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Ça coute combien un laptop avec puce NVIDIA RTX Spark ? Nous avons maintenant la réponse

En ce 7 octobre 2027, les laptops à base de processeur NVIDIA RTX Spark prennent leur envol. Comme annoncé, il y a pour ce lancement deux versions disponibles de la puce de NVIDIA, toutes deux baptisées N1X.Comme vous pouvez le voir en bas de cette diapositive qui avait été présentée par NVIDIA à l'...

Petit Le Mans 2026 : pour Porsche, une victoire pas comme les autres

7 octobre 2026 à 05:38

Une victoire de plus pour la Porsche 963. Mais le succès de la marque allemande à l’occasion de Petit Le Mans 2026, dernière manche du championnat nord-américain d’endurance IMSA, avait une saveur toute particulière. 

Ce triomphe est le premier d’une 963 sur le tracé de Road Atlanta (Etats-Unis). Si l’attelage Porsche-Penske y avait remporté des titres, Petit Le Mans ne figurait pas encore à son palmarès. La classique en fait désormais partie.  

« Je ne sais vraiment pas comment on a réussi, réagissait Laurens Vanthoor, pilote de la Porsche victorieuse, peu après avoir franchi le damier après dix heures d’épreuve sur le circuit de Road Atlanta. Une saison difficile se conclut donc sur un haut fait. Après cette course à suspense, je suis épuisé, mais très heureux. »

Il y avait de quoi. Traditionnellement ardue en raison d’un trafic digne du périphérique parisien, l’épreuve automnale a aussi été perturbée par la météo. En dix heures, la course a été neutralisée à 16 reprises. L’impact d’éclairs à quelques encablures du tracé a même poussé les organisateurs à interrompre la ronde par un drapeau rouge pendant quelques minutes. 

Petit Le Mans 2026 : Vanthoor remarquable

Le succès de la Porsche n°6 de Kévin Estre, Laurens Vanthoor et Matt Campbell a aussi été long à se dessiner. Lancée sur le mouillé, la course a d’abord été dominée par les véloces Acura, effectuant en Géorgie leur ultime sortie avant la mise en pause du programme. 

En revanche, une série d’impromptus comme l’accrochage entre la BMW n°25 et l’Acura n°93 ou encore une rixe entre la Cadillac n°31 – sacrée championne le week-end dernier – et l’Aston Martin n°23 a redistribué les cartes. Tout comme les neutralisations et relances, qui n’ont cessé de regrouper le peloton.  

Les stratèges de l’équipe « usine » Porsche-Penske ont notamment géré avec brio les difficiles choix stratégiques imposés par ce Petit Le Mans 2026. D’abord en choisissant les bons pneus Michelin Pilot Sport Endurance dans des conditions météo changeantes. Ensuite en parvenant à placer la n°6 en tête de la course en fin d’épreuve. 

Au volant, Laurens Vanthoor a brillé. Le Belge a dépassé la Cadillac n°10 à un peu plus d’une heure de l’arrivée. Et dans les derniers instants, après une ultime période de neutralisation, il a résisté au retour de la BMW n°24. Sur la ligne d’arrivée, la Porsche n°6 comptait à peine plus d’une seconde d’avance sur sa rivale. 

Photo : Porsche

« Ce qu’a fait Laurens Vanthoor en fin de course est simplement impressionnant, s’enthousiasmait Urs Kuratle, patron du programme usine LMDh. Il devait notamment conduire de manière conservatrice pour s’assurer que la quantité de carburant serait suffisante pour rejoindre l’arrivée ». 

Kévin Estre, vainqueur, abondait : « Quelle belle soirée ! Dans la numéro 6, nous avons connu tellement de malchance cette saison. Nous avons enfin décroché une grande victoire. Un très grand merci à Laurens Vanthoor, qui s’est battu comme un lion dans le dernier relais. Pour moi, il est l’homme de la course ». 

Petit Le Mans 2026 : des changements en vue

Star de l’endurance, le Français Kévin Estre n’avait pour sa part jamais triomphé en IMSA. Et comme l’indique son propos, ce succès à Petit Le Mans apparaît aussi comme le dénouement d’une campagne frustrante. Porsche a notamment perdu son titre de champion IMSA au bénéfice de Cadillac et de Jack Aitken. 

Au-delà, l’atmosphère entre les deux équipages Porsche-Penske n’avait pas été au beau fixe, en mars, après une dispute sur les consignes d’équipes à l’arrivée des 12 Heures de Sebring. Puis Porsche a connu un passage à vide sur les manches printanières et estivales. « C’est une bonne manière de conclure une saison qui n’a pas été facile », admettait Urs Kuratle. 

De plus, l’équipe Porsche-Penske va connaître des changements dans les prochains mois. Kévin Estre et Laurens Vanthoor ne seront probablement plus 100 % Porsche en 2027. Leur première association remontait aux 24 Heures du Mans 2015, à bord d’une Ligier JSP2-Honda de la catégorie LMP2. 

Mais c’est surtout sous les couleurs de Porsche qu’ils ont connu ensemble le plus grand nombre de succès. Par exemple, le Français et le Belge avaient remporté la catégorie GTE Pro dans la Sarthe à bord d’une 911 RSR à la livrée « cochon rose » en 2018 (avec Michael Christensen). 

