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Ceci est une révolution, Valve augmente la largeur de ses pages Steam, mais pas que !

✇Hardware & Co - Actualités
Par :contact@hardwareand.co (Thibaut GALONNIER)
11 novembre 2025 à 10:38

Vous l'avez peut-être déjà noté, ou vous avez tout simplement remarqué un changement sans arriver à définir ce qui avait changé le 7 novembre. Steam, après des mois de bêta, et d'analyse des données du matériel de ses utilisateurs, a décidé de passer les pages de son application de 940 à 1200 pixels...

UK Secondary Schools Pivoting From Narrowly Focused CS Curriculum To AI Literacy

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Par :BeauHD
11 novembre 2025 à 10:00
Longtime Slashdot reader theodp writes: The UK Department for Education is "replacing its narrowly focused computer science GCSE with a broader, future-facing computing GCSE [General Certificate of Secondary Education] and exploring a new qualification in data science and AI for 16-18-year-olds." The move aims to correct unintended consequences of a shift made more than a decade ago from the existing ICT (Information and Communications Technology) curriculum, which focused on basic digital skills, to a more rigorous Computer Science curriculum at the behest of major tech firms and advocacy groups to address concerns about the UK's programming talent pipeline. The UK pivot from rigorous CS to AI literacy comes as tech-backed nonprofit Code.org leads a similar shift in the U.S., pivoting from its original 2013 mission calling for rigorous CS for U.S. K-12 students to a new mission that embraces AI literacy. Code.org next month will replace its flagship Hour of Code event with a new Hour of AI "designed to bring AI education into the mainstream" with the support of its partners, including Microsoft, Google, and Amazon. Code.org has pledged to engage 25 million learners with the new Hour of AI this school year.

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Les Bons Flans du 11.11 !

✇MiniMachines.net
Par :Pierre Lecourt
11 novembre 2025 à 09:25

Le 11.11 c’est comme tous les ans la date qui sert à prendre la température du e-commerce chinois. Ce jour des célibataires est souvent l’occasion de repérer des promotions jamais vues. Si tout n’est pas intéressant, certains produits profitent de rabais réellement pertinent.

Les boutiques d’importation spécialisées se plient en 4 pour le 11.11 :

Sur AliExpress : une page dédiée avec des millions de produits en tous genres : informatique, électronique, domotique, bricolage, matériels en tous genres.

AliExpress propose des codes promos variés qui vont de -3 à 

-120€ pour 659€ d’achat avec le code 11FR120
-20€ pour 129€ d’achat avec le code 11FR20
-12€ pour 69€ d’achat avec le code 11FR12
-5€ pour 29€ d’achat avec le code 11FR05
-3€ pour 15€ d’achat avec le code 11FR03

Sur Banggood : le site liste des produits très variés avec un accent mis sur le bricolage, les jouets et activités de loisir mais aussi l’électronique et l’informatique.

Banggood propose des remises spécifiques : 15$ de réduction pour tout achat au-dessus de 400$. 20$ pour 600$. Des réductions sont également rattachables à cotre panier sur la page de l’évènement : -6, -10 et -15$ suivant vos achats. Le site pratique la mise en place de promotions en nombre réduits sur certains produits. Les 50 premiers acheteurs de telle ou telle référence auront un prix très bas. Le 51e n’aura plus cette chance.

Sur Geekbuying : de nombreuses spécialités avec de l’informatique, du materiel de projection, de l’électroménager et bien d’autres choses encore.

Geekbuying propose des remises doubles : -5 à -10€ au moment du paiement par CB ou Paypal suivant le montant de votre commande et de 5€ à 60€ de remise avec des codes promo. Ces promos se cumulent.

