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Xbox is previewing paid cloud gaming for players without Game Pass
Subscribers will start seeing limits on their free streaming next month. Xbox has been overhauling several of its gaming offerings in recent months as the company pivots under its new leadership. One of the upcoming changes is to cloud gaming, with plans to apply time limits of five to 15 hours for how long Game Pass subscribers can stream each month. In advance of those changes in November, Xbox is rolling out early previews…
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The new human-crafted Apple Music brand matters in an AI world
Apple just revealed a new brand identity for Apple Music, with the expected turn to Liquid Glass. I’m not much of a fan of their new design language in general; this is where I admit that I’m still running MacOS Sequoia and have grumpy things to say about rounded corner radii and text legibility. It’s just a trend, it will pass, and at some point I’ll probably cave and upgrade when it starts actually…
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Anthropic takes on ChatGPT Dots and Meta Muse with Claude Duet
Anthropic is introducing a new AI assistant that can proactively manage tasks across connected apps, keep track of emails and calendars, and continue working even when the app is closed. Here are the details. Anthropic today announced Claude Duet, an always-on AI agent currently rolling out as a research preview to Pro and Max subscribers in the US, with access gradually rolling out via a waitlist. The feature is included at no additional cost,…
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Samsung releases ‘Re-Newed’ Galaxy phones on Amazon starting under $500
Samsung is now selling its “Re-Newed Galaxy phones via Amazon, with over a dozen models now available starting under $500. Samsung’s “Re-Newed” program puts Galaxy smartphones through a refurbishment process that includes new batteries, official parts, and a fresh one-year warranty, all for a lower price. It’s not as cheap as buying a used device, but it’s a considerable discount from the original price. Plus, you can add them to a Samsung Care+ plan.…
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Apps & Logiciels
iPadOS 27.2 adds convenient new feature from the Mac
iPadOS 27.2 launches next week, and among its many new features, Apple has also brought over a recent Mac addition: a Siri popup when text is selected. Siri AI is the tentpole addition to iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and companion releases. And as such, Apple offers lots of ways to access the new, supercharged assistant. On iPad you can invoke Siri via a “Siri” or “Hey Siri” voice prompt, pull down from the top…
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RIP BioWare: EA shuts down storied RPG studio after over three decades
The legendary studio behind series like Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Neverwinter Nights, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is no more. BioWare announced via social media Wednesday afternoon that “after more than three decades of shared adventures, BioWare is closing and early development on the next Mass Effect project is ending.” The official announcement was posted mere minutes after a Bloomberg report detailed 400 job cuts across BioWare parent company Electronic Arts,…
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Cybersécurité
The internet is having a very bad cybersecurity day
The internet is having a bad day, from a cybersecurity perspective. Government websites around the world went offline, Reuters reported, after AI discovered critical security vulnerabilities that impacted the programming language PHP. The issues were severe enough that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) advised organizations using PHP on their systems to either immediately update or take their systems offline until they could. In addition, LiteLLM, a popular open source proxy for routing requests…
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Meta ordered to pay $25 billion in penalties over the Cambridge Analytica scandal
It’s significantly more than it agreed to pay in a recent kids online safety settlement. It’s significantly more than it agreed to pay in a recent kids online safety settlement. The Cambridge Analytica scandal has come back to haunt Meta after a New Mexico judge ordered it to pay $25 billion in penalties for more than 43 million violations of the state’s unfair practices law. The ruling marks the biggest legal hit Meta has…
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Samsung Good Lock’s Quick Share alternative is failing to share files with iPhones
Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Galaxy users are reporting an issue with the Good Lock module Dropship When attempting to share a file, users are greeted with an error message. Samsung has confirmed that it is working on an update that will be released in November. Before Quick Share started receiving AirDrop support, there was Samsung’s Dropship solution. This Good Lock module allowed Samsung users to send up to 5GB worth of…
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La panne Orange se termine enfin : une migration ratée vers la 5G a privé de réseau des millions d’abonnés
