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Black grand piano with its lid open at the Kunsthalle in Mainz; illustrative photograph.

Music · Nov 1, 2026Erik Orsenna and Claire-Marie Le Guay: two ways into BachA childhood memory, a book in two voices and a piano programme: Erik Orsenna and Claire-Marie Le Guay invite us to discover Bach through different doors. Here are some pointers for moving from the story to the works.

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AI · Nov 1, 2026AI assistants at work: who really chooses the criteria?An Anthropic experiment raises questions about control over decisions entrusted to agents. For users, control cannot be limited to checking the figures.

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Business · Oct 31, 2026Fujifilm is betting on magnetic tape to store AI dataThe group has announced an investment of 10 billion yen in Odawara. Behind the goal of increasing capacity fivefold lies a practical issue: storing data without confusing archiving, backup and immediate access.

A white-and-blue AVE train beneath overhead wires, with a castle on a hill in the background.

Europe · Oct 31, 2026High-speed rail in Spain: what the record number of lines doesn’t tell usThe EU’s largest dedicated network, increased competition and cheaper tickets: Spain’s results are real. The disruption in 2026 also shows its limits.

Trees, mosses and vegetation among the tombs at Père-Lachaise, photographed in February 2010.

Nature and environment · Oct 31, 2026At Père-Lachaise, what makes the cemetery a refuge for wildlifeGrasses, trees and nighttime tranquillity: Père-Lachaise is home to documented wildlife. But observing species is not enough to measure whether their numbers are growing.

Carved stone façade of the house known as Nicolas Flamel’s house, rue de Montmorency, Paris.

Culture · Oct 31, 2026Nicolas Flamel: how a Parisian bourgeois became a legendary alchemistA house, an epitaph and books written after his death: the Cluny exhibition helps distinguish the historical figure from the stories that transformed him.

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Economy · Oct 31, 2026Food shopping: how to tell whether a promotion really saves you moneyPrice per kilo, multipacks, own-label brands and short-dated products: three examples with figures to distinguish an advertised discount from a real saving.

Election posters along a building on a rain-soaked Paris street; a person is holding an umbrella.

AI · Oct 30, 2026Election images: ChatGPT’s filter, between illustration and photorealismThe filter reported by CNET turns some requests into stylised images. But two French tests described by Next produced different results: friction in image generation is not a check on the truth.

Aerial view of Apple Park, a large circular building surrounded by green spaces and homes, in Cupertino.

AI · Oct 30, 2026Core Advanced: what do the 2 GB of memory really measure?Apple’s model has 20 billion parameters, but a reading taken after a prompt shows around 2 GiB. These figures do not measure the same thing: one describes the entire model, the other a memory state observed on a particular Mac.

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Europe · Oct 29, 202646% of GDP: what the ranking of the 27 EU member states says — and does not say — about FranceThe European figure is 2.4 percentage points higher than the Insee figure. The gap is due to differences in statistical scope, notably imputed contributions: an accounting convention, not an additional bill sent to households.

The façade of the National Assembly illuminated in the colours of the French flag, seen from Place de la Concorde

Politics · Oct 29, 20262026 is not 1789: what the word ‘revolution’ really measuresEmmanuel de Waresquiel compares the October demonstrations with 1789 while rejecting the equivalence. Institutions, sovereignty and presidential precedents provide a way to test the word ‘revolution’.

Police officers advance along Avenue du Docteur-Arnold-Netter in Paris during the demonstration of 24 October 2026

France · Oct 29, 2026Paris, 24 October: from 142 arrests to judicial proceedingsAfter 142 arrests were announced in Paris, the public prosecutor’s office set out the initial outcomes. How to interpret figures published at different stages.