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OpenAI delayed its new model’s development after the Hugging Face hack
The company is doing some AI safety damage control ahead of Astra’s release. The company is doing some AI safety damage control ahead of Astra’s release. After an unreleased OpenAI model wreaked enough havoc to make international headlines, OpenAI delayed the development of a different unreleased model suite, Astra, in order to shore up its safety work, the company wrote Tuesday in a blog post. In July, an unreleased OpenAI model broke out of…
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The latest AI news we announced in August 2026
Here’s a recap of some of our biggest AI updates from August, including the launch of Gemini 3.7 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, and the all-new Pixel 11 series of devices. Your browser does not support the audio element. For more than 20 years, we’ve invested in machine learning and AI research, tools, and infrastructure to build products that make everyday life better for more people. Teams across Google are working on ways to unlock…
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Smartphones
New iPhone Ultra details arrive for specs, multitasking, launch timing, more
Next week, the iPhone Ultra will be unveiled at Apple’s September event, and today a new Tom’s Guide interview with Mark Gurman reveals several fresh details on what to expect from specs, software, launch timing, and more. One week out from iPhone Ultra’s introduction, there are still new leaks arriving. Today in a new interview with Tom’s Guide, Mark Gurman shared a variety of tidbits—including some details not reported before. MagSafe, for example, has…
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On first listen, the Sonos Beam Ultra sounds great
Multiple in-person demos showed off its directional audio capabilities, but I’m curious how well it holds up at home. Multiple in-person demos showed off its directional audio capabilities, but I’m curious how well it holds up at home. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Sonos unveiled a bunch of new stuff today at its open house event. There’s the $699 Beam Ultra…
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Pixel 11 series getting early September update, not Android 17 QPR1
We’re expecting the stable release of Android 17 QPR1 in September. Before that, Google is rolling out an out-of-cycle update to the Pixel 11 series with a September 2026 security patch. On Tuesday afternoon, Pixel 11 series users received an OTA update to CD1A.260905.001.A1 (from CD1A.260714.001.A9). The Android security update level is “September 1, 2026.” (Note: Not September 5.) The install screen has the usual generic security message: “This update fixes critical bugs and…
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Musique
Rentabilité : le groove du béton et le bruit des contradictions
Guy de Lussigny transforme la critique sociale en une tension rythmique. Un morceau rugueux, urbain, où le groove devient l'arme pour parler du monde sans faire de leçon.
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August set the bar high for stargazers, with two eclipses and the peak of the Perseids meteor shower. But it’s not time to put away your telescopes, with some lesser-known astronomical events set to arrive across the sky this month. The Pleiades will appear next to the moon, Venus will reach its brightest point of the year, Neptune will be in its best position for spotting with a telescope, and as an encore to…
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Apple Maps bring up Lake Ontario if you search for 'Lake America'
Apple has started to make changes to the Lake Ontario listing in Apple Maps, with searches for "Lake America" coming up with the Great Lake. The ongoing political tiff between the United States and Canada over the identity of a body of water is starting to affect Apple Maps. While Lake Ontario hasn't yet been updated to have the name of "Lake America," as mandated by U.S. President Donald Trump, there are signs of…
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Tim Cook did alright by the environment — but AI could upend his climate legacy
Cook nudged Apple in a more sustainable direction, but the company may struggle to stay on that path. Cook nudged Apple in a more sustainable direction, but the company may struggle to stay on that path. As he steps down from his post as Apple CEO today, Tim Cook leaves behind a mostly positive environmental record. As far as billionaire tech moguls and the environment go, Cook will likely be remembered as one of…
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Sonos lance le casque Ace Ultra et la barre Beam Ultra pour tourner la page de sa crise
Il faut se souvenir d’où revient la marque. En 2024, Sonos déploie une refonte de son application qui supprime des réglages de base et casse des fonctions d’accessibilité. Suivent des licenciements et le départ du patron Patrick Spence, remplacé par Tom Conrad, CEO de Sonos depuis. Ces annonces du 1er septembre sont les premiers gros produits pensés sous cette nouvelle direction. La Beam Ultra est affichée à 699 euros, le casque Ace Ultra à…
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Surgeons keep finding reasons to use the Apple Vision Pro
The first surgery using Stryker's SportSuite Vision app on Apple Vision Pro has been completed at Duke Health, demonstrating its potential in the operating room. On Tuesday, medical technology company Stryker announced that a hip arthroscopy had been performed at Duke Health using its SportSuite Vision app on Apple Vision Pro. SportSuite Vision allows surgeons to view the operating room while placing digital tools, including arthroscopic and CT imaging, within their field of view.…
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Wearable
Apple Watch Series 12: Three new features coming next week
Apple Watch Series 12 is coming next week, launching at the September event alongside Apple Watch Ultra 4. Here are three new features rumored for Apple Watch Series 12. Apple’s S-class chips don’t get meaningful updates very often. Even though Apple does change the number most years, actual CPU improvements are rare. And last year, the company skipped offering an S11 altogether and kept the S10 around. But this year, rumors indicate an upgraded…
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Anthropic Launches Claude Fable 5.1 With Lower Costs and Fewer False Positives
