air traffic at Hamburg airport still blocked by hostage situation
Welcome World Europe Germany According to local police, the hostage-taking is linked to “a dispute concerning the custody of a child”. Published on 05/11/2023 07:35 Reading time : 1 minute…
A look at AI companies' responses, including from Meta, Google, Microsoft, and Apple, to possible US Copyright Office changes around AI and copyrighted content (Wes Davis/The Verge)
Wes Davis / The Verge: A look at AI companies’ responses, including from Meta, Google, Microsoft, and Apple, to possible US Copyright Office changes around AI and copyrighted content — …
The couriers begin “The Great Delivery” to make their voices heard
“Uberization has no borders”: to make their voices heard, eight independent delivery drivers of six different nationalities begin a bicycle journey from Paris to Brussels on Sunday, where a European…
MAP. Which countries already recognize the Palestinian state and what is its status within the United Nations?
Palestine sits in several international bodies and organizations. However, many countries, particularly within the EU, do not yet recognize its existence. “VSIt is not because this idea is old that…
Emily St. John Mandel delivers her most ambitious novel: “The Sea of Tranquility”
Polyphonic thriller Last night in Montreal (Rivages, 2021) to the novel The glass hotel (Alto 2021), which studies the repercussions of a Ponzi scheme over time, including the premonitory narrative…
five years later, four accused including an elected official from the former municipal team
Welcome News Building collapse in Marseille in 2018 On November 5, 2018, two unsanitary buildings collapsed on rue d’Aubagne, in the heart of Marseille, causing the death of eight people.…
When trees merge with lianas
Millions of years ago, in the La Massane forest in the Pyrenees, trees exchanged genetic elements with lianas. Hervé Poirier, editor-in-chief of the scientific magazine Epsiloon, explains to us today…
air traffic at Hamburg airport still blocked by hostage situation
Welcome World Europe Germany According to local police, the hostage-taking is linked to “a dispute concerning the custody of a child”. Published on 05/11/2023 07:35 Reading time : 1 minute…
Caravanning with an electric vehicle?
For many caravanners, the freedom and pleasure of waking up in the middle of a green forest and inhaling its aromas have unparalleled therapeutic virtues. As pleasant as it is,…
Rirkrit Tiravanija: PLAY | Music and fun
A bar, a music studio and an augmented reality space. The PHI Foundation wishes to put forward “an exhibition that makes room for participation”. Rirkrit Tiravanija: PLAY invites all visitors…
Memory of Angers | The duty
Intellectual life is thankless. If you are under 60, for example, you probably don’t know François-Albert Angers (1909-2003). However, the man ruled the roost in Quebec nationalist circles from the…
“Solène in three acts”: Alain Beaulieu and The tortuous paths of chance
Alain Beaulieu writes like others compose a symphony. Without having a precise idea of what he wants to tell or accomplish, he lets himself be carried away by the sequence…
“I have a permanent contract, I earn 2,500 euros net. I have a job, I earn a good living, but I have no fixed place to sleep…”
This is an unprecedented crisis: the housing shortage affects all major French cities. In Lyon, “Special Envoy” followed Victor throughout an evening of wandering. Despite a permanent contract and a…
“A real success” with tests “very useful for the Olympic Games”, welcomes the president of the organizing committee
Welcome Sports Rugby Rugby World Cup 2023 “We wanted to demonstrate that we were capable of organizing a major sporting event while being profitable,” defends Jacques Rivoal. Published on 10/28/2023…
Elon Musk's xAI releases its AI model Grok, which it says surpasses other models in its compute class, including ChatGPT-3.5, to a "limited number" of US users (xAI)
xAI: Elon Musk’s xAI releases its AI model Grok, which it says surpasses other models in its compute class, including ChatGPT-3.5, to a “limited number” of US users — Grok…
Marine turtles in danger despite increasing egg laying
Guyana has seen a drastic drop in sea turtle births this season despite an overall increase in egg laying which is not enough to counter the effects of human pressure…
Bertrand Heilbronn, president of the France Palestine Solidarités association, calls for an “immediate ceasefire”
Welcome World Middle East War between Hamas and Israel Published on 04/11/2023 19:37 Video duration: 9 mins War between Israel and Hamas: Bertrand Heilbronn, president of the France Palestine Solidarités…
13 departments on orange alert
Welcome Company Published on 04/11/2023 19:39 Video duration: 1 minute Domingos storm: 13 departments on orange vigilance Domingos storm: 13 departments on orange alert – (FranceInfo) Storm Domingos is currently…
attendance at French cinemas is good this fall
Attendance in French cinemas is doing well in 2023 and in particular thanks to several films which are currently acting as “locomotive”. Cinemas in France are full at the moment.…
“On the ashes of the stars”: a world without us
Nowadays, there is a lot of talk about the end of the world. It must be said that there is no shortage of threats: epidemics, global warming, ecological collapse… But,…