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Image: The Verge Threads is testing the option to automatically hide your old posts. Instagram head Adam Mosseri says the feature is only available to a “small number” of users for now, but it will let you choose to archive individual posts manually or have them automatically archived after a certain amount of time.
You can see an example of how the feature might look in Mosseri’s post on Threads. Users with access to the test should be able to manually archive their content by hitting the three dots in the top-right corner of a post and selecting “Archive now.” This will give users the option to hide certain posts on their profiles, similar to the archive option on Instagram. Mosseri says that users...

Meet Thermonator. It blasts fire up to 30 feet and has Bluetooth.

Ralph Fiennes, Jodie Comer and Aaron Taylor-Johnson will star in 28 Years Later.Photo: Theo Wargo, Joe Maher, Gareth Cattermole (Getty Images)Director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland are not screwing around when it comes to their upcoming zombie film, 28 Years Later. Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes are the first three actors who’ve joined the film, a follow-up to the cult classics 28 Weeks Later and 28 Days Later.Deadline broke the news of the casting but there’s no word on who anyone is playing or what the movie is even about. Still, casting three recognizable, famous actors is a marked change from the first two films, which went with relatively (at least at the time) unknowns....

Meta stock plummeted more than 16% in after-hours trading Wednesday, even as the Facebook parent company reported better-than-anticipated sales.Read more...

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders sent letter on Wednesday to Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen announcing that the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, which Sanders chairs, has launched an investigation into the high prices the company charges for its blockbuster diabetes and weight loss dugs.Read more...

BattleGC Pro in limited-edition crystal. | Image: Retro Fighters This new BattlerGC Pro controller looks like it could be the ultimate GameCube gamepad — one with drift-resistant Hall effect joysticks, hybrid analog / digital triggers, programmable back buttons, a rechargeable battery with a USB-C port, and the ability to use it across different consoles and systems thanks to Bluetooth support. And of course, it’s the latest controller to host the best face button layout ever, and I will fight to the Final Destination defending it!
I do, however, acknowledge the GameCube controller layout is not everyone’s favorite, so it’s no surprise there aren’t a lot of great modern GameCube controller options...

Protests against the war in Gaza are being held on college campuses across the US.

Mark Zuckerberg’s gleeful rebrand of Facebook as Meta in 2021 has become a well documented blunder. What was promised — a virtual reality where we hold company meetings or visit far-away family members — has yet to be delivered, and many media outlets have proclaimed Meta’s capital-M Metaverse dead.Read more...

For nearly a decade, a near-Earth asteroid named Kamo’oalewa has invoked speculation over how it came to orbit the Sun in total synchrony with Earth as though it shares some special relationship with our planet. A new study of the oddball may have pinpointed where it came from: a young impact crater on the far side of…Read more...

How the viral TikToks of a Chinese glycine factory elucidate our increasingly chaotic digital environment.

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John Krasinski and Steve Carell on The Office.Image: NBCMany of us watch The Office more often than we care to admit. We’ve spent so much time with the series that, over the years, the characters and the actors who portray themhave almost become family. So when a video like this comes online, it’s more than just delightful. It’s cathartic.Two of the biggest actors to come off The Office, John Krasinski and Steve Carell, are soon teaming back up for Krasinski’s new movie, If. It’sa family movie about a child who can see the imaginary friends adults have long left behind. Krasinski wrote and directed the film and Carell provided his voice— which meant, at some point, the two had to meet up again....

Photo by Prince Williams / Wireimage While Drake’s fans have been having a ball with the Canadian rapper’s recently released track dissing fellow rapper Kendrick Lamar, the legal team representing Tupac Shakur is threatening to take legal action if the song isn’t pulled off the internet.
Billboard reports that late rapper Tupac’s legal team is ready to take Drake to court over the release of “Taylor Made,” Drake’s recently released song featuring the AI-generated voices of Shakur and Snoop Dogg. In a statement about Drake’s creation of “Taylor Made,” litigator Howard King called the song a “blatant abuse of the legacy of one of the greatest hip-hop artists of all time” and said the...

