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Mathematical Proof Debunks the Idea That the Universe Is a Computer Simulation

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Par :BeauHD
31 octobre 2025 à 01:25
alternative_right shares a report from Phys.org: Today's cutting-edge theory -- quantum gravity -- suggests that even space and time aren't fundamental. They emerge from something deeper: pure information. This information exists in what physicists call a Platonic realm -- a mathematical foundation more real than the physical universe we experience. It's from this realm that space and time themselves emerge. "The fundamental laws of physics cannot be contained within space and time, because they generate them. It has long been hoped, however, that a truly fundamental theory of everything could eventually describe all physical phenomena through computations grounded in these laws. Yet we have demonstrated that this is not possible. A complete and consistent description of reality requires something deeper -- a form of understanding known as non-algorithmic understanding." "We have demonstrated that it is impossible to describe all aspects of physical reality using a computational theory of quantum gravity," says Dr. Faizal. "Therefore, no physically complete and consistent theory of everything can be derived from computation alone. Rather, it requires a non-algorithmic understanding, which is more fundamental than the computational laws of quantum gravity and therefore more fundamental than spacetime itself." "Drawing on mathematical theorems related to incompleteness and indefinability, we demonstrate that a fully consistent and complete description of reality cannot be achieved through computation alone," explains Dr. Mir Faizal, Adjunct Professor with UBC Okanagan's Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science. "It requires non-algorithmic understanding, which by definition is beyond algorithmic computation and therefore cannot be simulated. Hence, this universe cannot be a simulation." The findings have been published in the Journal of Holography Applications in Physics.

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Google Shows Off Prototype Android XR Glasses From Extended Magic Leap Deal

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31 octobre 2025 à 00:45
Google and Magic Leap have extended their partnership for another three years to develop Android XR glasses. They also showed off a new prototype concept that combines Google's Raxium microLED light engine with Magic Leap's AR optics, resulting in a lightweight, stylish pair of glasses that blends real-world vision with multimodal AI. 9to5Google reports: As noted by Android Central, a press release shared by Magic Leap adds some further technical details. This includes mentioning that Google's "Raxium microLED light engine" integrates with Magic Leap's tech to bring "digital content seamlessly into the world." As pictured above, the "display" portion of the lens is visible at some angles, but it's largely impossible to see. Magic Leap and Google will show an AI glasses prototype at FII that will serve as a prototype and reference design for the Android XR ecosystem. The demo shows how Magic Leap's technology, integrated with Google's Raxium microLED light engine, brings digital content seamlessly into the world. The prototypes worn on stage illustrate how comfortable, stylish smart eyewear is possible and the video showed the potential for users to stay present in the real world while tapping into the knowledge and functionality of multimodal AI. During the presentation, text on the nearby screens suggests that Magic Leap is mainly working with Google on the technology here, rather than bringing its own glasses to market. Magic Leap further hints at this in its press release, calling itself "an AR ecosystem partner" focused on "supporting global technology leaders that want to enter the AR market and accelerate the production of AR glasses."

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'Keep Android Open' Campaign Pushes Back On Google's Sideloading Restrictions

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Par :BeauHD
31 octobre 2025 à 00:02
PC Mag's Michael Kan writes: A "Keep Android Open" campaign is pushing back on new rules from Google that will reportedly block users from sideloading apps on Android phones. It's unclear who's running the campaign, but a blog post on the free Android app store F-Droid is directing users to visit the campaign's website, which urges the public to lobby government regulators to intervene and stop the upcoming restrictions. "Developers should have the right to create and distribute software without submitting to unnecessary corporate surveillance," reads an open letter posted to the site. [...] Google has described the upcoming change as akin to requiring app developers to go through "an ID check at the airport." However, F-Droid condemned the new requirement as anti-consumer choice. "If you own a computer, you should have the right to run whatever programs you want on it," it says. Additionally, the rules threaten third-party app distribution on F-Droid, which operates as a "free/open-source app distribution" model. In its blog post, F-Droid warns about the impact on users and Android app developers. "You, the creator, can no longer develop an app and share it directly with your friends, family, and community without first seeking Google's approval," the app store says. "Over half of all humankind uses an Android smartphone," the blog post adds. "Google does not own your phone. You own your phone. You have the right to decide who to trust, and where you can get your software from."

