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Remastered Tomb Raider games allegedly used AI to change Lara Croft's French voice

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-02 09:39:22

Françoise Cadol is the voice actor for Lara Croft in the French localizations of the Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered games. She has sent a legal notice to the games' publisher, Aspyr, alleging that a recent patch used artificial intelligence to alter her performance without her consent. The news was originally reported by French publication Le Parisien and picked up by Game Developer . According to August 2025 patch notes for the remastered game collection, Tomb Raider VI was updated with some adj

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Ban social media for under-15s, says French report warning of TikTok risks

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-10-02 21:38:43

Ban social media for under-15s, says French report warning of TikTok risks 23 minutes ago Share Save Paul Kirby Europe digital editor Share Save Bertrand GUAY/AFP Lead author Laure Miller (R) and Arthure Delaporte chaired the six-month commission French children under 15 should be banned from social media and there should be an overnight "digital curfew" for 15-18 year olds, a parliamentary commission has recommended. The six-month inquiry into the psychological effects of TikTok on minors ha

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Where did the Smurfs get their hats (2018)

news.ycombinator.com Augie De Blieck Jr. 2025-10-03 12:52:32

That white floppy hat on top of every Smurf’s head. What is it? Where did it come from? Do Smurfs have bald spots? We’ve got a history lesson coming up here, folks. Sit back. But, first, let’s answer a side question: What’s Under a Smurf’s Hat? There’s only one true source for information on this question, and that’s Peyo’s comics. Accept no substitutes. Yes, there are probably moments in various movies and cartoons where a Smurf can been seen without their hat on. That’s not Peyo. Peyo s

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Where did the Smurfs get their hats

news.ycombinator.com Augie De Blieck Jr. 2025-10-03 17:52:32

That white floppy hat on top of every Smurf’s head. What is it? Where did it come from? Do Smurfs have bald spots? We’ve got a history lesson coming up here, folks. Sit back. But, first, let’s answer a side question: What’s Under a Smurf’s Hat? There’s only one true source for information on this question, and that’s Peyo’s comics. Accept no substitutes. Yes, there are probably moments in various movies and cartoons where a Smurf can been seen without their hat on. That’s not Peyo. Peyo s

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Kick accuses French authorities of politicising streamer's death

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-10-23 17:03:28

Kick accuses French authorities of politicising streamer's death 12 hours ago Share Save Graham Fraser Technology Reporter Share Save @jeanpormanove Raphaël Graven, also known as Jean Pormanove, died during a live stream on the Kick website. The streaming platform Kick has accused French authorities of politicising the death of a content creator who passed away during a livestream. Raphaël Graven, also known as Jean Pormanove, was found dead in a residence near the city of Nice last week. Pro

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Auchan retailer data breach impacts hundreds of thousands of customers

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-31 20:56:27

French retailer Auchan is informing that some sensitive data associated with loyalty accounts of several hundred thousand of its customers was exposed in a cyberattack. The company is sending data breach notifications to customers affected by the incident. "We are writing to inform you that Auchan has been the victim of a cyberattack. This attack resulted in unauthorized access to certain personal data associated with your loyalty account," reads the retailer's notification. According to the

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The great medieval water myth (2013)

news.ycombinator.com View My Complete Profile 2025-11-01 01:25:47

About Me chezjim Jim Chevallier is a food historian with a checkered past and eclectic interests. His most recent book is "Feasting with the Franks; the First French Medieval Food'; this follows a history of French bread - "Before the Baguette: The History of French Bread" - and a small work on the women who delivered bread in Paris and other cities for over a century: "They Came Bearing Bread; the Hard Lives of the Porteuses de Pain'. CHOICE magazine named his "A History of the Food of Paris: F

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French streamer's death 'not due to trauma', autopsy finds

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-11-06 04:47:26

French streamer's death 'not due to trauma', autopsy finds An autopsy into the death of French streamer Raphaël Graven has found it was not due to trauma, according to the prosecutor handling the case. The streamer, known online as Jean Pormanove, was found dead in his home near Nice on Monday. He was known for controversial live videos on the streaming platform Kick - leading French government minister Clara Chappaz to describe his death as an "absolute horror" on Monday when she launched a

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Police investigating death of French streamer seize equipment and videos

