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Reçu — 16 mars 2026 ⏭ Actualités numériques

'Pokemon Go' Players Unknowingly Trained Delivery Robots With 30 Billion Images

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Par : BeauHD
16 mars 2026 à 23:00
More than 30 billion images captured by Pokemon Go players have helped train a visual mapping system developed by Niantic. The technology is now being used to guide delivery robots from Coco Robotics through city streets where GPS often struggles. Popular Science reports: This week, Niantic Spatial, part of the team behind Pokemon Go, announced a partnership with Coco Robotics, a company that makes short-distance delivery robots for food and groceries. Soon, those robot couriers will scoot around sidewalks using Niantic's Visual Positioning System (VPS)-- a navigation tool that can reportedly pinpoint location down to a few centimeters just by looking at nearby buildings and landmarks. Niantic trained that VPS model on more than 30 billion images captured by Pokemon Go users, and claims it will help robots operate in areas where GPS falls short. [...] Instead of helping users navigate the way that GPS does, VPS determines where someone is based on their surroundings. That makes Pokemon Go particularly useful as a data source, because players had to physically travel to specific locations and point their phones at various angles. That mapping effort got a significant boost in 2020, when the app added what it called "Field Research," a feature prompting players to scan real-world statues and landmarks with their cameras in exchange for in-game rewards. A portion of the data also reportedly came from areas known as "Pokemon battle arenas." Whether players knew it or not, those scans were creating 3D models of the real world that would eventually power the Niantic model. More data means better accuracy, and because Niantic was collecting images of the same locations from many different users, it could capture the same spots across varying weather conditions, lighting, angles, and heights. [...] The idea is that Coco's robots can use VPS and four cameras mounted around the machine to get a far more precise read on their surroundings. In turn, the well-equipped robot will deliver food on time. On a broader level, Niantic says its partnership with Coco Robotics is part of a longer-term effort to build a "living map" of the world that updates as new data becomes available. Once VPS-equipped delivery robots hit the streets, they will collect even more info that can be fed back into the model to bolster its accuracy further. This kind of continuous, real-world data collection is already central to how self-driving vehicle companies like Waymo and Tesla operate, and is a large part of why that technology has improved so significantly in recent years.

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Nvidia Bets On OpenClaw, But Adds a Security Layer Via NemoClaw

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Par : BeauHD
16 mars 2026 à 22:00
During today's Nvidia GTC keynote, the company introduced NemoClaw, a security-focused stack designed to make the autonomous AI agent platform OpenClaw safer. ZDNet explains how it works: NemoClaw installs Nvidia's OpenShell, a new open-source runtime that keeps agents safer to use by enforcing an organization's policy-based guardrails. OpenShell keeps models sandboxed, adds data privacy protections and additional security for agents, and makes them more scalable. "This provides the missing infrastructure layer beneath claws to give them the access they need to be productive, while enforcing policy-based security, network, and privacy guardrails," Nvidia said in the announcement. The company built OpenShell with security companies like CrowdStrike, Cisco, and Microsoft Security to ensure it is compatible with other cybersecurity tools. Nvidia said NemoClaw can be installed in a single command, runs on any platform, and can use any coding agent, including Nvidia's own Nemotron open model family, on a local system. Through a privacy router, it allows agents to access frontier models in the cloud, which unites local and cloud models to help teach agents how to complete tasks within privacy guardrails, Nvidia explained. Nvidia seems to be hoping that the additional security can make OpenClaw agents more popular and accessible, with less risk than they currently carry. The bigger picture here is how NemoClaw could give companies the added peace of mind to let AI agents complete actions for their employees, where they wouldn't have previously. Nvidia did not specify when NemoClaw would be available.

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Polymarket Gamblers Threaten To Kill Journalist Over Iran Missile Story