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Israel Demanded Google and Amazon Use Secret 'Wink' To Sidestep Legal Orders

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Par :BeauHD
30 octobre 2025 à 23:20
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: When Google and Amazon negotiated a major $1.2 billion cloud-computing deal in 2021, their customer -- the Israeli government -- had an unusual demand: agree to use a secret code as part of an arrangement that would become known as the "winking mechanism." The demand, which would require Google and Amazon to effectively sidestep legal obligations in countries around the world, was born out of Israel's concerns that data it moves into the global corporations' cloud platforms could end up in the hands of foreign law enforcement authorities. Like other big tech companies, Google and Amazon's cloud businesses routinely comply with requests from police, prosecutors and security services to hand over customer data to assist investigations. This process is often cloaked in secrecy. The companies are frequently gagged from alerting the affected customer their information has been turned over. This is either because the law enforcement agency has the power to demand this or a court has ordered them to stay silent. For Israel, losing control of its data to authorities overseas was a significant concern. So to deal with the threat, officials created a secret warning system: the companies must send signals hidden in payments to the Israeli government, tipping it off when it has disclosed Israeli data to foreign courts or investigators. To clinch the lucrative contract, Google and Amazon agreed to the so-called winking mechanism, according to leaked documents seen by the Guardian, as part of a joint investigation with Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 Magazine and Hebrew-language outlet Local Call. Based on the documents and descriptions of the contract by Israeli officials, the investigation reveals how the companies bowed to a series of stringent and unorthodox "controls" contained within the 2021 deal, known as Project Nimbus. Both Google and Amazon's cloud businesses have denied evading any legal obligations.

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Universal Partners With AI Startup Udio After Settling Copyright Suit

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Par :BeauHD
30 octobre 2025 à 22:40
Universal Music Group has settled its copyright lawsuit with AI music startup Udio and struck a licensing deal to launch a new AI-powered music platform next year. The Verge reports: The deal includes some form of compensation and "will provide further revenue opportunities for UMG artists and songwriters," Universal says. Udio, the company behind "BBL Drizzy," will launch the platform as a subscription service next year. Universal, alongside other industry giants Sony and Warner, sued Udio and another startup Suno for "en masse" copyright infringement last year. Universal -- whose roster includes some of the world's biggest performers like Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, and Ariana Grande -- says the new tool will "transform the user engagement experience" and let creators customize, stream, and share music. There's no indication of how much it will cost yet. Udio's existing music maker, which lets you create new songs with a few words, will remain available during the transition, though content will be held "within a walled garden" and security measures like fingerprinting will be added.

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OpenAI Eyes $1 Trillion IPO

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30 octobre 2025 à 22:02
OpenAI is reportedly preparing for a massive IPO that could value the company at up to $1 trillion. It follows a recent corporate restructuring that loosened its dependence on Microsoft and aligned its nonprofit foundation with financial success. Reuters reports: OpenAI is considering filing with securities regulators as soon as the second half of 2026, some of the people said. In preliminary discussions, the company has looked at raising $60 billion at the low end and likely more, the people said. They cautioned that talks are early and plans -- including the figures and timing - could change depending on business growth and market conditions. Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar has told some associates the company is aiming for a 2027 listing, the people said. But some advisers predict it could come even sooner, around late 2026. [...] An IPO would open the door to more efficient capital raising and enable larger acquisitions using public stock, helping to finance CEO Sam Altman's plans to pour trillions of dollars into AI infrastructure, according to people familiar with the company's thinking. With an annualized revenue run rate expected to reach about $20 billion by year-end, losses are also mounting inside the $500 billion company, the people said. During a livestream on Tuesday, Altman addressed the possibility of going public. "I think it's fair to say it is the most likely path for us, given the capital needs that we'll have," he said.

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Unpatched Bug Can Crash Chromium-Based Browsers in Seconds

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Par :msmash
30 octobre 2025 à 21:21
A critical security flaw in Chromium's Blink rendering engine can crash billions of browsers within seconds. Security researcher Jose Pino discovered the vulnerability and created a proof-of-concept exploit called Brash to demonstrate the bug affecting Chrome, Edge, OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas, Brave, Vivaldi, Arc, Dia, Opera and Perplexity Comet. The flaw, reports The Register, exploits the absence of rate limiting on document.title API updates in Chromium versions 143.0.7483.0 and later. The attack injects millions of DOM mutations per second and saturates the main thread. When The Register tested the code on Edge, the browser crashed and the Windows machine locked up after about 30 seconds while consuming 18GB of RAM in one tab. Pino disclosed the bug to the Chromium security team on August 28 and followed up on August 30 but received no response. Google said it is looking into the issue.

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AI 'Cheating' App Founder Says Engineers Can't Make Good, Viral Content and That's Why Their Startups Flop

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Par :msmash
30 octobre 2025 à 20:41
AI "cheating" app Cluely's CEO and cofounder, Chungin "Roy" Lee, said most startups flop because their products don't get seen. From a report: "Engineers just cannot make good content," Lee said during a Wednesday interview at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 "There's a bunch of shallow replicas, but I challenge you to find one video you think is like, 'Yo, this is as tough as Cluely,'" he told TechCrunch. Every startup needs to focus more on distribution. And most startups flop because they fail to get seen, even if they have product-market fit, Lee said. Cluely launched earlier this year as a tool to help software engineers cheat on their job interviews, among other use cases. The startup earlier this year posted a tongue-in-cheek video of Lee trying to use Cluely to impress a woman on a date, which went viral.

