Roblox will scan video selfies of teens to assess their ages as part of a new Trusted Connections feature that gives users access to unfiltered chatting with people they know.

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17 juil., 21:37

Robinhood CEO Says Majority of Company's New Code Written by AI

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev has said that the majority of his company's new code is written by AI, with 'close to 100%' of engineers using AI code editors. Speaking on the 20VC podcast, Tenev estimated around 50% of new code at the trading platform is AI-generated. Tenev said...

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17 juil., 21:25

Mozilla Ships WebGPU in Firefox 141, Catching Up To Chrome's 2023 Launch

Mozilla will ship WebGPU support in Firefox 141 when the browser launches July 22, bringing graphics processing capabilities that Chrome users have had since 2023. The initial release supports Windows only, with Mac, Linux, and Android planned for the coming months. WebGPU...

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17 juil., 20:45

Watch out, another max-severity, make-me-root Cisco bug on the loose

Three perfect 10s in the last month - ISE, ISE, baby Cisco has issued a patch for a critical 10 out of 10 severity bug in its Identity Services Engine (ISE) and ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to run arbitrary...

TheRegister

17 juil., 20:44

Britain's Bankrupt Universities Are Hunting For Cheaper Models

British universities face mounting financial pressures with four in ten institutions running deficits, according to the Office for Students regulator. Half have closed courses to save money, while Durham and Newcastle each shed 200 staff members. Lancaster's cost-saving plan ...

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17 juil., 20:08

OpenAI Debuts AI Agent That Controls Browsers To Automate Shopping, Presentations

OpenAI launched ChatGPT agent Thursday, an AI tool that can complete multi-step tasks including online shopping, creating PowerPoint presentations, and generating spreadsheets. The agent combines capabilities from two existing OpenAI services: Operator, which can browse and...

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17 juil., 19:26

This Killer Dell 14 Plus Deal Changed My Opinion of the Laptop

I originally wrote off the Dell 14 Plus as overpriced. But at a mere $700 on sale? It’s the best cheap laptop you can buy.

Wired: Tech.

17 juil., 19:13

OpenAI’s New ChatGPT Agent Tries to Do It All

It’s a PowerPoint generator! It’s a date-night planner! It’s … another agent from OpenAI.

Wired: Tech.

17 juil., 19:00

'Sony is Still Stubborn About the Size of Its Cameras'

Sony removed the tiltable screen from its new RX1R III full-frame compact camera to maintain similar dimensions to the previous model, despite adding numerous new features and charging $5,100 for the device, The Verge reports. The company increased the camera's size by only...

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17 juil., 18:41

FCC dives in to sink Chinese grip on undersea internet cables

Maybe finish ripping and replacing your telco networks first? Uncle Sam has decided it's time to free US-connected undersea cables from Chinese influence.…

TheRegister

17 juil., 18:36

PUTTY.ORG nothing to do with PuTTY – and now it's spouting pandemic piffle

Linking can be helpful – but not always… while disinformation can spread like a virus Beware: the people behind PuTTY, the renowned FOSS SSH client for Windows, are not the same people as those behind the PUTTY.ORG website.…

TheRegister

17 juil., 18:09

Judge Allows Nationwide Class Action Against Anthropic Over Alleged Piracy of 7 Million Books For AI Training

A California federal judge has ruled that three authors suing Anthropic for copyright infringement can represent writers nationwide whose books the AI startup allegedly pirated to train its Claude chatbot. U.S. District Judge William Alsup said the authors can bring a class...

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17 juil., 18:02

Facebook et Instagram bloqués : Meta demande encore de payer pour supprimer la pub

Meta bloque l'accès à Facebook et Instagram pour vous demander de payer pour supprimer la publicité sur les deux plates-formes.

01net

17 juil., 17:21

Cancer Death Rates Fall One-Third in US Since 1990s as Prevention Efforts Take Hold

Cancer death rates in the U.S. have fallen by approximately one-third since the 1990s when adjusted for age, according to data cited in a new analysis of global cancer trends. The decline represents a steady, year-over-year reduction that began in the early 1990s and...

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17 juil., 17:21

Les cyberattaques explosent en France : 11,4 millions de comptes ont été piratés en 3 mois

La France fait face à une véritable explosion des fuites de données. Plus de 11 millions de comptes ont été compromis en seulement trois mois. L'Hexagone bat ainsi un triste record, devançant les États-Unis.

01net

17 juil., 17:11

Uber Plans 20,000 Robotaxis in Six-Year Rollout with Lucid and Nuro

Uber said Thursday it will partner with electric vehicle maker Lucid Group and autonomous driving startup Nuro to deploy robotaxis using Lucid Gravity SUVs equipped with Nuro Driver technology on its ride-sharing network. The companies plan to launch the first vehicles in...

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17 juil., 16:40

Canal+, Netflix, HBO Max, Apple TV+ et autres pour une bouchée de pain : voici comment

Toutes les plateformes de streaming dans un seul et unique abonnement? C'est l'offre folle que propose en ce moment Canal+, en exclusivité pour les 18-25 ans.

01net

17 juil., 16:28

Google déploie ses fonctions intelligentes dans Workspace

Google va vous demander l’autorisation d’interconnecter toutes ses applications pour profiter d’une expérience plus personnalisée dans Gmail, Google Docs, Gemini ou encore Google Drive.

01net

17 juil., 16:10

3 Best Hall Effect Keyboards for Gamers and Serious Typists (2025)

Ascend from your mechanical keyboard to magnetically powered Hall effect switches.

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17 juil., 16:03

Dreame, Roborock, Evovacs… : bien moins cher, ce robot aspirateur Xiaomi met la concurrence KO

Si vous voulez un aspirateur robot premium sans y mettre le prix fort, voici une offre qui pourrait vous séduire.

01net

17 juil., 15:25