Promus au sein du projet 963 pour les catégories GTP/Hypercar, les deux hommes ont aussi remporté la couronne de champions du monde d’endurance 2024. Ils étaient alors associés à André Lotterer. 

Photo : Porsche

L’an prochain, Laurens Vanthoor ira piloter chez McLaren en championnat du monde (WEC), tout en gardant un pied chez Porsche pour les manches les plus longues de l’IMSA. La suite de l’histoire pour Kévin Estre n’a pas encore été confirmée.  

Leur partenaire de cette année, Matt Campbell ira pour sa part chez Ford. L’Australien avait été champion IMSA en 2025 avec Porsche-Penske. Thomas Laudenbach, le patron du programme, devra réorganiser son équipe l’an prochain.

Porsche remporte la Michelin Endurance Cup

La voiture sœur a connu un destin plus fâcheux. A 1h30 de l’arrivée, la n°7, alors pilotée par Felipe Nasr, s’est accrochée avec une autre voiture. En l’occurrence, la Porsche 911 GT3-R de l’équipe AO Racing. Le Brésilien s’est extrait du cockpit heureusement indemne. 

Une péripétie qui n’empêche pas Felipe Nasr, le Français Julien Andlauer et l’Allemand Laurin Heinrich de s’adjuger la palme en Michelin Endurance Cup, regroupant les cinq épreuves les plus longues de l’IMSA (Daytona, Sebring, Watkins Glen, Road America, Petit Le Mans). Un résultat logique, sachant que la marque allemande a remporté trois de ces épreuves cette année. 

Ce trophée est lié au manufacturier français depuis maintenant plusieurs années. Michelin sera d’ailleurs le fournisseur officiel de l’IMSA jusqu’en 2035. L’industriel a également remporté l’appel d’offres lancé par l’ACO et de la FIA concernant le championnat du monde d’endurance (WEC). Bib’ équipera les Hypercars jusqu’en 2032. 

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Elite 360 : Cooler Master veut démocratiser les boitiers avec écran LCD et stand pour exposer une figurine

Il y a quasiment un an jour pour jour, nous vous présentions à H&Co la gamme de boitiers MasterFrame 360 de Cooler Master. Des boitiers avec une particularité qui sortaient vraiment de l'ordinaire : la présence d'une petite scène à l'avant de la tour, prévue pour mettre en valeur une figurine. T...

Une configuration PC à 1200 € en octobre 2025, ça coute combien en octobre 2026 ?

Nous sommes nombreux à "regarder dans le rétro" concernant les prix du hardware PC, notamment la RAM, les SSD ou maintenant les cartes graphiques. Ressortir une facture de 2025 d'un kit 32 Go DDR5-6000 à 70 €, d'un SSD 2 To PCIe 4.0 à 83 € ou encore d'une Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 Go à 325 €, cela a effe...

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Le 20 octobre 2026 va débuter la saison 12 du jeu THE FINALS, intitulée "PRIME TIME". Une mise à jour majeure du jeu va accompagner l'arrivée de cette nouvelle saison, avec quelques points qui ont de quoi titiller l'intérêt de ceux qui accordent beaucoup d'importance à la "physique" dans les jeux vi...

Flock Blamed for Wrongful 13-Day Imprisonment and a Police Stalking Incident in Florida

5 octobre 2026 à 11:34
From the transportation news site MotorBiscuit: In late September 2026, 23-year-old Liz Lindseay Isaacs testified before a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee about her harrowing experience after a Flock camera misidentified her Dodge Durango, linking her to a fatal hit-and-run miles away from where she actually was... "The cell door was shut, and it was not opened for approximately 86 hours". She spent a total of 13 days locked up — including the terrifying stint in solitary confinement — before prosecutors finally realized the AI had completely botched the vehicle identification and dropped the charges. A Flock spokesperson contacted for a CNN report argued the incident "appears to have been the result of human errors in judgment unrelated to Flock." The woman is now suing the Florida patrol over wrongful arrest, saying she partially blames the two police officers who she says claimed there was incriminating damage on her vehicle when there wasn't. But her lawyer says he blames Flock. "Because if it wasn't for Flock we wouldn't be here in the first place, and this whole nightmare... would not have kicked off." And while police claim Flock solves more crimes, the lawyer adds that "you would also solve a lot more crimes if the police were allowed to kick down your door and come in and search your house whenever they want to, or search your car whenever they want to or violate your rights in other ways. There has to be safeguards in police that comport through the 4th Amendment, like the warrant requirements. It's as simple as that. This technology is growing so fast that we are unable to control it. And we must get ahead of it." And the woman incarcerated for 13 days agreed. "I wouldn't have went to jail if it wasn't for Flock." Florida was also the site of another Flock-related news story. ("Florida Deputy Allegedly Used Flock Cameras to Stalk 17-Year-Old Girl, Visiting Her at Work 9 Times".) The officer "was charged with official misconduct and accessing computer electronic devices without authority — both are third-degree felonies. In Florida, if he's found guilty on both charges, he could be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison." "Americans have no idea who's looking at that information, or why it has to be collected in the first place," U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday, adding "They deserve to know." SCHUMER: "This company said the data on its cameras was encrypted and secure. Then hackers took one down and found the key sitting right there," Schumer said. "Most Americans just want to get to work and get home to their families without a private company keeping a file on where they go. The next step here is simple: turn the lens around and zoom in on Flock." Schumer also demanded answers from Flock about how much data from its cameras sits on its servers and whether any federal agency has accessed that data, directly or through local law enforcement. Schumer's office sent an official letter to Flock's CEO giving them 12 days to respond to its questions about Flock's data retention and security policies. "Americans should not have to sacrifice their right to privacy simply by driving down a public street," Schumer wrote. And in other news... Garrett Langley, the CEO of Flock Safety — a company that deploys over 120,000 automated license plate reader cameras across the United States — recently requested that his Atlanta home be blurred out on Google Maps Street View. In swift retaliation, online activists pinpointed the property and officially marked his front lawn as a "Public Toilet" on the mapping app.

