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Canicule : «Les quartiers populaires sont surexposés», d’après la Fondation pour le logement

Ces quartiers sont plus sensibles au phénomène des «logements bouilloires» et à la précarité énergétique en raison d’une combinaison de facteurs.

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Une combinaison de facteurs explique la vulnérabilité des quartiers populaires.

L’Unédic appelle l’État à renoncer à toute nouvelle ponction sur l’assurance-chômage

Alors que les prévisions financières de l’assurance-chômage se dégradent, l’Unédic anticipe des pertes de 2,3 milliards d’euros en 2026, un résultat qui prend en compte un prélèvement de l’État de 4,1 milliards.

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Pour 2027, l’assurance-chômage dégagerait un excédent de 2,1 milliards, contre 2,8 milliards anticipés en mars, et de 4 milliards en 2028, contre 4,8 milliards prévus précédemment. 

Snap's First Consumer AI Glasses Are Coming This Fall For $2,195

Par : BeauHD
16 juin 2026 à 19:00
Snap is launching its first consumer augmented-reality glasses this fall for $2,195. "You can preorder a pair of Specs now at specs.com with a $200 refundable deposit, and Snap says they're expected to ship 'this fall' in the US, UK, and France," reports The Verge. From the report: This is a big moment for Snap: The company made a big entry into smart glasses with its original Spectacles in 2016, and the company has been toiling away on nonpublic AR versions of Spectacles over the past few years. CEO Evan Spiegel promised the company would launch consumer AR glasses in 2026 and even turned its smart glasses team into a separate business. The company says that Specs are "fully standalone, with no puck and no tether." (Which is perhaps a jab at Apple's Vision Pro, which is tethered to a separate battery pack.) They'll be offered in two sizes, a 47mm model weighing 132g and a 52mm model weighing 136g, and will have removable inserts that Snap says will support "a wide range of prescriptions." You probably won't mistake Specs, with their wide, bold frames, for any of Meta's smart glasses -- Snap clearly picked a design that it wants to stand out. (They're not my style -- I don't think I can pull off the "snow goggles, but fashionable" look -- though maybe Jony Ive might like them.) They have visible light and infrared cameras, and while the Specs are recording, a little LED bar will glow in the middle of the glasses. Both of the lenses will be able to show you content, and Snap says that its display system is powered by a "proprietary liquid crystal on silicon technology" that offers a 51-degree field of view and can show 16 million colors. The lenses can also go from clear to tinted in 10 seconds, Snap says. The Specs have two Snapdragon processors onboard, and while Snap isn't specifying exactly which ones they are, the company says that one is focused on "computer vision" while the other is focused on running AR Lenses. "Together, they enable fast hand tracking, low latency, and responsive interactions that help digital content feel anchored in the real world," Snap says. You can also expect up to four hours of battery life on a charge, which Snap says accounts for things like "audio and video playback, AI assistance, Bluetooth notifications, and more." The Specs come with a charging case that Snap says will offer four more charges for a total of 20 hours of battery.

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Britain Unveils Sweeping Ban On Social Media For Under-16s

Par : BeauHD
15 juin 2026 à 18:00
Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from NBC News: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced a sweeping ban on social media use for those under 16, joining other countries around the world seeking to protect children online. "It's a big step for our country," Starmer said in a recorded video message released Monday. "Social media is making our children unhappy and unsafe, and as a parent, as much as a Prime Minister, I just can't let that go on anymore," he added. The ban will include social platforms like Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X, while there is no intention for messaging services like WhatsApp and Signal to be included, the government said in a release. [...] Starmer's government called Monday's announcement a "landmark" move, saying the new measures would be brought to Parliament before Christmas, with protections expected to come into force next spring. Beyond the blanket social media ban, the restrictions will also include blocks on functions such as livestreaming and stranger communication with children for under-16s, it added. "It's not an easy thing to do. I'll be honest about that," Starmer said. "We haven't rushed into it. We've looked carefully at the evidence, and we'll have to adapt our approach as technology changes, learn from other countries which are taking similar steps." He went on to say that it will face resistance from some of the most powerful companies in the world. "But we will take them on, and we will win, because the need for action could not be any clearer."

