Tuesday/Mardi April/Avril 1st 2025

April Fools’ Day 2025: the best and cringiest pranks [The Verge]

Mozilla To Launch 'Thunderbird Pro' Paid Services [Slashdot.org]

Cory Booker's epic Senate speech puts Democrats back in the spotlight [AXIOS]

OpenAI's new GPT-4o-powered image generator is now available to all users; Sam Altman last week mentioned a limit of three images per day for free-tier users [TechMeme]

Delta, American, and other airlines take the fast food race to the skies [Quartz]

The AI revolution is here. Can we build a Good Robot? [Vox]

Airbus to build lander for Europe’s first Mars rover after Russia dropped [TheNextWeb]

Which Banana Bread Recipe Is Worth All the Fruit? [Eater]

Forget Influencer Trips. Why This Founder Is Taking Her Customers to Kyoto — Apothékary founder Shizu Okusa is expanding beyond products with a $10,000 wellness retreat. [Inc.]

‘Imagine having Cybertruck money and buying a Cybertruck’: TikTok is full of people trading in their Teslas to the sounds of Taylor Swift [Fast Company]

Japan DUMPED The US Dollar?! [Medium]

How I Turned a Failing Business Into a $1 Million Powerhouse in Just 6 Months [Entrepreneur]

The CDC Has Been Gutted [WIRED]

This Week in Tech 1025 [TWIT]

Gemini 2.5: Our most intelligent AI model [Google Blog]

The Evolution of Graph Learning [Google Research]

Celebrate Poetry Month with the Poetry Foundation [Poetry Foundation]

Earth as a Planet [Astronomy Magazine]

AI Agents Are Smart — Knowing When To Step Aside Makes Them Smarter [Salesforce, The 360 Blog]

What’s New in SAP HANA Cloud | Deep Dive with Product Experts | Q1 2025 [SAP] #SAP #IwantToWorkAtSAP #Neurodivergent

What’s up, everybody! It’s Tuesday, April 1st, 2025. It’s April Fool’s Day! Hopefully people didn’t mess with you too much. That can happen on this day! New month, and it’s Spring.

Monday/Lundi March/Mars 31st 2025

Russian Hackers Exploit CVE-2025-26633 via MSC EvilTwin to Deploy SilentPrism and DarkWisp [The Hacker News]

Barring Marine Le Pen is a political thunderbolt for France [The Economist]

The secret life of the first millennial saint [1843 Mag]

Bonus: an update — Thousands of people have been freed from Myanmar scam centres [The Economist Podcasts]

In 2024 the global average score fell again, reaching a new low since the Democracy Index began in 2006. Explore EIU’s latest Democracy Index rankings and key findings:

http://econgrp.co/TJ #Democracy #Economy #Geopolitics [The EIU]

When Another Senior Leader Is Threatening Your Reputation [Harvard Business Review]

Germany decides to leave history in the past and prepare for war [BBC News]

The Big Take: Trump's Tariffs Set to Make History and Break a System MAGA Loathes — His plans have sparked fears of a US recession and a global slowdown, as well as the end of a post-war order. [Bloomberg]

Stocks drop, gold hits record as tariffs stoke recession worries [Reuters]

Palestinians flee Rafah as Israel renews assault on the southern Gaza city [AL-Jazeera News]

We Are Sleepwalking Into Autocracy — Senator Chris Murphy, of Connecticut, describes how free and fair elections might end in America as soon as 2026. [The New Yorker]

Nintendo has moved beyond specs — The company is as popular as it has ever been — and it owes it to leaving the technological arms race behind. [The Verge]

This little-known company is a major funder of right-wing politics. You’ve probably eaten their chicken. [Vox]

Hillary Clinton joins Bluesky [TechCrunch]

The first trial of generative AI therapy shows it might help with depression [MIT Technology Review]

Gen Z is facing a career apocalypse [Business Insider]

What a week! As part of the learning expedition organized by Silicon-Valley.fr, I had the pleasure of accompanying a fantastic group of leaders from CJD Pays de la Loire/Liens on a deep dive into the heart of the Bay Area’s innovation ecosystem. -Sophie Rougerie [LinkedIn]