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[Bon plan] AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D + jeu Onimusha à 379,99 € livré

Ce Bon plan ne s'adresse bien sûr pas à ceux d'entre vous qui ont pris l'habitude d'acheter leurs CPU AMD sur Aliexpress, où vous pouvez trouver l'AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D sans difficulté à 300 € voire un peu moins. Mais il en faut pour tous les gouts comme on dit, et certains ne sont pas très partant à...

After Siemens Re-Licenses OpenRadioss, Rocky Linux Announces Open-Source Fork

5 octobre 2026 à 07:34
- In 2022 Altair Engineering open sourced "OpenRadioss", an industry-leading finite element solver under the GNU AGPL License, reports Phoronix. - Siemens acquired Altair Engineering last year - Siemens closes access to OpenRadioss. "Siemens didn't just end the project but they shutdown the GitHub repository that hosted the open-source code and removed other resources that had built around it," writes Phoronix, before announcing a new open-source community fork: Radioss has been an industry-leading solver for analyzing crashes, blasts, and other purposes. Altair creating OpenRadioss was a huge milestone for the technical computing industry. It also had other effects like for myself in finally being able to benchmark with this (Open)Radioss code for CPU performance testing compared to the expensive licensing on Radioss itself... Siemens argues the OpenRadioss closure is for consolidating efforts: "After four years of successful community-driven research, Siemens is entering a new chapter for the Radioss solver. To accelerate innovation and provide the robust support our global users require for production-grade simulation, we are consolidating our efforts." It was Brian Clemens. founder/VP Rocky Linux and the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation who launched the community fork of OpenRadioss — to be called OpenCourant. Its web site announces they'll be "carrying forward the OpenRadioss code base under the GNU AGPL, in the open, where it belongs." Phoronix writes in a follow-up: OpenCourant is based on the last publicly known open-source OpenRadioss snapshot before Siemens shut it down and removed access to the Git repository... OpenCourant continues with the OpenRadioss GNI AGPLv3 licensing and will be run as part of the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation. They have run into a small issue though with part of OpenRadioss consisting of binary dependencies and not having the very latest versions prior to Siemens' removal of the repository. Details on that via this discussion thread for anyone that happens to have recent OpenRadioss binaries. In other open source news, Kagi is ending their development work on the Orion Browser for Linux and Windows, reports the site Linuxiac — but Kagi "plans to open-source both versions so other developers or organizations can keep them going."

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Essai Škoda Peaq : le salon roulant tchèque

5 octobre 2026 à 06:01

Le Peaq fait entrer Škoda dans le club encore restreint des grands SUV électriques à sept places. Avec ses 4,87 mètres de long, sa batterie de 86 kWh utiles et son autonomie pouvant atteindre 644 km en propulsion, il s’attaque directement au Peugeot E-5008 et vient compléter l’offre du groupe Volkswagen sur le terrain des véhicules familiaux grand format. Nous avons essayé le Peaq 90x Sportline, doté de deux moteurs électriques et de 299 ch.

Un beau bébé

Ce nouveau modèle devient le vaisseau amiral de Škoda. Il ne remplace pas l’Enyaq, plus court et moins familial, mais prend naturellement le dessus dans la gamme. Son cahier des charges est simple à comprendre. Il doit offrir beaucoup d’espace, voyager dans un confort digne d’une voiture haut de gamme et éviter les arrêts à répétition sur les longs trajets. En France, la gamme commence à 56 460 euros avec le Peaq 90 à propulsion. La version 90x Sportline essayée ici est affichée à 62 610 euros. Le gabarit ne passe pas inaperçu. Avec 4,87 mètres de long et un empattement de 2,97 mètres, le Peaq dépasse largement l’Enyaq et se montre même plus imposant qu’un Kodiaq.

Škoda a pourtant évité de lui donner une allure de gros cube. La face avant reprend les codes du concept Vision 7S, avec ses fins projecteurs en forme de T et son bandeau noir. Le profil se veut plus discret, avec des flancs lisses, des poignées affleurantes et un montant D marqué du lettrage Škoda. Ce dessin n’est pas seulement une affaire de style. Les volets pilotés, les rideaux d’air, le soubassement caréné et l’absence de barres de toit permettent au Peaq d’afficher un cx de 0,249. À vitesse stabilisée, le grand SUV reste d’ailleurs plutôt silencieux. Le toit panoramique électrochrome de 2,1 m² renforce la sensation d’espace, même si son opacification par segments relève davantage du raffinement que d’une véritable nécessité.