5€ de remise globale pour un panier de 300€
10€ de remise globale pour un panier de 600€

-60€ pour 650€ d’achat avec le code 25NOVS05
-40€ pour 500€ d’achat avec le code 25NOVS04
-30€ pour 350€ d’achat avec le code 25NOVS03
-15€ pour 150€ d’achat avec le code 25NOVS02
-5€ pour 50€ d’achat avec le code 25NOVS01

D’autres codes sont disponibles :

25NOVSH4 ：40€ de réduction sur 500€  d’achat dans Maison & jardin
25NOVSH2 ：15€ de réduction sur 200€ dans Maison & jardin
25NOVCE1 ：70€ de réduction sur 1000€ d’achats dans Électronique grand public
25NOVCE2 ：50€ de réduction sur 700€ d’achats dans Électronique grand public
25NOVCE3 ：40€ de réduction sur 500€ d’achats dans Électronique grand public
25NOVCE4 ：30€ de réduction sur 400€ d’achats dans Électronique grand public
25NOVPS ：50€ de réduction sur 500€ d’achats dans énergie portable
25NOVOD2 ：15€ de réduction sur 200€ d’achats dans Sports & plein air
25NOVOD4 ：40€ de réduction sur 500€ d’achats dans Sports & plein air
25NOVOD5 ：70€ de réduction sur 1000€ d’achats dans Sport & plein air

Sur Geekom des promos sur les MiniPC avec jusquà -50% de réduction jusqu’au 2 décembre.

 

Les Bons Flans du 11.11 !

MiniPC

– MiniPC BMAX B8 –  Ryzen 7 Pro 8845HS – 32Go DDR5 / 1To NVMe – DP+HDMI+Type-C – WiFi 6 Bluetooth 5.2 à 489€ avec le code 25NOVS04

– MiniPC BMAX B9 Plus –  Core i5-1250P – 24Go LPDDR5 / 512 Go NVMe – DP+HDMI+Type-C – WiFi 6 Bluetooth 5.2 à 315€ avec le code 25NOVS02

– Mini PC Ninkear M8 Ryzen 7 8745HS – 32Go DDR5 – 1 To NVMe – DP+HDMI+Type-C – Double LAN 2,5G – WiFi 6 Bluetooth 5.2 à 423.97€

– MiniPC ALLIWAVA U58 Ryzen 7 5825U – 32 Go DDR4 – 512 Go NVMe – 2xHDMI+Type-C- WiFi 6 Bluetooth 5.2 à 312.12€

Accessoires informatique :

– Ecran 32″ KTC H32T13 – IPS 2560 x 1440 pixels – 100 Hz – FreeSync et G-Sync – 2 x HDMI 2.0, 1 x DP1.4 – Jack à 159.99€ avec le code NNNFRKH32

– Ecran 27″ TITAN ARMY P275MV PLUS – IPS 3840 x 2160 pixels – 160 Hz – FreeSync – 2 x HDMI 2.1, 1 x DP1.4 – 1 x Type-C – Jack à 359.99€ avec le code 25NOVP1

 

Matériel de bureau

– Bureau assis-debout électrique ACGAM JSZ-3 avec plateau et écran KTC H32T13 32″ Gaming 2560*1440 pixels à 359€ avec le code 25NOVP1

Loisirs et maison

– Vidéoprojecteur Blitzwolf BW-V11 avec Netflix sous licence de Google TV – 1100 lumens ANSI – 1080P – correction automatique du trapèze – audio intégrée à 193.34€

– Tronsmart Halo 300 – Enceinte de fête avec Entrées XLR, Guitare & Micro – Puissance 240W, LEDs Synchronisées, Autonomie 20H à 249€ avec le code NNNFRTH300

– Monster Vmay – TV 15.6″ autonome + enceinte Bluetooth – Tuner DVB-T/DVB-T2, Radio FM -8 heures de lecture vidéo- 25 heures de lecture audio –  HDMI/Micro/USB à 199€ avec le code NNNFRMVBS

– Kit 7.1 Ultimea Poseidon D80 Boom 7.1 Barre de son avec caisson de basses, Dolby Atmos, application égaliseur –  Bluetooth 5.3 à 219€ avec le code NNNFRUPD80B

– Aspirateur JIGOO V700 sans fil – réservoir 2.5 litres – vidage automatique – 33 KPa – éclairage double LED – jusqu’à 55 minutes d’autonomie à 199€ avec le code NNNFRJV7

– Écouteurs Bluetooth BlitzWolf BW-BTS8 à conduction osseuse – 32 Go interne – IPX8 – faible latence – micro intégré à 35.14€ avec le code BG454e7b

