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Your dusty Nest and Home speakers just got a surprise firmware lifeline
What you need to know Google is updating older Nest speakers, with firmware version 3.79.550760 being tested through the Home Preview Program. The original Google Home, Home Mini, Nest Mini, and Nest Audio are eligible for the update. Google expects to release the update more broadly over the next few weeks, but hasn’t announced an exact date. Some love is coming to a few of Google's older Nest speakers in the form of updates…
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Actualité : Il achète pour 30 € un vieil ordinateur de minage abandonné dans un garage, ses 9 cartes graphiques fonctionnent encore et cumulent plus de mémoire qu’une RTX 5090
© Magyari Agoston / Shutterstock - Un rig de minage d’Ethereum exposé au salon Blockchain Budapest en février 2022, ici équipé de cartes AMD Radeon (image d’illustration). Sur Avito, le Leboncoin russe, l'annonce n'avait rien d'alléchant. Un rig de minage de cryptomonnaies prenait la poussière depuis environ deux ans dans un garage humide, et son propriétaire était incapable de garantir qu'il fonctionnait. Le Redditor markpronkin a proposé de le tester et de payer davantage…
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IA
☕️ L’IA fait tourner ASML à plein régime
Une des entreprises au cœur de la marée montante IA est européenne : il s’agit d’ASML, qui fabrique les machines de lithographie indispensables à la gravure des puces les plus avancées. Elle occupe donc une place de choix sur le marché, et les résultats financiers s’en ressentent, à tel point que le carnet de commandes est rempli jusqu’en 2030. Si ASML ne vend aucune machine en Europe, en revanche le reste du monde s’arrache…
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Actualité : Le rasoir Philips OneBlade 360 Visage + Corps QP2834/31 est à 39,99 €
Amazon propose le Philips OneBlade 360 Visage + Corps QP2834/31 à 39,99 €, contre un prix conseillé de 64,99 €. L’écart atteint 25 €, soit environ 38 %. Par rapport au prix le plus bas des 30 derniers jours de 43,44 €, la baisse représente 3,45 €, soit environ 8 %. L’appareil est vendu et expédié par Amazon. Le OneBlade 360 permet de tailler les poils, dessiner les contours et raser avec le même…
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Figma announces new features to define how agents work on its platform
Design platform Figma announced a new Markdown-based editor to help define a company’s design, bring in design and code libraries, and integrate with the Payload headless content management system during the company’s first Config event in India. Through some of these features, the company aims to provide a definition for its own and third-party agents to adhere to a brand’s design rules better while creating with AI. The company debuted a new feature called…
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Ricursive Intelligence is betting on AI-designed chips to help solve the compute crisis
Ricursive Intelligence founders Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini believe more efficient AI chip design could help solve the compute crisis. The founders took the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt on Wednesday to detail how their startup is developing AI that can design chips, learn from each iteration, and improve subsequent designs, all with the goal of automating and accelerating the chip design process. “There is this understanding that in the next five years we are…
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Flock CEO defends surveillance technology amid national backlash: ‘We shouldn’t pause progress’
Flock’s founder and CEO Garrett Langley doesn’t think the risks of introducing surveillance technology at scale outweigh the rewards. “If we want to live in a society where, if you commit a crime, you have a higher probability of being held accountable, we shouldn’t pause progress,” Langley said, speaking on stage during a panel at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 in San Francisco on Wednesday. During the interview, the controversial founder of the surveillance maker of…
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Meet the five companies competing in the Startup Battlefield finals at Disrupt 2026
Over the past two days, 20 startups have been pitching on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, presenting live demos and answering tough questions from our expert judges. Now it’s time to unveil the five companies that will be competing in the Startup Battlefield finals. This year’s Battlefield spanned four categories — space and physical AI, energy and manufacturing, health tech and life sciences, and enterprise and security — and our finalists are working on…
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Smartphones
iPhone Duo's A20 Pro Chip Benchmarked Ahead of Launch
The iPhone Duo unsurprisingly offers performance similar to the iPhone 18 Pro, according to an early iPhone Duo benchmark shared on Geekbench 7. Both devices are equipped with Apple's 2nm A20 Pro chip with a 6-core CPU and a 7-core GPU. The benchmarked iPhone Duo (iPhone19,4) is running iOS 27.1, as expected, and it had a single-core score of 3986 and a multi-core score of 11067. That's in line with multiple benchmarks collected from…
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Gudea leverages AI to help organizations prevent social media crises before they erupt
Every day, conversations unfold across social media and websites around the world. A seemingly insignificant post—whether it involves AI-generated misinformation, hate speech, or a damaging rumor—can quickly snowball into a much larger public controversy. Gudea, a company that tracks how stories and rumors spread online that describes itself as the “storm tracker for the internet,” is using AI to help organizations spot trouble brewing online before it turns into a crisis. Unlike traditional social…
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Cybersécurité
Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Palo Alto Networks (15 octobre 2026)
Objet : Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Palo Alto Networks Une gestion de version détaillée se trouve à la fin de ce document. Un correctif est en attente de publication pour PAN-OS versions 11.2.6. De multiples vulnérabilités ont été découvertes dans les produits Palo Alto Networks. Certaines d'entre elles permettent à un attaquant de provoquer une exécution de code arbitraire à distance, une élévation de privilèges et un déni de service à distance. Palo…
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Cybersécurité
Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Juniper Networks (15 octobre 2026)
Objet : Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Juniper Networks Une gestion de version détaillée se trouve à la fin de ce document. De multiples vulnérabilités ont été découvertes dans les produits Juniper Networks. Certaines d'entre elles permettent à un attaquant de provoquer une exécution de code arbitraire à distance, une élévation de privilèges et un déni de service à distance. Se référer au bulletin de sécurité de l'éditeur pour l'obtention des correctifs (cf. section…