Recevez tous les soirs un résumé de l’actu importante avec Le Récap’ La panne du réseau mobile Orange serait quasiment terminée : la solution provisoire mise en place par l’opérateur, avec l’aide de Nokia, a restauré le réseau, qui retrouve désormais son niveau d’avant 11h20. Orange doit communiquer dans la soirée sur ce qu’il s’est passé. Selon nos informations, la panne d’un nouveau cœur de réseau mobile est à l’origine de ce dysfonctionnement majeur.…
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Nice Vauban ou Cagnes Plage : comparer les hébergements à partir du site officiel
Photographie du séjour Riviera Stays Cagnes Plage, issue du site officiel de l’exploitant. Choisir un hébergement saisonnier ne consiste pas seulement à comparer des surfaces ou des équipements. Il faut aussi vérifier le secteur, la proximité des lieux recherchés et, surtout, l’état réel de l’offre au moment de la consultation. Le site officiel de Riviera Stays présente trois adresses entre Nice et Cagnes-sur-Mer, mais elles ne partagent pas toutes le même statut. Nice Vauban…
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Nice Vauban ou Cagnes Plage : quel secteur choisir selon les priorités du séjour ?
Photographie du séjour Riviera Stays Cagnes Plage, issue du site officiel de l’exploitant. Choisir entre Nice et Cagnes-sur-Mer ne consiste pas seulement à comparer deux communes. La décision dépend du programme envisagé, de la place accordée au littoral, du type de logement recherché et de son état réel de réservation. La présentation publique de Riviera Stays documente trois possibilités distinctes : un T2 publié à Nice Vauban, un deux-pièces à Cagnes Plage annoncé comme…
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Legal AI startup Legora raises $550M Series E at $8.8B valuation
Legal AI startup Legora announced Wednesday that it raised a $550 million Series E round, valuing it at $8.8 billion. The company helps automate and assist with workflow tasks for legal professionals, as the industry moves beyond AI assistants to AI services that help them get work done. The news comes just a month after Harvey, Legora’s biggest competitor, announced a $550 million raise at a $15.5 billion valuation; back in March, Harvey also…
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OpenAI's latest AI models are coming to Google Cloud and Antigravity
Google would certainly prefer that everyone used its Gemini models with Google Cloud services, but soon, you'll have more options. OpenAI and Google have come to an arrangement that will see the former's frontier models arrive in Google Cloud services. Perhaps more importantly, GPT models will soon appear in Antigravity, Google's agent-powered coding tool. For enterprise customers and AI enthusiasts, OpenAI's latest model will appear in Google's "Model Garden" in the coming weeks, adding…
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Nice Vauban ou Cagnes Plage : les vérifications utiles avant de réserver
Photographie du séjour Riviera Stays Cagnes Plage, issue du site officiel de l’exploitant. Choisir entre Nice et Cagnes-sur-Mer ne consiste pas seulement à comparer deux logements. Le secteur détermine aussi le rapport à la plage, aux commerces, aux sorties et aux déplacements pendant le séjour. L’offre publique de Riviera Stays permet d’examiner trois possibilités distinctes : un T2 publié à Nice Vauban, un deux-pièces à Cagnes Plage annoncé comme réservable à partir du début…
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Nice ou Cagnes-sur-Mer : comparer les secteurs avant de préparer un séjour sur la Côte d’Azur
Photographie du séjour Riviera Stays Cagnes Plage, issue du site officiel de l’exploitant. Choisir un secteur sur la Côte d'Azur ne se résume pas à une carte touristique : chaque adresse engage un rythme de séjour différent. Entre un quartier niçois résidentiel et un front de mer cagnois tourné vers la plage, les indications publiques disponibles permettent déjà une première comparaison utile, sans attendre une réservation effective. Cet article propose une lecture opérationnelle de…
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Cagnes Plage, Nice Vauban ou futur studio cagnois : comparer les secteurs à partir des informations publiées
Photographie du séjour Riviera Stays Cagnes Plage, issue du site officiel de l’exploitant. Choisir un hébergement sur la Côte d’Azur suppose d’abord de rapprocher le logement, son environnement et l’état réel de son ouverture à la réservation. La présentation publique de Riviera Stays distingue trois propositions : un T2 à Nice Vauban, un deux-pièces à Cagnes Plage et un studio cagnois encore en préparation. Ces adresses ne répondent pas exactement aux mêmes priorités. Nice…
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EA is shutting down BioWare and cutting around 400 jobs
Skate studio Full Circle will be be reduced too. Changes were always going to be in store for Electronic Arts after the company went private and its new owners saddled it with $20 billion of debt. EA announced some alterations to the business on Wednesday, which include layoffs and the shut down of Mass Effect and Dragon Age developer BioWare. The studio had struggled in recent years after Anthem (which shut down earlier this…
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Séjour sur la Côte d’Azur : quelles informations vérifier avant de réserver ?