– Manette de jeu sans fil 8BitDo Ultimate 2 à trois modes –  joysticks TMR – gâchettes à effet Hall – multi systèmes – Noir à 44.21€

– Voiture RC Haute Vitesse Brushless 1/16 MJX HYPER GO 16208 16209 – 45km/h –  bleue à 78.89€

DIY et électronique

– DHO804 Oscilloscope Numérique 70MHz 4 Canaux 12 Bits 1.25GSa/Sec 25MPts de Profondeur Écran Tactile HD de 1 000 000 wfms/s à 325,99€

– Graveuse laser ATOMSTACK Swift 12W – 10000mm/min –  zone de travail de 300×300 mm – multi matériaux à 159€ avec le code NNNFRS12

– Graveuse laser LONGER Nano 6 W – 5000 mm/s – zone de travail de 100×100 mm – multi matériaux à 369.99€ avec le code NNNFRLN6W

– Graveuse laser Creality Falcon2 Pro Laser 40W + Mecpow P150 Purificateur de Fumée 150W à 1149€ avec le code NNNFR40P

Les Bons Flans du 11.11 ! © MiniMachines.net. 2025

China's CO2 Emissions Have Been Flat Or Falling For Past 18 Months, Analysis Finds

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Par :BeauHD
11 novembre 2025 à 07:00
China's CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months, "adding evidence to the hope that the world's biggest polluter has managed to hit its target of peak CO2 emissions well ahead of schedule," reports the Guardian. From the report: Rapid increases in the deployment of solar and wind power generation -- which grew by 46% and 11% respectively in the third quarter of this year -- meant the country's energy sector emissions remained flat, even as the demand for electricity increased. China added 240GW of solar capacity in the first nine months of this year, and 61GW of wind, putting it on track for another renewable record in 2025. Last year, the country installed 333GW of solar power, more than the rest of the world combined. [...] The analysis by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (Crea), for the science and climate policy website Carbon Brief, found China's CO2 emissions were unchanged from a year earlier in the third quarter of 2025, thanks in part to declining emissions in the travel, cement and steel industries. But China has a record of underpromising and overdelivering on climate targets. Li Shuo, the director of the China Climate Hub at the Asia Society Policy Institute, a US-based thinktank, said in a recent note that the latest Chinese climate targets should be seen as a baseline and not a ceiling.

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Olares One : un miniPC très particulier sous RTX 5090

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Par :Pierre Lecourt
11 novembre 2025 à 06:43

Drôle de concept et financement participatif assez étrange que ce Olares One. Annoncé pour décembre sur Kickstarter, le projet est porté par une startup appelée Bec Lab qui ne manque pourtant pas de moyens. Elle a réussi une levée de fonds de 45 millions de dollars pour son développement. Elle compte tout de même sur le fait que les internautes financent son projet.

L'Olares One

L’Olares One

Olares One est une sorte de MiniPC haut de gamme annoncé à 2999$ qui embarque un processeur Core Ultra 9 275HX et un circuit graphique Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 mobile avec 24 Go de mémoire vive GDDR7 dédiée. Sa mémoire vive grimpera à 96 Go de DDR5-5600 sur deux slots et son stockage sera un SSD NVMe PCIe 4.0 de 2 To.

A quoi serviront ces composants très performants ? Tout simplement à faire tourner un système fourni par Olares pour lancer son marché d’applications. Des dizaines d’outils dédiés à l’IA qui n’attendent que des développeurs pour fonctionner. D’autres usages « cloud » plus classiques sont également prévus. On parle de gestion de mots de passe, de lecteur de flux RSS de solution de synchronisation de documents et autres espaces de stockage. On parle même de jeu vidéo et de multimédia.

Mais pour se mettre en valeur, la marque parle surtout d’IA. L’idée est de permettre à des applications d’Intelligence Artificielle de fonctionner en dehors de tout serveur que vous ne maitrisez pas. Olares One prendrait en charge des outils très variés qui iront de LLM à des solutions graphiques.

