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Benedict Cumberbatch Films Two Bizarre Holiday Ads: for 'World of Tanks' and Amazon

30 novembre 2025 à 12:34
"There are times when World of Tanks feels less like a videogame and more like a giant ad budget looking for something to be spent on," writes PC Gamer. This year, all those huge sacks with dollar signs on them have been thrown Benedict Cumberbatch's way, making him the game's newest "Holiday Ambassador" and the star of an absolutely bizarre Christmas advert. The story has very little to do with Christmas and, frankly, not much connection to tanks either, featuring Cumberbatch as a sort of chaotic, supernatural therapist trying to bring a meek nerd out of his shell with the help of a chaotic crowd of his other patients. It's a good watch, shedding the usual hard man action star vibe of past celebrity trailers in favour of something that feels more like a mischievous one act play. Cumberbatch also portrayed Smaug and Sauron in The Hobbit films (2012-2014), Khan in Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), and Dr. Strange in six Marvel movies. And now Amazon has also hired Cumberbatch for what its calls its "Cannes-winning '5-Star Theater' campaign... performing real Amazon customer reviews as theatrical monologues." Cumberbatch performed over 15 reviews, including popular holiday gifts like the Bissell portable carpet cleaner, Toto bidet, and SharkNinja blender — showing that Amazon truly does have something for everyone on your list. Last year Amazon produced a similar campaign starring Adam Driver ("Kylo Ren" from the final trilogy of Star Wars sequels). "The humor comes from the juxtaposition between Cumberbatch's gravitas and the text itself," reports Adweek, adding that the reviews were curated "using internal AI tools, to find the most oddly specific reviews on the platform." Amazon will stream Cumberbatch's bizarre ads on major platforms including TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube, Lyft, Uber, Disney/Hulu, Paramount, and Roku, and on several NFL football games. I remember when Amazon just chose the best funny fake reviews from customers, and then posted them on the front page of Amazon...

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HP réagit face à la hausse de la mémoire vive

30 novembre 2025 à 12:43

HP c’est la marque numéro deux mondial avec 21% de parts de marché sur les ventes d’ordinateurs dans le monde. Touchée de plein fouet par l’augmentation des tarifs des composants, la société explique comment elle va résoudre une équation habituellement impossible.

Un portable HP

Un portable HP

HP est un gros poisson, le constructeur distribuait 53 millions de PC en 2024 et donc autant de lots de composants mémoire et stockage. Le genre d’entreprise qui n’achète pas des barrettes de mémoire vive à la sauvette, mais passe plutôt de gros contrats. C’est lui, avec Lenovo, Dell, Apple et Asus, qui assurent un « fond de roulement » qui stabilise en grande partie le marché de la mémoire et du stockage. En signant d’énormes contrats auprès de leurs fournisseurs, ces géants leur assurent un tarif de gros assez préférentiel et le volume de composants dont ils ont besoin. Les fabricants de mémoire bénéficient en échange d’une production continue qui permet de faire tourner leurs usines sur toute l’année sans problème.

La donne a changé avec l’explosion des datacenters liés à l’IA. Ce sont eux aujourd’hui les plus demandeurs de mémoire vive, eux qui ont remodelé la production vers les composants qui les intéressent le plus. Eux qui commencent à absorber de plus en plus de la production directement en sortie de chaine. Et, contrairement à HP et ses camarades de jeu, les géants de l’IA n’ont de comptes à rendre à personne. Pour eux, acheter une mémoire au-dessus des prix habituels du marché n’est pas un problème. Ils n’ont pas à les revendre derrière à des particuliers ou des entreprises.

L’augmentation des prix de la mémoire atteint désormais les 200% pour le grand public. Les vendeurs ont tous vu leurs prix s’envoler ces dernières semaines. HP est protégé de cela pour le moment grâce aux contrats passés avec ses fournisseurs qui garantissent un tarif précis sur la durée. Mais le PDG de la marque explique que cela ne sera plus le cas dès le mois de mai 2026. Les nouveaux contrats qui seront signés alors risquent de changer la donne pour la marque avec des prix en hausse et… une disponibilité en baisse.

