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Confused about which VPN is right, US senator asks the NSA for guidance
A prominent US senator is asking the National Security Agency to provide guidance to the general public on best practices for using virtual private networks to secure their communications from spying by foreign adversaries. VPNs funnel all of a user’s Internet traffic through an encrypted connection to a remote server. The design provides strong assurances that no one between the user and the server can read the encrypted contents. VPNs also allow users to…
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The Cybercab is Tesla’s ‘fork in the road’ moment
Today could be the day Tesla changes forever. In a couple of hours, Tesla will “launch” the Cybercab — a small, gold, two-seater sedan with no steering wheel or pedals that uses cameras and AI to navigate the world — in its hometown of Austin, Texas. The company hasn’t said what the launch will entail, exactly. It could be a few cars offering rides in a small area downtown, or a far grander affair…
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Supreme Court urged to let states regulate sports bets on prediction markets
New Jersey yesterday asked the Supreme Court to rule on whether states can regulate sports betting on prediction markets such as Kalshi. “Companies like Kalshi claim to offer legal sports betting in all 50 states, but they refuse to follow the gambling laws of any state,” New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport said in a press release announcing the lawsuit. In April, the US Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit ruled that New…
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Accel reportedly in talks to lead $1B round for Thinking Machines at $40B valuation
Thinking Machines, the AI lab founded early last year by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, is in discussions to raise $1 billion at a valuation of at least $40 billion, The Information reported Thursday. Existing backer Accel is in talks to lead the fundraise, according to our source and The Information’s reporting. The new round, if it is completed, would value the company below the $50 billion valuation that Thinking Machines reportedly sought to…
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Google Home update fixes alarms, improves media & smart home voice controls
The latest Google Home update is fixing issues with alarms that some users were experiencing while also improving media and smart home voice controls in Google’s continued effort to address pain points in Gemini for Home. The most noticeable upgrade in the latest Google Home update should be around voice commands. On smart speakers and displays, Gemini “now understands a broader range” of commands regarding media and smart home devices. You can also chain…
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Utilities are racing to link up with fusion startups, with Realta Fusion the latest to benefit
Fusion startup Realta Fusion this week announced a deal with Madison Gas and Electric that will place one of the first grid-connected fusion power plants in the country in Wisconsin. The partnership comes as utilities around the world have been jockeying to court fusion startups, a courtship that says as much about utilities’ anxiety over future power supply as it does about fusion’s progress. For founders and investors watching the sector, these tie-ups serve…
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Près de 300 € de remise sur le Poco F8 Ultra : un smartphone haut de gamme sous les 550 €
Le Poco F8 Ultra embarque l’une des puces les plus puissantes du moment, une batterie de 6 500 mAh et trois appareils photo de 50 MP. Lancé à 833 €, il revient actuellement à moins de 550 €. La version en promotion est celle disposant de 12 Go de RAM et 256 Go de stockage. Elle est affichée à 590,36 € sur AliExpress. En saisissant le code promo PHD45 au panier, une réduction supplémentaire…
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Philips Hue lâche le câble HDMI : une caméra synchronise enfin vos lumières avec n’importe quelle source
Jusqu’ici, synchroniser ses lumières avec l’écran passait obligatoirement par la Hue Sync Box, un boîtier branché entre la source et le téléviseur. Les applications intégrées au téléviseur (Netflix, la TNT, un match en direct) restaient donc sur le carreau, puisque le boîtier ne voyait que le signal HDMI. Le nouveau Play Screen Sync contourne le problème avec une caméra fisheye posée sur le téléviseur, qui lit directement l’image affichée. Il coûte 119,99 euros et…