Il faut voir ce système comme un bac à sable pour IA comme il en existe quelques autres. Intégré ici dans un format compact. Un boitier de 32 cm de large pour 19.7 cm de profondeur et 5.5 cm d’épaisseur. Un volume de 3.5 litres qui pourra effectivement rejoindre une armoire aux côtés d’un système réseau déjà en place.

"Golden Ratio Aesthetics" un argumentaire typique de catalogue OEM

« Golden Ratio Aesthetics » un argumentaire typique de catalogue OEM

Le dispositif promet un fonctionnement tempéré grâce à une vapor chamber censée calmer les excentricités thermiques du duo processeur et circuit graphique. La connectique de la machine est limitée avec un Thunderbolt 5, un USB Type-A non identifié, une sortie HDMI 2.1 et un Ethernet 2.5 Gigabit. Un module Wi-Fi7 et Bluetooth 5.4 sera également intégré. L’ensemble devant être alimenté par un bloc secteur de 330 watts.

Je vois pas mal de problèmes avec cette annonce. D’abord, ces engins seront des monstres de consommation. Avec leur équipement, en considérant leurs capacités de calculs et leurs besoins en énergie, il est difficile de voir si cela aura le moindre sens de les utiliser en permanence. D’un côté, ils ne devraient pas déployer des possibilités de traitement très différentes d’une solution PC classique. De l’autre, ils devraient consommer beaucoup trop pour piloter des usages que l’on demande habituellement à un NAS. La gestion de mots de passe ou la synchronisation de répertoires ne réclament pas l’emploi d’un Core Ultra 9. On peut voir le verre à moitié plein en se disant que c’est la possibilité de piloter les deux univers, IA et services plus classiques, dans un petit serveur. Ou bien voir le verre à moitié vide en se disant que rien ne sera vraiment à sa place avec cette machine. 

Des comparaisons un peu bancales...

Des comparaisons un peu bancales…

Olares One est un tout premier projet matériel

L’autre point qui me chagrine c’est que Bec Lab n’a jamais sorti le moindre ordinateur à ce jour. Or monter un engin équipé de cette manière est assez compliqué. On suppose, au vu de l’espace occupé par le Olares One, il s’agit évidemment d’un circuit GeForce RTX 5090 mobile. C’est tout de même un sacré challenge à gérer. Il m’est avis que la marque passe par un sous-traitant qui va lui fabriquer l’engin suivant un cahier des charges précis. Cela devrait me rassurer mais au contraire m’ennuie un peu. Cet engin est annoncé à un prix élevé (3000$ HT) à un horizon qui n’est pas encore défini. Or la situation actuelle un marché laisse clairement à penser que les tarifs vont largement augmenter dans les mois qui viennent sur au moins deux postes. La mémoire vive et le stockage. Deux postes particulièrement important dans cette machine avec tout de même 96 Go de mémoire vive et 2 To de stockage. Et cela sans compter les problématiques liées au financement participatif.

Certains arguments peuvent s'avérer contre productifs.

Certains arguments peuvent s’avérer contre productifs.

Qui va se lancer dans l’aventure Kickstarter avec une société comme Bec Lab ? Un labo de recherche ? Une université1 ? Un PME ? Un groupe ? Un particulier ? Qui va réellement investir 3000 $ HT dans un PC de ce type sans aucune simple garantie de SAV ? Quel comptable serait assez fou pour laisser passer un tel investissement aujourd’hui ? Je veux bien qu’on n’ait toujours pas trouvé de quoi calmer la fièvre de l’IA, mais tout de même.

Mon avis, mais je peux me tromper, cette campagne de financement Kickstarter n’est pas spécialement une campagne destinée à vendre du matériel. Je ne vois d’ailleurs pas vraiment le point face à une offre comme celle de Nvidia avec les DGX Spark ou les propositions sur une base d’AMD Strix Halo. Par contre, ce sera un excellent levier pour faire connaitre Olares à travers le globe pour un investissement minimal ? Qui connaissait cette suite avant de lire ce billet ? Voilà tout l’enjeu de cette campagne à mon avis. Il est possible qu’elle soit annulée un jour ou l’autre, sa véritable mission d’évangélisation logicielle accomplie.

