Google says it will overhaul Search in Europe to comply with the EU's Digital Markets Act, giving more prominence to comparison services like Expedia and Hotels.com while stripping some real-time features from hotel, airline, and restaurant results. "These changes degrade the user experience for Europeans -- boosting online intermediaries at the expense of local businesses, and removing helpful features people rely on every day," said Nick Fox, senior vice-president of knowledge and information at Google. The company claims its past search changes for DMA compliance were tied to a 30% decrease "in free, direct booking traffic to European businesses." Engadget reports: That sanction was the latest salvo between the EU government and a US tech company for infringing on its Digital Markets Act. The debate centers on the DMA requirement that major tech brands "must not treat their own services more favorably in ranking than third-party services." [...] According to Reuters, Google's revised search results "will highlight one specialized search engine at the top of the page, followed by two others with fewer details. A carousel of hotels, airlines and restaurants, for example, will sit below them with key features such as real-time prices stripped out." Those specialized engines include sites like Expedia or Hotels.com, also known as vertical search services, so European users may soon see those aggregators and comparison sites prioritized more highly than individual businesses' websites in their results. Reuters noted that "the rankings will be determined by Google's algorithm," meaning the tech company still holds a lot of control over how results are displayed. The EC had given Google 60 days to comply with its rules, but the company has not specified an exact timeline for when European users will start seeing the changes.

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The NSA, CISA, and FBI are accusing (PDF) several Chinese AI companies of carrying out "industrial-scale" distillation campaigns against leading U.S. models such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok. Since at least 2024, the companies have allegedly routed millions of requests across accounts, APIs, proxies, cloud providers, and third-party aggregators to extract capabilities for their own models. "China-based artificial intelligence companies are conducting systematic extraction of proprietary functionalities and capabilities of U.S. AI companies' models through industrial-scale knowledge distillation campaigns that form the core -- not merely a supplement -- of their AI development strategy," the agencies wrote. CyberScoop reports: DeepSeek, for example, distilled frontier U.S. models to generate synthetic training data for its R1 and R3 models, including four different versions of Claude, two versions of Gemini, five versions of ChatGPT and Grok 4. Those models helped train DeepSeek's capabilities in areas like agentic functioning, question and answer optimization, creative and occupational writing and others. Another Chinese company, Moonshot AI, allegedly distilled 18 different U.S. models -- including Fable 5, Anthropic's current, most advanced commercially available model -- to train its Kimi-K2 and Kimi K3 models. The company used millions of queries meant to extract enhanced capabilities in areas like agentic reasoning, coding and data analysis, computer vision, larger logical frameworks, visual processing and others. Chinese AI companies manage a sophisticated set of tools and systems that route requests and prompts through multiple pathways to avoid detection. The advisory lists common tactics observed by Chinese companies, including spreading requests across different accounts, models and platforms, using native APIs, remote cloud providers, and third-party aggregators to obfuscate user metadata, and leveraging proxies and gray tech markets to get around geographic restrictions, terms of use and safeguards built into frontier models.

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An interesting new open-source project for those looking to make use of NVIDIA DLSS 5 on Linux is DLSS5VKLayer. The DLSS5VKLayer is a Linux Vulkan layer that works for both native Linux games as well as Steam Play (Proton) Windows games for experimental DLSS 5 support...

Meta has launched Muse, a personal AI agent developed under chief AI officer Alexandr Wang. "The product, long in development, was touted as a key next step by CEO Mark Zuckerberg in his recent 6,500-word manifesto," reports Axios. From the report: Muse, as the agent is known, exists in a chat interface, similar to a text thread. It's designed to be more proactive and long-running than typical chatbots. Users can name their agent, create an avatar and customize how it communicates. The Muse agent runs on a dedicated virtual machine in Meta's cloud, using a built-in browser that's visible to the user. Meta is offering a free tier of Muse, as well as two subscription options, at $20 per month and $100 per month. "For the vast majority of users, they should be able to do what they need to within the free tier," Wang told Axios. "But for real power users, you know, those subscription tiers help us cover the computer costs." There is no advertising within Muse, but Wang said the company is exploring commerce opportunities that could generate additional revenue. Initially Muse will be available in the U.S. and works on iOS, Android and the web, with support coming soon for Meta's AI glasses. "The full vision in the future is we want to develop personal superintelligence that helps people accomplish their goals, pursue their passions, build things that they never would have built if they didn't have the technology," Wang told Axios. Meta offers users more privacy controls with Muse than in its previous AI products, including the option to prevent queries from being used by Meta and a planned confidential mode where the company cannot see activity inside a user's virtual workspace. There's also an entirely separate system called Sentinel that governs Muse's access to the internet and connected services.

