Oracle has signed a 10-year Pentagon contract worth up to $7 billion to provide on-premises software, licenses, maintenance, and consulting for branches of the military. CNBC reports: The contract covers the use of Oracle software in on-premises data centers for branches of the military, the U.S. intelligence community and the Coast Guard, according to a statement. The Central Intelligence Agency was Oracle's first customer. A five-year base period for the contract includes perpetual and subscription-based software licenses, maintenance and consulting, according to one description.
Kirsten Davies, the Department of Defense's chief information officer, said in the release that the agency is saving at least $441 million for taxpayers "by fundamentally improving how we procure on-premises Oracle capabilities."
LG is removing a McAfee pop-up ad from its LG Monitor App Installer after criticism that some LG monitors were silently installing the app through Windows Update and showing ads on every boot. Microsoft says LG agreed to disable the McAfee pop-up, but the broader issue remains: Windows allows certain peripheral companion apps to install automatically without notifying users. Ars Technica reports: Following Gamers Nexus' video, a Microsoft representative stated that the LG Monitor App Installer will no longer show pop-up ads for McAfee. In response to a social media post about the app, Pavan Davuluri, EVP of Windows and devices at Microsoft, said this week: "We've connected with the team at LG and as an immediate next step, they have agreed to disable the McAfee pop-up from their app. We appreciate LG working with us toward a shared goal of a better experience for our mutual customers. We will keep improving here with our ecosystem partners."
As mentioned, some LG monitors appear to have been installing LG Monitor App Installer onto Windows computers for months. Publication Windows Latest noted that the app recently got an update, "and its changelog mentions McAfee as an additional app," which could be what prompted more people to see the ads... and then complain about them. However, the removal of McAfee doesn't address the problem of a peripheral installing ad-pushing software onto people's computers.
Users have been finding LG Monitor App Installer and its ads on their systems without LG ever showing a prompt or asking for permission. LG has some of the most expensive computer monitors available. Paying, in some cases, over $1,000 for a monitor that ends up forcing ads onto Windows is disruptive and a privacy concern. Once the app is installed, "LG technically possesses permission to use 'all system resources,'" as well as to "collect geolocation, device data, online activity, contacts, user credentials, transactions, and more," [editor-in-chief of Gamers Nexus, Steve Burke] said.
L’Arcep lance ce 23 juillet 2026 une deuxième consultation fréquences mobiles Arcep, pour préparer la réattribution des bandes utilisées jusqu’en 2035. Calendrier, scénarios, obligations : voici ce que cela prépare pour votre réseau mobile. Pourquoi cette consultation Une deuxième étape depuis 2025 Les scénarios proposés Les obligations attendues Le calendrier à retenir Pourquoi l’Arcep relance […]
After announcing the AMD EPYC 9006 "Venice" processors today at AMD Advancing AI 2026, Lisa Su ended her keynote by confirming EPYC Zen 7 "Florence" details as well as EPYC Zen 8 "Ravenna" being in development...
The European Union fined Google more than $1 billion for allegedly using Google Play and Search to steer users toward its own services and apps at the expense of competitors. The Associated Press reports: Google had recently lost its appeal of a $4.5 billion antitrust fine imposed by the EU for throttling competition and reducing consumer choice through the dominance of its mobile Android operating system. The European Commission, the bloc's executive branch and highest antitrust enforcer, said it was acting in the interest of consumers after an investigation of Google.
"The best products should succeed because they're better, not because they're owned by the company running the search engine. And European consumers have a right to be told by app developers where to sign up to the best offers, even when the app store owner does not get a cut," said Teresa Ribera, the commission's Executive Vice President for Clean, Just and Competitive Transition.
Google's President of Global Affairs Kent Walker blasted the fine as "product degradation driven by a small group of self-serving complainants" that will have a negative impact on European businesses and consumers. He said that the EU's Digital Markets Act forces Google "to strip away real-time search features Europeans love -- like instant pricing and direct availability for hotels, flights, and restaurants -- and dismantle safety protections on Google Play."
Amazon is integrating its Luna cloud gaming service into Prime Video, adding a new "Games" tab where Prime members can play titles like "Hogwarts Legacy," "EA Sports FC 26," "Indiana Jones and the Great Circle," "Clue," and "Taboo." The games will be available starting today on Fire TVs in the U.S. and U.K., with additional supported devices and countries in the coming months. TechCrunch reports: With this move, Amazon is hoping games can turn Prime Video into a one-stop entertainment destination, borrowing a strategy from Netflix, which has increasingly embraced party games over the past several years. Since Amazon already operates a gaming service, it makes sense for the tech giant to integrate it into its streaming platform. [...] Amazon says its vision is to remove the barriers to gaming and make it accessible to anyone regardless of their experience or budget. The tech giant says Luna is designed to bring gaming to a much broader audience by removing the need for expensive consoles or gaming PCs and making games as easy to access as movies or TV shows.
