In February 2023, Brazil’s Ministry of Justice and Public Security revealed an extension to Operation 404, an ongoing anti-piracy operation to disrupt websites and apps involved in online piracy.
The purpose of 404-offshoot Operation Anime was to “suppress crimes committed against intellectual property” with a specific focus on piracy of Japanese cartoons, better known as anime. Several sites were shut down including goyabu.com and animeyabu.com.
Close to a year later, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed a new phase of Operation Anime with a new partner appearing for the first time in 2024.
Operation Anime Phase 2: Japan Joined By Korea
The announcement confirms that the goal of Operation Anime Phase 2...

It's gonna be *instant* main character syndrome when you put on these $65 AirPods Max lookalikes and this $22 Lululemon Align alternative.View Entire Post ›

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[Andrej Karpathy] recently released llm.c, a project that focuses on LLM training in pure C, once again showing that working with these tools isn’t necessarily reliant on sprawling development environments. GPT-2 may be older but is perfectly relevant, being the granddaddy of modern LLMs (large language models) with a clear heritage to more modern offerings.
LLMs are fantastically good at communicating despite not actually knowing what they are saying, and training them usually relies on PyTorch deep learning library, itself written in Python. llm.c takes a simpler approach by implementing the neural network training algorithm for GPT-2 directly. The result is highly focused and surprisingly short: about a...

Ce nouveau parquet, à l’image de ce qui a été fait avec les parquets nationaux antiterroristes et financiers, permettra, selon le ministre, « de mieux coordonner l’action de la justice et de la rendre plus efficace dans sa lutte contre le crime organisé ».

Ah les années 90… L’époque bénie des interfaces old school, des systèmes bien bruts de décoffrage et du code qui sent bon le bricolage ! C’était le bon vieux temps. Mais si je vous disais qu’on peut avoir le beurre et l’argent du beurre ? Profiter de la beauté vintage d’une interface bien rétro et des muscles d’un UNIX moderne ? Eh oui, c’est le pari un peu fou de SerenityOS, un OS fait maison avec amour qui marie l’interface cosy des 90s et le power user d’aujourd’hui. Le look d’un Windows 95 croisé avec un Mac OS 8, mais qui repose sur un kernel custom fait à la main, avec une architecture bien clean, des applis maison et des outils qui déchirent. C’est ça SerenityOS....

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Une série liée à la Pippin continue ici : une présentation des disques de « bundle ». Sous ce nom, on trouve en fait tous les disques livrés avec la console (il en existe plusieurs) mais aussi les disques de navigation sur Internet fournis par certains FAI. Ils ont en commun un identifiant qui commence par BDB. Et je continue avec le BDB-006 : Franky Online. Franky Online, c’est un peu la même chose qu’Atmark Town : un titre totalement en ligne des années nonante. C’est un portage d’un programme qui existait sur d’autres plateformes, avec les mêmes fonctions qu’Atmark Town, en réalité (je crois) : e-mail, BBS, hébergement de pages, etc. Et comme le précédent, il est totalement...

Cette semaine, dans notre newsletter consacrée à ce que la presse étrangère écrit de meilleur et de pire sur l’Hexagone : vive les vacances scolaires françaises !

A la BNF, une exposition fleuve, « La France sous leurs yeux », présente les travaux de 200 photojournalistes qui ont bénéficié d’une bourse de 22 000 euros du ministère de la culture à la suite de la pandémie. Une manne bienvenue.

En réduisant Gaza à un champ de ruines, l’offensive israélienne est en train de détruire les fondements mêmes d’une opposition sociale et politique à la mainmise du Hamas.

The Pi Pico is a capable microcontroller that can do all kinds of fun and/or useful things. In the former vein, [antirez] has ported a ZX Spectrum emulator to the Pi Pico.
ZX2040, as it is known, is a port of [Andre Weissflog’s] existing ZX spectrum emulator. It’s designed for use on the compact embedded Pi Pico platform, using ST77xx TFT displays. To that end, it has a UI optimized for small, low resolution screens and minimal buttons. After all, very few Pi Picos come with a full QWERTY keyboard attached.
Certain hacks are necessary to make it all work; the chip is overclocked to get things humming fast enough. The emulator also runs upscaling or downscaling in realtime as needed. This allows the...