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-11-09 09:36:45

Police investigating death of French streamer seize equipment and videos On Tuesday, French government minister Clara Chappaz described Mr Graven's death as an "absolute horror", adding he had been "humiliated" for months. He was found dead at a residence in a village north of the southern French city of Nice on Monday. Raphaël Graven, also known as Jeanpormanove, was known for videos on the platform Kick in which he endured apparent violence and humiliation. Police investigating the death o

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Investigation into 'horrifying' death of French streamer

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-11-11 04:37:56

Investigation into 'horrifying' death of French streamer 23 minutes ago Share Save Tom McArthur BBC News Share Save Getty Images An investigation has been launched into the death of a French streamer known for extreme challenges. Raphaël Graven, also known as Jeanpormanove, was found dead at a residence in Contes, a village north of Nice, prosecutors said. The 46-year-old had been subject to bouts of violence and sleep deprivation during streams, and died in his sleep during a live broadcast,

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French government demands answers over streamer's death

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-11-11 14:08:44

French government demands answers over streamer's death The French government has launched an investigation into the death of online personality Raphaël Graven, known as "Jean Pormanove", who died in his sleep aged 46. The streamer had been livestreaming on the platform Kick prior to his death according to French media reports. France's digital affairs and artificial intelligence (AI) minister Clara Chappaz wrote in a post on X on Tuesday Pormanove had been "humiliated" and "mistreated" durin

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France's warship builder Naval Group investigates 1TB data breach

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-25 08:31:55

France's state-owned defense firm Naval Group is investigating a cyberattack after 1TB of allegedly stolen data was leaked on a hacking forum. The company characterized this as a "destabilization attempt" and a "reputational attack," to which it has responded by filing a complaint to protect its client's data. Meanwhile, Naval Group is investigating with the assistance of external experts to determine if the leaked data originated from them. Despite the gravity of the claims, the company main

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Ukrainians arrest alleged admin of major crime forum XSS

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-01 12:10:08

Yesterday, Ukrainian authorities arrested the suspected administrator of a notorious Russian-language crime forum, XSS.is. In an X post, the Paris Prosecutor's Office announced that Ukrainian authorities detained the suspect after an investigation conducted with French authorities' and Europol's help that began almost exactly four years ago. XSS has been "one of the main hubs of global cybercrime" since 2013, French authorities said, allowing "the sale of malware, access to compromised systems

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Elon Musk’s X Says ‘Nope’ to French Authorities Trying to Access Its Algorithm

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2026-01-05 17:55:20

Onlookers have long suspected that Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) has a right-wing bias embedded in its digital DNA, and, in January of this year, cybercrime authorities in France took it upon themselves to uncover whether this was true or not. The investigation has sought to determine whether the site is guilty of algorithmically manipulating the visibility of content on its website. NBC reports that, earlier this month, the probe was transferred to a “key unit of France’s national police.” N

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Researcher threatens X with lawsuit after falsely linking him to French probe

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-07 17:25:47

Elon Musk's X is refusing to hand over data to French authorities, claiming it's defending its users' free speech and privacy while branding a criminal investigation into alleged algorithm manipulation as "politically motivated." In a post on Monday, X's Global Government Affairs account denied the allegations, insisting the French investigation "egregiously undermines X’s fundamental right to due process and threatens our users’ rights to privacy and free speech." Preparing to fight the alleg

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Musk's X refuses to hand over data in 'politically motivated' French investigation

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2026-01-08 12:24:13

Elon Musk's X on Monday denied allegations made by French authorities as part of a criminal investigation into alleged data tampering, adding that it would not submit to the prosecutor's demand to hand over data. X's global government affairs account said the French investigation, which ramped up this month, is "politically-motivated" and designed to "restrict free speech." "French authorities have launched a politically-motivated criminal investigation into X over the alleged manipulation of

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Musk's X refuses to hand over data in 'politically-motivated' French investigation

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2026-01-08 22:10:24

Elon Musk's X on Monday denied allegations made by French authorities as part of a criminal investigation into alleged data tampering, adding that it would not submit to the prosecutor's demand to hand over data. X's global government affairs account said the French investigation, which ramped up this month, is "politically-motivated" and designed to "restrict free speech." "French authorities have launched a politically-motivated criminal investigation into X over the alleged manipulation of

