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First AI came for our jobs. Now, our memory? The lure of AI spending was too much for Micron to ignore. On Wednesday, the US chipmaker announced it's abandoning its Crucial memory and storage lineup to bolster its supply of enterprise-focused chips, including those used in AI systems.…   TheRegister

Gartner found only 20% of customer service leaders have cut human agents because of AI The world’s smallest digital violin is playing for AI chatbots, which are having a hard time elbowing out their human counterparts for jobs in customer service, according to a Gartner study.…   TheRegister

Rights holders had better buckle up for years of legal wrangling, IP lawyer tells The Reg You don't have to be smarter than a fifth grader (or even a first grader) to commit potential copyright infringement using AI tools. One IP attorney watched over the weekend as his young son built a bedtime story generator that used copyrighted characters without permission. …   TheRegister

Finish reading this, then patch A maximum-severity flaw in the widely used JavaScript library React, and several React-based frameworks including Next.js allows unauthenticated, remote attackers to execute malicious code on vulnerable instances. The flaw is easy to abuse, and mass exploitation is 'imminent,' according to security researchers.…   TheRegister

Letting AI firms train on copyrighted data will end up helping China, conservative groups argue A group of conservatives allied with President Donald Trump's MAGA movement, including former Trump strategist Steve Bannon, has asked the Justice Department and the White House to stop protecting Big Tech against copyright claims.…   TheRegister

La chasse à la barrette de RAM pour muscler votre PC gaming va devenir un sport de plus en plus risqué. Un des géants du secteur de la mémoire, Micron, a en effet annoncé que sa marque grand public Curcial allait quitter le marché. L'entreprise veut se concentrer sur les grands comptes — comprenez: le secteur de l'IA.   01net

C'est un sacré coup dur pour Apple, qui n'arrive décidément plus à retenir ses talents. La firme à la pomme subit une nouvelle défection majeure avec le départ d'Alan Dye, le patron du design des interfaces. Il rejoint Meta.   01net

An ‘anomaly’ meant a fireball arrived at the recovery zone instead of a spent first stage There's good news and bad news for the Chinese commercial launch industry. The good news is that LandSpace's ZhuQue-3 launched successfully on its maiden flight. The bad news is that a hoped-for recovery of the first stage ended in a fireball.…   TheRegister

Talk about enshittification No, this isn't a joke: Kohler's poop-scanning toilet attachment, which the company claims is … uh … end-to-end encrypted, appears to be anything butt.…   TheRegister

Des biens critiques, jusque-là fournis par la Chine, seraient bientôt obligatoirement fabriqués en Europe: c'est l'idée d'une future loi européenne qui sera présentée le 10 décembre prochain à Bruxelles. Elle pourrait contraindre nos industries à s'approvisionner obligatoirement auprès d'entreprises du Vieux continent, dans certains secteurs clés. ...   01net

LEO communications satellites are proliferating like rabbits Nearly all images from some space telescopes in low Earth orbit could be affected by light from man-made satellites as the number of communication spacecraft surges, new research led by NASA has found.…   TheRegister

Ridicule, embarrassant, insultant: les qualificatifs n'ont pas manqué de fuser chez les fans d'anime quand Amazon s'est piqué de proposer un doublage IA de plusieurs séries japonaises. Comme chacun aurait pu le prévoir, c'est une catastrophe et après les cris d'horreur des fans et des comédiens de doublage, l'entreprise a fait marche arrière.   01net

Starting in March, Frontline Worker and Kiosk–only mailboxes lose EWS access Microsoft is getting serious about the end of Exchange Web Services (EWS) and has announced that, starting in March 2026, it will begin blocking EWS access to mailboxes without license rights.…   TheRegister

C’est officiel, le nouveau smartphone pliant Samsung vient d’être annoncé. Le Galaxy Z TriFold est le premier téléphone à double pliage de la marque. Mais alors dans quel sens devra-t-on plier ce nouveau smartphone pour être sûr de ne pas l’abimer dès les premières utilisations?   01net

IT giant touts unified management, stretched clusters, and AI-ready networking at Discover Barcelona HPE is laying out its enterprise stall with enhancements to its GreenLake hybrid cloud portfolio, while converging its Aruba and Juniper networking to offer customers AIOps across both, plus high-speed connectivity for AI processing.…   TheRegister

Microsoft a du mal à vendre son IA auprès des entreprises. Beaucoup d'entre elles sont toujours réticentes à acheter des services IA, car la fiabilité n'est pas forcément au rendez-vous. Résultat: le géant du logiciel ainsi que d'autres éditeurs auraient revu les ambitions de leurs commerciaux à la baisse pour refléter la réalité de l'engouement tout relatif des clients.   01net

Si vous voulez une console portable autre qu'une Nintendo ou une Sony, le modèle RG667 de Anbernic est un très bon choix. D'autant plus qu'il est possible de s'en équiper pour bien moins cher qu'à l'accoutumée, pour les dernières heures du Black Friday sur AliExpress.   01net