Atlus promises its next game, out later this year, will be a culmination of all of its beloved RPGs.

Lasers are pretty much magic — it’s all done with mirrors. Not every laser, of course, but in the 1980s, the most common lasers in commercial applications were probably the helium-neon laser, which used a couple of mirrors on the end of a chamber filled with gas and a high-voltage discharge to produce a wonderful red-orange beam.
The trouble is, most of the optical power gets left in the tube, with only about 1% breaking free. Luckily, there are ways around this, as [Les Wright] demonstrates with this external passive cavity laser. The guts of the demo below come from [Les]’ earlier teardown of an 80s-era laser particle counter, a well-made instrument powered by a He-Ne laser that was still in fine...

Joel Edgerton in Dark MatterImage: Apple TV+If you’ve read Blake Crouch’s 2016 novel Dark Matter—and a lot of people have, considering it’s a best-seller—you’re probably wondering how the upcoming Apple TV+ adaptation will handle the high-concept gimmick that propels the story: a box, designed by a genius that’s one version of the main character, that allows people to access parallel dimensions.Translating the story to the screen will allow the visuals to handle some of the heavy lifting, for sure, as we see Joel Edgerton’s Jason yanked from his pleasant but vaguely unfulfilling life as a physics professor and sent on a multi-dimensional scramble to find his way home. While this is happening,...

Photo by Urbanandsport / NurPhoto via Getty Images The Department of Transportation (DOT) finalized rules that will soon require airlines to quickly refund passengers if they cancel or delay flights or make significant changes. Airlines must pay passengers back either in cash or in the original form of payment, no matter the reason they cancel their flight. Alternatively, passengers can choose to accept travel credit, other kinds of transportation, or another flight offered by the airline.
Airlines must also refund passengers if their flight itinerary is “significantly changed” and they don’t accept the airline’s alternative travel options. Specifically, this means that you can get your money back if...

Illustration: The Verge One more app joins the passwordless future we’ve been promised. WhatsApp says it’s now rolling out support for passkeys in the iOS version of the app. With the feature enabled, users of Meta’s encrypted messaging app can use iPhone biometrics for login — that is, Face ID or Touch ID — or their phone’s passcode. WhatsApp already supports unlocking its iOS app with one of these options, but this takes that a step further. Passkey support comes to the iPhone version several months after Meta started distributing it to Android WhatsApp users in October. Passkeys are supposed to be the secure (or, at least, more secure; even passkeys have tradeoffs) wave of the future — a...

In this war, it is a huge challenge to find out how people whose bodies were exhumed at Nasser hospital died.

Pedro Sánchez says he will "stop and reflect" on whether to remain in the job.

Jeudi 24 avril, le dirigeant socialiste a publié une lettre sur les réseaux sociaux dans laquelle il annonce suspendre son agenda politique jusqu’au 29 avril, afin de réfléchir à une éventuelle démission. Cette déclaration fait suite à l’annonce de l’ouverture d’une enquête contre son épouse pour trafic d’influence et corruption.

The joint press release issued Monday by the Premier League and Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) was unusual right from the start.
Published early on Monday, even the timing was a break from the norm, but the content was even more surprising. Following criminal referrals by the Premier League and ACE, an operator of BestBuyIPTV – a platform that has appeared on the USTR’s Notorious Markets report for the past five years – had been convicted at the People’s Court of Hanoi. For a country where criminal referrals have traditionally disappeared into the ether, that could be a very big deal.
Sentencing Details Are Somewhat Puzzling
The press release clearly identifies Le Hai Nam as “the...

Photo: Germain Lussier/io9It took 40 years, but recently one of my toy dreams came true. After writing this article about toys that you always wanted, but could never have, I was contacted to see if I’d be interested in receiving and writing about a brand new set of Voltron toys to celebrate the franchise’s 40th anniversary. The answer wasn’t just “Yes,” it was “Oh hell yes!”Exclusive to Target, Playmates is releasing a new set of Voltron toys that combine to create the big man himself. We’re talking Black Lion ($30), Red Lion, Green Lion, Blue Lion, and Yellow Lion ($20 each). There’s also a five-pack that retails for $100. They’re available at Targets everywhere (here’s a link) but...

