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Google Earth a droit à une grosse mise à jour à base d’IA, mais on est vraiment sceptiques du résultat
Google vient d’annoncer l’arrivée de Nano Banana, sa technologie de génération d’images par IA, dans son application Earth. Celle-ci est censée ajouter tout un lot de fonctionnalités pour “visiter le passé” ou obtenir des informations sur un lieu particulier. Mais tout cela fait face à un obstacle de taille : la très grande propension des IA à dire n’importe quoi. Google Earth est sans doute le projet le plus impressionnant jamais mis en ligne…
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IA
Gemini Spark now works with Chrome, because giving your accounts to AI is a good idea
TL;DR Gemini Spark now works with Chrome, letting it use your signed-in accounts and saved credentials to automate web tasks (with your permission). Sensitive actions still require your approval, and Spark includes protections against prompt injection attacks to reduce the risk of malicious manipulation. Web automation is rolling out in the US, while Spark is expanding to Google AI Pro users in 160+ additional countries. We’ve all had those days where a quick online…
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Tech News
Le 2 août, l’AI Act avance et recule à la fois
Comment veux-tu, comment veux-tu Les premières mesures de l’AI Act sont en application depuis février 2025, mais bon nombre de dispositifs restent à mettre en route. Une révision ciblée de la réglementation européenne sur l’intelligence artificielle, entrée en vigueur le 27 juillet, sera effective cette fin de semaine. Elle confère à la Commission de nouveaux pouvoirs de surveillance, injecte de la transparence dans les contenus générés par IA, tout en arrondissant les angles avec…
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Tech News
Cette étude a listé les habitudes qui ruinent une carrière, et les patrons sont les premiers à les cumuler
Le téléphone est devenu un compagnon de réunion presque banal dans les entreprises. Une étude britannique a chiffré ces habitudes de bureau et leur influence sur une carrière. Ses résultats désignent les patrons comme les plus mauvais élèves, loin devant leurs équipes. La distraction numérique s’est installée dans tous les moments de la vie quotidienne. Le téléphone accompagne désormais les repas, les trajets et les discussions familiales. Une étude montrait récemment que la présence…
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Cybersécurité
Chrome va recevoir deux mises à jour de sécurité par semaine
Sans redémarrer à tout bout de champ Les mises à jour de sécurité vont s’accélérer pour Chrome, grâce à l’IA qui mange des bugs et des vulnérabilités au petit déjeuner. Google a annoncé d’importants changements pour son navigateur web, à commencer par la livraison de deux fournées de correctifs chaque semaine, au lieu d’une. L’entreprise planche aussi sur un système permettant à Chrome de se mettre à jour sans redémarrage. L’IA générative fait manifestement…
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Cybersécurité
Anthropic says its AI models also hacked three organizations on their own
The company started reviewing test logs after OpenAI’s revelation that its agent hacked Hugging Face. Apparently, OpenAI isn't the only company whose AI models have hacked into other organizations' systems on their own. Anthropic has published a report, admitting that its AI models have also broken free from their testing environment and infiltrated three different organizations, which apparently weren't aware of the breach until they were notified. After OpenAI revealed the incident, wherein an…
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Tech News
JP Morgan lowers Apple price target on supply constraint worries, still bullish long-term
While price increases didn't worry the investors at JP Morgan, ongoing supply chain constraints will have a short-term impact, and thus their new price target is $340. It's been a bumpy few months for Apple thanks to RAM shortages, price increases, and supply constraints. Investors expect that these problems will continue through December even if Apple finds ways to counteract their effects. In a note seen by AppleInsider, JP Morgan shares that it believes…
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IA
Apple AI compute costs will be covered by iCloud+ subscriptions, for now
Monetizing AI is a tricky business and it seems Apple's only plans so far are tying daily usage limits to users' iCloud+ subscription tier, but whether or not that'll be enough isn't yet known. Apple may be prioritizing on-device AI, but the requests that need to go to Private Cloud Compute servers still cost money. Those costs will be offset by offering increased daily usage limits for higher iCloud+ tiers, but that may only…
