Noël approche et vous ne savez pas encore quelle console mettre au pied du sapin ? Les PS5, Xbox et Switch ont toutes leurs arguments et choisir son camp n'est jamais simple. Le choix dépendra surtout du prix, du catalogue de jeux mais aussi des performances. Si vous hésitez, voici tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur chaque console.

Malgré des décennies de recherche, il demeure une incertitude sur la date à laquelle les premiers humains se sont mis à maîtriser le feu. Une nouvelle découverte au Royaume-Uni relance le débat et laisse entendre que cela aurait pu se produire bien plus tôt que ce que nous pensions.

EU regulators say Google's Play Store changes still don't meet fairness rules and are preparing a potentially hefty 2026 fine unless Google makes deeper concessions. Reuters reports: Google Play has been in the European Commission's crosshairs since March, with regulators singling out technical restrictions preventing app developers from steering users to other channels for cheaper offers. Another issue is the service fee charged by Google for facilitating an app developer's initial acquisition of a new customer via Google Play which the regulator said goes beyond what is justified. Tweaks to Google Play announced in August to make it easier for app developers to direct customers to other channels and choose a fee model are still falling short, the people said, with the EU antitrust regulator viewing Apple's recent changes to its App Store as a benchmark. [...] Google can still offer to make more changes before regulators impose a fine, likely in the first quarter of the next year, the people said, adding that the timing of any sanction can still change. "We continue to work closely with the European Commission in its ongoing investigation but have serious concerns that further changes would put Android and Play users at risk of malware, scams and data theft. Unlike iOS, Android is already open by design," a Google spokesperson said.

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Ubisoft a lancé Assassin's Creed Shadows sur Nintendo Switch 2 au début du mois de décembre 2025. Si on pouvait craindre le pire en matière de rendu visuel et de performances, il faut reconnaître que le jeu ambitieux s'en tire bien. Mais il va falloir quelques mises à jour supplémentaires pour valider la prouesse, notamment quand on souhaite jouer sur sa télévision.

Après les services de streaming (Spotify, Deezer, Apple Music et même YouTube), c'est au tour de PlayStation de lancer une rétrospective. PlayStation Wrap-Up permet de savoir à quels jeux on a le plus joué en 2025.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Meta's proposal to use less personal data for targeted advertising in its pay-or-consent model that will be rolled out next month won the approval of EU antitrust regulators on Monday, signaling the company will not face daily fines after all. [...] The U.S. tech giant has been locked in discussions with the European Commission after getting hit with a $233 million fine in April for breaching the Digital Markets Act aimed at reining in the power of Big Tech. The violation covered Facebook and Instagram in the period from November 2023 to November 2024, after which Meta tweaked its pay-or-consent model to use less personal data for targeted advertising. The EU executive has been examining the changes to see if they comply with the DMA, with Meta risking daily fines of as much as 5% of its average daily worldwide turnover if found to be still in breach of the law. The tweaks are in wording, design and transparency to remind users of the two options. Meta did not plan on any substantial changes to its November proposal despite the risk of EU fines, people with direct knowledge of the matter had told Reuters. The Commission, which acts as the EU competition enforcer, acknowledged Meta's November proposal, saying that it will monitor the new ad model and seek feedback, with no more talk of periodic fines. "Meta will give users the effective choice between consenting to share all their data and seeing fully personalized advertising, and opting to share less personal data for an experience with more limited personalized advertising," the Commission said in a statement.