Et là, c’est le DRAM

Enrique Lores, PDG de HP, a donc confirmé à ses investisseurs que l’année 2026 allait signer un bouleversement complet de son catalogue de machines. Avec des tarifs qui vont gonfler et une baisse globale de qualité pour les composants embarqués. Il prévient que HP va être à la recherche de nouveaux partenaires proposant des prix moins élevés. Que ses futures machines embarqueront par ailleurs moins de mémoire vive. Pour comprendre pourquoi il y aura un tel bouleversement, il faut saisir la manière dont sont positionnés les ordinateurs aujourd’hui. 

Quand HP crée un PC portable, il n’additionne pas simplement des composants pour obtenir un niveau précis de performances ou de fonctionnalités. La marque vise surtout un prix. Il leur faut des machines positionnées sur des prix spécifiques, souvent en dollars hors taxes et ensuite ajustés en euros avec taxes. Cela donne de grands classiques : 499€, 749€, 999€ etc. Pour arriver précisément à ces prix, les grandes marques vont donc proposer un ensemble de composants et ajuster ensuite divers éléments pour parvenir à leur objectif. Telle gamme va hériter d’un écran moins haut de gamme, on va rogner sur des fonctionnalités audio, ajuster la capacité du SSD, ôter quelques cellules de batterie. On fera ainsi entrer au chausse-pied la machine dans la catégorie voulue. Avec plus ou moins de marge derrière prix de sortie d’usine pour pouvoir assumer les autres aspects de la vie du produit : son marketing, sa distribution et son éventuel SAV. Les constructeurs prévoient également quelques dollars supplémentaires qu’ils vont pouvoir manipuler pour faire face à divers scénarios : une hausse des composants quand elle reste contenue, une baisse pour une promotion quelconque.

Que se passe-t-il quand le prix d’un des composants flambe trop ? Il se passe exactement ce que le PDG d’HP annonce pour 2026. Dès la fin des prix de la mémoire vive stabilisés par son ancien contrat, la marque va repenser la totalité de sa gamme. Et cela passera par une hausse des prix et une modification des capacités des machines. En clair, pour pouvoir proposer les mêmes prix psychologiques de 499, 749 et 999€, HP glissera simplement moins de mémoire vive et probablement moins de stockage sur les machines de 2026 que sur les machines 2025. Et cela ne sera pas le seul élément qui risque de changer. Pour faire en sorte que la facture ne s’envole pas trop haut, d’autres ajustements pourrait être faits : des écrans d’un peu moins bonne qualité, une fonctionnalité annexe qui disparait, des détails qui ne vont pas trop sauter aux yeux de l’acheteur et qui permettront d’encaisser la hausse des composants.

C’est cette équation qui est difficile à résoudre, car il reste une inconnue de taille. La réaction du public comme des entreprises. Est-ce que les acheteurs vont se bousculer pour ces nouvelles machines ? Ou est-ce qu’ils vont faire le gros dos en se disant qu’il est préférable d’attendre que la situation se calme ?

The Hive, le centre névralgique d'HP en Europe, risque de bourdonner moins fort.

The Hive, le centre névralgique d’HP en Europe, risque de bourdonner moins fort.

HP c’est l’arbre qui cache la foret.

Ce que le PDG d’HP déclare c’est une simple évidence pour toute l’industrie et aucun constructeur n’échappera à la règle. Si HP en parle le premier, les autres devraient en faire écho dans les semaines ou les mois à venir. Et, si certains ne feront peut-être pas de déclaration explicite, il va de soi que toutes les marques seront impactées de la même manière. Il faut donc s’attendre à une année 2026 en recul par rapport à 2025. Non seulement les machines seront plus chères mais elles seront également moins bien équipées en composants.

Cette évolution n’est évidemment pas un bon signe pour la santé du marché PC mais cela risque d’impacter bien plus de matériel à moyen terme. Un effet boule de neige qui va finir par augmenter la note de bien des produits et avoir des effets assez lourds sur tout le marché informatique.

