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Actualité : Samsung Galaxy S26 : voici les prix en euros, et la bonne nouvelle qui en cache une moins bonne

28 janvier 2026 à 17:30
Impossible d'y échapper : c'était l'actualité brûlante de la fin d'année 2025, dont les conséquences se mesureront tout au long de 2026, et probablement de 2027. La pénurie de mémoire vive qui sévit actuellement fait craindre, pêle-mêle, la stagnation des fiches techniques des smartphones, voire leur récession, mais aussi l'augmentation de leurs tari...

Nato needs to be ‘reimagined’ with Europe showing more capabilities, says Marco Rubio – Europe live

US secretary of state also said he was confident of ‘positive resolution’ on Denmark

in Paris

In other news, a former French senator has been found guilty of drugging a fellow politician in order to sexually assault her, in a case that has shaken French politics.

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Teardown Reveals AirTag 2 Is Full of Hidden Changes

28 janvier 2026 à 17:18
Apple has made a series of notable internal changes with the second-generation AirTag, according to a teardown video by Joseph Taylor.


Externally, the second-generation ‌AirTag‌ itself is effectively indistinguishable from the original and continues to use a standard CR2032 coin cell. The only visual differences are slight changes to the text on the back, which is now all in capital letters and lists IP67 water and dust resistance, as well as NFC and Find My support.

The main PCB inside the second-generation ‌AirTag‌ is visibly thinner than that of the original model. The battery connectors are positioned at a different angle and the new board includes additional test pads that are likely related to manufacturing or diagnostics. Taylor also noted new markings inside the battery compartment, including a QR-code-like graphic.

The speaker assembly also sees changes. The speaker coil embedded in the plastic shell appears slightly larger than in the first-generation ‌AirTag‌, while the speaker magnet is more firmly secured. In the original ‌AirTag‌, the magnet could be removed relatively easily, which enabled relatively easy modifications. In the second-generation model, the magnet is more firmly secure and requires noticeably more effort to remove.



Taylor speculated that the increased use of adhesive could be related to anti-tampering efforts. Despite the removal of the speaker coil and magnet, the device was still able to connect to his iPhone, indicating that Apple has not introduced a firmware-level lockout or alert triggered by physical modifications.

After pairing the device to an ‌iPhone‌, the sound the ‌AirTag‌ emits is a "slightly higher pitch" compared to the original. A user on X has noted that the chime has changed from the note "F" to the note "G."

Apple has also updated the ‌AirTag‌'s packaging, using a redesigned box with a narrower overall shape and updated front artwork. The printed text on the new box appears slightly raised via UV printing, and it now features paper adhesive pull tabs. Inside the box, the cardboard insert containing the AirTags is now simpler, with a single paper latch holding a lid over the tray of AirTags, which now sit as a row of four. In the original packaging, the AirTags sat in a doubled over folio in rows of two.
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This article, "Teardown Reveals AirTag 2 Is Full of Hidden Changes" first appeared on MacRumors.com

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Les PC portables gaming et bureautiques ont jusqu’à 1 000 € de réduction pendant l’ultime démarque des soldes d’hiver

28 janvier 2026 à 17:18

Configuration gaming, bureautique, avec carte graphique Nvidia ou non, processeur AMD, Intel ou Qualcomm, écran IPS ou OLED... Nombre de PC portables sont en promotion lors de la dernière démarque des soldes d'hiver mais seuls quelques-uns méritent vraiment de figurer dans cette sélection.
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The arts of war: can Europe’s artists embrace the idea of ‘armed pacifism’?

28 janvier 2026 à 17:16

Pacifism is core to modern European culture, but a ‘no arms’ attitude risks leaving artists and film-makers short of answers when facing military aggression and political threats

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One reason why art – painting, literature, film, theatre, all of it – is so important to society is that it creates spaces that can tolerate difficult answers to difficult questions. This makes art the opposite of politics, where politicians are under constant pressure to give easy answers to difficult questions.

I was thinking about this distinction this month while watching the European film awards, this continent’s answer to the Oscars, which has moved its annual ceremony to January this year as it seeks to position itself as a major tastemaker for grownup cinema.

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Google DeepMind launches AI tool to help identify genetic drivers of disease

28 janvier 2026 à 17:15

AlphaGenome can analyse up to 1m letters of DNA code at once and could pave way for new treatments

Researchers at Google DeepMind have unveiled their latest artificial intelligence tool and claimed it will help scientists identify the genetic drivers of disease and ultimately pave the way for new treatments.

AlphaGenome predicts how mutations interfere with the way genes are controlled, changing when they are switched on, in which cells of the body, and whether their biological volume controls are set to high or low.

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Till DVD release do us part: how far will Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi take their Wuthering Heights fauxmance?

28 janvier 2026 à 17:15

We’ve had declarations of obsession, we’ve had notification of their matching rings … can someone please throw some cold water over this press tour love-fest?

Even though it isn’t released for another fortnight, you may already have formed strong opinions about Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights. Perhaps you hold the position that the novel is a text so sacred that any adaptation whatsoever is equivalent to sacrilege. Or maybe you are excited to see what a noted iconoclast such as Fennell will do with something as fusty as a 179-year-old book.

Either way, it is likely that your key takeaway from the Wuthering Heights press tour so far is that it’s getting a bit much. It has now been revealed that Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi have matching rings decorated with two hugging skeletons and the phrase “Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same”.

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La nouvelle MG4 électrique abordable est enfin en Europe : voici les premiers chiffres

28 janvier 2026 à 17:14

Promise de longue date, la nouvelle MG4 Urban vient d'arriver au Royaume-Uni. Cette voiture électrique venue de Chine se place sous la MG4 qu'on connaît déjà, notamment en termes de prix. La version actuelle gagne un nouvel intérieur et ne garde que ses grandes batteries.
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Actualité : Galaxy Buds 4 et 4 Pro : les prix en France dévoilés, mais ce détail de l'offre Samsung doit vous faire réfléchir

28 janvier 2026 à 17:13
Alors que l'attention se cristallise autour des futurs Galaxy S26, Samsung prépare en coulisses le renouvellement de sa gamme audio. Attendus pour le début de l'année 2026, les Galaxy Buds 4 et Buds 4 Pro voient leurs tarifs et leurs offres de lancement fuiter avant l'heure, dans la foulée de leurs certifications sur plusieurs marchés clés à travers...

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