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author David Sanger’s new book chronicles America’s plunge into simultaneous confrontations with two very different adversaries — China and Russia.

Biden’s new legislation is forcing TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell the social giant to a U.S. company. TikTok plans to challenge this in court.

Fava beans, also known as broad beans, are eaten nearly every day in some cultures and almost never in others. Throughout the Mediterranean and Middle East, the bean is embedded in food cultures, with certain dishes and ways of serving that feature both the fresh and dried varieties, which have different characteristics. I’m going to focus on the fresh beans since they’re in season now. Favas are one of the most ancient plants. According to Wikipedia, “scientists now believe that the domestication of the crop may have begun as early as 8,250 BCE.” It is also one of the easiest crops to grow. They are extremely hardy, can overwinter, and being a legume are often used as a cover crop to fix nitrogen in...

Today, the Supreme Court heard an Idaho abortion case, revealing deep ideological and gender divides. Idaho's law nearly bans all abortions except for cases of rape, incest, or when the mother's life is at risk.

Donald Trump has spent years arguing that mail-in voting is fraudulent and corrupt. Now the Republican National Committee, which sees mail-in voting as essential, must persuade his base to embrace it.

Cette enquête préliminaire contre Begoña Gomez porte sur « des délits présumés de trafic d’influence et de corruption », a annoncé mercredi la justice espagnole.

There is something about wooden crafts that when combined with electronics, have a mesmerizing effect on the visual senses. The Gesture Controlled DNA Wooden Desk Lamp by [Timber Rough] is a bit of both with a nice desk piece that’s well documented for anyone who wants to build their own.
Construction starts with a laser cutter being employed to add kerfs, such that the final strips can be bent along a frame tube to form the outer backbone of the DNA helix structure. Add to the mix some tung oil, carnauba wax, and some glue — along with skill and patience — and you get the distinct shape of sugar-phosphate backbone.
The electronics include an ESP8266 with the PAJ7620 gesture sensor that controls two...

Image: MarvelThe concept of tolerance has weighed heavily upon Disney+ series X-Men ‘97. And now as the world and what is left of mutantkind looks upon the ruins of Genosha, the series is ready to grit its teeth and show some fangs, giving us righteously bitter examination of just where the morals of that tolerance—the morals cast in the shadow of its greatest idealist, Charles Xavier—have gotten its heroes and villains alike.X-Men ‘97 gave itself room to breathe last week in “Lifedeath Part 2,” even if that room wasn’t exactly afforded to the characters who needed it in that episode. But in distancing “Bright Eyes” from the immediate fallout of “Remember It” by even just a few weeks lets...

Il est des situations cruciales que tu ne dénoueras qu’en donnant le meilleur de toi-même.

Dans un arrêté du 19 avril, le préfet du Gard a mis en demeure l’entreprise de « suspendre sans délai » l’exploitation de l’un de ses sept captages de Vergèze, dans le Gard.

Imaginez un monde où les ordinateurs pourraient prédire ce que vous allez faire avant même que vous ne le fassiez. Ça peut sembler tout droit sorti d’un film de science-fiction du style de Minority Report, mais les chercheurs du célèbre MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) sont en train de rendre ça possible ! En effet, ils ont mis au point un modèle d’IA (intelligence artificielle) qui est capable d’analyser les limitations d’un agent, qu’il soit humain ou artificiel, pour en déduire ses actions futures les plus probables. Dingue, non ? Mais comment ce modèle s’y prend-il pour jouer les madame Irma ? En fait, tout est une question de limites. Nan, je ne parle pas des limites de...

The far-traveled space probe is once again transmitting usable data, after a glitch caused months of gibberish.