HP anticipe cela en annonçant la suppression plusieurs milliers d’emplois. Expliquant que la marque va suivre une mode actuelle qui vise à un recours à l’IA pour de nombreux métiers. Entre 4000 et 6000 personnes dans le monde vont donc disparaitre de l’organigramme de l’entreprise d’ici à 2028. Un chiffre moins important que d’autres géants de l’informatique mais qui a un écho particulier. D’un côté, l’emploi de ces Intelligences Artificielles va empêcher HP de proposer des ordinateurs aussi bons que les années passées, ce qui va surement entrainer une baisse de ses ventes. De l’autre, la marque compte sur ces IA dans les nuages pour remplacer des emplois dans ses rangs. Il y a ici une double logique assez particulière.  

Microsoft Copilot, l'IA locale de Microsoft

Microsoft Copilot, l’IA locale de Microsoft

Y a t-il un Copilot dans l’avion ?

HP, comme les autres acteurs de ce marché, a beaucoup misé sur l’IA pour nous vendre des ordinateurs depuis quelques trimestres. Mettant en avant des usages locaux pas encore très bien identifiés tout en vantant les capacités du matériel embarqué. Des NPUs montés à bord du train-train informatique sans que le grand public ne voit bien à quoi ils vont bien leur servir. Copilot, poussé en avant par Microsoft, est resté très vaporeux pendant de longs mois et commence tout juste a annoncer des usages lisibles.

C’est tout un paradoxe parce que dans le même temps le public a très bien compris que les IA dans les nuages pouvaient les épauler – souvent gratuitement – pour énormément de tâches. Bien mieux que ce que proposent actuellement les machines en local. Beaucoup de commerciaux, beaucoup de dossiers de presse ont mis en avant le futur d’un PC avec IA locale, espérant que celle-ci allait à elle seule renouveler le parc. À les écouter, l’ajout d’une Intelligence Artificielle locale éclipsait totalement les machines plus anciennes et ouvrait des perspectives de vente énormes. Personne n’aurait plus un PC sans NPU d’ici à quelques trimestres au plus, ce serait totalement « has been ». J’ai entendu un commercial parler des ordinateurs HP se transformer en ordinateur HPI1 grâce à l’IA. Un jeu de mot qu’il risque de trouver moins drôle aujourd’hui.

Plus le temps passe et plus le grand public commence à voir également dans les IA un danger. À les considérer d’un œil moins hypnotisé qu’au moment de leur découverte. Le temps a passé depuis les premiers soupirs de ChatGPT et le début des images générées par des algorithmes. Parce que l’appétit d’ogre de ces entités dévore désormais des emplois, crée des remous politiques et technologiques et commence même à réduire leur pouvoir d’achat. Tout cela pour proposer très fréquemment des résultats finalement assez décevants. Si demain certains des salariés de grands groupes informatiques voient leur poste supprimé à cause d’une IA externe, cela risque d’être une pilule bien amère à avaler.

Car si je résume la situation, les datacenters des grandes IA vont à eux seuls provoquer une baisse de l’attractivité des ordinateurs classiques. Baisse qui risque de servir de prétexte à la suppression des emplois de ceux qui vantaient l’IA comme la voie à suivre pour le futur du monde PC. Voie qui, si elle finit par advenir en mode local, pourrait mettre à mal les solutions dans les nuages. Tout cela ressemble de plus en plus à une pièce de boulevard où tout le monde trompe tout le monde.

Hausse de la mémoire : GMKtec va augmenter ses prix

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Linux 6.19 Will Allow You To Write I2C Drivers In Rust

30 novembre 2025 à 11:32
With the upcoming Linux 6.19 kernel cycle there are yet more Rust kernel bindings being introduced and other additions to make it possible to write more Linux kernel drivers within the Rust programming language. Among the new Rust additions expected for Linux 6.19 are making it possible to write Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C) bus drivers in Rust...

