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Apple's Home Hub Will Have a Widget Gallery With iPhone Widget Support
Apple is working on a home hub that incorporates Siri AI, and it's set to launch as soon as this year. The home hub will use a Widget Gallery that lets users select the content they want to appear on the device's home screen. Mentions of the Widget Gallery were found in macOS Tahoe 26.7, an update that leaked a long list of unreleased Apple products. The strings were found in a file named…
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IA
Robin Williams’ Instagram account brought back to fight ‘AI abuse’
Zelda, Zak, and Cody Williams say their father’s Instagram account will be a ‘trusted place’ to share photos, videos, and memories. Zelda, Zak, and Cody Williams say their father’s Instagram account will be a ‘trusted place’ to share photos, videos, and memories. Robin Williams’ children are taking over their father’s Instagram account after his daughter spoke out against the use of his AI likeness, as reported earlier by The Wrap. In a post on…
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Apps & Logiciels
Framework Laptop 12 : Intel Core Series 3, Thunderbolt 4 et Linux préinstallé, moins cher qu’un MacBook Neo
Près de 80 % des utilisateurs du Framework Laptop 12 tournent sous Linux. Le chiffre sort des enquêtes clients de Framework, et il a visiblement pesé. Pour la première fois, la marque vend une de ses machines avec une distribution déjà installée : Fedora 44 et le bureau KDE Plasma, prêts à l’emploi, fruit d’un travail avec les deux équipes. Framework a ouvert les précommandes, avec un premier lot livré en octobre. Le reste…
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Smartphones
Here’s everything new for Apple Calendar in iOS 27
iOS 27 is packed with new features for Apple Wallet, Messages, Notes, and other system apps—including Calendar. Here’s everything new for Apple’s Calendar app in iOS 27. Calendar adds a feature in iOS 27 that’s been on my wishlist for years: natural language input. Apple calls this ‘Smart Event Details,’ and it’s powered by Apple Intelligence. Here’s how it’s described: Type events in your own words. Apple Intelligence fills in the title, time, location,…
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Apps & Logiciels
Spotify's Running Mode is now available on Android
The playlist feature was released on iOS in late July. Spotify has announced that Running Mode — its AI-powered feature for generating playlists matched to your runs — is now available on Android in the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Sweden. The feature, which revives and expands on an earlier running experiment from 2018, is part of the company's ongoing push into fitness. Like Running Mode on the iOS version…
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Apps & Logiciels
Apple has new in-app transaction commission rates for EU devs
It’s the latest change based on legal challenges under the Digital Markets Act. Apple has laid out its new business terms for apps that will be distributed in the European Union. The new policies, which take effect starting October 1, will see the company's heavily debated Core Technology Fee replaced with a new Core Technology Commission that will be applied to in-app purchases. There are several different permutations of commission rates based on how…
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Tech News
Actualité : Plus rapide et moins chère qu’une Porsche, la supercar électrique de BYD sortira en Europe
C'est lors du Goodwood Festival of Speed en Angleterre que BYD a présenté les versions Coupe et Racing de sa Denza Z. Stella Li, vice-présidente exécutive, a dévoilé la supercar électrique avec Jenson Button, champion du monde de Formule 1. Un modèle avec trois moteurs qui délivrent 1 604 chevaux et 1 240 Nm avec un bloc de 500 kW à l'avant et deux unités de 340 kW à l'arrière. La version Racing passe…
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Tech News
GTA 6 victime d’une fuite : plusieurs minutes de gameplay circulent sur les réseaux sociaux
Recevez tous les soirs un résumé de l’actu importante avec Le Récap’ Rockstar Games peut-il tenir jusqu’au 27 août, date de la présentation de GTA VI sur Netflix et sur YouTube ? À en croire les réseaux sociaux le 18 août, l’éditeur pourrait être victime d’un nouveau piratage. Les informations sont contradictoires et sont difficiles à vérifier, mais tout suggère que des images du jeu le plus attendu du siècle viennent d’être publiées pour…
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Apps & Logiciels
Apple's EU App Store changes are big, and a preview of what's coming in the US
