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October, 2017

Square made its own payment register

Square unveiled its new payment register today, a tablet-like device that only runs Square’s checkout software. Soon, instead of swiping and signing an iPad for your coffee, you’ll be swiping and signing on these Square Registers. The new registers are an alternative to mobile devices, other tablets, and even Square’s contactless chip readers.

Do you need a VPN?

Early this year, the U.S. Congress rolled back Internet privacy rules, giving service providers free reign to track, store and sell browsing data. In July, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) issued a warrant to DreamHost, asking for a list of everyone who visited DisruptJ20.org — a site used to plan protests at President Trump’s inauguration. Both events raise important questions about online privacy, and many consumers are turning to Virtual Private Networks (VPN).

Customize Your VS Code Icon

(Or any application icon, for that matter.)

The Verge Survey: how Americans really feel about Facebook, Apple

How Americans really feel about Facebook, Apple, and more

Zone-Telechargement.al : quand l’offre légale pirate les sites illicites

Plusieurs confrères ont remarqué l’apparition d’un clone légal de Zone-Telechargement.ws. Le site est goinfré de liens vers des plateformes officielles pour téléchargement, contre paiement, d'œuvres audiovisuelles.

How Studio Ponoc made the break from Studio Ghibli

The studio’s founder and first director explain how they built a company from scratch to take Japanese animation back to Ghibli’s early days

Amazon Key is a new service that lets couriers unlock your front door

You’ll need a smart lock and Amazon’s new Cloud Cam

Le principe est cool, mais heu... Le jour où, avec une simple faille, la caméra est freezé et le lock dévérouillé, ça va être drôle.

This Nintendo Switch dock packs a built-in projector for big screen anywhere

The Nintendo Switch is probably the best mobile gaming console ever created, but it’s still not great at going from playing on the go to big screen console experience when you’re not at home. A new dock accessory created by a company called YesOJO aims to change that, giving Switch the ability to project a screen of up to 150″ wherever you want to play.

Des messages d’avertissement sur ces objets connectés qui mettent en danger notre vie privée?

Un expert en informatique, Troy Hunt, suggère qu’on leur applique la même logique que sur les paquets de cigarettes, par exemple

Un jeune Français d’ultra-droite projetait plusieurs attentats

L., 21 ans, a été mis en examen mardi pour association de malfaiteurs terroriste criminelle. Il stockait des armes chez sa mère. Il voulait s’en prendre au porte-parole du gouvernement et à Jean-Luc Mélenchon

A la recherche de la flamme olympique

Le Conseil fédéral est prêt à engager 995 millions de francs pour Sion 2026. Il reste désormais à susciter l’enthousiasme populaire autour de Jeux d’hiver en Suisse. Il ne faudra guère compter sur Guy Parmelin pour cela

Nan mais vous voulez pas placer cet argent pour améliorer la ville à la place ? Je me passerais volontiers des JOs (qui durent quelques semaines) pour voir sur le long terme...

Deux pandas en studio pour libérer Nicolas Hulot !

J'aime cette radio. ♥️

xkcd: Jet Lag

I had some important research to do on proposed interstellar space missions, basketball statistics, canceled skyscrapers, and every article linked from "Women in warfare and the military in the 19th century."

xkcd: Ears

My theory is that most humans have been colonized with alien mind-control slugs that hold the earbuds for them, and the ones who can't wear earbuds are the only surviving free ones.

xkcd: October 2017

And yet I have no trouble believing that the start of the 2016 election was several decades ago.

xkcd: Self Driving

"Crowdsourced steering" doesn't sound quite as appealing as "self driving."