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Digital vassals? French Government ‘exposes citizens’ data to US'

news.ycombinator.com Anne-Laure Dufeal 2026-01-08 00:26:09

France’s deepening reliance on US tech giants is raising alarms about digital sovereignty and exposing public data to foreign jurisdictions. In a French Senate report on economic and digital sovereignty, Senators accused the French State of “political fault”. That was in regard to outsourcing essential data infrastructure to US companies subject to US extraterritorial laws, including Microsoft, despite repeated warnings and alternatives. “France is subject to US extraterritorial law,” the repo

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Digital vassals? French Government 'exposes citizens' data to US'

news.ycombinator.com Anne-Laure Dufeal 2026-01-08 12:26:09

France’s deepening reliance on US tech giants is raising alarms about digital sovereignty and exposing public data to foreign jurisdictions. In a French Senate report on economic and digital sovereignty, Senators accused the French State of “political fault”. That was in regard to outsourcing essential data infrastructure to US companies subject to US extraterritorial laws, including Microsoft, despite repeated warnings and alternatives. “France is subject to US extraterritorial law,” the repo

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An Engineer’s Diary Reveals the Human Cost of Building OpenAI’s Next Big Thing

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2026-01-13 17:00:13

Behind the seemingly magical abilities of OpenAI’s technology lies a story of intense human effort and immense personal sacrifice. In a candid reflection posted on July 15, former top engineer Calvin French-Owen peeled back the curtain on the company’s high stakes culture. He detailed a product launch that was “unquestionably one of the highlights of my career” but also the “hardest I’ve worked in nearly a decade.” French-Owen is a seasoned tech leader who cofounded the successful data company

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A Top Engineer Reveals OpenAI’s Culture of Secrets and Chaos

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2026-01-14 03:00:07

Calvin French-Owen only worked at OpenAI for a year, but he saw more in twelve months than most engineers do in a lifetime. As a successful founder turned employee, he joined the world’s leading artificial intelligence company in May 2024 and left in June 2025. What he walked into was not a typical corporate tech job. It was a startup strapped to a rocket ship, powered by GPUs, Slack notifications, and a culture of secrecy that makes Apple look like an open book. “The first thing to know about

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OpenAI Engineer Quits, Says Company Is Pure Chaos Inside

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-15 06:04:09

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is setting a breakneck pace with his company, rolling out feature after feature to keep the multibillion-dollar gravy train steaming ahead. And that kind of drum beat, especially paired with ChatGPT's meteoric rise, is bound to cause plenty of chaos behind the scenes. In a blog post, former OpenAI engineer Calvin French-Owen, who helped build the company's new coding agent Codex, said there "wasn't any personal drama in my decision to leave" — but he did recap his experie

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A former OpenAI engineer describes what it’s really like to work there

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2026-01-17 17:58:31

Three weeks ago, an engineer named Calvin French-Owen, who worked on one of OpenAI’s most promising new products, resigned from the company. He just published a fascinating blog post on what it was like to work there for a year, including the sleepless sprint to build Codex. That’s OpenAI’s new coding agent that competes with tools like Cursor and Anthropic’s Claude Code. French-Owen said he didn’t leave because of any “drama,” but because he wants to get back to being a startup founder. He wa

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Mistral is reportedly in talks to raise $1B

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2026-01-30 18:11:47

In Brief French AI startup Mistral is in talks to raise up to $1 billion in equity from investors including Abu Dhabi’s MGX fund, reports Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter. Mistral is also talking to French lenders like Bpifrance SACA to raise hundreds of millions of euros in debt, per Bloomberg. TechCrunch has reached out to Mistral for comment. Mistral, makers of the Le Chat chatbot, is one of the most significant players in the European AI landscape with a focus on open-wei

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Why English doesn't use accents

news.ycombinator.com Colin Gorrie 2026-02-04 23:18:26

Portrait of Jean Miélot (after 1456), Jean le Tavernier Canterbury, AD 1105 The cold of the stone floor in the scriptorium creeps up through Godwin’s boots. He pays it no mind. Before him lies a copy of the Chronicle, just arrived from the old capital of Winchester. In it is written the history of the English people. His people. Today, his job is to make another copy. No difficult task for Godwin, or any monk. But Abbot Robert will want to inspect the work before vespers. Abbot Robert. A No