Confier les clés de son PC à une intelligence artificielle peut virer au drame. Un utilisateur en a fait l'amère expérience: l'outil expérimental de Google a supprimé l'intégralité de son disque dur.   01net

Un fiasco à 257 millions d'euros: c'est la conclusion d'un rapport de la Cour des comptes qui épingle le développement interminable (et pas terminé 10 ans après le lancement du projet) d'un logiciel destiné à la police nationale.   01net

Russian vehicles will depart soon, but Baikonur launchpad damage clouds future arrivals NASA confirmed this week that for the first time, all eight of the International Space Station's docking ports are currently occupied – four by Russian vehicles.…   TheRegister

fffdedSi vous voulez vous équiper d'un mini PC performant sans devoir y mettre le prix fort, le Bmax B10 Pro est un excellent choix.    01net

Chrome 143 arrive sur votre ordinateur. La mise à jour corrige un total de 13 vulnérabilités dans le code du navigateur web, dont quatre failles de haute gravité.   01net

Le JONR P20 Pro est un aspirateur robot blindé de qualités techniques, il aspire la poussière, passe la serpillière et se nettoie seul grâce à sa station de vidange tout-en-un. Avec cette offre flash, vous pouvez l'obtenir au tarif fou de 195 euros seulement, mais il faut faire vite parce que le deal se termine déjà ce soir et le stock s'écoule à une vitesse folle.   01net

Officialisé au cours de l'été par Samsung, la Galaxy Watch 8 est une montre connectée premium qui combine esthétique et fonctionnalités avancées pour le suivi du sport comme de la santé. Si elle est ultra récente, elle s'offre déjà un rabais inédit avec cette vente flash, mais vous avez jusqu'à ce soir seulement pour profiter de tarif remisé comme jamais.   01net

Un malware s'est caché dans le code d'au moins 15 applis Android du Play Store. Intitulé GhostAd, le virus a transformé des millions de smartphones en « usines à publicités ». Ces pubs incessantes plombent les performances et la batterie des téléphones infectés.   01net

La Poco Pad M1 est une tablette de milieu de gamme, elle a été officialisé par Xiaomi fin novembre, soit il y a quelques jours à peine. Pourtant, vous pouvez faire une économie de dingue grâce à cette vente flash de -33%, la seule condition étant de faire vite, car le deal disparait déjà ce soir.   01net

Microsoft annonce la généralisation des réunions metaverses dans Teams et supprime sa plateforme auparavant dédiés au expérience immersives 3D, Microsoft Mesh.   01net

Statcounter shows the gap narrowing as users cling to older hardware and familiar workflows Windows 11 has not significantly widened its market share lead over Windows 10, despite support for many versions of the latter ending almost two months ago.…   TheRegister

Awarded a £239M contract, outsourcer apologizes for any inconvenience to 1.5M members Updated Pension scheme members are facing a string of errors and malfunctions as they try to log into and retrieve account details from the UK's civil service portal the government is paying Capita £239 million ($318 million) to build and run.…   TheRegister

Le rêve de l’électrique vire au casse-tête financier à la revente et les véhicules zéro émission perdent leur valeur à vitesse grand V. Chères en concessions, mais bradées cinq ans plus tard... les chiffres de l'occasion sont sans appel.   01net

Electro-Harmonix has announced the release of the ABRAMS100 100-Watt Solid State Amplifier. The unit utilizes 100 Watts of Class D power and is designed for portability, weighing approximately 2.5 lbs. {PRODUCT-BOX-33881-abrams100100wattsolidstateam}. The ABRAMS100 features a high-headroom preamp section with an integrated 3-band EQ and a presence switch for tone shaping. ...   KVR Audio

Imaginando has released Shattered Illusions, a brand-new visual expansion for VS, created by visual artist Perplex On, along with a new update to VS 2.0.4 packed with much-requested features. Shattered Illusions Expansion Pack Step into glitch, texture, and raw emotion with 65 presets designed to break the mould in style. ...   KVR Audio

Eftilo has released version 1.1.0 of Cratere, a Dynamic Stage-Mixing Phaser plugin for macOS and Windows. This update introduces QOL and performance improvements, and unifies Cratere with the rest of Eftilo's lineup. What's new in v1.1.0: Minor UI adjustments. DC offset removal. Bug fixes and improvements. This, and all other Eftilo's plugin updates, are and always will be free. ...   KVR Audio

Ayaic has released two new plugins, MLP - Monolith Level-Planes and MD/E Monolith Duck/Expand, as part of its M3 Breakouts Series. Whether you are a Producer, Mix/Mastering Engineer, Musician or Singer/Songwriter, MLP and MD/E will have you creating professional sounding mixes at an unbelievable speed. ...   KVR Audio