More than 1,900 scientists write letter in ‘SOS’ over Trump’s attacks on science [The Guardian]

No Toilet Paper, No Privacy: Returning to Offices, Federal Workers Find Chaos [The New York Times]

President Trump has framed his new in-office requirement as a way to ensure employees are working. He sees the potential for resignations as an added benefit. [The New Yorker Times]

Elon Musk Hands Out $1 Million Payments After Wisconsin Supreme Court Declines Request To Stop Him [Huffington Post]

An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison [The Atlantic]

US pledges $2 million for Myanmar quake, but China already filled the void [FiveThirtyEight]

Elon Musk visits the CIA to discuss DOGE cuts [The Washington Post]

Marine Le Pen's 2027 presidential bid in jeopardy after court bans far-right leader from running in elections [Le Monde]

Facebook is making it easier to connect with friends again [Mashable]

Why Do British Police Love Superdry So Much? [VICE]

In Trump’s America, You Can Be Disappeared for Writing an Op-Ed [The Intercept_]

We all hate corporate jargon—so why are we still using it? [National Geographic]

White House says it's 'case closed' on the Signal group chat review [NPR] Imagine if it was Democrats. It would be a field day. Ridiculous.

West Sacramento businesses prepare for A’s Opening Day [CapRadioNews]

Y a-t-il une menace russe ? [Le Monde diplomatique]

Congress Has a Choice on Sudan — Trump’s indifference and aid cuts are exacerbating the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. [Foreign Policy]

Europe’s Nuclear Trilemma — The Difficult and Dangerous Options for Post-American Deterrence [Foreign Affairs]

In Laos, USAID Freeze Hampers Vital Bomb Removal Efforts [The Diplomat]

Is the U.S. Military Ready for Tomorrow’s Wars? [The Cipher Brief]

L'Événement | Macron, maître-espion [Intelligence-Online FR]

Bercy, ou l'initiation à l'espionnage d'Emmanuel MacronThe High Cost of Quantum Randomness Is Dropping [Quanta Magazine]

[Press Update] CERN releases report on the feasibility of a possible Future Circular Collider — Find out more: [CERN_FR]

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 [NASA]

7 March : INTERPOL International Day of Remembrance for Fallen Officers [INTERPOL]

Inside a 1,000-Mile Open-Ocean Life-Saving Rescue [Air & Space Forces Magazine]

The Coolest JDM Cars That Can Be Imported to America in 2025 [Super Street on MOTORTREND]

What’s up, everybody! It’s Monday March 31st, 2025. It’s the last day of the month of March! I hope you all had a wonderful Spring Break. I just spent the last 3 weeks in France. It was great. I need some time away to think, since I’m going through a rough patch (divorce) and my wife is the breadwinner. With no funds since early November 2024, I was pretty much with zero funds. Thankfully, Dad organized a quick trip to France to put my mind elsewhere temporarily. I got to visit #LaFrenchTechAnnecy & #LaFrenchTechGrenoble. Both cities were fun to visit and I even went to la FNAC. I’ll talk more about it in a VLOG video soon.

Saturday/Samedi March/Mars 29, 2025

A professional soccer team, and a stadium, are definitely coming to Modesto, city says [ModBee]

Are United underdogs for Forest trip? [Talk of the Devils, a Manchester United podcast]

EXPECTATIONS for Ruben Amorim & Manchester United next season | ESPN FC Extra Time [ESPN FC]

Les femmes vont devenir aussi fortes les hommes. (#LeRendezVous 29, Dans le ruck) [France Rugby]

Behind the Scenes at Volkswagen: Capturing Epic Snow Action! ❄️🎥 [Volkswagen News]

Mercedes-Benz and will.i.am are futurizing in-car entertainment with AI-powered FYI RAiDiO. [Mercedes-Benz]

Audi A6 Avant - Design Walkaround [Audi] The new A6 Avant is not available in North America. The RS6 Avant is.