Lycéens, jeunes travailleurs, parents : la gêne n’épargne aucun groupe social. Au fil de notre enquête, nous avons recueilli les témoignages de plusieurs personnes plus ou moins sujettes à cette émotion - qu’ils et elles se considèrent comme « gênés »… ou « gênants ». Morceaux choisis.

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En dépit des avis négatifs des instances d’expertise et des fortes oppositions locales, la volonté de l’Etat et des collectivités de construire cette autoroute censée désenclaver Castres et le sud du Tarn semble inébranlable. « Pourquoi ? », s’interroge Stéphane Foucart, journaliste au « Monde », dans sa chronique.

Des manifestants pro-palestiniens ont protesté contre l’événement pendant que Joe Biden a ciblé Donald Trump dans son discours devant la presse de la capitale.

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Le départ chez les travaillistes du docteur Dan Poulter, mécontent de la gestion du NHS, embarrasse le premier ministre conservateur à l’approche des municipales.

A lawyer said the disgraced movie mogul was "somewhat of a train wreck health wise".

Même s’ils travaillent ensemble depuis 2017, le chef de l’Etat et le ministre de l’économie n’ont jamais été proches. Les motifs de désaccords se sont multipliés entre eux, ces dernières semaines, sur fond de crise budgétaire.

Il est parfois dur de maintenir un mariage à distance, mais y mettre fin aussi. C’est ce que raconte cette semaine la chronique phénomène du “New York Times” sur l’amour, proposée en exclusivité, traduite en français par “Courrier international”.

Aluminum beverage cans are used for all kinds of drinks, but when it comes to wine there are some glitches. Chief among them is the fact that canned wine occasionally smelled like rotten eggs. Thankfully, researchers have figured out why that happens, and how to stop it. How was this determined? As the image above hints at, lots and lots of samples and testing.
What causes this, and why don’t other beverages have this problem? Testing revealed that the single most important factor was the presence of molecular sulfur dioxide (SO2), a compound commonly used in winemaking as an antioxidant and antimicrobial.
It turns out that the thin plastic lining on the inside of beverage cans doesn’t fully stop molecular...

Keith Siegel and Omri Miran are shown in undated footage released by the armed wing of Hamas.

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Who says a clock can’t be both useful and beautiful? That seems to be the big idea behind the lovely little HexaClock from [Bulduper]. And boy, is it both.
Probably the most important part of this well-illuminated clock is the light sensor, which allows it to adjust the brightness automatically. If you’re not into that, well, there’s a really nice web app that’ll let you program the dickens out of it.
The brains of this thing is an ESP8266 on a custom PCB which controls the 127 individually addressable RGB LEDs. The clock may look large, but the big printed parts just fit on the bed of a Prusa i3. [Bulduper] used ABS because the LED strip and the PCB might get a little warm; they didn’t want to risk...

Political and military leaders are still absorbing the extraordinary exchange of fire, writes James Landale.

Screenshot: Wes Davis / The Verge The first race of the Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League (A2RL) took place on the Yas Marina Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Formula 1 track today, and I’m pleased to report that a race both began and ended. But the event was not without strife — far from it. During qualifying time trials, the driverless Dallara Super Formula racers outfitted with cameras and software seemed to struggle mightily to complete a full lap.
During the trials, cars randomly juked: Image: A2RL Or spun: Image: A2RL Or turned into walls: Image: A2RL Or just pulled off the track to take a little break: Image: A2RL You get well-acquainted with the interstitial music during these highlights.... Continue...