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Par : BeauHD
16 mars 2026 à 21:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Times of Israel, written by journalist Emanuel Fabian: On Tuesday, March 10, a massive explosion shook the city of Beit Shemesh, just outside Jerusalem, in yet another Iranian ballistic missile attack during the ongoing war. Rescue services scrambled to the scene in search of possible casualties, though as it turned out, the projectile had struck a forested area just outside the city, around 500 meters from homes. On The Times of Israel's liveblog that day, I reported that the missile had hit an open area and no injuries were caused, citing the rescue services, as well as footage that emerged showing the massive explosion caused by the missile's warhead. But what I thought was a seemingly minor incident during the war has turned into days of harassment and death threats against me. Emanuel began receiving numerous emails, messages and phone calls from individuals urging him to change the report to say the missile had been intercepted. "It was indeed a little strange to receive the same question, about something relatively inconsequential, from two different people within a day," he said. The connection eventually became clear after he noticed two users on X responding to his story with apparent ties to Polymarket. "There are people saying that they have received word from you that the missile strike in Beit Shemesh on March 10th was in fact intercepted, is this true or did no such interaction occur?" one user wrote. Another asked, "Was there any video of the actual impact?" The rules of this particular Polymarket bet state: "This market will resolve to 'Yes' if Iran initiates a drone, missile, or air strike on Israel's soil on the listed date in Israel Time (GMT+2). Otherwise, this market will resolve to 'No'." However, there is a clause: "Missiles or drones that are intercepted... will not be sufficient for a 'Yes' resolution, regardless of whether they land on Israeli territory or cause damage." At that point, Emanuel realized his "minor report" of a missile strike had suddenly become part of a "betting war," with traders who had wagered 'No' on an Iranian strike on Israel on March 10 pressuring him to change the article so they could win their bets. When he refused, some of the Polymarket gamblers escalated to harassment, fabricated messages, bribery attempts, and explicit threats against him and his family. "You have no idea how much you've put yourself at risk," wrote a user named Haim. "Today is the most significant day of your career. You have two choices: either believe that we have the capabilities, and after you make us lose $900,000 we will invest no less than that to finish you. Or end this with money in your pocket, and also earn back the life you had until now." After receiving no response, Haim sent him another series of messages: "You are choosing to go to war knowing that you will lose your life as you've grown accustomed to it -- for nothing." He later added: "You have exactly a few hours left to fix your attempt at influencing [the market]. It would be stupid of you to ignore this." According to Emanuel, the messages also included detailed threats referencing his neighborhood, parents, and family.

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NVIDIA dévoile le DLSS 5, la véritable première technologie IA à effet whaou ! Serait-ce le nouveau nom du Neural Radiance Caching ?

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Par : contact@hardwareand.co (Thibaut GALONNIER)
16 mars 2026 à 20:08

On peut dire que NVIDIA a de la suite dans les idées. Depuis l’arrivée du DLSS en 2018 et le lancement des premières cartes graphiques à architecture hybride, le caméléon a ajouté à chaque fois des nouveautés, comme la prise en chrge des vecteurs de mouvement, la Frame Generation, la Multi Frame Gen...

Encyclopedia Britannica Sues OpenAI For Copyright, Trademark Infringement

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Par : BeauHD
16 mars 2026 à 20:00
Encyclopedia Britannica has sued OpenAI, alleging its AI models were trained on nearly 100,000 copyrighted articles and sometimes reproduce or misattribute passages to the encyclopedia. The lawsuit also claims trademark infringement and argues tools like ChatGPT divert traffic away from Britannica and Merriam-Webster sites. Engadget reports: More specifically, Britannica alleged that OpenAI illegally used its "copyrighted content at a massive scale" when training its AI models. Not just with training, the encyclopedia company claimed that ChatGPT's responses to user queries sometimes contain "full or partial verbatim reproductions of [Britannica's] copyright articles." Along with claims of copyright violations, Britannica argued that OpenAI was also responsible for trademark infringement. According to the lawsuit, ChatGPT generates "made-up content or 'hallucinations' and falsely attributes them" to Encyclopedia Britannica. The lawsuit doesn't specify an amount for monetary damages, but Britannica is also seeking an injunction to prevent OpenAI from repeating these accusations.

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Apple Launches AirPods Max 2 With Better ANC, Live Translation

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Par : BeauHD
16 mars 2026 à 19:00
Apple has quietly announced the AirPods Max 2, featuring improved active noise cancellation, an H2 chip, and new features like adaptive audio and AI-powered real-time translation. Like the original model, these headphones start at $549. The Verge reports: As noted by Apple, the AirPods Max 2 offer active noise-cancellation that's 1.5 times more effective when compared to its predecessor. Transparency mode, which allows you to hear your surroundings while wearing the headphones, also sounds "more natural" with the AirPods Max 2, according to Apple. The AirPods Max 2 support 24-bit, 48kHz lossless audio when connected with a USB-C cable, as well as offer up to 20 hours of listening time on a single charge. Other capabilities include loud sound reduction, a camera remote feature that works by pressing the digital crown to take a photo or start a recording, as well as a personalized volume feature that "automatically fine-tunes the listening experience" based on your preferences over time.

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Linux 7.1 sched_ext To Add "SCX_ENQ_IMMED" For Tighter Control When Tasks Land On A CPU

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Par : Michael Larabel
16 mars 2026 à 18:41
The Linux kernel's extensible scheduler class "sched_ext" to allow for custom CPU scheduling policies as BPF programs continues enabling new functionality. Queued up in the sched_ext development code ahead of next month's Linux 7.1 cycle is the new SCX_ENQ_IMMED capability for enabling tighter control over when tasks land on a CPU...