Spacieux 7 places

L’habitabilité reste le principal argument du Peaq. En configuration cinq places, le coffre propose 935 litres. Il faut ajouter les 37 litres du frunk, suffisamment vaste pour accueillir le câble de recharge. Lorsque les sept places sont utilisées, le volume derrière la troisième rangée tombe à 299 litres. Cela reste suffisant pour quelques sacs ou de petites valises, mais il faudra voyager léger avec toute la famille. La deuxième rangée coulisse et ses dossiers s’inclinent. Elle permet donc de choisir entre davantage d’espace aux jambes et un coffre plus généreux. La troisième rangée est plus conventionnelle. Elle conviendra sans difficulté à des enfants et pourra dépanner des adultes sur de courtes distances, mais les assises courtes et les dossiers peu rembourrés limitent son intérêt sur un long trajet. Le Peaq est donc davantage un 5+2 qu’un véritable sept-places capable d’accueillir six adultes dans les mêmes conditions.

À l’avant, la présentation progresse nettement par rapport à celle de l’Enyaq. Les matériaux sont sérieux, les assemblages correctement réalisés et l’écran central vertical de 13,6 pouces donne une présentation plus moderne. Škoda a conservé quelques commandes physiques pour la température et le volume, mais l’ergonomie reste discutable. Certaines fonctions sont trop profondément enfouies dans les menus, et l’écran demande parfois une attention excessive en roulant. Le pack Relax apporte une touche plus haut de gamme. Les sièges avant certifiés AGR peuvent masser le conducteur et le passager, avec un repose-jambes électrique et des coussins. Le passager avant profite d’un confort remarquable. La chaîne audio Sonos de 755 W complète efficacement l’ambiance, sans transformer pour autant le Peaq en salon de concert roulant.

Taillé pour le voyage

Sur la route, le Peaq assume son rôle de grand voyageur. La suspension pilotée DCC filtre correctement les irrégularités et évite au SUV de se montrer trop pataud. Les 299 ch du 90x ne sont pas de trop pour déplacer les quelque 2,4 tonnes de l’ensemble. Le 0 à 100 km/h est annoncé en 6,8 secondes, ce qui suffit largement pour s’insérer sur une voie rapide ou dépasser avec autorité. Il ne faut toutefois pas prendre ces chiffres pour une invitation à attaquer les petites routes. Le Peaq reste un véhicule confortable avant d’être dynamique. La direction manque de ressenti, le train avant rappelle rapidement le poids du véhicule et le mode Sport alourdit surtout la commande sans métamorphoser le comportement. La transmission intégrale sécurise les relances sur chaussée humide, mais elle n’efface pas l’inertie. Le meilleur compromis consiste à conserver le mode Normal pour l’accélération et à personnaliser la direction.

Le freinage est correctement dosé et rassurant, malgré la masse élevée. La récupération d’énergie se montre suffisamment efficace en position B pour ralentir franchement sans solliciter systématiquement la pédale centrale. Sur autoroute, le Travel Assist contribue également au confort de conduite, à condition de rester attentif aux réactions parfois prudentes du système. La consommation dépend évidemment du parcours et du rythme. Lors d’un essai mêlant route et voies rapides, le Peaq 90x peut tourner autour de 18 à 20 kWh/100 km. Un relevé de 19,3 kWh/100 km donne une autonomie réelle d’environ 450 km avec la batterie de 86 kWh utiles. La version 90 propulsion devrait faire mieux grâce à son moteur unique et peut dépasser 500 km dans des conditions favorables. L’autonomie WLTP atteint jusqu’à 644 km pour cette version, mais le 90x est officiellement limité à environ 611 km selon sa configuration.

Tarifs bien placés, mais attention aux options

Le prix complique cependant le bilan. À 56 460 euros, le Peaq 90 Clever reste correctement placé face au Peugeot E-5008 GT, qui démarre à 58 690 euros selon les tarifs évoqués. Le 90x Sportline essayé atteint déjà 62 610 euros avant l’ajout des équipements optionnels. Avec le pack Relax, le toit panoramique, la suspension DCC et la pompe à chaleur, la facture peut rapidement dépasser 71 000 euros. Le Kia EV9 devient alors une alternative crédible, plus imposante et plus statutaire, même si son tarif de départ est généralement supérieur.

Le Peaq est une réussite cohérente plutôt qu’un coup d’éclat. Il offre un espace remarquable, un confort de premier ordre et une autonomie convaincante en version 90. En revanche, son comportement ne procure aucun plaisir particulier et ses équipements optionnels font rapidement grimper la facture. Le choix le plus rationnel reste donc le Peaq 90 à propulsion, plus efficient et moins cher que le 90x. À condition de rester raisonnable sur la configuration, le grand Škoda mérite sa place parmi les meilleurs SUV électriques familiaux du moment.