Apple's changes to its terms and fees for developers distributing in the European Union is a premonition of reduced commissions for developers that could soon come to the United States. Apple is waging two wars over the App Store, on both sides of the Atlantic. In Europe, it's dealing with the European Commission and the European Union demanding changes to how the App Store earns income, especially for transactions outside the App Store. There…
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Cybersécurité
OpenAI lays out new security changes after its AI hacked Hugging Face
OpenAI is updating its research environments, monitoring, and alignment techniques to avoid another security fiasco. OpenAI is updating its research environments, monitoring, and alignment techniques to avoid another security fiasco. OpenAI is announcing security updates following the July news that its AI broke out of a sandboxed environment and accidentally hacked Hugging Face, including improvements to its research environments, monitoring, and alignment techniques. The company had already put the brakes on a new model,…
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IA
Apple pulls AI ‘nudify’ app promoted in Meta ads
WIRED reports that Meta ran ads for a now-pulled App Store app that let users create AI-generated pornographic deepfakes of real people, with one of the ads featuring a woman resembling a prominent US politician. Here are the details. According to WIRED, Meta ran a campaign for an app that promoted itself as “the AI that men actually use,” and in one of the ads showed an AI-generated pornographic deepfake of a woman closely…
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Tech News
Google Home devices should now be up and running again
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. The convenience of a full-blown smart home setup is one of those things that’s difficult to truly appreciate until you’re really living it — and once you are, just as hard to go back from. Being able to control everything from the lights to the temperature with just a few voice commands is the kind of luxury that’s very easy to get…
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Wearable
National Parks Apple Watch Activity Challenge Launching August 23
Apple will launch its annual National Parks Apple Watch activity challenge on Sunday, August 23 to celebrate national parks across the United States. Apple Watch owners can earn an Apple Watch activity award by doing a hike, walk, run, or wheelchair push that lasts for 20 minutes or more on August 23, 2026. Earning this award is a walk in the park. Or a run. Or a hike. Or a wheelchair push. Just record…
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IA
Samsung makes warranty repairs easier with Android 17, advertises it with AI guinea pigs [Gallery]
Live on the Galaxy Z Fold 8 series and presumably coming to more devices when Android 17 / One UI 9 rolls out more broadly, Samsung is showing off a new “Warranty and Care” menu that makes it a whole lot easier to deal with repairs and warranty claims on your Galaxy device. A new hub in the Settings menu of One UI 9 houses the warranty periods, expiration dates, and Samsung Care+ eligibility…
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IT & Science & Technology
Against all odds, SpaceX finally tugs Starship into port after 24 days at sea
SpaceX’s most recent Starship test flight may have ended July 24, but its mission isn’t over yet. The spacecraft splashed down in the Indian Ocean intact after flying halfway around the world from SpaceX’s launch base in South Texas. Engineers expected the ship’s life to end with a fiery disintegration after toppling over, just as past Starships have done following splashdown. Numerous onboard sensors and cameras, along with buoys and drones in position at…
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Apps & Logiciels
Gemini's auto-browse in Chrome is finally here for Android to make the mundane a breeze
What you need to know Google is rolling out a Chrome update on Android, bringing Gemini webpage summarization, Q&A, and connected apps to all U.S. users. AI Pro and Ultra subscribers will gain auto-browse in this update, which lets Gemini purchase items for you or secure events based on your prompt. Nano Banana is also rolling out in this Gemini in Chrome on Android update. AI assistance has been a major trend for Google,…
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Apps & Logiciels
Gemini in Chrome and auto browse roll out on Android in the US