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13 Best French Presses (2025): Plastic, Glass, Stainless Steel, Travel

wired.com Tyler Shane 2026-02-18 17:32:00

The French press is an unassuming piece of coffee-making equipment. It doesn’t require electricity, yet experts agree that it can brew a richer and more full-bodied cup of joe in comparison with its more technologically advanced peers. For example, natural oils that would otherwise be filtered out in a drip coffee maker remain fully intact, making the coffee aromatic and robust. The French press method of making coffee is straightforward, cost-effective, easy to do, and hard to mess up. The dev

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The Tandy Corporation, Part 1 – By Bradford Morgan White

news.ycombinator.com Bradford Morgan White 2026-02-26 05:06:18

In 1919, a small leather company was founded in Fort Worth by David Lewis Tandy and Norton Hinckley. The Hinckley-Tandy Leather Company specialized in leather show laces, shoe soles, leather and rubber heels, and other shoe-findings. Tandy focused on sales and marketing while Hinckley managed the internal business operations and inventory. The company did well, bought a larger location in 1923 and expanded to Beaumont in 1927. The company scaled back during the Depression, but they survived. Ch

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Scientists Just Found a New, Incredibly Rare Blood Type

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2026-03-03 08:55:13

Step aside A, B, and O—there’s a new player in town. Scientists in France have just reported the discovery of a novel, rare blood type, only recorded in a single person to date. The French Blood Establishment (EFS), the country’s sole civilian blood transfusion organization, announced the discovery over the weekend. The blood type, nicknamed “Gwada negative,” was found in a French woman originally from Guadeloupe. It’s the 48th distinct blood group system to be established. “This discovery was

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The Tandy Corporation

news.ycombinator.com Bradford Morgan White 2026-03-01 04:52:23

In 1919, a small leather company was founded in Fort Worth by David Lewis Tandy and Norton Hinckley. The Hinckley-Tandy Leather Company specialized in leather show laces, shoe soles, leather and rubber heels, and other shoe-findings. Tandy focused on sales and marketing while Hinckley managed the internal business operations and inventory. The company did well, bought a larger location in 1923 and expanded to Beaumont in 1927. The company scaled back during the Depression, but they survived. Ch

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The bad boy of bar charts: William Playfair (2023)

news.ycombinator.com Mike Woodward 2026-02-27 17:29:31

A spy, a scoundrel, and a scholar William Playfair was all three. He led an extraordinary life at the heart of many of the great events of the 18th and 19th centuries, mostly in morally dubious roles. Among all the intrigue, scandal, and indebtedness, he found time to invent the bar and pie charts, and make pioneering use of line charts. As we'll see, he was quite a character. Playfair the scoundrel Playfair's lifetime (1759-1823) contained some momentous events: The development of the steam

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Latest Tech News

Remastered Tomb Raider games allegedly used AI to change Lara Croft's French voice

Ban social media for under-15s, says French report warning of TikTok risks

Where did the Smurfs get their hats (2018)

Where did the Smurfs get their hats

Kick accuses French authorities of politicising streamer's death

Auchan retailer data breach impacts hundreds of thousands of customers

The great medieval water myth (2013)

French streamer's death 'not due to trauma', autopsy finds

Police investigating death of French streamer seize equipment and videos

Investigation into 'horrifying' death of French streamer

French government demands answers over streamer's death

France's warship builder Naval Group investigates 1TB data breach

Ukrainians arrest alleged admin of major crime forum XSS

Elon Musk’s X Says ‘Nope’ to French Authorities Trying to Access Its Algorithm

Researcher threatens X with lawsuit after falsely linking him to French probe

Musk's X refuses to hand over data in 'politically motivated' French investigation

Musk's X refuses to hand over data in 'politically-motivated' French investigation

Digital vassals? French Government ‘exposes citizens’ data to US'

Digital vassals? French Government 'exposes citizens' data to US'

An Engineer’s Diary Reveals the Human Cost of Building OpenAI’s Next Big Thing

A Top Engineer Reveals OpenAI’s Culture of Secrets and Chaos

OpenAI Engineer Quits, Says Company Is Pure Chaos Inside

A former OpenAI engineer describes what it’s really like to work there

Mistral is reportedly in talks to raise $1B

Why English doesn't use accents

13 Best French Presses (2025): Plastic, Glass, Stainless Steel, Travel

The Tandy Corporation, Part 1 – By Bradford Morgan White

Scientists Just Found a New, Incredibly Rare Blood Type

The Tandy Corporation

The bad boy of bar charts: William Playfair (2023)

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