Speed of Light | Behind the scenes: David Guetta at the Dubai Solar Park [Porsche]

The new BMW iX. [BMW]

You’re Nuts: Which transfer portal player should Ohio State roll out the red carpet for? [Land Grant Holy Land]

Five Reds Back in Training Before Forest [ManUTD]

Alidu Seidu s’inscrit un peu plus avec le SRFC [Stade Rennais]

Player Grades: Cavs at Pistons [Fear the Sword]

Reds give up 4 runs in 9th in Opening Day loss to Giants [Red Reporter]

Match Recap: Republic FC 0 – 1 FC Tulsa [Sacramento Republic FC]

What’s up, everybody! It’s Saturday, March 29th, 2025. A great day for sports. It’s March so Baseball is back! I follow the Cincinnati Reds, but obviously I’m much more interested in Motorsports, I was very thrilled that FIAWEC resumed. I really want to take my Dad to Laguna Seca next FIAWEC event. He doesn’t see the joy in cars. Maybe if I take him to that event, he would understand why some people (such as myself) love cars. It can be a passion. I especially like those PROTOTYPE vehicles. They’re amazing.

Friday/Vendredi March/Mars 28th, 2025

CURRENTLY WRITING

There's A Lot Of Cool Dinosaur Games To Be Excited About [KOTAKU]

Review of "Xenoblade Chronicles X Definitive Edition". The dolls, which can be said to be the essence of the game, are a mass of romance. While retaining the charm and "flavor", the finer details have been improved to make it easier to play. [FAMITSU]

Valve CMO threatened the company would walk away from games if it didn't own the rights to Half-Life—'It wasn't an idle threat—we weren't going to take on all of the risk to make other people rich' [PC Gamer]

Celebrate God of War’s 20th anniversary with God of War Ragnarök Dark Odyssey Collection [Playstation Blog]

Next Week on Xbox — New Games for March 24 - 28 [Xbox Wire]

Apple Mac Mini M4 edition is only $499 at Amazon — its lowest price yet [Tom’s Hardware]

Assassin's Creed Shadows - Critique [IGN FR]

2025’s Best-Selling Games So Far in The US [GameSpot]

Assassin’s Creed Shadows is a gorgeous retread of tired RPG mechanics [Polygon]

Atelier Yumia sets a new record for the iconic JRPGs, but responses are mixed [PCGamesN]

What’s up, everybody! It’s Friday March 28th, TGIF! Thank God it’s Friday. Here are some great new videogames news. I presume you finished all your homework for the week and for Monday? Yes? Good. Now politely ask your parents that you have done all the work necessary, and that you want to enjoy your games. I beileve it’s Spring Break for many of you. Have fun! I am writing from the future, but once 03.28.2025 arrives, I will be tired with some JETLAG, not JETLAG RADIO my radio/podcast show, but actual JETLAG from some flights. Do not worry, as soon as I feel better, I will livestream on YouTube some Playstation 5 games. Just stay tuned to my YouTube channel for the latest updates. See you soon! ^_^!

Until Next Time!

Thursday/Jeudi March/Mars 27th, 2025

CURRENTLY WRITING

Countries and donors must sustain investment in fight against tuberculosis in children [MSF]

“The ceasefire in Gaza must be immediately restored” [MSF]

Taking Care of Your Voice [NIH]

Vocal Fold Paralysis [NIH]

What’s up, everybody! It’s Thursday, March 27th, 2025. Here are some medical articles and news. As always, we demand for the return of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. It is of utmost importance. Have you ever had to deal with vocal cord paralysis? Here are some important information.

Until Next Time!