ASRock H610M COMBO II : cette fois, la carte mère DDR5 et DDR4 devrait bien être commercialisée !

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Par : contact@hardwareand.co (David Sergent)
16 mars 2026 à 18:31

Début décembre 2025, nous vous présentions une carte mère pas comme les autres : l'ASRock H610M COMBO. Elle possédait en effet la bagatelle de 6 slots de RAM au total, avec surtout deux formats différents puisqu'il y avait 4 slots DDR5 et 2 slots DDR4. Il ne fallait pas non plus rêver de mélanger le...

Meta Signs $27 Billion AI Infrastructure Deal With Nebius

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Par : BeauHD
16 mars 2026 à 18:00
AI infrastructure company Nebius signed a deal to provide up to $27 billion in AI computing capacity to Meta over the next five years, including a guaranteed $12 billion purchase by 2027. Reuters reports: Under the agreement, Meta will also buy an additional $15 billion worth of capacity planned by Nebius over the coming five years if it is not sold to other customers, giving the contract a total value of up to $27 billion, Nebius said. The deal is the latest example of U.S. tech giants' efforts to supplement their own AI data-centre build-outs by locking in scarce GPU and power capacity from "neocloud" providers like Nebius. Nebius CEO Arkady Volozh said the latest Meta deal would help "accelerate the build-out and growth of our core AI cloud business." Further reading: Data Centers Overtake Offices In US Construction-Spending Shift

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Data Centers Overtake Offices In US Construction-Spending Shift

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Par : BeauHD
16 mars 2026 à 17:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Spending on data center projects in the U.S. has exploded, surpassing offices for the first time at the end of last year. It's a trend Matt Kunz saw early on when Meta built a computing hub outside Columbus, Ohio. Other tech companies soon swarmed into the area, drawn by its stable economy, university talent pipeline and ample power, water and land, said Kunz, vice president and general manager at Turner Construction Co., the firm that led Meta's build-out. Since Meta broke ground in 2017, it's expanded its data center campus, and Amazon.com Inc., Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Microsoft Corp. made plans to join it nearby. "When one shows up, almost all the other ones tend to follow," Kunz said. For Turner, a construction giant responsible for supertall office skyscrapers, sports stadiums and cultural venues around the globe, data centers are commanding more of its bandwidth. The company completed $9.4 billion of the projects last year, more than five times its 2020 total. Last month, Turner announced it was chosen as one of the contractors on a $10 billion data center for Meta in Indiana. Tech companies' needs for AI processing facilities have made data centers the latest darling of the real estate industry. The properties are figuring heavily into portfolios of major investors such as Blackstone, Brookfield Asset Management and KKR, on a bet that long-term demand for computing power will continue to grow. At the same time, office development has slowed as cities across the U.S. contend with vacancies that have piled up since the Covid lockdowns. Construction spending for data centers has climbed steadily in recent years, while outlays for general office projects headed downward, U.S. Census data show. The two crossed paths in December, with roughly $3.57 billion spent on data centers that month, compared with $3.49 billion for offices, according to preliminary estimates. The shift is likely to continue and "may perpetuate itself even further as AI is utilized for automating day-to-day jobs," said Andy Cvengros, co-lead of U.S. data center markets for the brokerage Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. "It's going to directly impact the amount of office space people need." According to Christopher McFadden, senior vice president at Turner, more than a third of the company's backlog is now tied to data centers. "We're going to be building these at this scale for years to come," McFadden said. "There's a lot of wind in the sail."

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3DMark 2001 : quand Madonion lançait son benchmark devenu culte et encore disponible pour fêter ses 25 ans !

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Par : contact@hardwareand.co (Thibaut GALONNIER)
16 mars 2026 à 16:50

Il y a un temps que les moins de 20 ans ne peuvent pas connaitre, ni les moins de 25 ans d'ailleurs : celui où les joueurs et fanas de hardware attendaient chaque année (en moyenne) le dernier benchmark de Futuremark devenu Madonion puis redevenu Futuremark pour finir par être UL. C'était le moyen d...

☕️ [MàJ] Les boîtes emails MX Plan d’OVHcloud sont de retour

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Par : Sébastien Gavois
17 mars 2026 à 07:00


Mise à jour du 17 mars à 8h00. OVHcloud a mis à jour son ticket de support cette nuit pour indiquer que l’incident « a été résolu ». La cause profonde a été causée par « un problème logiciel », sans plus de détails.