Woodman's Immaculate Maple Syrup Studio has released WoodPecker v2.0, a MIDI (V2 and V1) 4 layer sequencer with 64 steps and 4 variations per layer, both on macOS and iOS. New features in v2.0: Vertical dragging on the note button now updates the note/semitone. It will only select the notes in a scale (when set). Added Mute and Solo buttons in Run view. ...   KVR Audio

Carve Audio has announced the release of Smashburger Compressor, a dynamics processor that combines punch, control, and analog-style warmth in one simple tool. The Smashburger Compressor isn't just another dynamics plugin — it's a flavor boost for your tracks. ...   KVR Audio

Acon Digital has announced the release of Extract:Dialogue 2, the next generation of its dialogue cleaning plugin designed for film, TV, streaming, and post-production workflows. ...   KVR Audio

A new minor version of JUCE is out now. Here are the highlights. New MIDI 2.0 UMP Demo JUCE now supports communication with MIDI 2.0 devices via UMP. Universal MIDI Packet is the new backwards-compatible MIDI 2.0 data format. The JUCE team has added a new demo that lets you inspect MIDI 2.0 endpoints and inspect incoming and outgoing messages. JUCE 8.0. ...   KVR Audio

Igor Vasiliev has released ExoSphere, a generator of continuous ambient and meditative compositions, for iOS and macOS, built on five independent sound layers that blend into a seamless atmosphere. It provides an effortless way to create a foundation for ambient tracks or even a complete background piece with minimal adjustments. ...   KVR Audio

Kush Audio has released Clariphonic Mk3, a new version of the parallel mastering EQ plugin for macOS and Windows. The sound of high-end analog EQ in plugin form, which tailors the brightness for every sound that needs it, exactly the way it needs it. The sound of Mk3 comes from the very cozy marriage of Magpha EQ's buttery algorithms with Clariphonic's uniquely gain-dependent shelving corners. ...   KVR Audio

UJAM has announced the release of UFX Lofi and UFX Distort as the latest additions to the UFX series, joining Reverb, Delay, and Filter. UFX Lofi focuses on degraded, character-rich textures inspired by tape wear and early digital artifacts, while UFX Distort ranges from subtle saturation to aggressive clipping and foldback. ...   KVR Audio

Psylus Audio has released Hard Kick, a kick builder plugin that features everything you need for your harder kick drums. Features: Timestretching, pitching, layering and editing to perfection. Always play in key and in sync with your track BPM. Six different sound sources: kick, attack, crunch, rumble, bass, SFX. ...   KVR Audio

Goodhertz has released a new mastering compressor, VCME, along with VCME Soft Clip, and updated their whole plugin line to v3.13.2. Version 3.13 is a free update for all existing Goodhertz users on the download page. VCME (Vulf Compressor Mastering Edition) VCME is the mastering version of Goodhertz' original Vulf Compressor and is built for precise control, versatility, and analog coloration. ...   KVR Audio

HOFA-Plugins has announced the release of Colour Saturator. Colour Saturator is a versatile saturation and distortion plugin designed to bring the full character of analog hardware into the digital studio. From silky harmonics and subtle warmth to aggressive distortion and extreme fuzz, Colour Saturator delivers all the colours of analog saturation with modern precision and control. ...   KVR Audio

Cotorro Audio has announced the release of RIPUL-1 Analog Saturator, a stand-alone distortion tool for Windows that offers tons of analog character as well as a soft-knee limiter. Transform and enhance your drum mixes, vocals, and bass tracks with this fiery addition to your mixing arsenal. You can also create sheer sonic mayhem with this tool. ...   KVR Audio

Psytrance Plugins has released Psytecher Machines, three new plugins that can be acquired individually. They are: Melt: Acid Synth with 7 mini-synths that create various types of acid sounds; Revolver: bass generator that creates instant bass by just clicking a button; A-Drums: full synthesized drum machine with special random controls; Price: $15 each at psytranceplugins. ...   KVR Audio

Aurally Sound has released Prism, describing it as 'a next-generation audio-to-MIDI engine designed for producers, musicians, and transcribers who demand accuracy and detail'. Built using advanced machine-learning techniques, Prism converts audio into MIDI with exceptional note recognition—capturing chords, single-note lines, and dynamic phrasing with clarity. ...   KVR Audio

Sinevibes has released Cache, a MIDI-controlled effect plugin for real-time audio manipulation, available for Mac, Windows and Linux. Cache's unique sound engine constantly records all incoming audio and processes it live through multiple included buffer-based algorithms – such as repeat, robotize, time stretch, stop, reverse, rewind, scratch – and much more. ...   KVR Audio

Universal Audio has announced the release of Paradise Guitar Studio, a new native UAD plug-in designed to provide a complete guitar recording signal chain. Available for Mac and PC, the software combines emulations of classic amplifiers, cabinets, and microphones with stompbox and studio effects. The plug-in is designed to offer an 'end-to-end' virtual workflow. ...   KVR Audio