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FBI Detains Teenager Linked to Group That Stole Data on 5,000 FBI Employees

5 octobre 2026 à 04:34
PC Magazine reports: In September, the infamous ShinyHunters hacking group claimed it had infiltrated the FBI job recruitment portal, stealing confidential data belonging to 5,000 employees and even changing the FBI logo to its own. The group has been implicated in the hacking of numerous large and high-profile organizations over the years, from the European Commission to Grand Theft Auto-maker Rockstar Games and the software firm behind Canvas. Now, Reuters reports that a suspected leader of the group, Saif al-Din Khader, is being detained in the country of Jordan in the Near East.... He is reportedly still a teenager. "Two sources said that he is helping the FBI and global law enforcement locate the other hackers in the group," reports Reuters: Their theft of what they claim are mountains of data on every single FBI employee has drawn comparisons to the allegedly Chinese-linked intrusion at the US Office of Personnel Management in 2015, which compromised sensitive details on millions of Americans who had been vetted for security clearances. A Reuters analysis of a sample of the data shared by ShinyHunters revealed that the data contained extensive personally identifiable information of FBI employees, sensitive job role information, and psychiatric and medical information. Khader's cooperation with investigators could be critical to helping contain — or at least understand — the damage. One source said he was walking investigators through his electronic devices and digital correspondence to help the FBI locate his cohorts... There have been hints for days that ShinyHunters was experiencing disruption following the announcement of its break-in at the FBI. Beginning on Tuesday, Reuters was unable to reach ShinyHunters through the online account it previously used to communicate with journalists. Then, on Wednesday, the group's dark web site, where it had previously posted threats to the FBI, disappeared. FBI Director Kash Patel had been hinting at more arrests following the announcement that another alleged ShinyHunters member, Pepijn van der Stap, had been detained in the Netherlands... Khader's identity, and his alleged connection to ShinyHunters, have long been known to security researchers. Last year, the independent journalist Brian Krebs reported that Khader was a key member of Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, an umbrella group of hackers that included ShinyHunters... Law enforcement agencies around the world, including in the United States, have struggled to arrest and prosecute members of related groups such as Lapsus$ or Scattered Spider, Reuters has previously reported. Sources told Reuters that the difficulty stems from the hackers' young ages, which can make prosecutions complex, or because the groups they belong to are so chaotic and informal, or because victims of their extortion attempts often decline to help investigators

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Researcher At Russian Plague Laboratory Dies of 'Unknown' Infection

5 octobre 2026 à 01:51
"Russian health authorities have taken precautionary measures in response to the death of a woman who worked at an anti-plague research facility," reports Axios, "but have not confirmed that she contracted plague." On Sept. 25, 28-year-old Daria Shipilova, who worked at an anti-plague research institute in Russia's Irkutsk region, broke a test tube containing the pneumonic plague pathogen, local reports said. Shipilova was admitted to a hospital on Sept. 29 with symptoms of severe pneumonia and died overnight between Oct. 1 and Oct. 2. After her death, authorities imposed quarantines at several medical facilities in the region and placed nearly 200 people who had come into contact with Shipilova under medical observation. Irkutsk Gov. Igor Kobzev said those being monitored showed no signs of illness and had tested negative... Russia's public health agency said Shipilova had "pneumonia of unknown etiology" and that further testing found no microorganisms linked to her work. The agency said the epidemiological situation in the region remains stable. Plague is a potentially life-threatening bacterial disease but can be cured with antibiotics when treated promptly, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CNN reports that according to Russian state media agency TASS, it remains unclear exactly what was released: The head of the neighboring republic of Buryatia, Alexei Tsydenov, said earlier that the employee — a 28-year old woman — died "possibly from the plague." He also noted that "there are no plague outbreaks" in Buryatia. The governor of Irkutsk, Igor Kobzev, urged calm on Friday, saying that an extraordinary meeting of the regional anti-epidemic commission was held with Russia's chief state doctor. The meeting was in connection with a "suspected case of a particularly dangerous infection affecting a resident of the region," Kobzev said on Telegram.... The infection in the Irkutsk region is "most likely not the plague, but even if confirmed, there will be no spread of this disease," a previous head of Rospotrebnadzor, Gennady Onishchenko, said on Friday. Onishchenko told the state news agency TASS that the onset of cold weather would likely prevent transmission. Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 for sharing the news.

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OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra Gets Frustrated Losing At StarCraft And Decides To Cheat Instead

5 octobre 2026 à 00:51
What happened when AI-created bots competed in the classic Blizzard videogame StarCraft? "Struggling to stay apace with its competitors, OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra apparently changed strategy mid-tournament and opted to cheat," Kotaku reports: StarSkirmish is an ongoing clash of AI developed bots in StarCraft: Brood War... Limited to playing as Protoss, each LLM is given an hour to develop a bot in C++, then have them build, harvest and fight on one of three maps... Yesterday, viewers watched as Claude and GPT went against each other and the human created bot Pluto... Struggling to get an edge through the day, [OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra] decided to do what LLMs do best: Lie, cheat and steal. The GPT-6 Astra bot downloaded and tagged in Stardust, a Protoss bot created by Bruce Mackenzie Nielsen back in 2020, considered one of the best of the bests. "I am rolling back GPT-6 Astra's code so its [sic] not contaminated and allowing it to continue," posted StarSkirmish creator Kai McPheeters. That was Friday. But by Sunday, McPheeters was posting an update on social media. "Can GPT-6 Astra avoid going 0 — 1000?" Two hours later he replied to his own post. "The answer was no." While AI companies "have repeatedly been accused of stealing the work of humans... I haven't seen an example quite so brazen," writes PC Magazine: While Astra's bot-based heist is innocuous in isolation, this is hardly the first time an OpenAI LLM has been caught attempting to cheat at a task. Indeed, the company's history of creating deceitful models stretches back almost a decade, to when an early AI model used glitches and exploits to improve its Sonic the Hedgehog completion times.

