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Une seule petite ligne de code envoyée au mauvais endroit pouvait transformer un Surface Laptop en bloc de métal inutilisable. C'est sur cette faille que Microsoft a discrètement travaillé pendant trois mois, avant qu'elle ne soit rendue publique le 12 juin. L'histoire commence de façon assez...
There we were, a regular murderers’ row of librarians. Little Jo. Eustace. And me. Turning around in the nave of our library to greet the sound of footsteps, pistols leveled in case whoever was coming in didn’t respect sanctuary. Little Jo had a stack of books under one arm. Eustace was holding the...
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How small businesses can leverage AI From accounting to design to market research and product development, there’s a staggering breadth of skills...
This Sunday, a group of 42 athletes will gather in Las Vegas to compete in a somewhat unusual sporting competition. Participants in the inaugural Enhanced Games are being encouraged to take performance-enhancing drugs. The goal is to “push the boundaries of human performance.” The games’ organizers...
The startup Boston Metal has raised a $75 million funding round to produce critical metals, MIT Technology Review can exclusively report. The company has been known largely for its efforts to clean up steel production, an industry that’s responsible for about 8% of global...
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A new US phone network for Christians aims to block porn and gender-related content A new US-wide cell phone network marketed to Christians is set to...
Vous connaissez probablement Wild Gunman sur NES, ce petit jeu de tir au Zapper avec des cowboys pixellisés. Mais la version originale, c'est autre chose. En 1974, Nintendo sort une borne d'arcade imaginée par Gunpei Yokoi lui-même, avant qu'il ne devienne la légende derrière la Game Boy. Au lieu...
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Introducing: the Nature issue When we talk about “nature,” we usually mean something untouched by humans. But little of that world exists...
When people talk about “nature,” they’re generally talking about things that aren’t made by human beings. Rocks. Reefs. Red wolves. But while there is plenty of God’s creation to go around, it is hard to think of anything on Earth that human hands haven’t affected. In the Brazilian rainforest,...
The handsome new book Maintenance: Of Everything, Part One, by the tech industry legend Stewart Brand, promises to be the first in a series offering “a comprehensive overview of the civilizational importance of maintenance.” One of Brand’s several biographers described him as a mainstay of both...
1 000 fractures. C'est le nombre de cycles de cassure et de réparation qu'un nouveau composite à fibres a encaissé en labo, sans perdre sa capacité à tenir la route. Les ingénieurs de NC State University ont créé un matériau qui se "re-soude" tout seul, et qui pourrait durer entre 125 et...
When the covid-19 pandemic started, Jennifer Phillips thought about the songs of the sparrows. They were easier to hear, because the world had suddenly become quieter. Car traffic plummeted as people sheltered at home and shifted to remote work. Air travel collapsed. Cities—normally filled with the...