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Retraites : Marine Le Pen favorable à une part de capitalisation «volontaire»

«Je pense qu’il faut évidemment proposer aux Français les moyens pour qu’ils puissent (...) se constituer une retraite complémentaire par capitalisation», a déclaré la leader du Rassemblement national.

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Il y aura «bien sûr» toujours un âge légal de départ à la retraite dans la réforme du RN, a-t-elle par ailleurs précisé.

Threats Against Politicians Tripled After Meta Changed Its Speech Rules

Par : BeauHD
10 juin 2026 à 20:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Last year, Meta radically overhauled the rules around what content it would allow on its platforms. The company claimed that its own efforts policing speech had gone too far and that it would relax the rules around what speech was allowed. "We have been over-enforcing our rules, limiting legitimate political debate and censoring too much trivial content and subjecting too many people to frustrating enforcement actions," Joel Kaplan, Meta's chief global affairs officer, wrote in a blog post at the time. Over a year later, new research from the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) shows the immediate impact of these changes. The researchers analyzed about 8 million Facebook comments and found that abusive and racist comments targeting both Republican and Democrat lawmakers tripled in the six months after the new rules were put in place. Some categories of abusive comments documented by the researchers saw even sharper rises, with violent threats and hate speech quadrupling during the same period. The report cites specific examples of gendered and racist abuse directed at lawmakers like US representatives Jasmine Crockette of Texas and Byron Daniels of Florida. These comments were not taken down by Meta. The CCDH researchers also found that threats against President Trump more than doubled in the six months after Meta overhauled its rules. Many of the comments, which included direct threats to his life, could have been classified as felony offenses, the researchers say. [...] Comments that violated Meta's policies around violent threats quadrupled, from 1,800 in the six months before the changes to 7,600 in the six months after. Hate speech comments also quadrupled, from 6,900 to 30,000. Comments that broke Meta's rules on bullying and harassment doubled, from 15,700 to 39,900.

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EN DIRECT - Grève SNCF du 10 juin : TGV, RER, TER... Le trafic fortement perturbé ce mercredi, suivez l’évolution de la situation

À l’appel des quatre syndicats représentatifs, la SNCF connaît ce mercredi 10 juin sa première grève depuis l’arrivée de Jean Castex à sa tête, avec un trafic TGV, Intercités et TER fortement dégradé sur l’ensemble du territoire.

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Un train de banlieue Transilien arrive à la gare Saint-Lazare à Paris la veille d’une grève nationale lancée par les principaux syndicats de cheminots de la SNCF, le 9 juin 2026.

Grève SNCF du mercredi 10 juin : TGV, TER, Intercités, RER... Découvrez le détail des perturbations de trafic

Les quatre syndicats représentatifs de la compagnie publique appellent à la grève mercredi 10 juin. Cette mobilisation devrait fortement impacter la circulation des trains sur l’ensemble du réseau.

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«On peut affirmer que ça va être une grève qui va être très suivie», a assuré ce lundi Julien Troccaz, secrétaire fédéral de Sud-Rail.