Wednesday/Mercredi, March/Mars 26th, 2025

CURRENTLY WRITING

Opinion: The Underground Always Finds A Way [Beatportal]

“He said, ‘Oh, stage fright? I had terrible stage fright.’": How Paul McCartney, Johnny Marr and Pharrell Williams cured Hans Zimmer’s performance nerves [Music Radar]

David Morales 'Needin' U' | The Making Of An Ibiza Anthem [DJ Mag]

New BBC documentary 'Clubbing: Is the Party Over?' is now available on iPlayer [Mixmag]

Dancing Astronaut’s New Music Friday: March 21, 2025 [Dancing Astronaut]

kstko drops liberating anthem ‘My Melody’ with 1MO & NEVVE [Premiere] [Your EDM]

How To Get Your Music on Spotify in 2025 [EDM Sauce]

U.S. Music Streaming Industry Cross 100 Million Subscribers Mark [EDM Tunes]

SESSION LIVE avec R2, MS Tungi, Pekace, MassLD, Bag Jeune B, Isaac G, Yoko...! #PlanèteRap [SKYROCK FM]

Big Sean - Def Jam — Big Sean: Dark Sky Paradise 2LP Deluxe (Complex Exclusive Vinyl) [COMPLEX]

Best New Tracks: Saba x No ID, Japanese Breakfast, Flying Lotus [HYPEBEAST]

Today In Hip Hop History: Outkast Released “Rosa Parks” From Their “Aquemini’ Album 27 Years Ago [The SOURCE]

B.G. Speaks on His Fight for Freedom of Speech, First Solo Album After Prison and Birdman’s Viral Moment on the Hot Boys Reunion Tour [XXL Mag]

What’s up, everybody! It’s WED. Middle of the week, let’s enjoy some new Dance Music and Rap Music news.

Until Next Time!

Tuesday/Mardi, March/Mars 25th 2025

CURRENTLY WRITING

US Security Agencies Halt Coordinated Effort to Counter Russian Sabotage and Cyberattacks [Slashdot.org]

Trump moves closer to court crisis [AXIOS]

Sources: Apple plans to build its own AI models for Visual Intelligence and add cameras to the Watch; the redesigned plastic Apple Watch SE faces serious issues [TechMeme]

'Monster' stock inflows show investors aren't convinced Trump's trade war spells doom [Quartz]

The AI revolution is here. Can we build a Good Robot? [Vox]

Euclid space telescope captures multiple ‘extremely rare’ double gravitational lenses [TheNextWeb]

I Don’t Want to Forget What COVID Taught Me [Eater]

How Marc Andreessen’s Longest Grudge Has Shaped the World We Live in Today [Inc.]

Trump is dismantling the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Here’s what it does [Fast Company]

‘It’s a Heist’: Real Federal Auditors Are Horrified by DOGE [WIRED]

Covid Vaccines Have Paved the Way for Cancer Vaccines [WIRED] #VaccinesSaveLives

This Week in Space 153 [TWIT]

New ways to collaborate and get creative with Gemini [Google Blog]

Deciphering language processing in the human brain though LLM representations [Google Research]

Walking Backward into the Future [Poetry Foundation]

What’s next for Boeing Starliner? [Astronomy Magazine]

Guided Buying Enhanced: Explore SAP Ariba's Latest Features | 2502 | Part 1 of 2 [SAP] #SAP #IwantToWorkAtSAP #Neurodivergent

What’s up, everybody! It’s Tuesday, March 25th, 2025. Here are some news for Geeks/Nerds/Otakus.

Until Next Time!

Monday/Lundi, March/Mars 24th, 2025

CURRENTLY WRITING

Dreams of improving the human race are no longer science fiction [The Economist]

Could Donald Trump imperil the Five Eyes spy pact? [The Economist Podcast]

A history of the Ukraine war in 48 dentists [1843 Magazine]

EIU’s Democracy Index 2024 has been released. It ranks 167 countries and territories, classifying them from “full democracies” to “authoritarian regimes”. Explore the latest rankings and what they reveal about political trends worldwide.

http://econgrp.co/Ty #DemocracyIndex [The EIU]

5 Techniques to Build a More Powerful Speaking Voice [Harvard Business Review]

Heathrow to resume some flights and hopes to run full operation tomorrow [BBC News]

OpenAI Study Finds Links Between ChatGPT Use and Loneliness [Bloomberg]