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Friday six European Union countries "asked the European Commission to water down an effective ban on the sale of internal combustion engine cars slated for 2035," reports Reuters The countries have asked the EU Commission to allow the sale of hybrid cars or vehicles powered by other, existing or future, technologies "that could contribute to the goal of reducing emissions" beyond 2035, a joint letter seen by Reuters showed on Friday. The letter was signed by the prime ministers of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Poland and Slovakia. They also asked for low-carbon and renewable fuels to be included in the plan to reduce the carbon emissions from transportation... Since they adopted a regulation that all new vehicles from 2035 should have zero emissions in March 2023, EU countries are now having second thoughts. Back then, the outlook for battery electric vehicles was positive, but carmakers' efforts have later collided with the reality of lower-than-expected demand and fierce competition from China. Car and Drive reports that Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany also "wants to allow exceptions for plug-in hybrids, extended-range EVs, and 'highly efficient' combustion vehicles beyond the current 2035 deadline." They cite a report in Automotive News. The European Commission hasn't made any official changes yet, but mounting pressure suggests that a revised plan could be coming soon.... Apostolos Tzitzikostas, the European Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism, was cited by the German paper Handelsblatt as saying that the EU "will take all technological advances into account when reassessing fleet emission limits, including combustion engines running on e-fuels and biofuels." And these renewable products will apparently be key pieces of the puzzle. BMW uses a vegetable-oil-derived fuel called HVO 100 in its diesel products throughout Europe. The plant-oil-based fuel reportedly reduces tailpipe emissions by 90 percent compared with traditional diesel. For its part, Porsche has been working on producing synthetic fuel at a plant in Chile since 2022. The European Commission is set to meet on December 10. At that time, the body is expected to assemble a package of proposals to help out the struggling European automotive industry, though the actual announcement may be pushed to a later date. Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader sinij for sharing the article.

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Qu'y a-t-il de mieux pour faire vaciller un géant qu'un autre géant ? Fort d'un double succès historique sur le marché des consoles de jeux vidéo avec ses deux premières PlayStation, Sony pouvait se sentir légitimement invincible il y a 20 ans. Pourtant, au moment d'enfoncer le clou et d'obéir à la règle du « jamais deux sans trois », le constructeur japonais faisait face à un obstacle de taille qu'il avait sans doute négligé du fait de débuts timides dans son secteur : Microsoft et sa nouvelle console, la Xbox 360, la seule à avoir réussi à battre PlayStation.

[Deal du jour] Avec le Black Friday, la Switch 2 a connu ses premières vraies baisses de prix. Mais c’est en ce début de mois de décembre, juste avant Noël, que la console franchit pour la première fois la barre des 400 € chez une enseigne bien connue.

The EU has opened an antitrust investigation into Meta over a new WhatsApp policy that could block rival AI assistants from accessing the platform. Complaints from smaller AI developers triggered the probe, which could lead to fines of up to 10% of Meta's global revenue if the company is found to have abused its dominance. Reuters reports: EU antitrust chief Teresa Ribera said the move was to prevent dominant firms from "abusing their power to crowd out innovative competitors." She added interim measures could be imposed to block Meta's new WhatsApp AI policy rollout. "AI markets are booming in Europe and beyond," she said. "This is why we are investigating if Meta's new policy might be illegal under competition rules, and whether we should act quickly to prevent any possible irreparable harm to competition in the AI space." A WhatsApp spokesperson called the claims "baseless," adding that the emergence of chatbots on its platforms had put a "strain on our systems that they were not designed to support," a reference to AI systems from other providers. "Still, the AI space is highly competitive and people have access to the services of their choice in any number of ways, including app stores, search engines, email services, partnership integrations, and operating systems."

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Jackbox Party Pack 4 est un ensemble de jeux comprenant : 

1. La suite hilarante de la série Fibbage (Fibbage 3) (2 à 8 joueurs). Jouez avec les types de questions entièrement nouveaux et le mode de jeu Fibbage : Enough About You (3 à 8 joueurs). Devinez des faits bizarres au sujet de vos amis.
2. Le jeu sur Internet Survive the Internet (3 à 8 joueurs). Détournez les commentaires « en ligne » de vos amis de manière hilarante.
3. L’effrayant jeu de marathons de rendez-vous galants Monster Seeking Monster (3 à 7 joueurs). Envoyez des messages à des monstres comme vous avec des pouvoirs spéciaux et rencontrez-les lors de rendez-vous.
4. Le match de débat fou Bracketeering (3 à 16 joueurs). Faites des paris intelligents sur des querelles stupides.
5. Le jeu de surenchère artistique Civic Doodle (3 à 8 joueurs). Participez à un concours d’amélioration des peintures murales de la ville

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The Darkside Detective vous propose d’enquêter sur les événements totalement étranges, carrément dangereux et légèrement perturbants qui entourent Twin Lakes.

