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OpenAI and Google’s TPUs: diversification is also a software challengeThe press has reported a plan to buy Google chips. An OpenAI job listing, meanwhile, reveals a very concrete project: adapting its models to another computing architecture.
From ‘Rossignol’ to ‘Au-delà du ciel’: utopia still has stories to tellImagining a better world does not eliminate conflict. Three books offer ways to look differently at coexistence, progress and artificial intelligence.
Luxor bets on AI: what Bitcoin mining can bring to the tableThe company has announced a $16 million financing round to expand its computing services. Its claimed advantage lies in equipment, energy and contracts—not in magically turning mining machines into something else.
SK hynix: what its record quarter reveals about the memory market for AIResults, HBM memory and supply contracts: understanding SK hynix’s growth and the industrial risks behind AI-related demand.
Atomic clocks: why our time depends on a networkThe alert over the clocks at the Paris Observatory highlights an essential infrastructure. The atomic second, world time and GPS: three concepts to distinguish.
Belgian road vignette in 2027: what is taking shape for cross-border motoristsSales announced for April, requirement expected in May, checks by number plate: the plan is progressing. What to distinguish when preparing your journeys, without mistaking an announcement for a rule already in force.
Atlanta: Kelsea Bond’s task force on data centres remains on holdKelsea Bond wants to regulate the growth of data centres in Atlanta. But, as of 28 October, the announced task force has not yet been created: its resolution remains held up at city council.
Hebron: distinguishing displaced residents from those trapped in their homesThe Israeli operation continues on 28 October. The figures for evacuations and residents trapped in their homes do not reflect the same reality; the UN is calling for their return.
Pont Masséna in Paris: maintenance continues as stay-cable replacement is preparedMaintenance work is scheduled to continue until the end of November 2026. Replacing the cables is a separate project, with studies that must take account of the trains running beneath the ring road.
France in 2050: ageing, climate and the choices to make todayBy 2050, 16.5% of people in France could be aged 75 or over, while climate adaptation is being prepared on a trajectory of +2.7 °C. The report « France 2035, France 2050 » sets out the trade-offs ahead.
Machado returns to Venezuela: the battle is now over the rules of the voteBack in Venezuela on 25 October 2026, Maria Corina Machado is calling for a presidential election in 2027.