Browser Extension 'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It's 2022

30 novembre 2025 à 08:34
"The internet is being increasingly polluted by AI generated text, images and video," argues the site for a new browser extension called Slop Evader. It promises to use Google's search API "to only return content published before Nov 30th, 2022" — the day ChatGPT launched — "so you can be sure that it was written or produced by the human hand." 404 Media calls it "a scorched earth approach that virtually guarantees your searches will be slop-free." Slop Evader was created by artist and researcher Tega Brain, who says she was motivated by the growing dismay over the tech industry's unrelenting, aggressive rollout of so-called "generative AI" — despite widespread criticism and the wider public's distaste for it. "This sowing of mistrust in our relationship with media is a huge thing, a huge effect of this synthetic media moment we're in," Brain told 404 Media, describing how tools like Sora 2 have short-circuited our ability to determine reality within a sea of artificial online junk. "I've been thinking about ways to refuse it, and the simplest, dumbest way to do that is to only search before 2022...." Currently, Slop Evader can be used to search pre-GPT archives of seven different sites where slop has become commonplace, including YouTube, Reddit, Stack Exchange, and the parenting site MumsNet. The obvious downside to this, from a user perspective, is that you won't be able to find anything time-sensitive or current — including this very website, which did not exist in 2022. The experience is simultaneously refreshing and harrowing, allowing you to browse freely without having to constantly question reality, but always knowing that this freedom will be forever locked in time — nostalgia for a human-centric world wide web that no longer exists. Of course, the tool's limitations are part of its provocation. Brain says she has plans to add support for more sites, and release a new version that uses DuckDuckGo's search indexing instead of Google's. But the real goal, she says, is prompting people to question how they can collectively refuse the dystopian, inhuman version of the internet that Silicon Valley's AI-pushers have forced on us... With enough cultural pushback, Brain suggests, we could start to see alternative search engines like DuckDuckGo adding options to filter out search results suspected of having synthetic content (DuckDuckGo added the ability to filter out AI images in search earlier this year)... But no matter what form AI slop-refusal takes, it will need to be a group effort.

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Les montages du dimanche, Saison 2 : Synrift par AK Mod

30 novembre 2025 à 08:29

Et c'est reparti pour une deuxième saison de montage et de watercooling en tout genre. Comme l'année dernière, nous ne parlons pas forcément de mode, mais surtout de beaux montages. Cette année, nous n'en ferons plus qu'un par semaine, le rythme fut parfois délicat à tenir. Comme toujours, n'hésitez pas à envoyer vos montages à Lucas. Ce dimanche, nous vous proposons de découvrir le Synrif par AK Mod : […]

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AI Helps Drive Record $11.8B in Black Friday Online Spending

30 novembre 2025 à 04:34
Earlier this month MasterCard noted that even Walmart now allows its customers to make purchases through ChatGPT. And after polling more than 4,000 consumers in the U.S., Canada, U.K., and UAE, they found "more than four in 10 consumers already use AI tools to help them shop, including 61% of Gen Z and 57% of millennials." Many (50% of Gen Z and 49% of millennials) say they'd even let AI handle all their gift-buying if it meant avoiding stress. Younger shoppers trust AI's taste, with 51% of Gen Z and 55% of millennials relying on it to deliver unique and thoughtful recommendations (sometimes even more than they trust themselves). The most popular uses include getting personalized product recommendations, confirming the best deal before purchasing, and summarizing thousands of reviews instantly. The bottom line: Shoppers are embracing AI as their new personal assistant — one that knows their budget, style, and patience level... If the 2025 holiday shopper could be summed up in one word, it's intentional. They're planning earlier, spending wiser and using technology to make every dollar and every gift count. The first figures are now in for the traditional "Black Friday" shopping day after Thanksgiving, and U.S. shoppers "spent a record $11.8 billion online," reports Reuters, "up 9.1% from 2024 on the year's biggest shopping day, according to Adobe Analytics, which tracks 1 trillion visits that shoppers make to online retail websites..." And sure enough, this year shoppers were helped by AI: AI-powered shopping tools helped drive a surge in U.S. online spending on Black Friday, as shoppers bypassed crowded stores and turned to chatbots to compare prices and secure discounts amid concerns about tariff-driven price hikes... The AI-driven traffic to U.S. retail sites soared 805% compared to last year, Adobe said, when artificial intelligence tools such as Walmart's Sparky or Amazon's Rufus had not yet been launched. "Consumers are using new tools to get to what they need faster," said Suzy Davidkhanian, an analyst at eMarketer. "Gift giving can be stressful, and LLMs (large language models) make the discovery process feel quicker and more guided..." Globally, AI and agents influenced $14.2 billion in online sales on Black Friday, of which $3 billion came from the U.S. alone, according to software firm Salesforce. There's another reason shoppers turned to AI. 2025's Black Friday arrived "amid tighter budgets, unemployment nearing a four-year high, U.S. consumer confidence sagging to a seven-month low and price tags that have shoppers watching every dollar," according to the article: Discount rates also remained flat when compared to 2024, with AI helping shoppers discover the best deals, and an increase in the price tags made deeper discounts difficult for retailers... Order volumes fell 1% as average selling prices rose 7%. Consumers also purchased fewer items at checkout, with units per transaction falling 2% on a year-over-year basis, Salesforce said. The spending surge sets the stage for an even bigger Cyber Monday, projected to drive $14.2 billion in sales, up 6.3% on a year-over-year basis and the largest online shopping day of the year, Adobe said. Electronics are expected to see the deepest discounts on Cyber Monday, reaching 30% off list prices, along with strong deals on apparel and computers, Adobe said.