Partout où les apparitions apparaissent, où les démons demeurent et où l’occulte… occultise ? hum hum C’est là que vous trouverez l’inspecteur Francis McQueen, principal enquêteur de la terriblement sous-financée Division du Côté Obscur.

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[Deal du jour] Première console portable de Microsoft et fruit d'une collaboration avec Asus, la première console portable Xbox se décline en deux modèles. C'est le modèle Z2 A qui est actuellement en promotion.

Avec la Switch 2, Nintendo a fait le choix de la continuité. Sa nouvelle console reprend le concept phare des premières générations de Switch. Mais si l’esprit reste le même, les deux machines sont en réalité très différentes d’un point de vue matériel. Si vous hésitez entre les voici tout ce qu'il faut savoir pour faire le bon choix.

An anonymous reader shared this report from CNBC: Italian defense company Leonardo on Thursday unveiled plans for an AI-powered shield for cities and critical infrastructure, adding to Europe's push to ramp up sovereign defense capabilities amid rising geopolitical tensions. The system, dubbed the "Michelangelo Dome" in a nod to Israel's Iron Dome and U.S. President Donald Trump's plans for a "Golden Dome," will integrate multiple defense systems to detect and neutralize threats from sea to air including missile attacks and drone swarms... Leonardo's dome will be built on what CEO Roberto Cingolani called an "open architecture" system meaning it can operate alongside any country's defense systems... Leonardo's dome will be built on what CEO Roberto Cingolani called an "open architecture" system meaning it can operate alongside any country's defense systems.

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EU antitrust regulators will examine whether Apple's Apple Ads and Apple Maps should be subject to the onerous requirements of the bloc's digital rules after both services hit key criteria, with the U.S. tech giant saying they should be exempted. From a report: Apple's App Store, iOS operating system and Safari web browser were designated core platform services under the Digital Markets Act two years ago aimed at reining in the power of Big Tech and opening up the field to rivals so consumers can have more choice. The European Commission said that Apple has notified it that Apple Ads and Apple Maps met the Act's two thresholds to be considered "gatekeepers." The DMA designates companies with services with more than 45 million monthly active users and $79 billion in market capitalisation as gatekeepers subject to a list of dos and don'ts.

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European leaders have spent years warning that the continent risked falling behind the U.S., China and Russia in the global contest for economic, technological and military dominance, and officials now believe they have reached that point. The mood darkened over the summer when Europe found itself on the sidelines as Washington and Beijing negotiated a reset of global trade rules, and turned bleak this month when the White House presented a Ukraine cease-fire plan without consulting European capitals. In July, the EU accepted a trade deal allowing the U.S. to impose 15% tariffs without retaliation. President Trump ignored European calls to pressure Moscow before meeting Vladimir Putin in Alaska in August, telling reporters "this is not to do with Europe, Europe's not telling me what to do." Germany has eased its debt brake to pour $580 billion into a decade-long rearmament program, and the EU has set a 2030 rearmament goal -- defense spending across the region is set to exceed $560 billion this year, double what it was a decade ago. "Battle lines for a new world order, based on power, are being drawn right now," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in September. "A new Europe must emerge."

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La Wii U reste l’un des plus grands rendez-vous manqués de Nintendo. Entre vision brouillée, communication catastrophique et pari technologique mal compris, la console a failli plonger le constructeur dans une crise majeure. Retour sur un échec aussi instructif que fascinant.

Le Black Friday lance officiellement les hostilités : la PS5 est désormais remisée, aussi bien chez Sony que chez les revendeurs. Mieux encore, certaines enseignes affichent des prix inférieurs aux tarifs officiels de la marque. Retrouvez ici notre récapitulatif complet des meilleures offres sur les consoles PS5 Slim et PS5 Pro.

Des experts ont passé au scanner des accessoires tech vendus sous licence officielle Haribo. Leur verdict est inquiétant : des défauts majeurs posent de sérieux risques d'incendie.