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Multitasking MS-DOS 4. Rien que le nom ça fait rêver. Un nom qui respire le futur, qui transpire l’innovation. Mais c’est quoi en fait ? Et bien au début des années 80, alors qu’on se battait encore en duel avec des disquettes 5″1/4, Microsoft avait dans ses cartons un projet d’OS révolutionnaire baptisé Multitasking MS-DOS 4. Bon, ce n’est pas le nom le plus sexy de l’histoire de l’informatique mais derrière cette appellation austère se cachait un système d’exploitation qui promettait déjà le multitâche et tout un tas de fonctionnalités incroyables pour l’époque ! L’histoire commence en 1983 lorsque Microsoft rassemble une équipe de développeurs talentueux pour plancher...

More than 12,000 people rally to urge the prime minister to stay in office as he decides whether to resign.

Image: Prime VideoFallout’s a pretty good show, and one of the big reasons why is the ever-reliable Walton Goggins. As the Ghoul—or Cooper Howard, once upon a time—he’s a menace to Lucy and everyone else throughout the season, while being enjoyable to watch both in the irradiated present and the pre-nuclear past. Creating him and others like him took some time, partially because they are and aren’t like anything else you’ve seen before on TV.Talking to Polygon, associate costume designer Amy Westcot explained how the costuming team concepted different “ghoulness” stages, of which there are “so many different degrees.” In the games, ghouls can exist as an average person with the right meds,...

Image: Taurin Clarke/BOOM! ComicsThe Power Rangers have been doing their thing for decades, but recent times have been kind of all over the place. While the Boom! comics have been going for nearly a decade in the Mighty Morphin time period under a rotating roster of creators, Hasbro hasn’t done a lot with the larger property. But a new beginning is seemingly in store for the Rangers, so let’s unpack what’s happening, shall we?Earlier in the week, Hasbro revealed it’d outsourced the Power Rangers toyline to Playmates, which has previously made third-party merch for properties like Ben 10, Frozen, and Godzilla vs. Kong. The first set of products will debut in 2025 with Mighty Morphin toys aimed directly...

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge I paid a lot of money for the privilege of getting an Apple Vision Pro brand-new in February. All-in, with optical inserts and taxes, I financed a little over $3,900 for the 256GB version of the headset. A day or so ago, I made a mistake that I’m sure many early adopters are familiar with: I looked up how much it’s been selling for on eBay. On Wednesday, a 1TB Vision Pro, complete with all the included gear, Apple’s fluffy $200 travel case, $500 AppleCare Plus, and claimed to have been “worn maybe about an hour” sold for $3,200 after 21 bids. The listed shipping estimate was $20.30. Brand new, that combination is $5,007.03 on Apple’s site for me. Another eBay...

Image: Marvel StudiosYou’ve gotta hand it to Marvel Studios: it sure knew how to make its movies feel like big events back in the day. After the original Avengers dropped in 2012, nearly every entry aimed to be bigger in some way, like the entire enterprise was obsessed with topping itself. Sometimes this was in pursuit of greater thematic depth (often with mixed results, depending on the payoff), but more often than not, it’d be spectacle: how many more setpieces, explosions, and cheerworthy character moments can be put on screen so you leave the theater with a smile on your face? This entire ethos underlines Avengers: Endgame, the final chapter within the Infinity Saga that started with the first Iron...

Still one of the coolest shots in all of sci-fi, even in orange. | Screenshot: Wes Davis / The Verge Terminator 2: Judgment Day was — and is, for some — the standard-bearer for bombastic tentpole action films after it was released in 1991, but many of its fans have been less than enthusiastic about its Blu-ray releases. In recent years, though, people who love the movie have been restoring it using 35mm prints, and one of those efforts has been making the rounds over on X. Jon W., who frequently posts about movies and projects like these, compiled a few screenshots in a thread comparing the new version with other transfers. They didn’t credit the person working on this directly, but did post a screenshot...