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Australia is proposing the "My Feed, My Way" initiative that would force social media platforms to let users over 16 turn off algorithmic recommendations and instead see only posts from people and creators they follow. Platforms that fail to comply could face fines of up to $79 million. CNBC reports: The legislation, which is being drafted and released Tuesday for targeted consultation, would require platforms to send notifications to new and existing users so they can choose their default feed. [...] The measures, set to be introduced to the Parliament of Australia this year, will also require AI chatbots, online games and other digital services to take action to protect under-18s from addictive design features. "This is not about giving government control. It's about giving people control. It's about putting choice back into the hands of Australians online," said Prime Minister Anthony at a press conference on Tuesday. "This is sensible, pragmatic, practical reform. It gives users choice, and it will hold the big tech companies responsible for inaction."

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Telluride just managed one of its best-kept secrets in years, per The Hollywood Reporter. On Sunday night, festival-goers filed into a 650-seat theater with their phones locked away, having no idea what they were about to see, told only that it ran nearly three hours, hadn't been shown anywhere, and that its principal creators would be in the audience. The surprise premiere they went on to enjoy is a new documentary from co-directors Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes. Called "You Can See Everything," the film is said to capture Holmes and her husband, Billy Evans, in the 34 days before she reported to federal prison in May 2023 to begin an 11-year sentence for defrauding investors about her blood-testing technology. Since then, her legal fight has limped along without success. Her appeals to overturn the conviction and shorten her sentence were rejected in February of last year. She then went a different route last year, asking President Trump to commute her sentence. That clemency petition is still listed as pending, meaning it's officially been opened and remains under review. Fielder apparently lived in the couple's guest house during filming -- the access they provided sounds shocking -- but some of the buzz also ties to an A-list actress who becomes part of the story itself. A24 is set to release the film in October. You can watch a trailer for the film on YouTube.

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Le Philips Hue IFA 2026 tient sa plus grosse annonce jamais faite au salon : plus de dix nouveaux produits, un hub nouvelle génération, l’arrivée de l’IA générative dans les automatisations, et deux partenariats qui transforment Hue en plateforme domotique. Nous avions déjà présenté l’essentiel dans notre article maison connectée ; voici le dossier complet. […]

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Merged today to the latest KDE KWin compositor development code is support for Wayland's important commit-timing protocol that is useful for video playback as well as for gamers relying on Adaptive-Sync/FreeSync support...

For the current Linux 7.3 kernel many older 32-bit ARM platforms are deprecated and in turn orphaning hundreds of drivers only relevant to those out-of-date ARM platforms. The removal of that now deprecated code is planned for the next kernel cycle or two...

A Gamers Nexus investigation found that LG smart TVs are almost constantly logging and uploading data about owners and their homes, even while they are offline or in standby mode. "The company's TV sets scan Wi-Fi networks for nearby devices, record audio logs through their microphones, and use audio and video sampling to recognize exactly what you're watching from across the TV inputs," reports The Verge. From the report: Gamers Nexus partnered with fellow YouTubers Level1Techs and independent security researchers for the investigation, which involved testing retail LG OLEDs. Packet captures showed the TVs scanning the local area network for nearby hardware like phones or smartwatches, as well as logging location data and details of nearby Wi-Fi networks, and feeding the information back to LG Ad Solutions. Perhaps more concerningly, the TVs were capable of recording microphone audio when in standby; this continued even after the TV was disconnected from the internet, with audio files stored offline and uploaded once a connection was restored. Earlier this year, LG was found to be silently installing an adware-like app on Windows PCs that ran pop-up ads for other LG apps and even McAfee antivirus.

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Au fil des années, les fabricants de boitiers PC ont de plus en plus orienté leurs créations vers des design à "compartiments", même si dans la plupart des cas cela reste dans une enveloppe générale à la forme plutôt conventionnelle. Les cartes graphiques notamment consomment et donc chauffent de pl...