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Are There More Linux Users Than We Think?

30 novembre 2025 à 02:34
"By my count, Linux has over 11% of the desktop market," writes ZDNet's Steven Vaughan-Nichols: In StatCounter's latest US numbers, which cover through October, Linux shows up as only 3.49%. But if you look closer, "unknown" accounts for 4.21%. Allow me to make an educated guess here: I suspect those unknown desktops are actually running Linux. What else could it be? FreeBSD? Unix? OS/2? Unlikely. In addition, ChromeOS comes in at 3.67%, which strikes me as much too low. Leaving that aside, ChromeOS is a Linux variant. It just uses the Chrome web browser for its interface rather than KDE Plasma, Cinnamon, or another Linux desktop environment. Put all these together, and you get a Linux desktop market share of 11.37%... If you want to look at the broader world of end-user operating systems, including phones and tablets, Linux comes out even better. In the US, where we love our Apple iPhones, Android — yes, another Linux distro — boasts 41.71% of the market share, according to StatCounter's latest numbers. Globally, however, Android rules with 72.55% of the market. Yes, that's right, if you widen the Linux end-user operating system metric to include PC, tablets, and smartphones, you can make a reasonable argument that Linux, and not Windows, is already the top dog operating system... If you add Chrome OS (1.7%) and Android (15.8%), 23.3% of all people accessing the U.S. government's websites are Linux users. The Linux kernel's user-facing footprint is much larger than the "desktop Linux" label suggests. The article lists reasons more people might be switching to Linux, including broader hardware support and "the increased viability of gaming via Steam and Proton" — but also the rise of Digital Sovereignty initiatives. (One EU group has even created EU OS.") And finally, "not everyone is thrilled with Windows 11 being turned into an AI-agentic operating system."

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Scientists Discover People Act More Altruistic When Batman Is Present

29 novembre 2025 à 23:34
Psychology Today reports: In a study conducted in Milan, Italy, and published in November 2025, the sight of a person dressed as Batman led to a nearly doubled rate of people giving up their seat to a pregnant woman. Over the course of 138 subway rides, researchers found that people who saw "Batman" standing near the pregnant woman were far more altruistic than those who did not. Researchers are calling this the "Batman effect," suggesting a form of "involuntary" mindfulness may be at play. Noticing these subtle social cues appears to shift people's typical, automatic reactions. Most interestingly, 44 percent of the people questioned reported they did not even consciously register Batman's presence... The superhero costume serves as a visual nudge, pulling us out of our default, self-focused mode and into a more generous, attentive state. More from Futurism: Batman showing up is just one — albeit striking — way of promoting what's called "prosocial behavior," or the act of helping others around you, via introducing an unexpected event, the researchers write. "Our findings are similar to those of previous research linking present-moment awareness (mindfulness) to greater prosociality," said study lead author Francesco Pagnini, a professor of clinical psychology at the Università Cattolica in Milan, in a statement about the work. "This may create a context in which individuals become more attuned to social cues." Thanks to Black Parrot (Slashdot reader #19,622) for sharing the article.