Vous pensiez connaître Castlevania sur le bout des doigts ? Eh bien 25 ans après la sortie de Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness sur notre bonne vieille Nintendo 64, des petits malins ont déniché un tout nouveau code Konami planqué dans les entrailles du jeu. Ce code Konami est une vraie petite bombe puisqu’il déverrouille d’un coup TOUS les personnages et leurs costumes alternatifs, et ce dès le début de l’aventure ! Fini de devoir se farcir le jeu deux fois pour accéder à Henry et Carrie. Là c’est open bar direct, et ça change complètement la donne ! Moises et LiquidCat, deux fans passionnés du jeu, ont également déniché deux autres codes bien sympathiques. Le premier remplit...

Mercredi 24 avril, Tsahal a annoncé que 40 cibles situées dans le sud du Liban avaient été frappées par son aviation et son artillerie, tuant la moitié des commandants du Hezbollah opérant dans ce secteur.

Figurez-vous qu’Elektrobit, le géant allemand de l’électronique automobile, vient de nous pondre un truc qui va faire plaisir aux fans de libre : EB corbos Linux, le premier système d’exploitation open source qui respecte les normes de sécurité les plus pointues du monde de la bagnole. En gros, les constructeurs en ont marre de se trimballer des kilomètres de câbles et des centaines de boîtiers noirs dans leurs caisses-. L’idée, c’est de tout centraliser sur quelques « super ordinateurs » qu’ils appellent des « plateformes de calcul haute performance ». Et chacun gère son domaine : la conduite, l’info-divertissement, les aides à la conduite… Bref, ça simplifie le bordel et ça...

The average Hackaday reader hardly needs to be reminded of the incredible potential of the modern microcontroller. While the Arduino was certainly transformative when it hit the scene, those early 8-bit MCUs were nothing compared to what’s on the market now. Multiple cores with clock speeds measured in the hundreds of megahertz, several MB of flash storage, and of course integrated WiFi capability mean today’s chips are much closer to being fully-fledged computers than their predecessors.
It’s not hard to see the impact this has had on the electronics hobby. In the early 2000s, getting your hardware project connected to the Internet was a major accomplishment that probably involved bringing some hacked...

Examiné dans le cadre d’une procédure d’urgence, le texte a été adopté mercredi sans avoir fait l’objet d’aucun débat en séance plénière.

Musician Toomaj Salehi had backed anti-government nationwide protests in 2022.

TikTok says it plans to challenge the law that could ban it in the US in court. Experts think it's got a fighting chance.

“Objection, Your Honor! The witness is using a Trump Bible!”

Cinq chevaux surpris par un bruit près du palais de Buckingham se sont débarrassés de leurs cavaliers avant de courir à travers Londres, causant de multiples blessés, ce mercredi 24 avril. La presse britannique a suivi de près leur divagation à travers la capitale.

Agés entre 21 et 23 ans, très peu expérimentés, les dix militaires en formation devront encore passer plusieurs mois sur le Vieux Continent avant d’acquérir les connaissances et l’expérience nécessaires pour l’aviation de combat.

Evolution générale Le niveau d’accès à internet a augmenté dans tous les États membres sur les 15 dernières années, même si quelques écarts subsistent. L’accès des ménages à internet varie ainsi de 87 % en Grèce à 99 % au Luxembourg. En moyenne, 93 % des ménages de l’UE à 27 ont eu accès à internet chez eux en 2023, contre 80 % en 2014. Longtemps en retard par rapport aux pays d’Europe de l’Ouest, leurs homologues d’Europe centrale et de l’Est ont enregistré une forte hausse en matière d’accès à internet au cours des dix dernières années. En Bulgarie, la part des ménages disposant d’un accès à internet à leur domicile est passée de 25 % en 2008 à 89 % en 2023,...

Dans son arrêt du 24 avril, la Cour de cassation a définitivement reconnu la culpabilité de François Fillon et de son épouse, mais a ordonné une nouvelle audience sur les peines prononcées en appel à l’encontre de l’ex-premier ministre et sur le versement des dommages et intérêts.