Photographie du séjour Riviera Stays Cagnes Plage, issue du site officiel de l’exploitant. Préparer un séjour à Nice ou à Cagnes-sur-Mer demande davantage qu’un simple choix d’appartement. Avant toute réservation, il faut distinguer les caractéristiques annoncées, la situation géographique, l’état réel de commercialisation et les possibilités offertes par le quartier. La page publique de Riviera Stays présente une collection limitée de logements et plusieurs indications pratiques pour effectuer ce premier cadrage. Elle permet notamment…
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Cagnes Plage : quelles informations vérifier avant de réserver le logement
Photographie du séjour Riviera Stays Cagnes Plage, issue du site officiel de l’exploitant. La page publique de Riviera Stays présente Cagnes Plage comme un deux-pièces situé près du littoral de Cagnes-sur-Mer. Elle fournit plusieurs informations utiles sur le logement, sa capacité, ses équipements et son environnement. Elle fait également apparaître différents états de publication dans une même collection, notamment un studio cagnois encore en préparation. Avant d’engager une réservation, le lecteur doit donc identifier…
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Apps & Logiciels
Xbox Cloud Gaming’s added playtime costs start at around 40¢ per hour
Microsoft is sharing more details on added playtime costs for Xbox Game Pass cloud gaming which starts at around 40¢ per hour. In September, Microsoft confirmed that Xbox Cloud Gaming through Game Pass would start enacting limits on how much time players could spend in cloud gaming per month. The lowest tier limits players to just 5 hours per month before added costs would be incurred. Now, Microsoft is testing out the new costs…
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Cyberpunk 2077’s update for Edgerunners 2 brings mods to PS5, Switch 2, and Xbox
Along with the new Cyberpunk anime season, CD Projekt Red has major game updates for both new and returning players. Along with the new Cyberpunk anime season, CD Projekt Red has major game updates for both new and returning players. Cyberpunk 2077 is getting a big new 2.5 update that, among other features, brings cross-platform mod support to consoles and content inspired by the new season of the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime on Netflix. There’s…
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Smartphones
iPhone Duo's Hidden FaceTime Camera Takes 'Trash' Photos
The iPhone Duo's inner screen has an under-display front camera that's largely hidden from view. It's the first time we've seen an under-display camera on an iPhone, and it turns out there's a reason Apple hasn't used the technology before. Apple said the camera offers 1080p video recording, but didn't mention photo quality. Gizmodo said it's a 4-megapixel camera and described the photos as "low-res, washed out, and just not sharp at all." It's…
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Report: Musk ordered Starlink slowdown in Ukraine, then blamed it on Trump
A Wall Street Journal report said SpaceX CEO Elon Musk ordered the Starlink throttling that blindsided Ukraine’s air assault forces last week, despite Musk’s claim that all decisions on the military version of Starlink are made by the US military and President Trump. Trump denied ordering the restrictions. While Musk may have spoken to Trump and administration officials before the decision, The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that Musk made the final call. The…
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