Anthropic today introduced Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1, which the company says are the "world's most advanced models for coding and knowledge work." According to Anthropic, Claude Fable 5.1 sets a new standard for coding, knowledge work, and long-running problem-solving tasks. It achieves similar or better results than Fable 5 at low or medium effort, and has much higher performance at higher effort tiers. It outperforms Fable 5, Opus 5, and OpenAI's…
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Accessoires
Actualité : Beam Ultra : fini la virtualisation, Sonos fait passer sa barre de son intermédiaire au 7.1.2
Dans la foulée de sa plateforme Sonos 27 et de son nouveau casque sans fil Ace Ultra, Sonos a dévoilé la barre de son Beam Ultra. Modèle intermédiaire de la gamme, à mi-chemin entre la Ray et l’Arc Ultra, elle succède à la Beam (Gen 2), lancée il y a presque cinq ans. Sa dénomination "Ultra" traduit une volonté de montée en gamme plutôt que de simple renouvellement, comme Sonos l’avait déjà fait en…
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Google Clock’s new timer UI is here, and your muscle memory won’t like it
Credit: Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR Google is gradually rolling out a new UI for timers in the Clock app. The numbers are flatter and come without the circular background; there are presets for 1, 5, 10, and 15 minutes; and the start button has moved. Multiple timers now appear as a grid. Google has rolled out a few updates as part of the September Android Drop, like Guided Vision for Gemini Live…
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How AI plotted an interstellar journey to Alpha Centauri
A nonprofit organization called the Fermi Explorer Mission announced today that it intends to launch a spacecraft to our nearest star system by the end of 2029. It’s a hugely ambitious mission—if all goes well, the spacecraft could take up to 80,000 years to arrive at Alpha Centauri, which is 4.4 light-years away. And the spacecraft will follow a novel trajectory discovered by an AI system developed by Physical Superintelligence (PSI), an AI physics…
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Research roundup: 7 cool science stories we almost missed
It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across. So every month, we highlight a handful of the best stories that nearly slipped through the cracks. August’s list includes the discovery of a new celestial object astronomers have dubbed a "black hole star"; breaking down plastics with microbes and turning them into edible cookies; how whale calls are connected to Einstein's special theory…
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Actualité : Claude Fable 5.1 est disponible : voici ce que propose le nouveau modèle surpuissant d’Anthropic
Pour rappel, on trouve quatre familles de modèles chez Anthropic avec Haiku, Sonnet, Opus et Fable largement au-dessus. Fable est un modèle de la classe Mythos qui est vantée comme la plus avancée par l'entreprise. Rappelons que le lancement fut très mouvementé pour Fable 5 avec un retrait trois jours après sa disponibilité. C'est le gouvernement étasunien qui a imposé cette limitation avant un retour le 1er juillet. We’re introducing Claude Fable 5.1 and…
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4 nouveautés Android pour régler de vraies galères
Retrouver un passeport oublié dans un tiroir, lire un menu dans un restaurant sombre, garder l’œil sur son téléphone en voiture sans avoir la nausée : voilà ce que Google promet de régler avec sa mise à jour. Deux fonctions arrivent dès aujourd’hui, deux autres sont annoncées « coming soon », sans date. Et aucune ne demande d’acheter le moindre accessoire. La trouvaille la plus maligne s’appelle Find Hub Remembered. Jusqu’ici, l’application de localisation…
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Foldable iPhone Ultra Likely Has MagSafe Charging
Apple's foldable "iPhone Ultra" will likely support MagSafe charging, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said in an interview with Tom's Guide. iPhone Ultra dummy models that surfaced in April didn't include a MagSafe ring, while dummies of the iPhone 18 Pro did. Leaked cases for the device did have a MagSafe ring, making it unclear whether it would support MagSafe charging. "All indications that I've heard is that MagSafe is in for this foldable phone. They…
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Baisse de prix sur le Meta Quest 3S : le casque VR autonome passe sous les 300 €
Le Meta Quest 3S renferme tout ce dont il a besoin pour faire tourner les jeux, sans PC et sans console. Le casque VR autonome est à moins de 300 € grâce à une belle remise proposée par AliExpress. Les promotions qui font passer le prix du Meta Quest 3S sous les 300 € sont peu fréquentes. En ce moment, AliExpress le propose à 294 € au lieu de 359 € habituellement. Cela correspond…
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Lumus, Quanta reach licensing agreement for next-gen waveguides for AR glasses that may turn the tide
What you need to know Lumus is expanding its partnership with Quanta this week, which brings a licensing agreement between the two companies for next-gen waveguides. Lumus states Quanta will manufacture its next-gen waveguides: the Z-30 2.0, A-Lens 30 (30-degree FOV), and A-Lens 50 (50-degree FOV). The company was at CES 2026 where it stated it's future for waveguides for AR glasses will be "thinner, lighter, and easier to produce." This morning (Sept 1),…
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Claude Fable 5.1 : Anthropic mise sur la baisse des coûts plus que sur les benchmarks
Fable 5.1 fait mieux que Fable 5 sur les benchmarks. Sans surprise. Le chiffre qui parle à une direction informatique est ailleurs : les lectures de cache coûtent 75 % moins cher que sur la génération précédente. Anthropic en tire une facture réelle allégée d’environ 25 % pour un usage courant, et jusqu’à 45 % pour les usages agentiques intensifs. Anthropic a dévoilé les deux modèles comme ses plus avancés pour le code et…
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Google Messages just became a lot more fun with new chat themes, but it could learn a thing or two from Apple Messages
Google has been steadily improving its Messages app over the years, especially since the advent of RCS. We've been seeing some fun features arriving in the app, such as Voice Moods and Selfie GIFs. However, until now, customizing your chat look has been limited to just changing the color of your chat bubbles, and even that was pretty limited. Now, Google has introduced new chat themes, which can fully transform your conversations. It lets…
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