Découvrez les têtes de liste pour les élections européennes 2024 au niveau de l’UE - Crédits : Commission européenne, Parlement européen, compte X @fdp_nrw, Ferran Cornellà CC BY-SA 4.0 Qui prendra les rênes de la prochaine Commission européenne ? Après le scrutin qui se tiendra du 6 au 9 juin 2024 dans les 27 Etats membres de l’Union, les eurodéputés fraichement élus devront, entre autres, adouber le nouveau président de la Commission européenne. Les Etats membres réunis au sein du Conseil européen proposeront au vote des parlementaires un ou une candidate pour ce poste à hautes responsabilités. Pour cela, ils devront “tenir compte” des résultats du scrutin, selon les traités...

Contrairement aux Français, qui adorent partir en vacances et profiter des ponts du mois de mai, de plus en plus de Chinois protestent contre les congés imposés lors de la “semaine d’or” du 1ᵉʳ mai. La raison est simple, les jours non travaillés doivent être rattrapés.

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Le ministre délégué chargé de l’Europe, Jean-Noël Barrot, appelle de ses vœux un taux de participation d’au moins 50 % lors des élections européennes du 9 juin 2024 - Crédits : Hugo Palacin / Toute l’Europe Objectif : participation maximale. Ce mercredi 24 avril, le ministre délégué chargé de l’Europe, Jean-Noël Barrot, a dévoilé la campagne de communication et d’information réalisée par le gouvernement dans le cadre des élections européennes. Ce dispositif vise à bien informer l’ensemble des 49,7 millions d’électeurs français des modalités de ce scrutin qui se déroulera le dimanche 9 juin en France. Si la grande majorité des électeurs français se rendront aux urnes le...

Sources suspect China is behind the targeted exploitation of two zero-day vulnerabilities in Cisco’s security appliances.

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La question n’est pas directement à l’agenda de l’ultime session plénière du Parlement européen, mais elle anime pourtant la campagne des élections européennes (6 au 9 juin) : faut-il taxer davantage les ultrariches ? Pour l’eurodéputée et économiste Aurore Lalucq (S&D), la réponse est claire. En octobre dernier, elle a déposé une initiative citoyenne européenne (ICE) sur le sujet avec plusieurs personnalités comme le président du Parti socialiste belge Paul Magnette ou l’économiste Thomas Piketty. Intitulée “Tax the Rich”, la proposition de la candidate aux élections européennes vise la création d’un impôt européen sur la grande fortune. À LIRE AUSSIQu’est-ce qu’une...

At the start of the 1970s the pocket calculator was the last word in personal electronics, and consumers in Europe looked eagerly towards Japan or the USA for a glimpse of new products. Meanwhile the European manufacturers, perhaps Philips in the Netherlands, or Olivetti in Italy, would no doubt have been putting their best engineers on to the task of delivering the first domestic European models.
So who was first with a European-made calculator? Not the Dutch, the Italians, the Germans, or even the Brits, instead that honour went to the Yugoslavians. Digitron is a company located in Buje, in modern-day Croatia, and they pipped everyone else in Europe to the post back in 1971 with their DB800 model.
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The president says weapons and equipment will be sent to Kyiv "in the next few hours", after approval from Congress.

Our editors and critics review notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

When I was a kid we used to go to a place we just called “The Book Barn.” It was pretty descriptive, as it was just a barn filled with old books. It smelled pretty much like you’d expect a barn filled with old books to smell, and it was a fantastic place to browse — all of the charm of an old library with none of the organization. On one visit I found a stack of old magazines, including a couple of Popular Mechanics from the late 1940s. The cover art always looked like pulp science fiction, with a pipe-smoking father coming home from work to his suburban home in a flying car.
But the issue that caught my eye had a cover showing a couple of rugged men in a Jeep, bouncing around the desert with a Geiger...

À l'heure où les réseaux sociaux se transforment en véritables places de marché, il est devenu essentiel de faire preuve de prudence avant de craquer pour des produits alléchants. Voici une liste de points à vérifier avant de faire confiance à une boutique en ligne, ce qu'il ne faut pas oublier pour...