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Apps & Logiciels
Yet another major Chinese car brand is preparing to support Car Keys in Apple Wallet
Following recent backend code changes pointing to Car Keys support for GWM’s Tank vehicles, Apple now appears to be preparing to expand the feature to another of the automaker’s brands. Here are the details. A few weeks ago, Apple added backend references indicating that GWM’s Tank vehicles could soon support Car Keys in Apple Wallet, which allows users to lock, unlock, and start compatible vehicles using an iPhone or Apple Watch. Now, as spotted…
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Apps & Logiciels
‘There’s No Place Like Home, Snoopy’ now available on Apple TV
Continuing Apple’s long-running partnership with Peanuts, the newest Snoopy Presents special is now available to Apple TV subscribers. Watch the trailer below. Apple TV subscribers can now stream ‘Snoopy Presents: There’s No Place Like Home, Snoopy,’ a new special that follows Snoopy after his beloved doghouse is accidentally sold at a yard sale. The new special joins other Snoopy Presents specials on Apple TV, including It’s the Small Things, Charlie Brown, A Summer Musical,…
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IA
L’accès à l’énergie, levier de domination de l’IA
Pour se développer, l’IA a besoin d’énergie. Attention cependant à ce que l’accès à cette ressource ne devienne pas une barrière à l’entrée, alerte l’Autorité de la concurrence. Elle appelle à garantir un accès équitable à l’énergie et plaide pour la frugalité comme atout concurrentiel. GenAI et agentique bouleversent le numérique et font exploser l’usage d’équipements et infrastructures énergivores aux impacts environnementaux importants, rapporte l’Ademe. L’Arcep, elle aussi, se préoccupe de ces effets. Dans…
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IA
Anthropic says its own AI models breached three companies during security tests
Anthropic said Thursday that an internal investigation uncovered three incidents in which its AI model Claude breached the systems of three organizations while conducting cybersecurity tests. The investigation, and disclosure, comes more than a week after OpenAI disclosed that one of its unreleased models breached Hugging Face’s systems during internal testing. In all three cases, a Claude model reached the internet from within a testing environment while interacting with a third party and then…
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IT & Science & Technology
MacBook Ultra's New Design Won't Stay Exclusive for Long
The touchscreen and the OLED panel have dominated discussion about Apple's next high-end laptop, but the redesign wrapped around them may prove to be an equally consequential change, largely because it is not expected to stay unique to the machine for long. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman last week laid out Apple's plan to refresh every Mac it sells over the next two years. In the report, he mentioned that the entry-level 14-inch MacBook Pro due…
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Apps & Logiciels
Apple says App Store regulatory changes are beginning to affect Services growth
During today’s earnings call, Apple CFO Kevan Parekh said the company is beginning to feel the impact of regulatory changes to the App Store business model in the US and abroad. Here are the details. Today, Apple released its Q3 2026 financial results, reporting $30.7 billion in Services revenue, a record for a third fiscal quarter. Although that was up 12% year over year, it marked the segment’s first sequential decline since 2022, down…
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Apps & Logiciels
Apple Says App Store Changes and Mobile Gaming Softness Affected Services Revenue
Softness in mobile gaming and Apple's changes to the App Store business model in some countries impacted the performance of the App Store, Apple CFO Kevan Parekh said during today's earnings call. Apple's services revenue was $30.7 billion, a 12% increase over the $27.4 billion it earned in the year-ago quarter. Though the category saw growth, revenue came in under expectations, prompting analyst questions that led to Parekh's comments on the App Store. We…
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Tech News
Apple stockpiles inventory as it braces for ‘significant supply constraints’
As the generative AI boom drives steep demand for hardware components, Apple and other hardware makers are facing what outgoing CEO Tim Cook calls “a hundred-year flood [on] memory pricing,” which is severely impacting the cost of producing iPhones, MacBooks, and other devices. Apple described its recent earnings report as its “strongest June quarter ever,” with iPhone and Mac sales performing better than expected, growing 22% and 29%, respectively, year-over-year. Yet the company is…