Reddit Ads Impersonate BBC and The Guardian to Push Fake AI Investment Schemes

7 juin 2026 à 14:34
A "growing wave" of Reddit's "promoted posts" are sending U.S. and European audiences to money-stealing scams that impersonate major news organizations including the BBC, the Financial Times, and The Guardian, according to new findings from Bitdefender Labs. "Domains are short-lived and rapidly rotated to evade detection," they write, noting that the impersonating sites apparently even use language "to falsely imply that the investment platform had been reviewed, approved, or vetted" by the legitimate site they're impersonating: The campaign promotes fake AI-powered investment platforms such as Wencoin STX, Warrior Coin AI, and Nevo Coin, using fabricated celebrity endorsements, cloned news websites, fake interviews, and invented financial success stories to lure victims into depositing money. Researchers Andrea Olariu and Emanuel Puscasu have identified multiple promoted Reddit posts masquerading as legitimate financial or breaking news stories. Some ads claimed that: — NVIDIA and OpenAI were "creating the future" — Heathrow police discovered hundreds of thousands of pounds in cash — Governments and banks were allegedly trying to "hide" a revolutionary AI investment platform — European regulators were "silencing" articles about AI trading systems Some Reddit ads delivered in video format, including what appeared to be a deepfake BBC news segment featuring a news anchor presenting fabricated financial headlines... Examples observed by researchers included: — Fake BBC pages discussing "$20 billion conversations" tied to AI investments — Fraudulent Financial Times articles about Heathrow airport cash seizures — Fake Guardian stories claiming governments were trying to suppress coverage of Wencoin STX or Nevo Coin The pages featured fabricated interviews, fake profit screenshots, manipulated banking documents, false testimonials, and even fictional journalists or business editors designed to make the scam look legitimate. In many cases, the content sought to create a sense of exclusivity or conspiracy, suggesting that banks, regulators, or governments were trying to suppress public access to the investment platform... Our researchers found that after users clicked links embedded within the fake Guardian articles, they were redirected to a registration form allegedly used to create a "Nevo Coin" investment account. The form requested personal contact information, including the victim's name, email address, and phone number. To increase pressure and encourage immediate action, the page warned that registration availability was limited, claiming that once all spots were filled, new user registrations would be suspended. And in the final stage, they're asked to deposit money...

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Teen Social Media Bans Risk Strengthening Big Tech's Dominance, Warns Bluesky Exec

6 juin 2026 à 17:34
Bluesky's chief operating officer believes teen social media bans "risk entrenching Big Tech's dominance," reports CNBC: Rose Wang, Bluesky's chief operating officer, told CNBC on the sidelines of SXSW in London on Wednesday that the smaller open-source platform isn't opposed to regulation but that smaller players in the industry should be protected. "I support the protection and the safety of youth... The question that we have then is at what cost? Because essentially what I'm scared of is in the long term, we're headed to a world where there's about three to five platforms, and extreme heavy regulation of those platforms... "Basically the whole compliance teams of these platforms are 10 times the size of our entire team," Wang said. "So, basically, we're living in a world where it's almost impossible for smaller entrants to come in and build healthier spaces." The article notes Bluesky had grown to 43 million users as of March, "which is still only around 10% of X's estimated 450 million users. Bluesky has struggled to maintain popularity, and by the end of October last year, it had reportedly seen a 40% drop in daily mobile active users over the past 12 months."

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«Notre pouvoir d’achat baisse» : des salariés de Decathlon en grève pour réclamer une augmentation des salaires

À l’appel de l’intersyndicale, plus d’un millier de collaborateurs ont participé à une mobilisation nationale pour réclamer des hausses de salaire. Les syndicats pointent le contraste entre leurs rémunérations et les performances financières de l’enseigne.

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D’après Decathlon, la participation au mouvement social s’établissait à 5% de ses 23.000 collaborateurs en fin de matinée, et 99% de ses 324 magasins étaient ouverts.

La France va rater l’échéance sur la transparence des salaires

Paris avait jusqu’au 7 juin pour intégrer dans le droit cet ensemble de mesures qui comprend notamment, l’obligation de préciser une fourchette de salaires dans les offres d’emploi et le droit d’obtenir certaines informations sur les rémunérations des autres employés.

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«Je voudrais que le projet de loi soit présenté en conseil des ministres avant l’été», a déclaré le ministre du Travail, Jean-Pierre Farandou.