After previewing in May, Google has now finished rolling out Gemini in Chrome for Android users in the US. Gemini in Chrome is available as a toolbar shortcut to the right of the address bar (you can only have one), or in the three-dot overflow menu near the bottom. Tapping the spark icon slides up a sheet that’s nearly identical to the desktop interface. Your current page can be added to the prompt as…
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Cybersécurité
Actualité : Piratage des impôts et de l’Éducation nationale : ce que risque vraiment l’auteur de l’attaque
Tout d'abord, remettons un peu de contexte. Le 12 août 2026, une personne se présentant sous le pseudonyme ZeroBytes a revendiqué une attaque contre la DGFiP, l'administration fiscale française. Le lendemain, Bercy a confirmé l'information avec 678 000 particuliers et professionnels touchés. Mais l'attaque ne date pas de ce mois d'août, mais du 26 juin. ZeroBytes est passé par l'usurpation des identifiants d'un agent et d'un prestataire autorisé à se connecter. Pour les données…
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Tech News
À -41 %, l’Amazon Echo Show 5 est l’un des écrans connectés compacts les plus intéressants du moment (et il est proposé avec Alexa+)
Sorte de petit téléviseur connecté permettant de regarder des séries sur Prime Vidéo et discuter avec Alexa, l’écran connecté Amazon Echo Show 5 a bénéficié d’un petit lifting en 2023. Cette troisième génération a profité d’un design repensé, d’un meilleur écran et d’un système audio plus qualitatif. Et depuis peu, il est également compatible avec Alexa+, la version nouvelle génération de l’assistant vocal d’Amazon dopée à l’IA générative. Nous avions toutefois jugé cet écran…
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Apps & Logiciels
New EU App Store terms lower both costs and bar to entry for external payments
On Tuesday, after much back-and-forth with the European Union, Apple has rolled out new and simpler terms and fee structures for developers that distribute in the area. The terms are greatly simplified. Core technology fees are mostly exterminated, replaced by percentages. For App Store apps using Apple In-App Purchase, the new commission will be 26 percent. For the vast majority of developers, including auto-renewing subscriptions after their first year, that fee is now 15…
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Tech News
Big changes: Google reportedly plans to exit China in 2027 to produce Pixel line in India, Vietnam
What you need to know A report claims that Google is preparing to exit China in 2027, moving its Pixel line production to India and Vietnam. This move will take everything Pixel-related (phones, watches, buds), as Google is reportedly becoming confident in this decision. The post also highlights that Google wants to push its Pixel shipment momentum in 2026 to 13 million units, which would be a ~8% increase at the lowest. Changes are…
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Tech News
Apple pledges relief after deadly Indonesia earthquake
Apple is donating to first responders and relief efforts in Indonesia following the deadly earthquake that has left thousands displaced and triggered more than a 1,000 aftershocks. On August 16, a magnitude-7.7 earthquake struck eastern Indonesia. At the time of publication, the death toll is near 70. Over 200 have been injured, and thousands more have been driven from their homes. According to Reuters, nearly 1,000 aftershocks were detected in the 24 hours following…
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Domotique
Maison connectée locale : que continue-t-il de fonctionner quand Internet tombe ?
L'argument de la maison connectée souveraine séduit de plus en plus d'adeptes de l'automatisation. Pourtant, face à une coupure de la box Internet ou à une panne du fournisseur d'accès, la réalité de nos installations domestiques se révèle sans filtre. Entre les interrupteurs qui réagissent au quart de tour et les scénarios automatisés qui se figent, la frontière ne tient pas au hasard. Elle dépend entièrement de l'architecture logicielle et des protocoles choisis lors…
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Tech News
Disney sues FCC and its chair, escalating fight against Trump's chief censor
Disney today sued the Federal Communications Commission and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr in a lawsuit that aims to stop what it called a “campaign of censorship” waged by the Trump administration against ABC. Disney, ABC, and the eight broadcast stations they own filed a complaint in US District Court for the District of Columbia. They also submitted a motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction that would halt the FCC proceeding in…
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