Attention, je n’ai rien contre Olares en soi, je ne connais pas le système. Il est Open Source et l’équipe semble aux petits soins de sa communauté. Je doute simplement de la pertinence du produit Olares One d’un point matériel et technique. Si l’idée d’embarquer ses propres outils IA sur un matériel local vous tente, je vous suggère de vous pencher sur leur offre.

La société met en avant cette possibilité qui va sans doute se démocratiser de plus en plus rapidement de posséder ses propres outils locaux pour certaines tâches plutôt que de payer des abonnements en série.

Pour en savoir plus : Le site web du projet.

Olares One : un miniPC très particulier sous RTX 5090 © MiniMachines.net. 2025

Saudi Arabia's Dystopian Futuristic City Project Is Crashing and Burning

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Par :BeauHD
11 novembre 2025 à 03:30
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: It appears that Neom -- Saudi Arabia's hugely expensive, architecturally bizarre urban development project -- is floundering and close to collapse. A new report from the Financial Times cites high-level sources within the project to paint a picture of dysfunction and failure at the heart of the quixotic effort. Neom was envisioned as a vast series of fantastical urban developments spread across the coast of the Red Sea. At the center of the project is The Line -- a proposed 105-mile-long city which developers had initially projected could house as many as 9 million people by the year 2030. The Line is defined by bizarre architectural flourishes that, as the story notes, have seemed impossible even to the execs tasked with making them a reality. One such addition is an upside-down building, dubbed "the chandelier," that is supposed to hang over a "gateway" marina to the city: "As architects worked through the plans, the chandelier began to seem implausible. One recalled warning Tarek Qaddumi, The Line's executive director, of the difficulty of suspending a 30-story building upside down from a bridge hundreds of metres in the air. 'You do realize the earth is spinning? And that tall towers sway?' he said. The chandelier, the architect explained, could 'start to move like a pendulum,' then 'pick up speed,' and eventually 'break off,' crashing into the marina below." Yes, that doesn't sound great. Now, according to those sources the FT talked to, the project is looking more and more like a hugely expensive pipe dream that will never come to pass: "Today, with at least $50 billion spent, the desert is pock-marked with piling, and deep trenches stretch across the landscape. But Prince Mohammed, who chairs Neom, has dramatically scaled back the first phase of the plans. Neom told the FT that The Line remained 'a strategic priority' that would ultimately 'provide a new blueprint for humanity by changing the way people live.' But they described it as a 'multi-generational development of unprecedented scale and complexity.'" The outlet interviewed workers on the project who seem to feel that it's only a matter of time before the project is declared DOA: "While Neom employees say that much of The Line might still be technically buildable, they are not convinced anyone is ready to pay for it. Construction work across Neom has slowed, with the desert ski resort Trojena, the intended venue for the 2029 Asian Winter Games, one of the few sites still moving ahead at pace ... one former employee has said that everyone knows the project won't work; it is now just a matter of letting MBS down gently." Chief among the project's problems is the fact that, as Neom's bizarre developments have failed to materialize, it has become increasingly difficult to encourage investors to put up money for the absurdly expensive project. FT notes: "Senior executives were constantly asking for more money, but The Line was competing with other Neom projects. Some wealthy Saudi families put modest sums into the project, but the large investments Riyadh hoped to lure from foreign backers never materialized." The lack of adequate funding coming in has led a senior construction manager to tell FT that he feels the Line will never be built.

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A Jailed Hacking Kingpin Reveals All About Cybercrime Gang

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Par :BeauHD
11 novembre 2025 à 02:20
Slashdot reader alternative_right shares an exclusive BBC interview with Vyacheslav "Tank" Penchukov, once a top-tier cyber-crime boss behind Jabber Zeus, IcedID, and major ransomware campaigns. His story traces the evolution of modern cybercrime from early bank-theft malware to today's lucrative ransomware ecosystem, marked by shifting alliances, Russian security-service ties, and the paranoia that ultimately consumes career hackers. Here's an excerpt from the report: In the late 2000s, he and the infamous Jabber Zeus crew used revolutionary cyber-crime tech to steal directly from the bank accounts of small businesses, local authorities and even charities. Victims saw their savings wiped out and balance sheets upended. In the UK alone, there were more than 600 victims, who lost more than $5.2 million in just three months. Between 2018 and 2022, Penchukov set his sights higher, joining the thriving ransomware ecosystem with gangs that targeted international corporations and even a hospital. [...] Penchukov says he did not think about the victims, and he does not seem to do so much now, either. The only sign of remorse in our conversation was when he talked about a ransomware attack on a disabled children's charity. His only real regret seems to be that he became too trusting with his fellow hackers, which ultimately led to him and many other criminals being caught. "You can't make friends in cyber-crime, because the next day, your friends will be arrested and they will become an informant," he says. "Paranoia is a constant friend of hackers," he says. But success leads to mistakes. "If you do cyber-crime long enough you lose your edge," he says, wistfully.