Google DeepMind has released AlphaGenome Atlas, a free research database containing AI-generated predictions for the effects of all 9 billion possible single-letter mutations in the human genome. Built from its AlphaGenome model, the atlas is designed to help scientists interpret both protein-coding and harder-to-understand regulatory DNA. Fortune reports: AlphaGenome Atlas, as DeepMind calls the database, is a precomputed catalogue of what each substitution of a single DNA base is likely to do to the machinery that switches genes on and off. Until now researchers had to run such a model one variant at a time or had to test variants in the laboratory, a process that was painstakingly slow. It would have taken many human lifetimes to discover the consequences of all 9 billion possible single-letter mutations. The Atlas promises to make the job of biologists and medical researchers considerably easier, potentially speeding up the understanding of genetic diseases and the hunt for possible cures. Pushmeet Kohli, DeepMind's vice president for research and head of its AI for science team, told reporters on a briefing call that this was the first time any researcher in the world could reach a comprehensive map of human genetic variation "by simply opening a browser." Kohli also framed the release as helping to complete the unfinished business of the Human Genome Project, which in 2003 succeeded in mapping the entire human DNA sequence. "As the saying goes, we bought the book," he said, "but we did not understand how to read it." Atlas is available for non-commercial use from today through a website Google DeepMind has set up for it. The company said it would be available for commercial use through a licensing arrangement through Google Cloud "soon." Kohli said that Google DeepMind's sister company,ÂIsomorphic Labs, which is using AI for drug discovery, would have access to Atlas but that it would also require a commercial license for access. He did not specify exactly what the terms would be for commercial licensing. A paper describing the Atlas and how it was created is being released on bioRxiv, a repository for biomedical preprint academic papers.

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Le WiFi 8 IFA 2026 a déjà un nom : TP-Link. Le fabricant revendique la première gamme complète fondée sur la future norme IEEE 802.11bn, encore en développement. Autour de lui, FRITZ!, devolo et Netgear misent plutôt sur du WiFi 7 et de la 5G immédiatement achetables. Voici comment lire ces annonces sans se précipiter. […]

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La création de contenu IFA 2026 occupe désormais deux halls entiers, soit une croissance de 70% par rapport à l’édition précédente. DJI, Hollyland et Lexar y ont dévoilé du matériel pensé pour les créateurs professionnels comme pour les amateurs exigeants. Voici donc ce qu’il faut retenir. DJI Osmo 360 II et Pocket 4P Hollyland, le […]

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Teen reading, math, and science scores have fallen to their lowest levels since international PISA testing began in 2000, with 15-year-olds now reading at roughly the level previously expected of students a year younger. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) linked weaker results to more screen time, less reading for pleasure, and digital distraction. It also found that students who regularly used AI chatbots for tasks like drafting essays and summarizing text scored about 20 points lower in science, roughly equivalent to a year of learning. Reuters reports: A 2012 reading high of 501 on PISA's index had declined to a score of 466 last year. The test is widely regarded as the world's leading gauge of educational performance and its results are closely scrutinized by governments and educators. "In reading, more screen time and less reading for pleasure have gone hand in hand with weaker results," OECD head Mathias Cormann told a press conference. "We're also seeing more hasty reading, students rushing through a text and giving a quick wrong answer." Reading scores fell more sharply in students from better-off backgrounds, the study added. Hindered by falling reading standards, average teenage science and maths skills were also at their lowest this century. Science fell from a 2009 high of 506 on the index to 486, while maths was down from 502 to 469 in the same period. East Asia was the best-performing region. Chinese cities that participated in the test, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan had the best educational systems with Britain and Estonia the only countries outside the region that made it into the top 10 in reading, mathematics and science.

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Avec sa série des AXP, Thermalright fait partie des rares constructeurs de ventirads à proposer du format Top Flow, et bien souvent Low Profile, c'est-à-dire qui ont une hauteur contenue pour pouvoir prendre place dans des boîtiers où la place manque. Top Flow signifie, par opposition au format tour...

Nintendo fête en grande pompe les 40 ans de la franchise The Legend of Zelda avec le remake d’un des plus grands jeux de tous les temps : Ocarina of Time. Le titre, sorti en 1998 sur N64 (au Japon), a été le premier de la franchise en 3D ; il a déjà eu droit à un remake pour la 3DS en 2011. La Switch 2 aura droit à sa propre version le 5 novembre (on échappe de peu à une sortie concomitante avec un certain GTA 6 le 19 novembre).

Le remake bénéficie d’un gros ripolinage graphique qui rapproche ce Zelda de n’importe quel jeu en monde ouvert sous Unreal Engine. La direction artistique diffère aussi de ce qu’on a connu avec les deux derniers volets 3D (Breath of the Wild et Tears of the Kingdom), plus portés sur le cell shading. Au bout du compte, ce qu’on gagne en réalisme, on le perd un peu en personnalité. Nintendo avait déjà fait le coup avec le remake de Star Fox 64, sorti en juin, avec son rendu semi-réaliste.

