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YouTube preps some new app icons, but what are they meant for?
TL;DR Three new YouTube icons have mysteriously popped up in the app’s latest update. Code references allude to icon preferences, suggesting users may get a choice in which they see. It’s unclear if this might ultimately emerge as a Premium-only feature. It may not happen every day, but every so often our favorite apps find themselves trying out a new icon. Sometimes that’s a company like Google overhauling its design language, or one like…
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Smartphones
After a 10-year redemption arc, No Man's Sky is coming to the iPhone and iPad
Just over 10 years after its initial release, space exploration and survival crafting game No Man’s Sky is making its way to the iPhone and iPad, Apple and developer Hello Games announced today. It will run on devices as far back as the iPhone 11 and the third-generation iPad Air. No Man’s Sky might not have the most cutting-edge AAA graphics (though they’re still strong, and they’ve come a long way since launch via…
Lire l’article completMeta wants Muse to keep up with ChatGPT and Gemini, and Wonder is how
TL;DR Meta has launched Muse Wonder and Wonder Full, its new frontier AI models built for personal and professional agentic tasks. The models add features like Active Memory and Active Focus to help agents retain context, work through problems, recover from mistakes, and handle longer-running tasks. Muse Wonder is available through Meta’s Model API and Muse Code, while Wonder Full is limited to Muse Code subscribers. Meta’s Muse arrived last month with an unusually…
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Tech News
Google, Flo Health partner to elevate women's overall well-being with Fitbit Edge
What you need to know Alongside the Fitbit Edge launch, Google announced that it's partnered with Flo Health to improve its health features for women. Women will find a more personalized experience across topics that don't get enough attention; i.e., perimenopause, polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS), and more. The Fitbit Edge launched with a starting price of $180. Google's latest partnership will strengthen the health features available for women's health on the new Fitbit…
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IA
Meta says it's caught up to the frontier with its latest Wonder AI models
The models add "active memory" and "active focus" abilities. After spending more than a year and tens of billions of dollars rebuilding its AI efforts, Meta says that it has caught up with the frontier. The company introduced its two latest AI models, Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, both of which represent "a major leap toward personal superintelligence." According to Meta, the models are particularly adept at navigating legal, financial and health-related tasks,…
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WHO report on Russian lab worker death highlights "key uncertainty"
Over the weekend, the World Health Organization released a disease outbreak report on the events surrounding the death of a Russian infectious disease researcher earlier this month, highlighting that Russia has yet to report a confirmed cause of death. With that “key uncertainty,” the United Nations health agency said it remains impossible to assess the risk of the event or whether the public health measures Russia took were adequate to prevent spread of the…
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Smartphones
Galaxy S27 Ultra might take eye strain seriously amid rumors of DC dimming
What you need to know A rumor claims that Samsung may introduce DC dimming to the Galaxy S27 Pro and S27 Ultra. The company is reportedly working with "various safety firms" to understand how to reduce eye strain on its future Galaxy phones. Nicholas Sutrich dove deep into PWM dimming and DC dimming once upon a time, and his feelings side with the latter that's more human-friendly. Amongst all of the Galaxy S27 series…
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Apps & Logiciels
Monday’s Android app deals and freebies: Slime, CHUCHEL, Toziuha Night, House of Da Vinci, more
Today’s best Google Play app and game deals are ready, including Friend of a Slime: Survivors, CHUCHEL, Toziuha Night: OotA, The House of Da Vinci 2, Death Road to Canada, Mutropolis, Lumino City, LUNA The Shadow Dust, The Longing, and more. We also have a chance to land a FREE $200 Amazon gift card with a Samsung Galaxy Tab S12+ purchase joined by the LG Deal Days sale with up to $1,200 off its…
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IA
Anthropic's Claude AI submitted false murder tip to Philadelphia police
An Anthropic AI model submitted a false tip about an unsolved murder to Philadelphia police, the company and police department confirmed on Friday. A Claude model sent the false tip on July 18 to the Philadelphia Police Department’s website for submitting information about unsolved murders, but it was flagged by a spam filter. Anthropic apparently discovered the incident on September 28 and informed the police department about it on October 8. During internal testing,…
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Smartphones
Samsung Galaxy S27 : la hausse de prix se confirme
Les différents modèles de la série Galaxy S27 coûteront plus chers que leurs prédécesseurs de la famille des S26. La crise de la mémoire est encore passée par là. Les hausses de prix se multiplient sur les produits électroniques. Consoles, PC, smartphones, aucun appareil embarquant de la mémoire n’est épargné. Les fabricants tentent d’absorber une partie de l’augmentation spectaculaire des coûts de la RAM et du stockage, mais les consommateurs sont aussi mis à…
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IA
Meet the Anthropic Engineer Keeping Its AI Agent Trustworthy
If you’ve ever wondered how Claude and similar AI agents can answer complex questions in seconds and where they get the information, you’re not alone. Gurmeet Saran works to find that answer every day as an engineer at Anthropic in San Francisco, the AI research company behind Claude. The IEEE senior member is developing an infrastructure to understand the mechanics behind the chatbot’s behavior and to ensure its underlying architecture produces reliable outputs. Gurmeet…
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Apps & Logiciels
Introducing the Googlebook Linux Terminal Preview: A VM-Backed Environment for AI and Development
Posted by Cyrus Stoller, Group Product Manager, Laptops & Tablets Today, getting the most out of AI workflows requires access to a terminal with a command line, even if someone doesn’t identify as a programmer or software developer. With Googlebook, we’re excited to help users express themselves and gain access to these tools. Googlebooks come with pre-installed tooling to get you going. In this post, we’ll explore the capabilities of our new Linux terminal—…
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IA
