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Researchers at the National University of Singapore have developed a machine-washable electronic fabric that can turn clothing into an interactive graphical user interface. The prototype reportedly survived 50 gentle machine washes and 1,000 bending cycles, though it still relies on external batteries and controllers. The Register reports: The development could lead - at some point - to a "future in which clothing functions as a pervasive, multimodal human-computer interface," according to the study published in peer-reviewed science journal Nature this week. The paper shows someone interacting with computing devices using the sleeve of a wool sweater (no jokes about the Windows ugly sweater please, this is serious). The researchers, led by Singapore National University research engineer Fu Heng, claim this is a big leap forward. "This fiber-centric approach shifts wearable electronics from flexible panels toward truly textile-native architectures, laying the groundwork for fabrics that visualize, sense, communicate and compute as naturally as the garments they inhabit," the paper says. The researchers claim to have developed a scalable process to make millimeter-thick fibers. Using lasers to strip the insulation from specific spots on the thin copper wires, they attached light-emitting chips to the exposed sections, creating electrical connections to the chips. Thousands of chips were connected to the wires with extreme precision using this process. The fibers were then fed into a transparent plastic tube, and made pressure-sensitive by adding two strips of a compressible, conductive polymer into a second longitudinal channel in the tube. The paper says they could make fibers 10 meters long using this method, and that they are thin and flexible enough to be woven into or attached to fabrics. The researchers were also able to add "peripherals" such as a microphone, a speaker, a temperature sensor and a light sensor.

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Contrairement aux prévisions de beaucoup d’économistes, l’entreprise américaine de notation a maintenu, vendredi, la note de la dette souveraine à Aa3, se démarquant de l’appréciation portée par les agences S&P et Fitch sur la solvabilité française.

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Un homme de 26 ans a été tué et cinq personnes, dont une enfant de 12 ans, ont été blessées au cours d’une attaque à l’arme automatique d’une rare violence dans les Yvelines. Alors que la justice antiterroriste s’est saisie de l’affaire, sous une qualification d’assassinat terroriste à caractère raciste ou islamophobe, un homme de 39 ans a été placé en garde à vue.

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PURIN DE BORDEL DE MERDE.
L'Europe vient de voter une exception au RGPD : Les boîtes d'IA - y compris les boîtes américaines - pourront faire ce qu'elles veulent de nos données, au nom du progrès de l'IA.
Tout usage de données personnelles (au sens du RGPD) serait automatiquement considérée licite dans le cadre de l'IA. 😡
Encore une fois l'Europe baisse sa culotte face aux USA. Les lobbys ont dû turbiner.
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The slab pull request was just merged for Linux 7.4. For end users nothing too incredibly exciting but there is one change that does yield a 24% throughput improvement in a benchmark exercising the kernel's memory management subsystem...

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Frustrated by intrusive ads, sluggish interfaces, and data tracking, smart TV owners are using AI coding tools and open-source projects to strip unwanted software from their televisions and build customized home screens. The Verge reports: Several vibe-coded TV-debloating projects exploded in popularity over the weekend. Cleanyourtv (known as tv-vibehack until the 19th), tv-detox, and dumbtv all claim to accomplish similar things -- remove sponsored ads, debloat the TV so it runs faster, and block unwanted data collection that tracks what you're watching -- without hacking, or rooting, the TV. By default, they all also replace the TV's built-in app launcher with simpler ones. Many users are going a step further and vibe-coding their own replacement launchers, like the Pokemon one below. Most of the projects we've seen so far focus on TVs that run on Android and Google TV operating systems (such as TCL, Hisense, Sony, and older Amazon Fire products), using existing developer modes and the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) to tweak settings and apply (and remove) packages. According to the GitHub pages, they can also work with some Fire TV products that use a custom fork of Android (although likely not on the new Vega-based Fire TV Sticks). Because they use built-in developer tools, they don't require root access or firmware hacking, and they're reversible. Even projects that totally change the look of the interface just use Android's ability to install custom launchers -- in many cases with an assist from Claude Code or a similar tool to create the new launcher, too.

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The SG-image AF 35mm f/1.4 Legacy APS-C lens (X/E) was already on display at various shows in China. The lens is now officially released and available for order (coming soon to Amazon). The key features are listed below:

• STM autofocus
• Classic optical design: 7 elements in 6 groups.
• All-metal lens body
• E-mount: Black/Silver/Black & Silver
  X-mount: Silver
• Weight: 227g
• Additional pictures:

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