Dans cet épisode, Link gagne quelques fonctions comme sauter en appuyant sur un bouton (dans l’original, le héros saute automatiquement), ou regarder autour de soi avec la caméra. Ce n’est pas un monde ouvert au sens strict du terme, car il y a des écrans de chargement entre zones (les plus courtes possible, espérons) pour « préserver l’expérience de l’original », explique Nintendo.

Les fonctions « qualité de vie » devraient abonder, les joueurs d’aujourd’hui y étant habitués (à croire qu’on jouait à la dure dans les années 90 !). Il y a quelques petites originalités également, comme la possibilité de fredonner les mélodies devant la console pour les reproduire à l’ocarina dans le jeu ! Nintendo va d’ailleurs vendre un vrai ocarina pour accompagner la sortie du titre.

Le tarif officiel est de 59,99 euros en France pour la version dématérialisée. Les amateurs de physique pourront apprécier un « packaging spécial » avec une finition texturée pour l’emballage et qui sera sans doute vendue plus cher. Hélas, il semble que la cartouche ne soit pas dorée comme à l’époque de l’édition collector du jeu N64 aux États-Unis. Pour les collectionneurs, une Switch 2 édition spéciale du 40ᵉ anniversaire sera aussi commercialisée à partir du 29 octobre.

Nintendo fête en grande pompe les 40 ans de la franchise The Legend of Zelda avec le remake d’un des plus grands jeux de tous les temps : Ocarina of Time. Le titre, sorti en 1998 sur N64 (au Japon), a été le premier de la franchise en 3D ; il a déjà eu droit à un remake pour la 3DS en 2011. La Switch 2 aura droit à sa propre version le 5 novembre (on échappe de peu à une sortie concomitante avec un certain GTA 6 le 19 novembre).

Le remake bénéficie d’un gros ripolinage graphique qui rapproche ce Zelda de n’importe quel jeu en monde ouvert sous Unreal Engine. La direction artistique diffère aussi de ce qu’on a connu avec les deux derniers volets 3D (Breath of the Wild et Tears of the Kingdom), plus portés sur le cell shading. Au bout du compte, ce qu’on gagne en réalisme, on le perd un peu en personnalité. Nintendo avait déjà fait le coup avec le remake de Star Fox 64, sorti en juin, avec son rendu semi-réaliste.

Dans cet épisode, Link gagne quelques fonctions comme sauter en appuyant sur un bouton (dans l’original, le héros saute automatiquement), ou regarder autour de soi avec la caméra. Ce n’est pas un monde ouvert au sens strict du terme, car il y a des écrans de chargement entre zones (les plus courtes possible, espérons) pour « préserver l’expérience de l’original », explique Nintendo.

Les fonctions « qualité de vie » devraient abonder, les joueurs d’aujourd’hui y étant habitués (à croire qu’on jouait à la dure dans les années 90 !). Il y a quelques petites originalités également, comme la possibilité de fredonner les mélodies devant la console pour les reproduire à l’ocarina dans le jeu ! Nintendo va d’ailleurs vendre un vrai ocarina pour accompagner la sortie du titre.

Le tarif officiel est de 59,99 euros en France pour la version dématérialisée. Les amateurs de physique pourront apprécier un « packaging spécial » avec une finition texturée pour l’emballage et qui sera sans doute vendue plus cher. Hélas, il semble que la cartouche ne soit pas dorée comme à l’époque de l’édition collector du jeu N64 aux États-Unis. Pour les collectionneurs, une Switch 2 édition spéciale du 40ᵉ anniversaire sera aussi commercialisée à partir du 29 octobre.

CHUWI recently launched the UniBook laptop powered by the Intel Core 3 304 "Wildcat Lake" SOC and priced at just $449 USD. Especially with today's high component pricing, a brand new sub-$500 laptop is extremely rare. Rather than using some dated SoC, it uses Wildcat Lake as Intel's new value option alternative to the Core 3 Series Ultra "Panther Lake" SoCs. This was our first time testing out Intel Wildcat Lake and that SoC plus the overall CHUWI UniBook has been working out well on Linux for those looking at a laptop in the sub-$500 space.

For those using the Linux-friendly DaVinci Resolve video editing and color correction/grading and visual effects software, DaVinci Resolve 21.1 is out today as a major update to this cross-platform solution...