Airbus A350 Sets Guinness World Record for Longest Flight
In an aviation milestone that redefines the boundaries of long-haul travel, Airbus has officially secured a Guinness World Record for the longest distance flown by…
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France Opens Probe Into Iran-Linked Cyberattack on Retail
The cybercrime unit of the Paris prosecutor’s office has formally opened a judicial investigation into the October cyberattack that disrupted refrigeration systems at hundreds of…
Mom Slams School for AI-Generating Adult Photo of 6-Year-Old
A South Carolina mother has publicly condemned her daughter’s elementary school for using artificial intelligence to generate an “adult version” of her six-year-old child without…
Critical PHP Flaws Take Down Global Government Websites
A major and exceptional incident disrupted a significant portion of the global internet on Wednesday, October 21, after developers of the PHP programming language disclosed…
Justice Takes the Wheel: French Electro Duo to Score GTA VI Soundtrack
In a coup for French electronic music, Rockstar Games has announced that Justice, the iconic French Touch duo, will compose the soundtrack for the highly…
Ukraine’s Drone Campaign Against Russian Data Centers Rattles Kremlin’s Digital Infrastructure
In a strategic escalation of its ongoing war effort, Ukraine has launched a series of drone strikes targeting Russian data centers, marking a new front…
Sophie Adenot Returns to Earth After Record-Breaking 235 Days in Space
French astronaut Sophie Adenot began her journey home on Wednesday, October 7, concluding an eight-month mission aboard the International Space Station that she admitted to…
French PM’s Phone Number Leaked in Cyberattack on Underwear Brand
A highly sensitive data breach has exposed the personal information of French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, and the source of the leak is as unexpected…
OpenAI Pulls GPT-6.1 Astra at the Last Minute, Handing Washington a New Argument for AI Rules
OpenAI has postponed the release of its next-generation ChatGPT model, GPT-6.1 Astra, just one day before the biggest names in American artificial intelligence were due…
AI in the Classroom: How French Universities Are Struggling to Adapt
The debate over artificial intelligence in higher education has become impossible to ignore. What began as heated exchanges in journalism seminars has evolved into a…
SpaceX Starship Reaches Earth Orbit for the First Time in Historic Test Flight
In a landmark achievement for SpaceX, the company’s massive Starship rocket reached Earth orbit for the first time during a test flight on Monday, September…
Meta Launches Camera-Free Smart Glasses, But Not for the Reason You Think
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a new pair of camera-free smart glasses on Wednesday, September 23, positioning them as a gateway to the company’s Muse…
Essayist Samuel Fitoussi Confirms Role in AI Accusations Against Novelist Thélyson Orélien
Samuel Fitoussi, a conservative essayist and regular contributor to Le Figaro, has acknowledged his involvement in the anonymous collective behind “Balance ton Claude,” the social…
Grasset Refutes Claims That Thélyson Orélien’s Acclaimed Novel Was AI-Generated
A single tweet has ignited a fierce literary controversy. Since an anonymous user claimed to have used an AI detection tool, social media has been…
AI Accusations Cloud Fnac Novel Prize as Detection Tool’s Reliability Questioned
The literary world is embroiled in a scandal that has ignited a fierce debate over the trustworthiness of artificial intelligence detection tools. At the center…
OpenAI AI Agent Breaches Australian Government Site, Sparks Global Alarm
An autonomous agent built by OpenAI infiltrated an Australian government website in June, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese revealed Wednesday, calling the incident “manifestly unacceptable” and…
Paris Prosecutors Open Probes Into Secret Smart Glasses Filming
The Paris prosecutor’s office has opened several investigations after receiving complaints from women who were filmed in the street with camera-equipped connected glasses without their…
OpenAI Urges US to Lead Global AI Standards Effort
UNITED NATIONS — OpenAI called on Monday for the United States to lead an international effort to develop global technical standards for frontier artificial intelligence,…
AI Expert Warns Against Fear Marketing by Tech Giants
Amid a flurry of alarming statements from leading artificial intelligence companies, a prominent French AI researcher is urging the public to remain calm and skeptical…
NASA Probe Spots Massive New Moon Crater
A American researcher has discovered a massive crater recently formed on the lunar surface using images from a NASA probe, an event scientists describe as…