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AMD Posts New "amd_vpci" Accelerator Driver For Linux

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Par :Michael Larabel
11 novembre 2025 à 01:47
While there is already AMDXDNA as one of the few currently mainline drivers in the accelerator "accel" subsystem for supporting AMD Ryzen AI NPUs, another AMD accel driver is on the way: amd_vpci. The new amd_vpci driver patches were posted today for review as AMD continues to further expand their diverse offerings in the ecosystem...

EU Eyes Banning Huawei, ZTE Corp From Mobile Networks of Member Countries

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Par :BeauHD
11 novembre 2025 à 01:40
The European Commission is considering turning its non-binding 2020 guidance on "high-risk vendors" into a legal requirement that would effectively force EU member states to phase out Huawei and ZTE from mobile and fixed-line networks. Bloomberg reports: Commission Vice President Henna Virkkunen wants to convert the European Commission's 2020 recommendation to stop using high-risk vendors in mobile networks into a legal requirement, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the negotiations are private. While infrastructure decisions rest with national governments, Virkkunen's proposal would compel EU countries to align with the commission's security guidance. The EU is increasingly focused on the risks posed by Chinese telecom equipment makers as trade and political ties with its second-largest trading partner fray. The concern is that handing over control of critical national infrastructure to companies with such close ties to Beijing could compromise national security interests. Virkkunen is examining ways to limit the use of Chinese equipment suppliers in fixed-line networks, as countries push for the rapid deployment of state-of-the-art fiber cables to expand high-speed internet access. The commission is also considering measures to dissuade non-EU countries from relying on Chinese vendors, including by withholding Global Gateway funding from nations that use the grants for projects involving Huawei equipment, according to the people.

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The Linux Kernel Looks To 'Bite the Bullet' In Enabling Microsoft C Extensions

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Par :BeauHD
11 novembre 2025 à 01:00
Linux kernel developers are moving toward enabling Microsoft C Extensions (-fms-extensions) by default in Linux 6.19, with Linus Torvalds signaling no objection. While some dislike relying on Microsoft-style behavior, the patches in kbuild-next suggest the project is ready to "bite the bullet" and adopt the extensions system-wide. Phoronix reports: Rasmus Villemoes argued with Kbuild: enable -fms-extensions that would allow for "prettier code" and others have noted in the past the potential for saving stack space and all around being beneficial in being able to leverage the Microsoft C behavior: "Once in a while, it turns out that enabling -fms-extensions could allow some slightly prettier code. But every time it has come up, the code that had to be used instead has been deemed 'not too awful' and not worth introducing another compiler flag for. That's probably true for each individual case, but then it's somewhat of a chicken/egg situation. If we just 'bite the bullet' as Linus says and enable it once and for all, it is available whenever a use case turns up, and no individual case has to justify it..." The second patch is kbuild: Add '-fms-extensions' to areas with dedicated CFLAGS to ensure -fms-extensions is passed for the CPU architectures that rely on their own CFLAGS being set rather than the main KBUILD_CFLAGS. Linus Torvalds chimed in on the prior mailing list discussion and doesn't appear to be against enabling -fms-extensions beginning with the Linux 6.19 kernel.