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How Python Will Test Adding Rust Into CPython

4 octobre 2026 à 21:37
Python's security developer-in-residence Seth Larson reports from this year's official core developer Python Language Summit: "No one said 'don't do this' last year". After testing the waters at PyCon US 2025, [software engineer] David Hewitt returned to the Python Language Summit asking what Python core developers want from Rust, along with proposed timelines, phases, and success criteria for how the Rust for CPython project might proceed and become a permanent fixture within the CPython project. David is acting as an "ambassador" for the Rust for CPython project team, which is currently led by core developers Kirill Podoprigora and Emma Smith as authors of the Rust for CPython PEP draft. Emma also spoke at PyCon US 2026 about the Rust for CPython project. The team itself is around 60 developers in a Discord channel, among them a "few [Python] core developers" and a "delegation from the Rust project". The team has experience with previous projects integrating Rust into existing codebases, such as Android and the Linux kernel, and is "excited by the work and keen to support [the project] if we proceed". Showing how adopting Rust may specifically help CPython, David noted how the number of issues labeled with " type-crash" has been steadily rising over time... David explained that Jeff Vander Stoep described Rust in Android as "move fast and fix things", and that "fewer revisions for patches of the same size" was the experience Android has had since adopting Rust.... One of the biggest concerns from a year ago was Rust's lack of platform support compared to CPython, which at the time of writing officially supports 20 different architectures and platforms at either Tier 1, 2, or 3. David shared that Rust's support of different platforms has "widened since last year" and was becoming "less and less of a concern". The proposal would be to ask Python distributors to attempt using the optional Rust support in Python 3.16 (October 2027) and report platform-specific issues upstream in time to be resolved around the Python 3.17 timeline (October 2028)... [T]he first Rust code to ship in Python would be in Python 3.16 [October 2027], where it would be completely optional, with the existing C code kept as a fallback. The earliest that Rust would become required to build CPython is Python 3.18 in 2029, at least three years away... The Rust for CPython team has selected the zlib module as the first module to be given an optional Rust implementation because they "wanted to achieve a significant improvement" with a "small scope". The proposed Rust implementation will use zlib-rs, which is "heavily tested and used by the Firefox, uv, and Cargo" projects and "faster than zlib and zlib-ng on many platforms".... This small change would have an impact: the zlib compression algorithm is "widely used by Python packaging", meaning that (almost) "every pip install in Python 3.16 will be sped up" if the proposal is accepted. Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader RoccamOccam for sharing the article.

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Radio Broadcasters Support America's 'AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act'

4 octobre 2026 à 20:37
Last month, the U.S. House passed the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. They call it "a bipartisan effort to require AM radio in new vehicles," adding that the bill now "awaits action in the Senate, where a companion measure has already garnered support, according to public records." Broadcasters said AM radio remains a critical source of information, offering news and weather alerts, particularly when cell networks and internet service are disrupted or unreliable... "AM radio — all radio — has always been about connection, and in Chicago, especially, the connection is incredibly strong," Mary Sandberg Boyle, vice president and general manager of WGN-AM 720, said. "You don't need a subscription. You don't need a data plan or an app. You turn on the radio, and it's there..." Boyle said the accessibility of radio becomes especially important during severe weather and breaking news situations. "That's when local radio is really more important because we have the ability to stay live, pivot our content and what we're covering, and we can access a large amount of audience members very quickly and keep everybody safe," she said. Boyle also serves on the board of directors of the National Association of Broadcasters, which has argued that preserving AM radio access is an access issue rather than a matter of nostalgia. The legislation emerged after several automakers removed AM radio from certain electric vehicle models, citing interference from electric power systems. Companies including Tesla, Rivian, Volvo and others have either eliminated or limited AM radio in some EVs. The Alliance for Automotive Innovation, which represents most major automakers, has opposed the requirement. In congressional testimony last year, President and CEO John Bozzella argued that "analog AM radio does not contribute to motor vehicle safety" and requiring it as standard equipment "is not necessary to ensure public safety." Under the bill, the U.S. Department of Transportation would be required to develop regulations ensuring AM radio remains available in new vehicles sold in the U.S. The measure would also bar automakers from charging consumers separately for AM radio access... While public discussion around the legislation has largely focused on emergency alerts and news access, some scholars say preserving AM radio also has implications for media diversity... "I think the media landscape is really overwhelmingly homogenized right now, and AM radio is important in many markets," [said Zachary McDowell, associate professor of communications at the University of Illinois Chicago]. "It's a space that still allows for all sorts of different voices that is still open and accessible." The article also includes this quote from Rodney Gibbs, executive director of Heartland Signal, which operates a local talk radio station. "Despite the kind of shiny objects that digital media is, AM radio still has a viable and durable audience. It's a daily, unscripted, authentic conversation between the host and the listeners. You don't get that from broadcast television. You don't get that from digital media."