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Defense Company Announces an AI-Powered Dome to Shield Cities and Infrastructure From Attacks

29 novembre 2025 à 22:34
An anonymous reader shared this report from CNBC: Italian defense company Leonardo on Thursday unveiled plans for an AI-powered shield for cities and critical infrastructure, adding to Europe's push to ramp up sovereign defense capabilities amid rising geopolitical tensions. The system, dubbed the "Michelangelo Dome" in a nod to Israel's Iron Dome and U.S. President Donald Trump's plans for a "Golden Dome," will integrate multiple defense systems to detect and neutralize threats from sea to air including missile attacks and drone swarms... Leonardo's dome will be built on what CEO Roberto Cingolani called an "open architecture" system meaning it can operate alongside any country's defense systems... Leonardo's dome will be built on what CEO Roberto Cingolani called an "open architecture" system meaning it can operate alongside any country's defense systems.

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The Battle Over Africa's Great Untapped Resource: IP Addresses

29 novembre 2025 à 21:34
In his mid-20s, Lu Heng "got an idea that has made him a lot richer," writes the Wall Street Journal. He scooped up 10 million unused IP addresses, mostly form Africa, and then leases them to companies, mostly outside Africa, "that need them badly." [A]round half of internet traffic continues to use IPv4, because changing to IPv6 can be expensive and complex and many older devices still need IPv4. Companies including Amazon, Microsoft and Google still want IPv4 addresses because their cloud-hosting businesses need them as bridges between the IPv4 and IPv6 worlds... Africa, which has been slower to develop internet infrastructure than the rest of the world, is the only region that still has some of the older addresses to dole out... He searches for IPv4 addresses that aren't being used — by ISPs or anyone else that holds them — and uses his Hong Kong-based company, Larus, to lease them out to others. In 2013, Lu registered a new company in the Seychelles, an African archipelago in the Indian Ocean, to apply for IP addresses from Africa's internet registry, called the African Network Information Centre, or Afrinic. Between 2013 and 2016, Afrinic granted that company, Cloud Innovation, 6.2 million IPv4 addresses. That's more addresses than are assigned to Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation. A single IPv4 address can be worth about $50 on its transfer to a company like Larus, which leases it onward for around 5% to 10% of that value annually. Larus and its affiliate companies, Lu said, control just over 10 million IPv4 addresses. The architects of the internet don't appear to have contemplated the possibility that anyone would seek to monetize IP addresses... Lu's activities triggered a showdown with Africa's internet registry. In 2020, after what it said was an internal review, Afrinic sent letters to Lu and others seeking to reclaim the IP addresses they held. In Lu's case, Afrinic said he shouldn't be using the addresses outside Africa. Lu responded that he wasn't violating rules in place when he got the addresses... After some back-and-forth, Lu sued Afrinic in Mauritius to keep his allocated addresses, eventually filing dozens of lawsuits... One of the lawsuits that Lu filed in Mauritius prompted a court there to freeze Afrinic's bank accounts in July 2021, effectively paralyzing the organization and eventually sending it into receivership. The receivership choked off distributions of new IPv4 addresses, leaving the continent's service providers struggling to expand capacity... In September, Afrinic elected a new board. Since then, some internet-service providers have been granted IPv4 addresses.