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Critics Call Proposed Changes To Landmark EU Privacy Law 'Death By a Thousand Cuts'

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Par :BeauHD
11 novembre 2025 à 00:20
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Privacy activists say proposed changes to Europe's landmark privacy law, including making it easier for Big Tech to harvest Europeans' personal data for AI training, would flout EU case law and gut the legislation. The changes proposed by the European Commission are part of a drive to simplify a slew of laws adopted in recent years on technology, environmental and financial issues which have in turn faced pushback from companies and the U.S. government. EU antitrust chief Henna Virkkunen will present the Digital Omnibus, in effect proposals to cut red tape and overlapping legislation such as the General Data Protection Regulation, the Artificial Intelligence Act, the e-Privacy Directive and the Data Act, on November 19. According to the plans, Google, Meta Platforms, OpenAI and other tech companies may be allowed to use Europeans' personal data to train their AI models based on legitimate interest. In addition, companies may be exempted from the ban on processing special categories of personal data "in order not to disproportionately hinder the development and operation of AI and taking into account the capabilities of the controller to identify and remove special categories of personal data." [...] The proposals would need to be thrashed out with EU countries and European Parliament in the coming months before they can be implemented. "The draft Digital Omnibus proposes countless changes to many different articles of the GDPR. In combination this amounts to a death by a thousand cuts," Austrian privacy group noyb said in a statement. "This would be a massive downgrading of Europeans' privacy 10 years after the GDPR was adopted," noyb's Max Schrems said. "These proposals would change how the EU protects what happens inside your phone, computer and connected devices," European Digital Rights policy advisor Itxaso Dominguez de Olazabal wrote in a LinkedIn post. "That means access to your device could rely on legitimate interest or broad exemptions like security, fraud detection or audience measurement," she said.

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PDF Will Support JPEG XL Format As 'Preferred Solution'

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Par :BeauHD
10 novembre 2025 à 23:40
The PDF Association is adding JPEG XL (JXL) support to the PDF specification, giving the advanced image format a new path to relevance despite Google's decision to declare it obsolete and remove it from Chromium. The Register reports: Peter Wyatt, CTO of the PDF Association, said: "We need to adopt a new image [format] that can support HDR [High Dynamic Range] content ... we have picked JPEG XL as our preferred solution." Wyatt also praised other benefits of JXL including wide gamut images, ultra-high resolution support for images with more than 1 billion pixels, and up to 4099 channels with up to 32 bits per channel. The association is responsible for developing PDF specifications and standards and manages the ISO committee for PDF. JPEG XL is an advanced image format that was designed to be both more efficient and richer in features than JPEG. It was based on a combination of the Free Lossless Image Format (FLIF) from Cloudinary and a Google project called PIK, first released in late 2020, and fully standardized in October 2021 as ISO/IEC 18181. There is a reference implementation called libjxl. A second edition of the ISO standard was published in 2024. JXL appeared to have wide industry support, including experimental implementation in Chrome and Chromium, until it was killed by Google in October 2022 and removed from its web browser engine. The company stated that "there is not enough interest from the entire ecosystem to continue experimenting with JPEG XL." Many in the community disagreed with the decision, including FLIF inventor Jon Sneyers, who perceived it as the outcome of an internal battle between proponents of JXL and a rival format, AVIF. "AVIF proponents within Chrome are essentially being prosecutor, judge and executioner at the same time," he said.

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Meta Is Killing Off the External Facebook Like Button

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Par :BeauHD
10 novembre 2025 à 23:00
Meta is retiring Facebook's external Like and Share buttons for third-party websites on February 10, 2026, officially closing the book on a once-dominant traffic driver as usage declines and Facebook's role within Meta continues to shrink.Engadget reports: The blog post from Meta explains that site admins shouldn't have to take any additional steps as a result of the change, although they can choose to remove the plugins before the discontinue date. Any remaining plugins will "gracefully degrade," which sounds much more dramatic than what will actually happen, which is that they'll render as a 0x0 invisible element.