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Apple’s Calendar app in iOS 27 has brand new design for key features
iOS 27 adds a variety of new features for popular apps like Notes, Reminders, and Calendar—and the Calendar app gets some notable design changes too. Here’s what’s new. Apple’s Calendar app has stayed remarkably consistent over the years. The app tends to get new features less often than other popular Apple apps. And its design has changed very little over the years, even looking largely the same after last year’s Liquid Glass update. But…
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VMware migration reduces Tottenham Hotspur's licensing fees by 85 percent
Tottenham Hotspur, a professional soccer team that’s part of the Premier League, has saved over 85 percent in licensing fees by replacing its stadium’s VMware instance with Hewlett-Packard Enterprise’s (HPE’s) Morpheus VM Essentials (VME) virtualization software. Tottenham hasn’t disclosed which VMware products it used or how much it previously paid the Broadcom firm. The soccer organization confirmed this week to The Register that it has moved its stadium’s server, storage, and networking infrastructure to…
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GPT-6 Astra : OpenAI lance son modèle le plus puissant et annonce « l’ère de l’AGI »
Le calendrier ne doit rien au hasard. OpenAI a présenté GPT-6 Astra le 3 septembre, deux jours après qu’Anthropic a dévoilé Claude Fable 5.1 et Mythos 5.1. Le nouveau venu revendique 98,6 % sur ARC-AGI-3, un test qui mesure la capacité d’un modèle à résoudre des problèmes qu’il n’a jamais vus. Claude Opus 5 y obtient 39,2 %, et le précédent modèle maison, GPT-5.6 Sol, à peine 7,8 %. Ces scores, OpenAI les a…
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Today’s Android app deals and freebies: DREDGE, Darkside Detective, Zoeti, and more
Alongside the massive Labor Day sales at Best Buy and Amazon, we have another fresh batch of Android app deals to scope out this afternoon. Highlights include the brilliant DREDGE, as well as The Darkside Detective: FITD, Zoeti, Titan Quest: Ultimate Edition, and more. We still have Pixel 11 series units at up to $320 off (open-box “excellent”) and the lowest price ever on the fantastic Nothing Ear (3a) noise cancelling buds. The apps…
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OpenAI releasing major upgrade to ChatGPT and Codex with GPT-6 Astra, details here
It’s been just over a year since OpenAI released the first GPT-5 models for ChatGPT. Now it’s time for GPT-6 Astra to upgrade ChatGPT and Codex capabilities. Details below. OpenAI has officially detailed its new model, GPT-6 Astra, which it calls “the world’s most intelligent and aligned model.” Here’s more from the official announcement today: GPT‑6 Astra brings together years of research and big bets across pre-training, reinforcement learning, and alignment. Astra is state-of-the-art…
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Les abonnés du Xbox Game Pass perdent cet avantage… à moins de payer plus cher
Xbox limite l’usage du cloud gaming à ses abonnés Game Pass. Le nombre d’heures permis devient très faible, et il faudra passer à la caisse pour obtenir plus de temps de jeu en streaming. Coup dur pour les abonnés duGame Pass qui avaient l’habitude de jouer en streaming. Xbox annonce qu’un nombre défini d’heures de jeu sera désormais imposé aux joueurs, alors que le cloud gaming était illimité jusqu’ici. Le changement sera opéré en…
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Apple TV picks up sci-fi thriller 'Waffle House Index' in seven-figure deal
Apple TV is betting on the Waffle House Index for a sci-fi disaster flick that takes the restaurant's reputation for staying open to its logical extreme. "Waffle House Index" follows a Waffle House waitress as a series of mounting disasters unfold during her night shift. First, a man with a gun, then a flood, followed by killer crocodiles, nuclear explosions, and yes: even aliens. Inde Navarrette, known for her role as Nikki Freeman in…
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Congressman says TikTok backed out of a meeting to avoid child safety questions
The reversal reportedly came one day after Meta’s sweeping settlement. The reversal reportedly came one day after Meta’s sweeping settlement. TikTok backed out of a congressional committee’s “public roundtable” set for this month over concerns it would be asked about child safety practices, the chair of the committee said. After negotiating “in good faith” to bring TikTok’s chief security officer before the House Select Committee on China to answer questions about Chinese government access…
