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Hobby Lobby stealthily adds support for Apple Pay
After years of avoiding it, Hobby Lobby has begun rolling out Apple Pay at its checkouts, much to the delight of its increasingly frustrated customers, though it isn't available everywhere just yet. You may be able to pick up your assorted crafting bits and bobs at Hobby Lobby sans wallet if you so choose. Customers have discovered that, at least at certain locations, the retail arts and crafts giant has added support for Apple…
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Apps & Logiciels
Google will not have to sell AdX business, but it will have to make changes
Following a prior court battle, a judge has now ruled that Google won’t have to sell off its AdX (ad exchange) business after all, and will instead have to make some undisclosed behavioral changes. As reported by Bloomberg and The New York Times, Google will not have to sell off its AdX business. Judge Leonie Brinkema rejected the DOJ’s move to force the sale of that business which would have also make the auction…
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I rented a car, and within hours, my driver's license was for sale
Not long ago, I rented an SUV from a well-known car rental company. Within hours of an employee scanning my driver’s license, a high-resolution scan of my ID was available for sale on the dark web. An exposé published Tuesday by KrebsOnSecurity reports that my license was one of more than 153 million that were available through Nexus, the name of the new ID theft service. Like other driver’s licenses available there—including some belonging…
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La France ouvre la porte au FSD de Tesla malgré son refus de juillet avec deux voitures fournies par Elon Musk
Nos voisins belges l’ont depuis juin, les Danois aussi, le Pays-Bas et la Lituanie, et nous on regarde des vidéos YouTube de Tesla qui négocient des ronds-points à Amsterdam. Mercredi soir, vers 22 h, un tweet du ministre des Transports a fait bouger le curseur. Pour aller plus loin Tesla : pourquoi la France dit officiellement non au FSD Philippe Tabarot y raconte un « échange constructif » en visioconférence avec Elon Musk, photo…
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IA
OpenAI’s new reasoning technique alarms AI safety experts
OpenAI’s new Astra model will use a reasoning technique called “recurrent depth” that allows it to operate outside of the sequential thinking that characterizes most reasoning models, The Information reported on Tuesday. This technique, also called “opaque recurrence,” will likely make the model’s chain of thought more difficult to monitor — and that has AI safety experts rattled. While Astra’s use of the technique is reportedly limited, its emergence has still raised significant concerns…
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UN report says global warming will surpass the goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius
Climate scientists now aim to minimize time spent above the limit from the Paris Agreement. The United Nations Environment Program has released a report with grim news about the planet's rising temperatures. The group's climate scientists have determined that global temperatures will rise more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. Rather than outlining how to remain below that increase, the new Limiting Overshoot report lays out paths toward minimizing the amount of time the planet spends…
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Domotique
Apple's smart home display could be coming soon, sounds amazing
Apple's new smart home display, designed to power Apple Home, could be launching soon. Here's what the rumors say will be coming, and when. A lot of what we've been hearing about this new home hub isn't exactly new. Rumors say that this device was expected to launch in the spring of 2025, before the state of Apple Intelligence forced Apple to delay it. But that was all in 2025, and 2026 is poised…
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Apps & Logiciels
MapQuest is now the No. 1 US app after bucking Trump’s ‘Lake America’ renaming
MapQuest’s unlikely comeback just got even bigger. On Tuesday, the “OG” mapping application (and one that many thought no longer existed!) became the No. 1 overall app on the U.S. App Store, up from No. 8 on Monday. The surge in new downloads was inspired by MapQuest’s refusal to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” after President Trump’s executive order directed the U.S. geographic naming service to adopt the new name amid his ongoing…
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IA
Google says its new Gemini 3.8 Flash model ‘works harder’ but might cost more
Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber is also launching to Google’s new Fairwind Program. Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber is also launching to Google’s new Fairwind Program. Google launched Gemini 3.8 Flash, arriving just a few weeks after its predecessor. The company claims the new model “works harder” than Gemini 3.7 Flash by performing more reasoning steps on complex tasks and “calling tools iteratively.” It has the same introductory pricing as 3.7 Flash, $0.75 per million input…
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How to watch the PlayStation State of Play double header
The showcase will feature an extended look at Final Fantasy 7 Revelation and probably some angry people in the live chat. Sony is set to show off a whole bunch of games during back-to-back State of Play broadcasts on Thursday. You can watch them right here when things get underway at 9AM ET on September 3 by clicking the big red play button on the YouTube video below. Alternatively, you can watch the double-header…
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Musique
Au Clair du Bitume : Le groove brut des nuits urbaines
Guy de Lussigny capture l'électricité des trottoirs et la tension des lampadaires. Un son rugueux, social et magnétique qui refuse de demander la permission d'exister.