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New Project Brings Strong Linux Compatibility To More Classic Windows Games

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Par :BeauHD
10 novembre 2025 à 22:20
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: For years now, Valve has been slowly improving the capabilities of the Proton compatibility layer that lets thousands of Windows games work seamlessly on the Linux-based SteamOS. But Valve's Windows-to-Linux compatibility layer generally only extends back to games written for Direct3D 8, the proprietary Windows graphics API Microsoft released in late 2000. Now, a new open source project is seeking to extend Linux interoperability further back into PC gaming history. The d7vk project describes itself as "a Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 7 [D3D7], which allows running 3D applications on Linux using Wine." The new project isn't the first attempt to get Direct3D 7 games running on Linux. Wine's own built-in WineD3D compatibility layer has supported D3D7 in some form or another for at least two decades now. But the new d7vk project instead branches off the existing dxvk compatibility layer, which is already used by Valve's Proton for SteamOS and which reportedly offers better performance than WineD3D on many games. D7vk project author WinterSnowfall writes that while they don't expect this new project to be upstreamed into the main dxvk in the future, the new version should have "the same level of per application/targeted configuration profiles and fixes that you're used to seeing in dxvk proper." And though d7vk might not perform universally better than the existing alternatives, WinterSnowfall writes that "having more options on the table is a good thing in my book at least." The report notes that the PC Gaming Wiki lists more than 400 games built on the aging D3D7 APIs, spanning mostly early-2000s releases but with a trickle of new titles still appearing through 2022. Notable classics include Escape from Monkey Island and Hitman: Codename 47.

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Wikipedia Urges AI Companies To Use Its Paid API, and Stop Scraping

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Par :msmash
10 novembre 2025 à 21:30
Wikipedia on Monday laid out a simple plan to ensure its website continues to be supported in the AI era, despite its declining traffic. From a report: In a blog post, the Wikimedia Foundation, the organization that runs the popular online encyclopedia, called on AI developers to use its content "responsibly" by ensuring its contributions are properly attributed and that content is accessed through its paid product, the Wikimedia Enterprise platform. The opt-in, paid product allows companies to use Wikipedia's content at scale without "severely taxing Wikipedia's servers," the Wikimedia Foundation blog post explains. In addition, the product's paid nature allows AI companies to support the organization's nonprofit mission. While the post doesn't go so far as to threaten penalties or any sort of legal action for use of its material through scraping, Wikipedia recently noted that AI bots had been scraping its website while trying to appear human.

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The PHP Foundation Is Seeking a New Executive Director

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Par :msmash
10 novembre 2025 à 20:51
New submitter benramsey writes: The PHP Foundation has launched a search for its next executive director. The Executive Director serves as the operational leader of the PHP Foundation, defining its strategic vision and translating it into reality while managing day-to-day operations and serving as the primary bridge between the Board, staff, community, and sponsors. While the programming language PHP is over 30 years old, the PHP Foundation was only created in 2021. The Executive Director will be responsible for maturing the foundation's internal structure and will play a crucial role in ensuring the foundation can effectively support this vital ecosystem. Interested parties are encouraged to submit a cover letter describing their interest and relevant experience, resume or CV, and a brief vision statement detailing the applicant's understanding of the position, key opportunities and challenges they see for the foundation, and their approach to the role.

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World's First Green Fuel Levy To Add Almost $32 To Air Fares

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Par :msmash
10 novembre 2025 à 20:10
Air passengers departing Singapore will pay a green fuel levy of as much as S$41.60 ($31.95) from next year as the city-state locks in a key step in its effort to cut the aviation industry's emissions. From a report: Travelers flying in economy and premium economy, as well as those on short-haul routes, will be charged far less. Those customers will pay an additional S$1 for trips to Southeast Asia, and S$10.40 for flights to the Americas, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore said Monday. Business and first class travelers will pay four times more, it said. [...] The funds collected from passengers will go to the centralized purchase of sustainable aviation fuel -- typically made from waste oils or agricultural feedstock -- as Singapore looks to achieve a SAF adoption rate of 3% to 5% by 2030.

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EasyEffects 8.0 Released In Porting From GTK4 To Qt / QML / Kirigami

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Par :Michael Larabel
10 novembre 2025 à 19:51
EasyEffects is the open-source application formerly known as PulseEffects that transitioned to using native PipeWire filters for providing simple audio effects on the Linux desktop. EasyEffects makes it easy to apply different audio effects like bass enhancer, compressor, pitch shift, reverberation, and many more. With this week's release of EasyEffects 8.0, the user interface has been rewritten in Qt / QML / Kirigami rather than GTK4...
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