So often, we see 3D printers used to create some nifty little tool for a tricky little job. Maybe it’s to lock cams together for a timing belt change, or to work as a jig for soldering some complex device. However, some hacks are even simpler than that. [maker_guy] realized that eating nuggets in the car could be easier than ever with a little printed adapter.
The print is simple. It’s a round caddy for the nugget sauces given out by Chick-fil-A restaurants. Why round? Because it lets the nugget sauce sit neatly in your car’s cupholder at an accessible height. Put the sauce tub in the adapter, peel it open, and you can dip to your heart’s content.
So simple, yet a game changer all the same.
No more...

Illustration by Manon Louart for The Verge We found a collection of unique gift ideas that go beyond the flowers and chocolates that typically rule the day. Continue reading…

Image: Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle (Other)Kingom of the Planet of the Apes is one of this summer’s big blockbusters, and with its release in a few weeks, that means its time to up its promo game. We’ve gotten plenty of trailers and posters, and there are standees in theaters, but that’s apparently not enough. 20th Century has decided that we need to see some “real”apes out there, reigning over humans as they do in the film.Earlier in the week, a group of apes—as in, people dressed to look like apes—on horseback were spotted in San Francisco’s West Bluff Picnic Area. They didn’t speak a word to anyone or do anything but look pretty intimidating—so much, in fact, that SFGate claims...

The QuietComfort Ultra offer the best noise cancellation you can get in a pair of wireless earbuds, full stop. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge If the bar for noise-canceling earbuds seems high right now, that’s because Bose and Sony seem to raise it with every addition to their respective lineups. The QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds are a great example of just how impressive ANC has become in the last few years, particularly in the earbuds space. And now, thanks to a $50 discount, you can pick them up at Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart for $249. If noise cancellation is your top priority when selecting a pair of wireless earbuds, there’s no better choice than the Ultra. Bose’s latest earbuds do a terrific...

Emmy and Grammy-winning director, documentarian, and editor Thom Zimny considers music an essential facet of his storytelling process. Zimny has created cinematic portraits of iconic musicians, including Elvis Presley , Johnny Cash, and Bruce Springsteen . His latest project, the 2023 documentary Sly (Netflix) follows the dramatic highs and lows of action star Sylvester Stallone’s life and career. More: Documentarian Thom Zimny on his latest subject Sly (The Treatment, 2023) For his Treat, Zimny candidly discusses his struggle with dyslexia and reveals how, at the age of 18, he stumbled upon a profound source of inspiration in the 1983 experimental indie film, Koyaanisqatsi. Stemming from the Hopi Indian...

Elisabeth Moss enjoys playing characters who have a secret. This duality is present in many of her most well known roles: Mad Men’s Peggy Olson, The Handmaid’s Tale’s June Osborne (aka Offred), and Top of The Lake’s Robin Griffin. Moss won her first Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in The Handmaid’s Tale, and a second as producer when it won for Outstanding Drama Series — both were for the show’s debut season in 2017. Her latest multifaceted role (both as actor and producer) is for FX’s new spy thriller The Veil. Moss tells The Treatment why she keeps coming back to play complex parts, how her ballet training informs her work, and why she prefers adhering to the script over improvising. More:...

Actress, writer and producer Diarra Kilpatrick is no stranger to acclaim, having scored an Emmy nomination for her ABC Digital series American Koko in 2018. She’s also played pivotal roles in The Twilight Zone (2019), The Last O.G., and Perry Mason. In her new BET+ mystery-comedy series Diarra From Detroit, she leans heavily on her Motor City hometown to function as an additional character. Kilpatrick tells The Treatment about growing up in a politically active family and how that informed her career. She talks about creating fully fleshed out supporting characters who could each have their own series. And she says she believes the specificity of the show and its references to Detroit will appeal even to...

Whether you’re up against pet hair or you want to splurge on a high-end laser-guided robot vacuum, we have the perfect pick for you.

Whether you’re snoozing in a campground or schlepping up to an alpine valley, these are the best pads we’ve found for resting your weary bones.