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Actualité : Game Pass : Xbox limite les heures de cloud gaming dans un revirement de stratégie soudain
« Everything is an Xbox », mais pas vraiment : dans un billet publié sur le blog officiel du constructeur, Microsoft annonce imposer un plafond sur les heures d’utilisation de son service Xbox Cloud Gaming à compter de novembre prochain, et ce pour tous les abonnés au Game Pass. Le cloud gaming était auparavant illimité pour tous les abonnés, à l’exception du PC Game Pass. Les différentes offres ne sont pas logées à la…
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IA
M4 Macs can share local AI work with PCs using Nvidia PAIR
Got an M4 Mac? Nvidia's new free tool lets it offload local AI tasks to your PC, turning your home network into a shared supercomputer. The Personal AI Router (PAIR) isn't hardware. Instead, it's software that connects supported Apple Silicon Macs, Nvidia RTX PCs, and DGX Spark systems. PAIR works with Ollama and LM Studio, two tools for running AI models locally. It discovers participating computers and gives AI apps a single connection for…
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Le reboot de Dragon Ball Super corrige enfin les plus gros problèmes de l’anime
Recevez tous les soirs un résumé de l’actu importante avec Le Récap’ Après Dragon Ball et Dragon Ball Z, Akira Toriyama avait fait revenir Goku et ses compagnons dans une nouvelle aventure avec Dragon Ball Super. La série se déroule quelques années après la défaite de Majin Buu dans le dernier acte de Dragon Ball Z, et introduit de nouveaux personnages, dont Beerus, le Dieu de la Destruction. Lancée en 2015, la série animée…
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Qualcomm invests in Ultrahuman's future of human computing for our health
What you need to know Ultrahuman announced that it has raised $70 million, thanks to investments from Qualcomm Ventures, Labcorp, Alpha Wave, and more. The company says these investments will help push its desires to create a world where human computing helps us and our health. Ultrahuman says it wants computational platforms that can understand the human body, delivering important, crucial pieces of actionable intel. This afternoon (Sept 3), Ultrahuman announced another substantial investment…
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Just like a fruit fly, a new algorithm never forgets old scents
Fruit flies aren’t exactly famous for their brainpower; you’ve probably drowned more than one in a wine glass left too long on the patio table. And yet, working with roughly 140,000 neurons—a brain smaller than a poppy seed—Drosophila can sort through a huge range of smells in a fraction of a second, and then retain the memory of that scent for a long time. In this, they do much better than current “electronic noses.”…
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Disney+ intègre les programmes M6, une réponse à l’alliance entre Netflix et TF1
Disney+ va diffuser des contenus provenant de M6 sur sa plateforme en France. Un partenariat qui fait suite à celui entre Netflix et TF1. The Walt Disney Company France et le Groupe M6 annocnent une collaboration et un nouvel accord de diffusion qui verra Disney+ proposer certaines programmes de M6 sur sa plateforme. A partir du 25 septembre 2026, Scènes de ménages et En Famille, les séries familiales au format court diffusées avant le…
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Three advantages iPhone Ultra will have over iPhone 18 Pro
Apple has three new flagship iPhones launching next week: iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max and iPhone Ultra. Apple’s Pro models will have several advantages over the Ultra, but here are three ways the high-end Ultra will come out on top. iPhone Ultra will have two displays with the following rumored dimensions: This compares to iPhone 18 Pro’s 6.3-inch screen and 6.9 inches on the Pro Max. Essentially, iPhone Ultra provides both a larger…
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Samsung’s beloved Q Series sound system is hundreds off for Labor Day
Researching, buying, then finally assembling a sound system for your TV is daunting, but it doesn’t have to be. If you want one of the best kits you can get at a rare discount, Best Buy and Amazon are selling the Samsung Q990F Soundbar for $999.99. It normally retails between $1,300 and $1,600. This bundle includes a 48.5-inch, 11.1.4-channel soundbar, a wireless subwoofer and two wireless rear speakers with their own power cords. That’s…
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