Mise à jour du 16 mars à 18h25. OVHcloud précise que cette panne fait suite à la procédure de migration en cours des boîtes Outlook Web Access vers Zimbra (de décembre 2025 à mai 2026). L’hébergeur assure que « les emails envoyés ou reçus seront stockés et livrés une fois l’opération terminée ». OVHcloud précise que cela ne concerne que les MX Plan.

Brief original du 16 mars à 17h21. Via un message publié sur sa page de statut, OVHcloud explique à ses clients qu’il rencontre actuellement un incident : « L’accès aux boîtes aux lettres et au webmail est indisponible ». « Nous avons déterminé l’origine du problème affectant notre offre de solutions collaboratives », ajoute l’hébergeur, mais sans donner plus de précisions.

« Les clients ne peuvent actuellement pas accéder à leurs boîtes aux lettres, ce qui signifie qu’ils ne peuvent ni lire, ni envoyer ni gérer leurs e-mails », détaille l’entreprise roubaisienne. Cela concerne aussi bien les clients Plan MX.

Via le chat, nous demandons au service client si les emails reçus pendant cette période seront quand même dans la boite de réception après l’incident. Réponse de l’agent (humain) : « Je ne peux pas répondre pour le moment car nous n’avons pas l’information ». OVHcloud ne donne aucune prévision quant au délai de retour à la normale.

☕️ [MàJ] Les boîtes emails MX Plan d’OVHcloud sont de retour

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Par : Sébastien Gavois
17 mars 2026 à 07:00


Mise à jour du 17 mars à 8h00. OVHcloud a mis à jour son ticket de support cette nuit pour indiquer que l’incident « a été résolu ». La cause profonde a été causée par « un problème logiciel », sans plus de détails.

Mise à jour du 16 mars à 18h25. OVHcloud précise que cette panne fait suite à la procédure de migration en cours des boîtes Outlook Web Access vers Zimbra (de décembre 2025 à mai 2026). L’hébergeur assure que « les emails envoyés ou reçus seront stockés et livrés une fois l’opération terminée ». OVHcloud précise que cela ne concerne que les MX Plan.

Brief original du 16 mars à 17h21. Via un message publié sur sa page de statut, OVHcloud explique à ses clients qu’il rencontre actuellement un incident : « L’accès aux boîtes aux lettres et au webmail est indisponible ». « Nous avons déterminé l’origine du problème affectant notre offre de solutions collaboratives », ajoute l’hébergeur, mais sans donner plus de précisions.

« Les clients ne peuvent actuellement pas accéder à leurs boîtes aux lettres, ce qui signifie qu’ils ne peuvent ni lire, ni envoyer ni gérer leurs e-mails », détaille l’entreprise roubaisienne. Cela concerne aussi bien les clients Plan MX.

Via le chat, nous demandons au service client si les emails reçus pendant cette période seront quand même dans la boite de réception après l’incident. Réponse de l’agent (humain) : « Je ne peux pas répondre pour le moment car nous n’avons pas l’information ». OVHcloud ne donne aucune prévision quant au délai de retour à la normale.

Fedora Workstation 44 Beta Benchmarks On The AMD Ryzen AI Max Framework Desktop

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Par : Michael Larabel
16 mars 2026 à 16:20
Since last week's Fedora 44 Beta release I have been testing out this upcoming Fedora Linux version on a few systems in the lab, most notably with the Framework Desktop powered by the powerful AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 "Strix Halo". Fedora Workstation 44 Beta has been looking nice and running stable albeit in some instances seeing lower performance at this point than Fedora Workstation 43 but overall in good shape.

☕️ L’AfriNIC accuse un broker d’adresses IP de continuer à vouloir le paralyser

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Par : Martin Clavey
16 mars 2026 à 16:15


La guerre des IPv4 en Afrique n’est pas finie. En septembre dernier, l’AfriNIC pensait avoir fait un pas important pour se remettre en selle en élisant son nouveau bureau.

Mais le registre régional d’adresses IP (RIR) desservant l’Afrique continue de subir les attaques de Cloud Innovation, un broker d’adresses IP qui avait réussi à déstabiliser sérieusement l’organisation (dont il est lui-même membre, puisqu’il gère des adresses IP allouées par l’AfriNIC).

Dans une communication sur son site publiée ce jeudi 12 mars, l’AfriNIC alerte sur l’ « intention de perturber et/ou de paralyser le seul registre Internet régional d’Afrique » de la part de Cloud Innovation.

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« Nous sommes actuellement confrontés à un enchevêtrement de litiges et d’obstacles procéduraux provoqués par CIL [Cloud Innovation limited], Larus Ltd et les campagnes de sensibilisation qui y sont associées », explique le registre.