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Disney/Marvel's 'Avengers: Endgame' Beats 'Avatar' as Top-Grossing Film, 'Coyote vs Acme' #1 on Apple TV

4 octobre 2026 à 19:37
James Cameron's Avatar is no longer the highest-grossing movie in box office history. That honor now goes to the Disney/Marvel Studios film Avengers: Endgame. Variety explains: "Avatar" spent a decade as the biggest release ever until "Avengers: Endgame" overtook the record in 2019 during its initial run on the big screen. "Endgame" dropped to No. 2 on all-time charts in 2021 when "Avatar" returned to theaters in advance of 2021's "Avatar: The Way of Water." Five years later, and Earth's Mightiest Heroes have triumphed over the Na'vi again. Disney is popping Champagne no matter which big-screen behemoth claims the No. 1 spot. "Avatar" was released by 20th Century Fox, which Disney now owns after the companies merged in 2019... [Last week's] re-release of "Endgame" has generated more than $126 million worldwide. Together the 38 Marvel Studios movies "have generated more than $35 billion worldwide," notes an announcement on Disney's web site, "making the Marvel Cinematic Universe the most successful film franchise in history." Their announcement adds that Disney "is responsible for seven of the 10 highest-grossing films of all time." That list also includes James Cameron's Titantic and his first two Avatar movies, but also this summer's Spider-Man: Brand New Dayand the earlier film Spider-Man: No Way Home, plus Marvel's 2018 film Avengers: Infinity War. Also among the top-10-of-all-time are Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) at #7 and last year's Zootopia 2. Meanwhile Coyote vs. Acme was released for rent or purchase on streaming platforms Tuesday, and became the No. 1 most-watched movie in the Apple TV store for America and Canada, according to CBR. (Citing a report from FlixPatrol ) "On Rotten Tomatoes, Coyote vs. Acme has a near-perfect 96% Certified Fresh Tomatometer score based on critics' reviews, and a similar 94% Verified Hot Popcornmeter score based on audience reviews... Frank Scheck from The Hollywood Reporter called it "one of the best live-action/animation films ever." Preorders have just opened for its DVD and 4K disks, and Coyote vs. Acme is also coming to Blu-ray writes IGN, "along with some hilarious outtakes that he described as 'not PG-rated.'" Celebrating the film's $100 million box office take last week, the movie's distributors posted a very Coyote-like koan on social media. "It's only over when you stop trying."

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Particle Collider Experiment Recreates the Big Bang's Primordial Soup - and Finds Unexpected Pattern

4 octobre 2026 à 18:15
"Physicists smashed gold nuclei together at nearly the speed of light and found an unexpected pattern in the particles..." writes Live Science. "If confirmed, that pattern could help reveal how the hot soup of quarks and gluons that filled the universe in the first few microseconds after the Big Bang cooled and condensed into the protons and neutrons that make up ordinary matter today." In every collision, particles are flung out sideways; how hard they are flung, on average, varies slightly from one collision to the next. Physicists expected the size of these variations to change smoothly as they adjusted the collision energy. Instead, the variations dipped, shrinking and then growing again. This dip could be a sign of a long-sought "critical point," a special set of conditions at which nuclear matter changes the way it transforms from one form to another. The signal, detected by the STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York, is strong enough that it is very unlikely to be a statistical accident. However, the researchers cautioned that the dip is a tantalizing hint, not proof of the long-sought transition. They published their findings Sept. 22 in the journal Physical Review Letters... The team analyzed roughly 1 billion collisions, measuring how hard charged particles were flung sideways out of the fireball, according to the article. The dip "does point to a set of conditions where the behavior of nuclear matter changes, and it gives theorists a new, precise measurement to test their calculations against," study co-author Rutik Manikandhan, told Live Science.

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San Francisco's Car Crime Has Plunged. How Much Credit Does Flock Deserve?

4 octobre 2026 à 16:34
Car thefts in San Francisco are down almost 59% for the first eight months of 2026 compared with the same months in 2022, according to analysis of police department statistics by NPR's Planet Money — and car break-ins are down more than 82%. "San Francisco's law enforcement leaders tell us that greater use of surveillance technology — including a controversial, AI-powered license plate camera system made by Flock Safety — has been crucial to this drop in car crime." How much credit does Flock actually deserve...? [In July of 2022, San Francisco District Attorney] Jenkins began taking a more aggressive approach to prosecuting people accused of crimes. Meanwhile, the SFPD beefed up its tactics to fight car thefts and break-ins. In 2023, for example, the police increased patrols in tourist areas known for car break-ins and used "bait cars" to catch and build cases against organized car burglars. But, Jenkins says, "one of the most important factors" behind the drop in crime came when the city introduced new crime-fighting technology. In March 2024, San Francisco voters approved Proposition E, which, among other provisions, made it easier for SFPD to use drones and high-tech surveillance cameras. That same month, the SFPD began installing Flock cameras in strategic locations... In a statement to Planet Money, a spokesperson for the SFPD said, "ALPR has been instrumental in driving down crime in San Francisco. These tools enable our officers to identify crime vehicles with precision, and ALPR is assisting in reducing crimes that were previously very challenging to solve, like auto burglaries." Jenkins described how Flock cameras and drones can work together to catch suspected criminals. In one case the SFPD publicized, the department says Flock cameras spotted a moving vehicle linked to an auto burglary the previous day and alerted officers. Officers deployed a drone, which flew in from above and then began recording suspects in real time as they smashed windows and stole luggage out of a parked SUV. The police then moved in and arrested them. They can do all this, Jenkins says, "without putting innocent people in danger with dangerous police chases." Meanwhile, the surveillance system creates an evidence trail that [Jenkins'] office can use to prosecute suspected criminals... Jenkins also believes high-tech surveillance helps deter crime, although that's harder to prove... The most ambitious study of Flock's system so far is a recent one by University of South Carolina crime researchers Ian Adams and Scott Mourtgos. They analyzed data from 216 law enforcement agencies that introduced Flock cameras, comparing crime trends with places that had not adopted Flock. They found that deploying Flock cameras was associated with an 11% drop in car thefts in the first year. This is only one study, and it has yet to be peer-reviewed. It's also not a randomized controlled trial, the gold standard for finding the actual causal effect of something. Other factors, beyond Flock, could still help explain the decline. That study attempted to control for variables, the article points out — like how San Francisco's decline coincided with a broader drop in crime across American cities as America emerged from the pandemic... But the article also notes another worry shared by "countless citizens" and political leaders. Are these systems handing too much power to law enforcement to "invade our privacy, trace our whereabouts, and stomp on our civil liberties."