L’Anfr publie les résultats de ses contrôles DAS Anfr 2025 : 9 dépassements sur 80 smartphones testés. Découvrez donc les modèles concernés, les mesures prises et comment vérifier si le vôtre figure dans la liste. Le DAS, c’est quoi Les chiffres 2025 Les modèles concernés Ces chiffres en perspective Vérifier votre téléphone Le DAS, c’est […]
Pannes, malfaçons, échecs de raccordement : l’observatoire qualité fibre Arcep en est à sa 8e édition, datée du 21 juillet 2026. Ainsi voici ce que ces chiffres changent pour votre ligne, quel que soit votre opérateur. L’observatoire, c’est quoi Commercial ou infrastructure Les chiffres 2026 Les réseaux pointés du doigt Vérifier votre ligne Qu’est-ce que […]
AMD avait déclaré que ses EPYC Zen 6 seraient annoncés lors de leur évènement "Advancing AI" à San Francisco les 22 et 23 juillet 2026. Nous avions supposé à tort que ce serait le 22, car c'est en réalité en ce soir du 23 juillet en France que les grosses annonces ont été faites durant la "keynote",...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Many gamers have been lamenting Sony's recently announced decision to halt sales of physical game discs in 2028. However, new data revealed by Circana analyst Mat Piscatella highlights how years of stark economic trends helped lead Sony to that decision. In a social media thread Thursday morning, Piscatella shared insights into Circana's tracking data on physical game sales in the U.S. dating back to 2003. A graph of those trends shows physical sales peaking in the 12 months ending June 2009, when 297 million units were sold across the US. Those physical unit sales have been on a steady downward trajectory since then, leading to just 37 million physical units selling in the U.S. in the last 12 months.
The newly revealed data follows on an earlier post from Piscatella highlighting that only seven PlayStation games had sold over 100,000 physical units so far in 2026. Today, Piscatella followed up on that stat with a graph showing how this baseline used to be common; 100 PlayStation games sold at least 100,000 physical units in 2008. The ceiling for physical PlayStation game sales isn't all that impressive these days either; Piscatella shared that the top-selling physical PlayStation game has only sold a paltry 275,000 units in the U.S. so far this year.
There are some small signs of hope for the physical game market, if you squint. Piscatella noted that aggregate spending on physical video games in the U.S. was actually up 4 percent year-to-date, compared to the year before. But that small increase is a mere blip following 16 straight years of sizable declines in physical game spending in the US, reducing a peak of $11.5 billion in physical spending in 2009 to a mere $1.6 billion for the 12 months ending in May. And Piscatella attributed the recent growth in physical spending to "the Switch 2 and physical sales growth on Nintendo platforms," while other platforms (such as PlayStation) were still seeing "percentage drops from the teens to the mid 30s" in that spending.
In addition to Instinct MI455X and Helios launching along with the new AMD EPYC 9006 "Venice" processors, AMD used their annual Advancing AI day to announce ROCm.AI as an AI-driven platform for developers...
While AMD EPYC 9005 "Turin" launched just under two years ago, it has aged remarkably well. It is one of the few CPU generations in my past 22 years of Linux hardware reviews/benchmarking that has still captivated me two years on in finding still typically industry-leading performance across varying workloads, exceptional reliability, and all around a very robust platform. Today though at AMD Advancing AI 2026, Lisa Su formally announced EPYC 9006 "Venice" for taking their server offerings to the next level in the agentic AI era.
The FreeBSD project issued a statement today over the FreeBSD Ports repository having been frozen for the past two days. The freeze is not due to a malicious compromise but rather a very large commit breaking things...
Ford will become the first automaker to embed Apple Maps directly into its vehicles, starting with an all-electric midsize pickup built on its new Universal Electric Vehicle platform. "The pickup -- with Ford testing preproduction models on roads now -- is expected to start at $30,000 when it comes to market in 2027," reports the Detroit Free Press. "Ford has said several other EVs off that platform will follow, including a small all-electric SUV." From the report: Ford CEO Jim Farley said the new EVs will redefine advanced technology as simple, useful, and at a price point that is attainable for most people. "We're proud to embed Apple Maps' navigation and mapping technology directly into our Universal Electric Vehicle Platform, giving customers the ultimate navigation experience alongside our Ford app, a full suite of software, and next-generation BlueCruise, all enabled by a new zonal architecture," Farley said in a statement. "Apple Maps has delivered a world-class product, and we're honored to be among the first to embed it directly into a vehicle, helping define intuitive, capable driving."