Companies Are Using Reddit To Manipulate ChatGPT and Google AI Search

Par : BeauHD
4 juin 2026 à 21:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: The moderators of the biohacking subreddit say that peptide and hormone replacement therapy companies have been surreptitiously spamming Reddit in an attempt to get their posts scraped by AI chatbots. The strategy is an effort to systematically manipulate the answers provided by chatbots by manipulating the underlying source material that those chatbots will scrape -- in this case, a popular Reddit community. In a post last week, the moderators of r/biohackers said they would be banning new posts about peptides and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) because of attempted manipulation by the companies that make, market, and sell them. [...] "As AI search engines increasingly pull answers from Reddit, companies are using us for AEO. On top of that, there's been an explosion of peptide interest and AI usage flooding the sub. Together, this has put serious pressure on content quality," a post by the moderators read. [...] It has become incredibly difficult to stop Reddit manipulation, because the firms doing it are getting more sophisticated. The moderator said that there are really standard and long-running strategies where brands will hop in the comments and suggest their products: "That type of marketing has always existed and if people want to try something new because the brand resonated with them, cool. That's the way marketing should flow in my mind," they said. "But what I'm seeing that is way scarier to me is that there are companies that will reverse-engineer the actual prompt patterns that are prioritized by LLMs, and so you'll see someone post a super clickbait, high-traction, vague question like 'Is all the hype around Vitamin D actually worth it?" they added. "And that thread will do really well because everyone on biohackers actually has an opinion, so it gets engagement and prioritized by LLMs, and then brands will sneak in and they'll embed their brand mentions in those threads in the exact right places in a seemingly organic way. But none of it is organic, the entire thing is a strategy by an agency to prioritize brand mentions or a narrative within an LLM." The Reddit accounts that are doing this are "warmed up" or are made to seem human, meaning they have a posting history that is not just promotional. This makes them much harder to detect and moderate against. Some of the agencies doing this are paying real people to post promotional content, or have built communities where people are incentivized to post promotional content. The moderator said that Reddit's automated moderation tools have been helpful, but that the type of promotion happening has become so sophisticated that it has become more of a you-know-it-if-you-see it kind of thing. "A lot of it has become pattern recognition," they said. "You literally just sort of know what to look for. But the problem is you don't want to become punitive to the people who aren't doing this maliciously, and so I think the over-moderation risk is very real."

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Violences après la victoire du PSG : pourrait-on vraiment faire payer les casseurs en coupant dans leurs aides sociales ?

L’idée de ponctionner les prestations sociales des auteurs de dégradations commises le week-end dernier après la victoire du PSG en finale de Ligue des champions, pour financer les réparations, refait surface. La question de sa légalité aussi.

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La victoire du PSG en Ligue des champions samedi 30 mai a donné lieu à des scènes de dégradations à Paris.

Revenu, patrimoine... Êtes-vous riche ? Découvrez le nouveau simulateur du Figaro

EXCLUSIF - Comment vous situez-vous par rapport à l’ensemble des Français ? Nous avons conçu un outil inédit qui permet de comparer votre situation financière et d’évaluer votre niveau de richesse.

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Dans son portrait statistique de la France, l’Insee décrit des niveaux de vie supérieurs en distinguant les hauts revenus et les très hauts revenus.

Ruptures conventionnelles: le Parlement valide l'accord des partenaires sociaux réduisant la durée de l’allocation chômage

Le texte adopté par les députés, par 353 voix contre 114 transpose un accord conclu entre les partenaires sociaux.

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Mi-avril, en première lecture, le texte avait essuyé un revers inattendu en étant rejeté par les députés

Chômage : un allocataire sur cinq retravaille avant de toucher des indemnités, selon une étude

«La probabilité de la première reprise d’emploi se situe entre 18% et 22% avant même d’avoir été indemnisé», indique l’Unédic, qui gère l’assurance chômage.

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Candidats déclarés à l’élection présidentielle, Bruno Retailleau (LR) et Gabriel Attal (Renaissance) ont fait part de leur volonté de réformer de nouveau l’assurance chômage.

Après la revalorisation du Smic, 70% des branches auront des minima inférieurs au salaire minimum

Sur les 179 branches professionnelles suivies par le ministère du Travail, 126 auront un minimum inférieur au Smic, a indiqué le ministère du Travail.

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Seul salaire indexé sur l’inflation, qui a dépassé les 2% en avril sous l’effet de la hausse des coûts de l’énergie, le Smic augmentera lundi de 2,41%, soit d’un peu moins de 35 euros net par mois.
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