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IA
AI hedge fund Situational Awareness may have sold its public portfolio, but it still has its Anthropic shares
Situational Awareness, a hedge fund formed by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, has sold the majority of its public stock portfolio to Ken Griffin’s Citadel following steep losses over the past month, The Wall Street Journal reported earlier on Thursday. It’s a big comedown for the rising star who has been described as both “scarily smart,” and “brash.” German-born Aschenbrenner, who is 25, had no prior trading experience before launching the fund in 2024.…
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IA
Apple Plans Paid iCloud+ Upgrades for Heavy AI Users
Apple is planning to let users pay to increase their AI limits, with upgrade possibilities available through iCloud+. During today's earnings call for the third fiscal quarter of 2026, Apple CEO Tim Cook said it's early, but the company expects to offer options for people who want to make heavy use of AI services. In terms of what it means for compute cost, it's obviously early going for us, and so I don't want…
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Smartphones
High iPhone demand won't be met by supply during September quarter
As it has been almost all of 2026, Apple's September-quarter growth is expected to be slowed by a lack of supply-side availability that won't be able to meet "incredibly strong demand" for iPhone, iPad, and Mac products. If you're going to have a problem in this world, it isn't so bad to have an Apple problem. In spite of its $109 billion record breaking June quarter, analysts are already sweating about the September quarter.…
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IA
Reddit's CEO sure seems frustrated with Google's AI overviews
Amid rumors of Google breakup, Huffman says "people don't want a summary of reddit, they want reddit." You can add Reddit CEO Steve Huffman to the growing list of publishers, platforms and others who are frustrated with the state of Google search and AI Overviews. "People don't want a summary of Reddit; they want Reddit," he wrote in a letter to shareholders ahead of the company's second-quarter earnings call. In case there was any…
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IA
Reddit reports a solid quarter but shows signs of AI’s impact
Reddit reported a strong second quarter but spooked investors by mentioning in an investor letter that traffic from search engines had grown “choppy.” The company’s total revenue of $805 million jumped 61% compared to the year-ago quarter while net income was $253 million, up 183%. These beat Wall Street’s expectations. Plus, the company said it expects to hit revenue of $860 million to $870 million with healthy earnings before taxes next quarter as well,…
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Apps & Logiciels
Tim Cook says more memory suppliers may not necessarily mean lower product prices
During today’s conference call, Tim Cook addressed Apple’s mounting memory supply and pricing challenges, but suggested that adding more suppliers may not actually bring product prices back down. Here are the details. As Apple looks for options to mitigate the memory shortage that forced it to raise prices for several products, the company has been campaigning publicly and behind the scenes to secure US government approval to procure memory from the blocklisted Chinese suppliers…
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IA
Siri AI may require a paid subscription for heavy users
On Tim Cook’s final earnings call before formally resigning as Apple’s CEO, artificial intelligence was a hot topic of conversation. The investor community is interested in Siri AI’s potential to boost iPhone upgrades, and at the same time concerned about what it means for Apple’s rising capital expenditure costs. Cook suggested that the financial outlook for Siri AI is still unclear, but did mention in passing that heavy users of Siri AI will be…
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Tech News
Tim Cook: Apple 'Reluctantly Raised Prices' Due to '100-Year Flood on Memory Pricing'
Apple didn't want to raise its prices but was forced to do so because of exponential increases in memory costs, Apple CEO Tim Cook said today during the company's Q3 2026 earnings call. Apple increased prices for Macs and iPads in June because memory prices have surged. On the pricing front, you know, we reluctantly raised prices. I would say we did it because we're in what I would characterize as a 100-year flood…
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