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Avec les pilotes Adrenalin d'octobre 2025, AMD envoie les Radeon RX 5000 RDNA 1 et RX 6000 RDNA 2 en pré-retraite !

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Par :contact@hardwareand.co (David Sergent)
30 octobre 2025 à 19:22

Nous étions passés à côté d'une petite ligne dans le changelog des pilotes graphiques Adrenalin 25.10.2 que nous vous présentions hier soir. On commence par rendre à César ce qui lui revient : ce sont nos confrères de PC Games Hardware qui ont tiqué de leur côté sur cette fameuse ligne du changelog...

Google Makes First Play Store Changes After Losing Epic Games Antitrust Case

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Par :BeauHD
30 octobre 2025 à 20:02
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Since launching Google Play (nee Android Market) in 2008, Google has never made a change to the US store that it didn't want to make -- until now. Having lost the antitrust case brought by Epic Games, Google has implemented the first phase of changes mandated by the court. Developers operating in the Play Store will have more freedom to direct app users to resources outside the Google bubble. However, Google has not given up hope of reversing its loss before it's forced to make bigger changes. Epic began pursuing this case in 2020, stemming from its attempt to sell Fortnite content without going through Google's payment system. It filed a similar case against Apple, but the company fell short there because it could not show that Apple put its thumb on the scale. Google, however, engaged in conduct that amounted to suppressing the development of alternative Android app stores. It lost the case and came up short on appeal this past summer, leaving the company with little choice but to prepare for the worst. Google has updated its support pages to confirm that it's abiding by the court's order. In the US, Play Store developers now have the option of using external payment platforms that bypass the Play Store entirely. This could hypothetically allow developers to offer lower prices, as they don't have to pay Google's commission, which can be up to 30 percent. Devs will also be permitted to direct users to sources for app downloads and payment methods outside the Play Store. Google's support page stresses that these changes are only being instituted in the US version of the Play Store, which is all the US District Court can require. The company also notes that it only plans to adhere to this policy "while the US District Court's order remains in effect." Judge James Donato's order runs for three years, ending on November 1, 2027.

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Zuckerberg Getting Ready To Dump More AI Content To Social Feeds

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Par :msmash
30 octobre 2025 à 19:25
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is getting ready to dump even more AI-generated posts into your social feeds. From a report: During an earnings call on Wednesday, Zuckerberg said the company will "add yet another huge corpus of content" to its recommendations system as AI "makes it easier to create and remix" work that gets shared online. "Social media has gone through two eras so far," Zuckerberg said. "First was when all content was from friends, family, and accounts that you followed directly. The second was when we added all of the Creator content." Though Zuckerberg stops short of calling AI the third era of social media, it's clear that the technology will be heavily involved in what comes next. Zuckerberg said that recommendation systems that "deeply understand" AI-generated posts and "show you the right content" will become "increasingly valuable." The company has already begun embedding AI tools across its apps and is now experimenting with dedicated AI social apps, too.

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International Criminal Court To Ditch Microsoft Office For European Open Source Alternative

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Par :msmash
30 octobre 2025 à 18:46
An anonymous reader shares a report: The International Criminal Court will switch its internal work environment away from Microsoft Office to Open Desk, a European open source alternative, the institution confirmed to Euractiv. The switch comes amid rising concerns about public bodies being reliant on US tech companies to run their services, which have stepped up sharply since the start of US President Donald Trump's second administration. For the ICC, such concerns are not abstract: Trump has repeatedly lashed out at the court and slapped sanctions on its chief prosecutor, Karim Khan. Earlier this year, the AP also reported that Microsoft had cancelled Khan's email account, a claim the company denies. "We value our relationship with the ICC as a customer and are convinced that nothing impedes our ability to continue providing services to the ICC in the future," a Microsoft spokesperson told Euractiv.

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Affinity devient gratuit, entre bon plan et inquiétude

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Par :Pierre Lecourt
30 octobre 2025 à 19:01

J’utilise la suite graphique Affinity depuis des années et je vous en parle depuis 2020 au travers des bons plans et de billets réguliers. Ainsi, je vous avais annoncé la sortie de la Version 2.0. Puis, il y a un an et demi, du rachat de la maison mère de cette suite par Canva. Aujourd’hui, nouvelle étape, la fusion des trois logiciels de dessin vectoriel, de retouche d’image et de mise en page en un seul. Ah, et au passage, une promesse de gratuité de l’ensemble « pour toujours ».