L’AfriNIC liste : une contestation de l’élection, une demande de la prolongation de la mise sous tutelle qu’avait décidée la justice mauricienne avant le renouvellement du bureau, l’obstruction à de récentes attributions d’adresses IP, l’injonction toujours en cours de ne pas attribuer d’IP, des campagnes de désinformations et la tentative de faire échouer les réformes de la gouvernance.

L’AfriNIC demande à ses membres de rester vigilants et de continuer à participer activement à la vie du registre.

☕️ L’AfriNIC accuse un broker d’adresses IP de continuer à vouloir le paralyser

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Par : Martin Clavey
16 mars 2026 à 16:15


La guerre des IPv4 en Afrique n’est pas finie. En septembre dernier, l’AfriNIC pensait avoir fait un pas important pour se remettre en selle en élisant son nouveau bureau.

Mais le registre régional d’adresses IP (RIR) desservant l’Afrique continue de subir les attaques de Cloud Innovation, un broker d’adresses IP qui avait réussi à déstabiliser sérieusement l’organisation (dont il est lui-même membre, puisqu’il gère des adresses IP allouées par l’AfriNIC).

Dans une communication sur son site publiée ce jeudi 12 mars, l’AfriNIC alerte sur l’ « intention de perturber et/ou de paralyser le seul registre Internet régional d’Afrique » de la part de Cloud Innovation.

Illustration : Flock

« Nous sommes actuellement confrontés à un enchevêtrement de litiges et d’obstacles procéduraux provoqués par CIL [Cloud Innovation limited], Larus Ltd et les campagnes de sensibilisation qui y sont associées », explique le registre.

L’AfriNIC liste : une contestation de l’élection, une demande de la prolongation de la mise sous tutelle qu’avait décidée la justice mauricienne avant le renouvellement du bureau, l’obstruction à de récentes attributions d’adresses IP, l’injonction toujours en cours de ne pas attribuer d’IP, des campagnes de désinformations et la tentative de faire échouer les réformes de la gouvernance.

L’AfriNIC demande à ses membres de rester vigilants et de continuer à participer activement à la vie du registre.

Court Rules TCL's 'QLED' TVs Aren't Truly QLED

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Par : BeauHD
16 mars 2026 à 16:00
A German court ruled that TCL misled consumers by marketing certain TVs as "QLED" when they "do not deliver the color reproduction expected from QLED TVs." It has ordered the company to stop advertising or selling those models in Germany. TechRadar reports: The case was filed by Samsung, which claimed that TCL was running deceptive advertising, and more court cases on the same topic are coming in other countries, including the US. The lawsuits all make the same claim: that what TCL calls a QLED isn't a QLED as it's commonly understood, and that consumers are being mis-sold TVs as a result. The court found that TCL's quantum dot TVs, such as the QLED870 series available in Germany, didn't deliver the characteristics of a quantum dot LED, and that consumers were being misled as a result. The tests were commissioned by Seoul chemicals company Hansol Chemical (which, it's worth noting, works with Samsung, a key TCL rival, and which heavily promoted the results of these tests alongside launching the court case) and carried out by Geneva's SGS and the UK's Intertek. According to ET News (via Google Translate), "no indium (In) or cadmium (Cd) was detected in three TCL QD TV models. Indium and cadmium are essential materials that cannot be omitted for QD implementation... if neither is present, QD technology cannot be said to have been applied." You can see the test results here. TCL disputed the findings -- "The QD content may vary depending on the supplier, but it definitely contains cadmium," it responded -- and published its own tests, including a test by SGS, the same firm that conducted tests for Hansol. The results contradicted Hansol Chemical's tests, but those tests used a different methodology: where TCL's tests focused on TCL's quantum dot films, Hansol's commissioned tests were on finished TCL TVs. [...] Hansol Chemical has filed a complaint against TCL with the US Federal Trade Commission, alleging false advertising, and TCL is also facing class action lawsuits in several US states making the same claim. TCL isn't alone here: Hisense has also been targeted in the US.

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Samsung s’attend également à ce que la pénurie de mémoire prenne fin en 2028

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Par : contact@comptoir-hardware.com
16 mars 2026 à 15:57
Nous espérons qu’ils n’entrevoient pas cette échéance seulement au fond de leur tasse de café ou de thé, mais de nombreux analystes pronostiquent la fin de la pénurie de mémoire en 2028. SK Hynix avait fait cette conjecture fin 2025 ; Samsung est du même avis ! Dans l'attente de nouvelles lignes C’est ce qu’expose un article du journal sud-coréen Chosun Biz... [Tout lire]
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