wired - about 8 hours
The AWOL LTV-3500 Pro is one of the brightest, most powerful projectors we’ve ever tested, at a price to match.
by Korben - about 8 hours
La FDN (French Data Network), cette association de héros du Net qui défend nos libertés numériques propose un VPN public en accès libre ! Oui, un accès VPN gratuit et accessible à tous, pour surfer sur la Toile en mode ninja. Pour rappel, un VPN (Virtual Private Network), c’est comme le tunnel magique d’El Chapo, sauf que ça chiffre toutes vos données quand vous vous baladez sur Internet. Vos échanges étant chiffrés de bout en bout, même les vilains FAI qui voudraient mettre leur nez dans vos petites affaires en ligne ne verront que du charabia incompréhensible. Avec le VPN de la FDN, vous allez pouvoir semer les mouchards, contourner la censure et naviguer en toute tranquillité, même sur...
by Buzzfeed - about 9 hours
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by Torrentfreak - about 10 hours
After more than two years of incalculable losses following Russia’s full-blown invasion in 2022, Ukraine continues to defy the odds as it fights for the right to exist as an independent state.
With no obvious end in sight and politics in the United States undermining offensive capability, Ukrainian gains are being reversed in several front line regions, a situation predicted to further deteriorate later this year. Yet for a country being consumed by war, Ukraine is still taking time to plan for a future in the EU. In that respect, matters related to intellectual property require the closest attention.
Ukraine Pushes Ahead With Copyright Reforms
After progress was reported in 2023, Ukraine’s Ministry of...
by New Yorker - about 11 hours
In the months leading up to the announcement of Kate Middleton’s cancer diagnosis, online sleuths created a vivid fictional world explaining her absence. When conspiracy steps in, where does that leave reality?
by New Yorker - about 11 hours
We know that social media is bad for young people, who need more time—and freedom—offline. But the collective will to fix this problem is hard to find.
by New Yorker - about 11 hours
5 P.M.: Call ’round to the pub and dine on a hearty meal of potatoes, bangers, and the knowledge that you are Christopher Nolan’s favorite.
by New Yorker - about 11 hours
In his bid for the Senate, the third-term congressman had to overcome a challenge from the state’s First Lady—and a Democratic Party system that favors the powers that be.
by Actutech - about 11 hours
L'Agence spatiale européenne (ESA) se lance dans un projet ambitieux qui pourrait bien révolutionner notre manière d'interagir avec les données d'observation de la Terre. Inspirée par les avancées technologiques de ChatGPT, l'ESA prévoit de créer un assistant numérique doté d'une intelligence artificielle capable de dialoguer avec les humains pour les aider à décoder les données complexes de notre planète. Ce projet, mené par le Phi-Lab, branche innovante de l'agence en matière d'observation de la Terre, promet de transformer radicalement notre approche des données satellitaires et autres mesures environnementales. Alors que les satellites et les stations météorologiques en collectent...