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Stephen Schwartz Criticizes Kennedy Center, Saying He Won’t Host Gala

The Washington National Opera said the “Wicked” composer was scheduled to host its annual event at the center this spring.

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“There’s no way I would set foot in it now,” Stephen Schwartz said of the Kennedy Center, which has seen many changes during the second Trump administration.
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Pebble Round 2 Brings Back Classic Smartwatch, Pre-Orders Now Open

Pebble today announced that it is bringing back the Pebble Time Round, one of its most iconic smartwatches from a decade ago. The new Pebble Round 2 builds on the Pebble Time Round, eliminating some of the compromises that had to be made with the original model.


The Pebble Round 2 features a bezel-free 1.3-inch color e-paper display, and it comes in matte black, brushed silver, and rose gold. Advances in Bluetooth technology mean that it lasts for up to two weeks before needing to be recharged, and it remains as thin as the original.


The device runs the open-source PebbleOS operating system, and it is designed to work with iOS and Android smartphones. It supports basic sleep tracking and activity tracking, but it is not a fitness watch, so there is no heart rate tracking.

Pebble creator Eric Migicovsky brought back the Pebble brand earlier this year after Google released the source code for PebbleOS. After going bankrupt in 2016, Pebble was sold to Fitbit, and then Fitbit was bought by Google.

Migicovsky has been vocal about how Apple's restrictions for third-party smartwatches limit how the Pebble works with an iPhone. He has complained that Apple makes it "nearly impossible" for third-party wearable developers to create an experience that mirrors the Apple Watch experience.

The Pebble Round 2 can be pre-ordered from the rePebble website for $199, and it is set to ship out to customers in May.
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Software Error Will Force 325,000 Californians to Replace Real IDs

Some state-issued identification cards issued to legal immigrants could be valid longer than the people holding them are allowed to remain in the United States, state officials said.

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A California Department of Motor Vehicles office in San Francisco. The department said that 1.5 percent of the state’s Real ID holders were affected by a software glitch and must replace their cards.
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La Chine s'inquiète que l'IA menace le pouvoir du Parti et tente de la dompter sans sacrifier la compétitivité face aux États-Unis, Pékin exige que les chatbots IA soient formés à partir de données filtrées

La Chine s'inquiète que l'IA menace le pouvoir du Parti et tente de la dompter sans sacrifier la course technologique face aux États-Unis,
Pékin applique des règles strictes pour s'assurer que les chatbots ne se comportent pas de manière inappropriée

L'intelligence artificielle générative, longtemps présentée par Pékin comme un levier stratégique pour rattraper — voire dépasser — les États-Unis, est devenue en Chine une source d'inquiétude politique majeure. Derrière la course aux modèles de...

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : Mykhaïlo Fedorov nommé ministre de la défense par Volodymyr Zelensky

M. Fedorov, âgé de seulement 34 ans, occupait le poste de ministre de la transformation numérique depuis 2019. Il va remplacer Denys Chmyhal. Par ailleurs, le président ukrainien a choisi le général Kyrylo Boudanov comme chef de cabinet, à la place du très influent Andriy Yermak, limogé fin novembre sur fond de scandale de corruption.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : Mykhaïlo Fedorov nommé ministre de la défense par Volodymyr Zelensky

M. Fedorov, âgé de seulement 34 ans, occupait le poste de ministre de la transformation numérique depuis 2019. Il va remplacer Denys Chmyhal. Par ailleurs, le président ukrainien a choisi le général Kyrylo Boudanov comme chef de cabinet, à la place du très influent Andriy Yermak, limogé fin novembre sur fond de scandale de corruption.

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Mykhaïlo Fedorov, alors ministre ukrainien de la transformation numérique, à Kiev, le 15 septembre 2023.
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