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OpenAI agrees not to use alleged Apple trade secrets amid ongoing lawsuit
Bloomberg reports that during a hearing today, OpenAI voluntarily agreed not to use Apple’s alleged trade secrets while the legal battle between the two companies plays out. Here are the details. Earlier today, OpenAI filed a new motion in the lawsuit in which Apple accuses the company of stealing trade secrets, alleging that a former employee who left OpenAI to return to Apple took more than 100 confidential files related to its unreleased hardware.…
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Apps & Logiciels
Apple Maps launches Detailed City Experience in Austin, Texas
Apple is rolling out its stunning Detailed City Experience in Apple Maps for users in Austin, TX. This marks a robust overhaul of Apple Maps in Austin, similar to what we’ve seen in other markets like San Francisco, Chicago, and London. The Apple Maps Detailed City Experience revamp adds in-depth details on elevation, buildings, trees, road features, and key city landmarks. In Austin, that includes the Texas Capitol building, Q2 Stadium, the Blanton Museum…
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10 HomeView Features You Might Have Missed
Apple plans to launch the HomeView on November 13, so we have a month to go until we can learn more about it. Right now, we're limited to the information Apple has shared and what members of the media learned during limited hands-on time. We've rounded up some interesting HomeView tidbits you might have missed. Recipe walkthroughs - HomeView makes Safari recipes easier to follow by pulling out the ingredients and steps. You can…
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Intero Biosystems wants drugmakers to test on mini human intestines, not animals
Drug development has long relied on animal models, but differences between species mean what works in animals doesn’t always translate to humans, and most drugs still fail during development. Intero Biosystems, a Denver-based startup, is developing human intestinal organoids, lab-grown tissue that mimics the gut, as another way to study how drugs and other compounds might affect the human body before they are tested in people. Researchers and pharmaceutical companies are increasingly looking for…
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McKinsey is making job applicants spar with a fake AI client
Some entry-level McKinsey candidates will have a 10-minute conversation with a simulated client as part of the interview process. Some entry-level McKinsey candidates will have a 10-minute conversation with a simulated client as part of the interview process. Consulting firm McKinsey & Company is going to ask some entry-level candidates to have a 10-minute conversation with an AI simulation of a client as part of the interview process, according to The Wall Street Journal.…
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Wearable
You can now pair an Apple Watch with Android, but there’s a big catch
Credit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority TL;DR A developer has managed to pair and activate an Apple Watch with an Android phone, without even needing an iPhone for the setup. The open-source project offers some basic Apple Watch functionality, although several features remain incomplete. It currently requires a rooted Android phone and has only been verified on a OnePlus 13. Apple isn’t exactly famous for making its gadgets play nicely with Android. The Apple…
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Apps & Logiciels
WhatsApp takes on Zoom and Google Meet with guest calling
WhatsApp users can now invite others to join group and one-on-one calls even if they don’t have an account. Here are the details. Today, WhatsApp announced the official rollout of guest calling, a feature that lets users “invite anyone to join a WhatsApp call – even if they don’t have a WhatsApp account.” According to WhatsApp, guests must always be approved by the call host before joining, whether it’s a one-on-one call or a…
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Apps & Logiciels
Old Google Home and Nest speakers getting big firmware update
Google is testing a big firmware update for the Google Home, Home Mini, Nest Mini, and Nest Audio. Google has long operated a Preview Program for speaker firmware. Version 3.79.550760 was posted today with five big features: The 3.79 update improves the setup and Wi-Fi experience, as well as audio performance and smart home control. “Google assistant” is presumably in reference to Gemini. This release is currently being tested for the Google Home (2016),…
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Apps & Logiciels
YouTube begins rolling out GIF support for comments very slowly; it’s for a reason
It’s been less than a month since YouTube said it planned to let users post GIFs in the comments section. The time has come, and this is just the beginning of a gradual rollout. Btw, there's a huge bug currently affecting the user interface of the YouTube app on Android tablets, not sure it also affects the iPadOS app. Reddit is being inundated with r/YouTube reports of users seeing GIFs in the comments under…
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Apps & Logiciels
Google Home app gets local Matter control over Philips Hue lights
The latest Google Home app is improving support for local network control over Matter devices, including Philips Hue lights. While most tend to think of Philips Hue as a lighting setup powered by a cloud-connected hub, Hue adopted Matter a while back. Now, Philips Hue is automatically able to connect to Google Home hubs for local control through the Home app. Local Matter control for Philips Hue lights: Existing Philips Hue bridges now automatically…
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The best feature of Apple’s HomeView might be its simplicity
If Apple’s first smart display finally gets my family to actually use my smart home, I’ll consider it a win. If Apple’s first smart display finally gets my family to actually use my smart home, I’ll consider it a win. I’m just going to come right out and say it. I love the approach Apple has taken with the HomeView. I think it’s the shared, always-available household interface that my family might finally use.…
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CedarDB wants one database to handle both transactions and analytics, as AI agents raise the stakes
Databases have traditionally been built for one of two jobs. Analytical databases help businesses spot trends and answer questions, while operational databases store the day-to-day records of transactions, like orders and payments. But the Munich-based database engine CedarDB supports both, and its approach has gained relevance with the rise of agentic AI, its co-founder and CEO Moritz Sichert told TechCrunch. CedarDB has been in the making for the last decade, but its current momentum…
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