In a joint statement, Apple and Ford said the integration will deliver a "beautiful and easy-to-use navigation experience powered by Apple Maps directly to the vehicle's displays. Road-level Maps information will also enable Ford's Latitude AI team to build a seamless hands-free driving experience." Ford said it will use that road information to develop its next-generation BlueCruise hands-free highway driving capability. Also, by leveraging Apple's new MapKit for Automotive SDK, Ford's UEV Platform will offer drivers turn-by-turn directions using natural language, real-time traffic information, intuitive search and routing options for the best route. The system will give drivers EV routing functionality to help drivers with the warming and cooling process of the vehicle's battery before driving or fast-charging.
En ce jeudi, le jeu Foretales vous est offert par le store d'Epic Games, la page dédiée se trouve ici et vous avez jusqu'au 30 juillet 2026, 17 heures, pour l'ajouter à votre bibliothèque virtuelle. Ce titre est une de cartes, doté d'un scénario travaillé, ne vous méprenez pas, vos choix auront des conséquences, vous pouvez sauver le monde, ou provoquer sa chute...
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Une terrible malédiction ravage le royaume et la seule personne capable de l'arrêter est un petit voleur nommé Volepain.
La Tisserande a confié les instruments de création à ses enfants, les nymphants.
La Tisserande a placé le destin de la création et de la stabilité du monde entre les mains de ses enfants. Les instruments de création ont le pouvoir de créer et de détruire les nombreux mondes de Foretales.
Découvrez les véritables intentions des nymphants et du culte, ou laissez le maelström vous emporter pour l'éternité !
Foretales raconte l'histoire d'un monde condamné par une sombre prophétie. Alors que l'apocalypse semble approcher inexorablement, vous devez décider comment utiliser le peu de temps qu'il vous reste.
Si vous souhaitez sauver le monde, vous devrez prendre les meilleures décisions pour vous et vos compagnons !
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Scientific American reports that the 2026 Fields Medals went to four mathematicians for work ranging from the theory of knots to the motion of fluid: The Fields Medals went to Hong Wang of New York University and France's Institute of Advanced Scientific Studies (IHES), Yu Deng of the University of Chicago, John Pardon of Stony Brook University and Jacob Tsimerman of the University of Toronto. In the awards' 90-year history, Wang is only the third woman to win one, after mathematicians Maryam Mirzakhani and Maryna Viazovska in 2014 and 2022, respectively. Wang and Deng represent the prizes' only Chinese-born recipients besides mathematician Shing-Tung Yau, who won a Fields Medal in 1982.
Hong Wang co-proved the three-dimensional Kakeya conjecture, establishing a fundamental limit on how little space is needed to rotate a line through every possible direction. Mathematician Nets Katz called it the field's "holy grail" problem and said the achievement made her "a central figure" in the area.
Yu Deng and his collaborators reconciled the microscopic and macroscopic mathematics of fluid motion, proving that equations describing chaotic molecular interactions and large-scale fluid behavior are fundamentally connected. N.Y.U. mathematician Scott Armstrong called it "a truly spectacular, singular result."
John Pardon made an early breakthrough in knot theory by proving that certain sequences of knots can have arbitrarily large "distortion," a measure of how difficult they are to traverse. Princeton mathematician David Gabai said the problem had "attracted much interest among mathematicians during the previous 25 years."
Jacob Tsimerman and two collaborators proved the Andre-Oort conjecture, giving mathematicians a stronger way to understand special points on complex geometric objects known as Shimura varieties. Collaborator Jonathan Pila described him as "a brilliant mathematician" known for his "brilliance and resourcefulness." Tsimerman has also advanced Hodge theory and hopes pure mathematics can help researchers better understand AI.
Le projet d’acquisition d’Electronic Arts par un consortium emmené par le PIF, le Fonds public d’investissement d’Arabie saoudite, est en bonne voie. Du moins du côté de l’Union européenne, qui a donné son feu vert à l’opération maousse costaud de 55 milliards de dollars.
Illustration : Flock
La Commission européenne a approuvé le projet d’acquisition du géant du jeu vidéo EA par un consortium composé du PIF et de deux sociétés américaines : le fonds de private equity Silver Lake Capital et Affinity Partners, le fonds géré par Jared Kushner (ci-devant gendre de Donald Trump).
Bruxelles a conclu que l’opération ne soulevait pas de problèmes de concurrence, « compte tenu de son impact limité sur les marchés où les entreprises sont actives ». Comme le rapporte Reuters, il reste toutefois une procédure à terminer, celle du règlement sur les subventions étrangères. La décision, attendue au plus tard le 30 juillet, devra déterminer si le soutien financier du fonds souverain saoudien confère au consortium un avantage susceptible de fausser le marché.