Les quatrièmes Rencontres de l'esprit critique (REC) se tiendront les 27 et 28 avril 2024 au centre Diagora de Toulouse – Labège. L'Association française pour l'information scientifique (Afis) est partenaire de l'événement. L'esprit critique, « ce n'est pas tout critiquer, ni douter de tout, c'est savoir analyser calmement, avec méthode, repérer les informations qui pourraient poser question, les vérifier en s'appuyant sur des sources solides, évaluer les interprétations, les confronter (…) Agenda de l'Afis

Image: Searchlight PicturesIt’s been a minute since we’ve last heard anything about Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, hasn’t it? The series from Spider-Man: Homecoming director Jon Watts was first teased in 2022, and save for details and footage provided during last year’s Star Wars Celebration, there’s been no real mention of it since. But according to star Kerry Condon, it was a pretty fun show to make. In a recent interview with Variety, she was briefly asked about it. While she didn’t give anything away, she was more than happy to talk about her time on set, calling it “so great ... I loved it, and I loved being on it.” What made the experience so good? She explained production had “something...

In the summer of 2009, hackers from all over the world gathered at an outdoor conference near Vierhouten in the Netherlands. The event was mostly a meetup of like-minded geeks, but one person stood out a mile; Tim Kuik, director of anti-piracy group BREIN. Kuik joined a panel discussion where he calmly explained why his organization helped rightsholders to shut down pirate sites. The group was winning its lawsuit against Mininova at the time and had just booked a victory against the founders of The Pirate Bay just a few weeks earlier. As the panel was opening up for questions, a stereotypical neck-beard sporting hacker stepped forward, questioning Kuik on comments he made about The Pirate Bay’s revenues. It...

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These hearing aids are tiny and nearly invisible, but they aren’t terribly effective.

Cryptocurrency-related stocks surged after Bitcoin underwent a successful “halving.” Read more...

A recent analysis from advocacy organization Consumer Reports is the latest to highlight the potential threat of pesticides in our produce. It suggests that around 20% of commonly sold fruits and vegetables in the U.S. could contain unsafe levels of pesticides. Given that concerning news, you might be wondering how to…Read more...

It’s not only food CEOs who need to worry about their bottom lines thanks to in-demand weight loss drugs like Ozempic. Big Tobacco and Alcohol have reason to fret, too. Read more...

President Joe Biden signed the TikTok bill into law, officially starting the 270-day clock for TikTok’s owner, China-based Bytedance, to sell the social media app or face a ban in American app stores. Read more...

Former President Donald Trump pocketed more than $1 billion in paper wealth. Trump stood to earn 36 million earnout shares of Trump Media & Technology Group if its dollar volume-weighted average price (DVWAP) — the average share price for a period of time, weighted by volume of shares — is at least $12.50 for a…Read more...

Dans son livre, "Le Très Grand Jeu, Pékin face à l’Asie centrale" (Éditions du Cerf), le sinologue et historien français Emmanuel Lincot explique comment et pourquoi la Chine s’engage profondément en Asie centrale. Cette région représente pour elle un réservoir de puissance, tandis que la Russie en guerre en Ukraine doit, bon gré mal gré, y abandonner de nombreuses positions.

These are some of our favorite stands, cases, keyboards, and styli, no matter which Apple tablet you have.

New music from Maggie Rogers, Tyla, Brittany Howard, and SchoolBoy Q showcase distinct artistic evolutions.

Illustration par DALL·E Ç’aura été dans la dix-huitième année de mon blog que j’aurai découvert à quel point les internautes qui le hantent adorent les histoires de fantômes… pour affirmer haut et fort à quel point, ils ou elles … n’y croient pas. Bien entendu !
Qu’Edgar Allan Poe me pardonne, l’histoire « gothique » que je préfère reste celle que Pascal Ruiz nous récite ici avec talent : « La conscience » de Victor Hugo.
Je n’ai donné d’autre instruction à DALL·E que d’illustrer le poème. Je reproduis à votre intention ses remarques.
Voici les illustrations de la première scène du poème, montrant Caïn, échevelé et livide vêtu de peaux de bêtes, fuyant au...