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Smartphones
FCC plans robocall scorecard to grade phone companies on spam call blocking
The Federal Communications Commission today said it will create a robocall mitigation scorecard to rate phone companies on how effectively they block illegal spam calls. The scorecards could include call-blocking statistics along with data on customer complaints and enforcement actions. The FCC said scorecards could grade providers on a number scale, with letter grades, or by classifying providers as low risk, medium risk, or high risk. “The Scorecard will empower consumers and encourage providers…
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Apps & Logiciels
Ryan Reynolds’ new Apple TV spy movie is a winner, reviews here
Apple TV kicks off its big fall lineup this week with Mayday, a new Ryan Reynolds film that’s part buddy comedy, part action spy thriller. And the first reviews say the movie’s a winner. Apple TV is best known for its shows, and has great ones airing now like Ted Lasso and sci-fi hits Dark Matter and Silo. But movies on Apple TV are on the rise too. Joining the 15 free classic movies…
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Applying Different Forms of Mentorship
This article is crossposted from IEEE Spectrum’s careers newsletter. Sign up now to get insider tips, expert advice, and practical strategies, written in partnership with tech career development company Parsity and delivered to your inbox for free! Asking someone to be your mentor is weird. Walking up to someone and asking, “Will you be my mentor?” has always seemed to me like the adult version of a kid walking up to another kid at…
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Actualité : Concerts de Céline Dion à Paris : de nouvelles places sont en vente, comment les acheter
C’est à la vitesse de l’éclair qu’en avril 2026, les places pour les concerts de Céline Dion se sont écoulées. Pour tenter d’accéder à la prévente, plus de 9 millions de personnes s’étaient inscrites. Au total, ce sont 480 000 billets qui ont trouvé preneur pour les 16 représentations parisiennes. À l’origine, c’était dix dates annoncées avant que la production n’en rajoute six. C’est du 12 septembre au 17 octobre 2026 que Céline Dion…
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Wearable
Actualité : Watch 6, FreeBuds Neo, MatePad Pro 12 : Huawei sort le grand jeu pour la rentrée
© Les Numériques - Beaucoup (trop) de références en cette rentrée 2026... Huawei n’a pas organisé un événement à Munich pour faire de la figuration. Après un an d’absence en Europe, la gamme Watch 6 revient accompagnée des FreeBuds Neo et d’une MatePad Pro 12 qui pousse très loin la chasse aux grammes et aux millimètres. Les premières nouveautés débarqueront dès septembre, avant l’arrivée de la tablette en octobre. La Huawei Watch 6 se…
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Apps & Logiciels
WhatsApp for Android loophole lets private photos be accessed without unlocking
A loophole in WhatsApp for Android lets someone see private photos on your device without the device being unlocked, which obviously isn’t supposed to happen. First spotted by @VBarraquito on Twitter/X and further confirmed by “Mobile Hacker” and NotebookCheck, a very straightforward flaw exists within WhatsApp for Android that allows someone to access a user’s private photos before the device is unlocked. This works by first having a WhatsApp call pop up and be…
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IT & Science & Technology
Wary of Artemis IV timeline, NASA is changing lunar spacesuit design
NASA has decided to use a simpler spacesuit for its initial missions to the lunar surface, Ars has learned. The agency announced the decision during an internal meeting this week as it seeks to accelerate its program to land humans at the south pole of the Moon as early as 2028. At the direction of Artemis Program Manager Jeremy Parsons, NASA will work with Axiom Space to develop a “Sortie Suit” variant of the…
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Smartphones
iOS 27 Introduces New 'iPhone Handoff' Feature
Apple has added a new "iPhone Handoff" feature to iOS 27 that will allow you to switch between two iPhones while using the same phone number on each device. This functionality was briefly mentioned during the WWDC 2026 keynote in June, on a slide that listed hundreds of new features coming in iOS 27 and corresponding software updates, but Apple never shared any further details at the time. MacRumors forum member pdfu today shared…
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Cybersécurité
It sure looks like hackers breached a major ID card verification service
If you have handed over your driver’s license, passport, or other form of identity document to verify your information in the real world, like at a bar, a weed store, or when booking a car rental, there’s a good chance it’s now been stolen in a suspected massive data breach. That’s according to a jaw-dropping report by independent security journalist Brian Krebs, who says a company used to verify government-issued identity documents in the…
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Cybersécurité
Gemini 3.8 Flash is out with a new focus on cybersecurity
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Google’s previous smartest AI model, Gemini 3.6 Flash, was released in late July. The tech giant wasted no time iterating on it, with Gemini 3.7 Flash launching just weeks after. Now, just three weeks later, the company is already introducing 3.7 Flash’s successor. Google just announced Gemini 3.8 Flash, and this time around, the focus is on delivering next-generation intelligence for agentic…
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IA
Anthropic upgrades Claude’s computer use to run in the background on Mac
While computer use isn’t new for Claude on the desktop, running it in the background is a nice upgrade. Anthropic shared today that background computer use is available for Claude Code, only on macOS, for Pro and Max customers. Claude can now use your computer in the background in Claude Cowork and Claude Code.Give it something to do on your desktop and Claude clicks, types, and opens apps just like you would, while you…
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Smartphones
iOS 27 fixes Apple Mail in three ways longtime users will love
iOS 27 is packed with powerful features like Siri AI and upgrades to productivity apps like Apple Mail, Notes, Reminders, and Calendar. But for many users, some of iOS 27’s best changes might be bug fixes that make apps run better than ever—here are three coming to Apple Mail. There’s no shortage of new features in iOS 27. But Apple also took extra time with this update to make everything run smoother and more…
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Here are some of REI’s best Labor Day sale deals
Summer is winding down, but REI’s Labor Day sale is here to help save you some bucks on gear that’ll let you get the most out of your upcoming outdoor expeditions. There are many, many discounts, from men’s and women’s clothing and REI Co-op gear to equipment for camping and hiking and more. The sale runs through September 7th, 2026. In case you weren’t aware, REI members can take an extra 20 percent off…
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