Néanmoins, l’opération semble bien engagée. Outre-Atlantique, l’absence d’intervention de la FTC, le régulateur à la concurrence, ou du ministère de la Justice équivaut à un feu vert. En revanche, il faut encore obtenir l’aval du CFIUS, le comité chargé d’examiner les investissements étrangers aux États-Unis sous l’angle de la sécurité nationale (PDF). Un examen nécessaire, le PIF étant de très loin le partenaire majeur du consortium.
Si le consortium parvient à ses fins, il s’agira de la deuxième plus importante acquisition de l’histoire de l’industrie du jeu vidéo, après les 69 milliards de Microsoft pour Activision Blizzard King. Au terme de l’opération, EA s’alourdira d’une dette de 20 milliards de dollars qui forcera l’éditeur à mettre en œuvre des politiques d’économies drastiques (des fermetures de studios et licenciements sont à craindre) tout en maintenant un niveau élevé de rentabilité. Une sacrée gageure dans un secteur en crise profonde.
Le projet d’acquisition d’Electronic Arts par un consortium emmené par le PIF, le Fonds public d’investissement d’Arabie saoudite, est en bonne voie. Du moins du côté de l’Union européenne, qui a donné son feu vert à l’opération maousse costaud de 55 milliards de dollars.
Illustration : Flock
La Commission européenne a approuvé le projet d’acquisition du géant du jeu vidéo EA par un consortium composé du PIF et de deux sociétés américaines : le fonds de private equity Silver Lake Capital et Affinity Partners, le fonds géré par Jared Kushner (ci-devant gendre de Donald Trump).
Bruxelles a conclu que l’opération ne soulevait pas de problèmes de concurrence, « compte tenu de son impact limité sur les marchés où les entreprises sont actives ». Comme le rapporte Reuters, il reste toutefois une procédure à terminer, celle du règlement sur les subventions étrangères. La décision, attendue au plus tard le 30 juillet, devra déterminer si le soutien financier du fonds souverain saoudien confère au consortium un avantage susceptible de fausser le marché.
Néanmoins, l’opération semble bien engagée. Outre-Atlantique, l’absence d’intervention de la FTC, le régulateur à la concurrence, ou du ministère de la Justice équivaut à un feu vert. En revanche, il faut encore obtenir l’aval du CFIUS, le comité chargé d’examiner les investissements étrangers aux États-Unis sous l’angle de la sécurité nationale (PDF). Un examen nécessaire, le PIF étant de très loin le partenaire majeur du consortium.
Si le consortium parvient à ses fins, il s’agira de la deuxième plus importante acquisition de l’histoire de l’industrie du jeu vidéo, après les 69 milliards de Microsoft pour Activision Blizzard King. Au terme de l’opération, EA s’alourdira d’une dette de 20 milliards de dollars qui forcera l’éditeur à mettre en œuvre des politiques d’économies drastiques (des fermetures de studios et licenciements sont à craindre) tout en maintenant un niveau élevé de rentabilité. Une sacrée gageure dans un secteur en crise profonde.
Nearly 200 Silicon Valley companies, including Proton and Y Combinator, are urging the Trump administration not to block U.S. access to Chinese open-weight AI models or risk crippling the next generation of U.S. startups. Politico reports: On Wednesday, the newly-formed Little Tech Association sent letters to President Donald Trump, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and others in the administration with its appeal, marking the first coordinated effort by Silicon Valley's wider influential startup community to weigh in on one of the Trump administration's most closely watched AI debates. At issue: whether Washington should restrict access to increasingly powerful open-weight -- meaning, AI models whose weights are publicly available -- AI models released by Chinese companies such as Moonshot AI and Alibaba.
"American leadership requires two things: world-leading American open-weight models and continued access for U.S. builders to open models already available worldwide," the startup founders wrote in the letter (PDF) obtained by POLITICO, also sent to Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios. Instead of broad prohibitions, they argue the government should adopt targeted safeguards.
And they warn that banning Americans from downloading Chinese open-weight models wouldn't stop their proliferation -- but would weaken U.S. startups. "There'll be hundreds of companies that instantly die," said Suhail Doshi, founder of AI infrastructure startup Particle and a member of the association, which POLITICO first wrote about exclusively, in an interview. "It's great for Anthropic. We're all going to have to spend money on Anthropic." Last week, the Beijing-based AI company "Moonshot" released a massive new model that reset the AI race overnight, immediately vaulting into the top tier of global AI, beating Anthropic's Fable 5 and OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol in front-end coding tests.
China's Xi Jinping also used his first appearance at China's World AI Conference to promote a vision of low-cost, broadly accessible AI and call for international cooperation rather than technological rivalry.
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