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Hundreds of Free Software Supporters Tuned in For 'FSF40' Hackathon

29 novembre 2025 à 20:34
The Free Software Foundation describes how "After months of preparation and excitement, we finally came together on November 21 for a global online hackathon to support free software projects and "put a spotlight on the difficult and often thankless work that free software hackers carry out..." Based on how many of you dropped in over the weekend and were incredibly engaged in the important work that is improving free software, either as a spectator or as a participant, this goal was accomplished. And it's all thanks to you! Friday started a little rocky with a datacenter outage affecting most FSF services. Participants spread out to work on six different free software projects over forty-eight hours as our tech team worked to restore all FSF sites with the help and support of the community. Over three hundred folks were tuned in at a time, some to participate in the hackathon and others to follow the progress being made. As a community, we got a lot done over the weekend... It was amazing to see so many of you take a little (or a lot of!) time out of your busy schedules to improve free software, and we're incredibly grateful for each and every one of you. It really energizes us and shows us how much we can accomplish when we work together over even just a couple days. Not only was this a fantastic sight to see because of the work we got done, but it was also a very fitting way to conclude our fortieth anniversary celebration events. Free software has been and always will be a community effort, one that continues to get better and better because of the dedicated developers, contributors, and users who ensure its existence. Thank you for celebrating forty years of the FSF and fighting for a freer future for us all.

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SAPPHIRE PURE X870A WIFI 7 : le (presque) fleuron AM5 de la marque photographié sous toutes les coutures

Le 11 septembre 2025, SAPPHIRE annonçait se lancer à l'assaut du marché mondial des cartes mères AM5. Pour se faire, la firme dévoilait la liste des 6 cartes mères désormais distribuée sur tout le globe. On n'y découvrait cependant aucun modèle à base des chipsets hauts de gamme d'AMD : les X870 et...

63% of Americans Polled Say Four-Year College Degrees Aren't Worth the Cost

29 novembre 2025 à 19:34
Almost two-thirds of registered U.S. voters "say that a four-year college degree isn't worth the cost," according to a new NBC News poll: Just 33% agree a four-year college degree is "worth the cost because people have a better chance to get a good job and earn more money over their lifetime," while 63% agree more with the concept that it's "not worth the cost because people often graduate without specific job skills and with a large amount of debt to pay off." In 2017, U.S. adults surveyed were virtually split on the question — 49% said a degree was worth the cost and 47% said it wasn't. When CNBC asked the same question in 2013 as part of its All American Economic Survey, 53% said a degree was worth it and 40% said it was not. The eye-popping shift over the last 12 years comes against the backdrop of several major trends shaping the job market and the education world, from exploding college tuition prices to rapid changes in the modern economy — which seems once again poised for radical transformation alongside advances in AI... Remarkably, less than half of voters with college degrees see those degrees as worth the cost: 46% now, down from 63% in 2013... The upshot is that interest in technical, vocational and two-year degree programs has soared. "The 20-point decline over the last 12 years among those who say a degree is worth it — from 53% in 2013 to 33% now — is reflected across virtually every demographic group."

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Uber Launches Driverless Robotaxi Service in Abu Dhabi, and Plans Many More

29 novembre 2025 à 18:34
"A year after launching a commercial robotaxi service in Abu Dhabi, Chinese autonomous vehicle technology company WeRide and partner Uber can finally call that service driverless," reports TechCrunch. A company official hailed it as "a historic transportation milestone, as the first driverless AV deployment outside of the U.S. or China." But TechCrunch notes that's just the beginning: Uber has spent the past two years locking up partnerships with 20 autonomous vehicle technology companies in various countries, including the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. Those partnerships have expanded beyond the realm of robotaxis as well. Uber's deals span the full range of self-driving applications, including delivery and trucking. This year alone, it announced partnerships withAnn Arbor, Michigan-basedMay MobilityandVolkswagen, Chinese self-driving firms Momenta,Pony.ai, and Baidu, as well as a recent deal to create a premium robotaxi service using Lucid Gravity SUVs equipped with a self-driving system from San Francisco-based startup Nuro. These deals are finally beginning to materialize into commercial services. For instance, Uber and Waymo launched a robotaxi service earlier this year in Austin. Now, Uber has expanded to the Middle East with WeRide in Abu Dhabi — with even more cities to come, including Dubai. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi forecast in the company's third-quarter earnings report that there would be autonomous vehicle deployments on the Uber network in at least 10 cities by the end of 2026. Uber and WeRide have previously shared plans to expand to 15 cities throughout the Middle East and Europe, eventually scaling to thousands of robotaxis. That would represent a massive leap for WeRide, which today has more than 150 robotaxis in the region.

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