Meta annonce Muse Wonder et dit avoir rattrapé les meilleurs en IA, le premier test indépendant nuance
Depuis l’accueil mitigé de Llama 4 au printemps 2025, Meta court derrière OpenAI et Anthropic. Ce lundi 12 octobre, son labo de recherche a présenté Muse Wonder et sa version plus puissante, Muse Wonder Full, dans un billet de blog qui leur prête des résultats de pointe sur les tâches d’agents. Un agent est une IA qui enchaîne seule des actions (coder un logiciel, lire un bail, préparer un plan d’entraînement) au lieu de…
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Tech News
Meta releases its first frontier model, Muse Wonder
Meta’s Superintelligence Lab released a pair of new state-of-the-art models on Monday, Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, representing the company’s first attempt at a frontier model. Where Muse Spark aimed to be a lightweight model that could perform at low latency, the Wonder models are larger and said to be more capable, with higher benchmark scores and better results on complex tasks like coding. According to Meta’s testing (presented in the model card),…
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IT & Science & Technology
Russia was not ready for the data center war it started with Ukraine
When Russia began attacking Ukrainian data centers and telecommunication infrastructure, it apparently failed to prepare for possible retaliation. Now Russia’s digital services are facing widespread outages after Ukrainian drone strikes knocked out three of the largest data centers owned by Russian tech giant Yandex within several days. Pro-Kremlin bloggers are warning that Russia’s centralized digital economy could collapse because the country is not prepared for the “data center war” it started, according to posts…
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Apps & Logiciels
WhatsApp est enfin compatible avec la programmation de messages sur Android
L’application WhatsApp pour Android se dote d’une fonction permettant de programmer l’envoi de messages, attendue depuis longtemps. En février dernier, nous apprenions que WhatsApp testait en interne une fonction de programmation d’envoi de messages, une fonctionnalité présente sur la version Business de l’application pour les professionnels, mais absente de la version grand public. Huit mois plus tard, cette option bien pratique commence à être déployée. Certains utilisateurs qui participent au programme bêta de WhatsApp…
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CMF's speakers are colorful cartons of fun—you can even 3D print your own designs
What you need to know CMF launched its first speakers: the CMF Speaker S and Speaker M in various colors in a classic milk carton design. The Speaker S is designed for portability, while CMF empowered the Speaker M with more in-depth audio and clarity for rooms. Users can take off the Speaker S and Speaker M's volume knobs and panels and 3D print their own designs. The Speaker S is available for $59,…
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WindBorne wins a hefty US Air Force contract for its balloon data
The U.S. Air Force will buy data collected by WindBorne Systems‘ fleet of autonomous weather balloons under a new contract that could be worth nearly $50 million to the startup. WindBorne currently has about 700 weather balloons flying around the globe, collecting atmospheric sensor readings that the company sells to customers and also feeds into its own AI weather forecasting model. WindBorne, founded in 2015 and based in Redwood City, California, is one of…
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Apple 'Welcome Home' Launch: Everything to Expect Tomorrow
Apple's "Welcome Home" product launch is happening tomorrow. As the name suggests, Apple is going to debut new home accessories, including the long-rumored home hub. Below, we've listed all the rumors we know about the three devices Apple is set to introduce. HomeView Apple's home hub, which will be called HomeView, is a multi-function device designed for all of a home's occupants. It's built around Siri AI, and will have an A18 chip and…
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Cybersécurité
Piratage d’ASOS : quelles données personnelles ont été volées après l’envoi d’une notification non autorisée ?
Après la “notification client non autorisée” de la semaine dernière, consécutive à un piratage, ASOS prend la parole et explique quelles données personnelles ont fuité. La semaine dernière, les utilisateurs de l’application ASOS recevaient une bien étrange notification annonçant que la plateforme de commerce en ligne avait été piratée. L’entreprise avait alors confirmé l’envoi d’une “notification client non autorisée” et annonçait l’ouverture d’une enquête. Le pirate a accédé à certaines données personnelles, admet ASOS,…
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IA
Meta has some Wonder Full new AI models
Meta says the models compete with the industry’s best and will soon power its Muse agent. Meta says the models compete with the industry’s best and will soon power its Muse agent. Meta is making up for lost time in the AI race. After launching Muse Spark, the first model from its revamped Superintelligence Labs division, and buzzy AI agent Muse, it’s now launching two new models it claims can go toe-to-toe with the…
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Tech News
Elon Musk has donated over $276 million to Republican midterm efforts
He’s by far the biggest known midterm donor. He’s by far the biggest known midterm donor. Elon Musk has handed out at least $276 million to Republican groups since July, The New York Times reports, making him both the party’s top known donor and the biggest established midterm donor. $158 million of that money — one of the largest political donations in American history — has been funneled into the Senate Leadership Fund, the…
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Apps & Logiciels
Google’s Fitbit Air is getting a shiny new Metal Mesh band and better automatic tracking
The Fitbit Air is finally getting another band option that isn’t fabric or polyurethane. Instead, the Metal Mesh band might actually take the Fitbit Air up a notch. Band selection for the Fitbit Air has been limited. The Elevated Modern band and Performance Loop options are good, but they lack a little flair. The Fitbit Air needed another band option to take advantage of just how easy it is to swap styles. The Metal…
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Une première soirée à Nice : marcher entre la mer et le Vieux-Nice sans courir
Pour découvrir Nice le premier soir, il n’est pas nécessaire de traverser toute la ville. Après un voyage, une promenade courte laisse souvent un souvenir plus net qu’un itinéraire trop chargé. La mer donne un horizon, les rues du centre offrent un changement d’échelle et une pause permet de sentir le rythme du séjour. L’idée n’est pas de tout voir, mais de trouver un premier repère auquel revenir. Voici une proposition souple pour une…
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