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FSF Sponsors 'GNU Boot', a Libre, Ethical Replacement for Nonfree BIOS Or UEFI

4 octobre 2026 à 15:34
"Free your BIOS today!" urges the web page for GNU Boot, calling it "a 100% free software project aimed at replacing the nonfree boot software (like BIOS or UEFI) of computers with free boot software. GNU Boot is only a distribution: it reuses existing software projects like Coreboot, GRUB, SeaBIOS, etc. So it's not very different from 100% free GNU/Linux distributions like Trisquel or Guix. Last month the Free Software Foundation announced they'd fiscally sponsor the project: "The BIOS is a delicate but essential part of software freedom for computing today," said Zoë Kooyman, executive director of the FSF. "GNU Boot aims to make sure that we can continue using our computers in freedom. With the way it builds on the work of others to replace UEFI, we know it can remain firm in the free software philosophy and stay vital to digital autonomy and user freedom." Free boot firmware, such as GNU Boot, is responsible for loading the computer's operating system. The work done by GNU Boot contributors has similarities to work done by GNU/Linux distributions: they package software like Coreboot or GNU GRUB, contribute to the upstream repositories of these projects, and assist them with documentation, among other tasks... When asked about their project joining the FSF's fiscal sponsorship program, co-maintainer Adrien Bourmault stated: "Making this decision with the FSF allows us to focus more on what we do best: writing and debugging code that keeps our machines fully free." Projects whose scope and purpose align with the FSF's mission and further mission-related activities can become fiscally sponsored by joining the FSF's Working Together for Free Software Fund.

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US Bank Regulator Sued Over Crypto Firm Charters by Community Bank Advocates

4 octobre 2026 à 14:34
A U.S. banking group just sued the government agency that issues America's federal bank charters, reports CoinDesk, "accusing it of exceeding its legal powers in granting national trust-bank status to crypto firms." The agency's move "creates a gaping hole in financial regulation," according to the lawsuit by The Independent Community Bankers of America, one of America's largest banking advocacy organizations. It argues the move will "perversely allow entities engaged in highly risky cryptocurrency and digital assets activities to enter the banking system under lightly regulated national charters" which actually preempt many state regulations, including consumer protection laws. But the move would also "place community banks at a severe competitive disadvantage," the lawsuit argues, "by allowing the national trust banks to offer many of the same services as community banks without complying with the same costly banking laws and regulations that apply to the community banks." This competitive advantage could "siphon deposits out of community banks and into deposit alternatives like cryptocurrency," which they describe as "highly volatile, prone to market crashes, cybercrime, and fraud" and lacking protections like deposit insurance. They also warn that America's Office of the Comptroller of the Currency "has not managed an uninsured bank receivership in nearly one hundred years. But failures of risky uninsured national trust banks could spread instability throughout the nation's financial system, including by spreading contagion risks to other traditional banks like community banks." CoinDesk reports: [The Independent Community Bankers of America] also played a significant role in pushing back against the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act that failed to advance in the U.S. Senate last month — in part due to the bankers' objections that its stablecoin provisions didn't protect them against direct competition with the deposit accounts that are core to their businesses. Now, the group is targeting the trust charters crypto firms are pursuing as an entry point into the U.S. banking and payments system. "Congress did not create the national trust charter as a side door into the banking system for crypto firms seeking the credibility of a federal bank charter," ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey said in a statement..

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Long-Time Slashdot Reader Announces New Open Source Web Browser 'Northstar'

4 octobre 2026 à 11:21
Long-time Slashdot reader Andreas(R) announces Northstar, a "minimalist" web browser written entirely from scratch in C — now available in version 1.0.11: One window, one page, one process — about 160,000 lines of original C, small enough for one person to read and audit end-to-end. It carries no upstream browser engine: no Gecko, no WebKit, no Blink. It is free software under the GNU General Public License, version 3 or later, and it runs on Linux, macOS and Windows... Compliance is not inherited from an upstream engine; it is measured, section by section, against the specification text... Private by construction. No telemetry, no update pings, and no AI assistant or AI-style web APIs. Safe browsing checks a top-level navigation's host against a local SHA-256 blocklist before it is fetched — the check never leaves your machine. Cookies, storage and the cache are partitioned by origin. It's logo reminds me of the old Netscape logo. (And I love the "Best viewed in..." GIF at the upper-right of its web site.)

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