Je n’ai pas encore essayé cette nouvelle mouture, j’ai des licences payantes de la V1 et de la V2 et je préfère avoir des logiciels « séparés » plutôt qu’un seul. Dans l’absolu, je suis tenté de croire que la solution sera parfaitement exploitable et capable de remplacer efficacement les logiciels Adobe que sont Photoshop, Illustrator et inDesign pour de nombreux utilisateurs. Que vous soyez sur Mac ou sur PC, voir sur iPad, je vous encourage donc à tester le logiciel… en échange de votre inscription au service Canva.

Une légère inquiétude tout de même.

La grande promesse de Canva avec ce rachat était de « ne rien changer » dans la logique de ces applications. En pratique, il y a déjà des changements puisque la triple application est désormais intégrée dans une seule. Un autre changement majeur est dans la « gratuité » du produit. En face d’une suite Adobe qui est proposée avec des abonnements aux prix élevés, l’arrivée d’un produit gratuit est, à priori, une bonne nouvelle. Si changement il y a, il ne semble donc ne pas être en défaveur du public.

Pourquoi une inquiétude alors ? Parce que les années passant, on s’est habitués à se rendre compte que la majorité des mouvements logiciels « positifs » étaient la première étape d’une plus large stratégie globale. En général, on n’est pas confrontés à des génies non plus. C’est souvent une réflexion en trois coups. Première étape, on rachète en promettant que « Rien ne va changer », seconde étape « on change des trucs » et troisième étape « on cherche à en tirer un max de profit ».

Canva exige désormais que vous vous inscriviez à leur service pour pouvoir utiliser la suite Affinity. Pas un énorme sacrifice puisqu’il suffit d’un email pour créer un compte. La seule nuance entre un Affinity avec un compte Canva gratuit et un Affinity avec un compte Canva « Premium » – et donc payant – c’est la possibilité d’utiliser des outils IA dans ce second abonnement. Cela a d’ailleurs du sens parce que le recours à l’IA suppose des serveurs à faire tourner et donc des frais de gestion.

Ce qu’il y a d’inquiétant, c’est le futur. Le futur classique de ce genre d’opération, c’est un produit dont les compétences jouent aux vases communicants. Les fonctions de base qui étaient précédemment intégrées dans une version gratuite « pour toujours » pouvant, d’un moment à l’autre, basculer vers la version « Premium » payante. Et du reste, c’est parfaitement logique aujourd’hui. Il vaut mieux avoir 100 000 abonnés à une version payante que 10 000 000 à une version gratuite. La tentation de pousser à l’abonnement étranglera donc toujours les comptables de Canva. Et même si on reste le plus optimiste des utilisateurs, le futur semble déjà tout tracé. Le « Free Forever » n’est souvent qu’un slogan.

Pour le moment, les gens ayant eu la chance, ou la sagesse, d’acheter une licence pour la version Affinity V2, peuvent toujours télécharger leurs produits sur une page dédiée.

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Bon Plan : Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit offert par Epic Games

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30 octobre 2025 à 16:15

FIve Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit est le second jeu offert par le store Epic Games, le titre, tout en pixel, promet de vous horrifier à souhait ! La page du jeu se trouve ici, vous avez sept jours pour l'ajouter à votre bibliothèque virtuelle. […]

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Unboxing avant l'heure de la GIGABYTE X870E AORUS XTREME X3D AI TOP. Quel monstre !

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Par :contact@hardwareand.co (David Sergent)
30 octobre 2025 à 17:14

Le mois dernier, GIGABYTE officialisait sa nouvelle série de cartes mères haut de gamme AM5 basées sur le chipset AMD X870E : les AORUS X3D. Matthieu vous les présentait sur H&Co, et signalait qu'il manquait notamment une carte à l'appel : la GIGABYTE X870E AORUS XTREME X3D AI TOP. On savait qu'...

TypeScript Overtakes Python and JavaScript To Claim Top Spot on GitHub

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Par :msmash
30 octobre 2025 à 18:00
TypeScript overtook Python and JavaScript in August 2025 to become the most used language on GitHub. The shift marked the most significant language change in more than a decade. The language grew by over 1 million contributors in 2025, a 66% increase year over year, and finished August with 2,636,006 monthly contributors. Nearly every major frontend framework now scaffolds projects in TypeScript by default. Next.js 15, Astro 3, SvelteKit 2, Qwik, SolidStart, Angular 18, and Remix all generate TypeScript codebases when developers create new projects. Type systems reduce ambiguity and catch errors from large language models before production. A 2025 academic study found 94% of LLM-generated compilation errors were type-check failures. Tooling like Vite, ts-node, Bun, and I.D.E. autoconfig hide boilerplate setup. Among new repositories created in the past twelve months, TypeScript accounted for 5,394,256 projects. That represented a 78% increase from the prior year.

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