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« J’y vais à pied ou en voiture ? » : ce test de bon sens ridiculise les meilleures IA

Un lave-auto à 100 mètres : faut-il y aller à pied ou en voiture ? Derrière cette question en apparence absurde se cache un test redoutablement efficace pour évaluer le raisonnement des modèles d’IA. Numerama a obtenu des réponses parfois très justes… et parfois étonnamment à côté du sujet.

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La bêta d’iOS 26.4 apporte des nouveautés Apple Intelligence aux iPhone… mais pas en Europe

Pas de nouveau Siri dans la première bêta d'iOS 26.4, mais de nombreuses évolutions visuelles et quelques changements techniques (RCS chiffrés, sécurité antivol par défaut, etc.) La seule nouveauté qui concerne l'intelligence artificielle est l'introduction de la fonctionnalité Playlist Playground pour générer des playlists avec l'IA… mais le service est, pour l'instant, indisponible en Europe.

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Android 17 est disponible en bêta : nouveautés, comment installer, smartphones compatibles…

Attendue au printemps 2026, la mise à jour Android 17 commence son cycle bêta au mois de février. Les nouveautés ne sont pas encore toutes connues, mais Google semble vouloir imposer aux développeurs quelques changements précieux pour améliorer son système d'exploitation. Voici toutes les informations sur Android 17.

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Google Gemini repasse devant Claude : le nouveau Deep Think bat tous les records

Deux mois après avoir lancé une première version de Gemini 3 Deep Think sous la barrière Gemini Ultra (275 euros par mois), Google actualise le « raisonnement » de son modèle dédié aux scientifiques et aux mathématiciens. Le résultat est sans appel : Google a de nouveau le modèle le plus avancé du marché, même s'il ne se destine pas encore à tout le monde.

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Android 17 : nouveautés, comment installer, smartphones compatibles… les dernières infos

Attendue au printemps 2026, la mise à jour Android 17 commence son cycle bêta au mois de février. Les nouveautés ne sont pas encore toutes connues, mais Google semble vouloir imposer aux développeurs quelques changements précieux pour améliorer son système d'exploitation. Voici toutes les informations sur Android 17.

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Google's Personal Data Removal Tool Now Covers Government IDs

Google on Tuesday expanded its "Results about you" tool to let users request the removal of Search results containing government-issued ID numbers -- including driver's licenses, passports and Social Security numbers -- adding to the tool's existing ability to flag results that surface phone numbers, email addresses, and home addresses. The update, announced on Safer Internet Day, is rolling out in the U.S. over the coming days. Google also streamlined its process for reporting non-consensual explicit images on Search, allowing users to select and submit removal requests for multiple images at once rather than reporting them individually.

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Apple and Google Agree To Change App Stores After 'Effective Duopoly' Claim

Apple and Google have agreed to a set of commitments to the UK's Competition and Markets Authority that will prevent them from giving preferential treatment to their own apps and require greater transparency around how third-party apps are approved for sale. The CMA announced the measures on Tuesday, seven months after it declared that the two companies held an "effective duopoly" over the UK's mobile app ecosystem. Both companies also committed to not using data gathered from third-party developers in ways the regulator deems unfair. The CMA granted both app stores "strategic market status" in October 2025, a designation that gave it the authority to demand changes. CMA head Sarah Cardell called the commitments "important first steps" and said the regulator would "closely monitor" implementation. Technology analyst Paolo Pescatore described the announcement as a "pragmatic first step" but noted some may see it as "addressing the low-hanging fruit." The UK's app economy is the largest in Europe by revenue and number of developers, generating an estimated 1.5% of the country's GDP.

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Seedance, le nouveau modèle chinois pour générer des vidéos, défie OpenAI et Google

Début février 2026, le groupe chinois ByteDance a dévoilé Seedance 2.0, son nouveau modèle de génération vidéo par IA. Capable de produire image, son, voix et musique dans un même pipeline, l’outil impressionne autant par ses performances techniques que par sa stratégie de déploiement grand public.

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Autodesk Takes Google To Court Over AI Movie Software Named 'Flow'

Autodesk has sued Google in San Francisco federal court, alleging the search giant infringed its "Flow" trademark by launching competing AI-powered software for movie, TV and video game production in May 2025. Autodesk says it has used the Flow name since September 2022 and that Google assured it would not commercialize a product under the same name -- then filed a trademark application in Tonga, where filings are not publicly accessible, before seeking U.S. protection.

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Google Lines Up 100-Year Sterling Bond Sale

Alphabet has lined up banks to sell a rare 100-year bond, stepping up a borrowing spree by Big Tech companies racing to fund their vast investments in AI this year. From a report: The so-called century bond will form part of a debut sterling issuance this week by Google's parent company, according to people familiar with the matter. Alphabet was also selling $15bn of dollar bonds on Monday and lining up a Swiss franc bond sale, the people said. Century bonds -- long-term borrowing at its most extreme -- are highly unusual, although a flurry were sold during the period of very low interest rates that followed the financial crisis, including by governments such as Austria and Argentina. The University of Oxford, EDF and the Wellcome Trust -- the most recent in 2018 -- are the only issuers to have previously tapped the sterling century market. Such sales are even rarer in the tech sector, with most of the industry's biggest groups issuing up to 40 years, although IBM sold a 100-year bond back in 1996. Big Tech companies and their suppliers are expected to invest almost $700bn in AI infrastructure this year and are increasingly turning to the debt markets to finance the giant data centre build-out. Michael Burry, writing on Substack: Alphabet looking to issue a 100-year bond. Last time this happened in tech was Motorola in 1997, which was the last year Motorola was considered a big deal. At the start of 1997, Motorola was a top 25 market cap and top 25 revenue corporation in America. Never again. The Motorola corporate brand in 1997 was ranked #1 in the US, ahead of Microsoft. In 1998, Nokia overtook Motorola in cell phones, and after the iPhone it fell out of the consumer eye. Today Motorola is the 232nd largest market cap with only $11 billion in sales.

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