Trump awards Boeing much-needed win with F-47 fighter jet contract [Reuters]

Israel blows up Gaza’s only cancer hospital as deadly attacks continue [AL-Jazeera News]

First US Delegation Visits Afghanistan, Meets Taliban Foreign Minister [Afghanistan International]

We Dug Into the Polls. Democrats in Congress Should Be Very Afraid. [POLITICO]

What Gavin Newsom’s Embarrassing Podcast Suggests About the Democrat Party [The New Yorker]

Severance brought everything together in its season 2 finaleThe show’s big questions were (mostly) answered in elegant fashion. [The Verge]

America — and the media — needs a Covid reckoning: Our Covid mistakes did lasting damage. No one wants to talk about it. [Vox]

A high schooler built a website that lets you challenge AI models to a Minecraft build-off [TechCrunch]

Europe is finally getting serious about commercial rockets [MIT Technology Review]

Astrophysicist rates the science of 9 outer space movies and TV shows [Business Insider]

Ce matin, plusieurs joueurs de l’effectif se sont fait vacciner contre le méningocoque B dans le cadre de la campagne mise en place sur le territoire.

La vaccination est fortement recommandée aux résidents de Rennes Ville et Métropole ayant entre 15 et 24 ans.

ℹ️ Ce qu'il faut savoir avec l'Agence régionale de santé Bretagne → lc.cx/mvnRYr [LinkedIn] #StadeRennais #SRFC

Trump’s order to dismantle education department sparks outrage: ‘See you in court’ [The Guardian]

War in Sudan: How 2 Rival Generals Started Africa’s Largest Conflict [The New York Times]

AOC Says Democrats Need To Elect 'Brawlers Who Fight' To Defeat The GOP [Huffington Post]

Chuck Schumer Is Cautious for a Reason [The Atlantic]

Threats to federal judges increasing, US Marshals Service warns [FiveThirtyEight]

Democrats are angry, disillusioned over party’s failure to stand up to Trump and Musk [The Washington Post]

'Essential workers,' the forgotten victims of the Covid-19 crisis [Le Monde]

Why do we become obsessed with our partners' exes? [Mashable]

The Problem With the ‘Magical Children’ of the Telepathy Tapes [VICE]

Columbia Admissions Guidance for Undocumented Immigrants Vanishes From Site [The Intercept_]

The reason dementia rates are rising is surprisingly simple [Nat Geo]

Elon Musk's Pentagon visit sparks more questions about his access to sensitive files [NPR]

University of California to no longer require diversity statements in faculty hiring [CapRadioNews]

Quand le palais impérial valait plus que la Californie [Le Monde diplomatique]

A New Era of Undersea Conflict Is Here [Foreign Policy]

Conquest Is Back — A Peace Deal in Ukraine Could Further Normalize What Was Once Taboo [Foreign Affairs]

Violence in Gaza, Yemen and Syria Tests Middle East – and the Trump Administration [The Cipher Brief]

Quantum Speedup Found for Huge Class of Hard Problems [Quanta Magazine]

Dans son spectacle qui aura lieu ce soir au Portail de la Science du CERN, le comédien Luc Chareyron nous propose son interprétation personnelle de la mécanique quantique, nous expliquant comment le Père Noël parvient à livrer plus de 300,000 tonnes de cadeaux en une nuit. [CERN_FR]

Looking Back in Time [NASA]

What’s up, everybody! It’s Monday March 24th, 2025. A brand new week! It’s Spring! Are you excited about the last week of March? Looking forward to April? One month after April means May, that’s my birthday! Justice (French DJs concert in SF) Then in late June, Death Stranding 2: On The Beach will be released. As far as Death Stranding 2: In the Club, TBA. I’m just kidding. DS2 Director’s Cut will be out on PC and PS5 later on.

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Salut tout le monde ! C'est lundi 24 mars 2025. Une toute nouvelle semaine ! C'est le printemps ! Vous avez hâte d'être à la dernière semaine de mars ? Vous attendez avril avec impatience ? Un mois après avril, ça veut dire mai, c'est mon anniversaire ! Justice (concert des DJs français à San Francisco). Ensuite, fin juin, Death Stranding 2 : On The Beach sortira. Quant à Death Stranding 2 : In the Club, c'est à venir. Je plaisante. DS2 Director's Cut sortira sur PC et PS5 plus tard.

Until Next Time!

Saturday/Samedi, March/Mars 22nd, 2025

CURRENTLY WRITING

Hojlund & Garnacho score: Ruud’s Leicester dispatched [Talk of the Devils, a Manchester United podcast]

Manchester United vs. Real Sociedad Reaction 👀 How would new stadiums be paid for? | [ESPN FC]

Tournoi des Six Nations 2025 : 30 essais pour un record historique [France Rugby]

🏁 Here we go again, Green Hell – we are back and we have a special surprise for you! 🏁 [Volkswagen News]

The new Mercedes-Benz E-Class – 4 facts about your perfect family companion [Mercedes-Benz]

Audi or BMW? All-new Audi A5 vs BMW 4-Series Gran Coupé comparison REVIEW [Autogefûhl]

2023 Porsche 911 GT3 RS Review // On Another Level (+ INSANE Lap Time) [Throttle House]

THE BMW M4 CS EDITION VR46 [BMW M]

Ohio State center Austin Parks enters transfer portal after two seasons in Columbus [Land Grant Holy Grant]

BRUNO: Why Shouldn’t I Improve Myself? [ManUTD]

Le derby programmé [Stade Rennais]

Cleveland Cavaliers: Analyzing the rebounding issue vs. Clippers [Fear the Sword]

Red Report 2025 - TJ Friedl [Red Reporter]

Gear Up to Support the SRFC Unified Team Ahead of Saturday’s Match [Sacramento Republic FC]

What’s up, everybody! It’s Saturday, March 22nd, 2025. A great day for sports. Last week was the Sebring GP, from the FIAWEC, therefore I will share a highlights video, if I can.

Until Next Time!

Friday/Vendredi, March/Mars 21st, 2025

CURRENTLY WRITING

The Super Nintendo Now Runs Infinitesimally Faster Than It Did 35 Years Ago And Players Are Trying To Find Out Why [KOTAKU]

The Steam version of "Fuuuraiki" will be released on March 27th. A great adventure game with the theme of meeting and parting on the road, the "solo travel route" where you don't fall in love with the heroine is also appealing. [FAMITSU]

The best deals in the 2025 Steam Spring Sale [PC Gamer]

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach launches June 26, Collector’s Edition revealed [Playstation Blog]

New Copilot for Gaming Aims to Save You Time, Help You Get Good [Xbox Wire]

Intel's new CEO warns employees about 'tough decisions', but Wall Street cheers [Tom’s Hardware]

Un trailer épique pour Death Stranding 2 dévoile la date de sortie, du gameplay, et une vibe sérieusement Metal Gear [IGN FR]

Chrono Trigger's Story Is Simpler Than You Remember, But That's What Makes It Great [GameSpot]

Which of Nintendo’s internal teams might already be working on Switch 2 games? [Polygon]

Free-to-play Star Wars game scraps Steam launch and will shut down soon [PCGamesN]

What’s up, everybody! It’s Friday, March 21st, 2025. It’s TGIF (Thank God It’s Friday), that means, hopefully you finished all your homework for the week, and you can enjoy your videogames for the weekend. Have fun! We have about 100 days until Death Stranding 2: On The Beach will be released on the Playstation 5, Playstation 5 Slim, and Playstation 5 Pro. I cannot wait.

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Salut tout le monde ! Nous sommes vendredi 21 mars 2025. C'est vendredi, heureusement ! J'espère que vous avez terminé vos devoirs de la semaine et que vous pourrez profiter de vos jeux vidéo ce week-end. Amusez-vous bien ! Il reste environ 100 jours avant la sortie de Death Stranding 2: On The Beach sur PlayStation 5, PlayStation 5 Slim et PlayStation 5 Pro. J'ai hâte !

Until Next Time!