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Over the weekend, large crowds in several European countries took to the streets, with demonstrations in France escalating into riots marked by burnt-out cars and smashed storefronts. Social media footage showed similar unrest spreading across Spain, Belgium and Portugal, with hundreds of thousands reported to have joined the protests.
Apple's French regulatory website briefly listed a Smart Folio accessory with model number A3632, which doesn't match any current product. The filing, dated September 8, 2026, shows different recycled-material and rare-earth-element content compared to the existing iPad mini Smart Folio, according to MacRumors.
A cyberattack hit refrigeration-control systems used by roughly 410 French supermarkets, including about 300 Intermarché and Netto stores, 80 Coopérative U outlets and 30 Monoprix locations, according to the New York Times. France's National Cybersecurity Agency said the attackers targeted three companies that remotely manage store refrigerators, forcing some retailers to discard spoiled food. No group has claimed responsibility, and Paris prosecutors have not identified suspects.
Over Sunday night, attackers broke into refrigeration control systems at major French supermarket chains including Carrefour, Intermarche, Monoprix and Cooperative U, raising fridge temperatures as high as 122°F for hours and triggering some fires. Executives estimate losses in the tens of millions of euros, and France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI is investigating, tracing the flaw to outdated firmware in systems made by Danish supplier Danfoss.
Hackers reportedly breached systems controlling fridges and freezers at hundreds of supermarket stores across France, causing temperatures to spike as high as 122 degrees Fahrenheit (50 Celsius). The malfunction led to spoiled food and reportedly sparked fires at some locations.
According to a report, three unnamed EU officials expressed skepticism about a homegrown European alternative meant to replace Microsoft Teams. The report notes that France earlier this year said millions of its civil servants will shift to domestic video-conferencing tools instead of Microsoft Teams and Zoom by 2027, and that Austria's military replaced Microsoft Office with Germany's LibreOffice last year.
A recent controversy in France's literary world has intensified public scrutiny over whether written and spoken content is AI-generated. Commentary describes attending a conference where a speaker's talk carried recognizable ChatGPT phrasing, such as stock transition lines, prompting the observer to disengage from the presentation.
During a visit to France, Pope Leo XIV spoke out against unregulated artificial intelligence, warning it could reshape human life if left unchecked. He described a scenario he called a 'paradise of machines' as part of broader remarks urging caution about the pace of AI development.
Zinedine Zidane leads France for the first time as head coach on Friday, September 25, in a UEFA Nations League away match against Turkey at Kocaeli Stadium in İzmit. He succeeds Didier Deschamps, who had guided France for 14 years including the 2018 World Cup win, while Turkey looks to bounce back after an early group-stage exit at the World Cup.
Following Australia's under-16 social media ban, which restricted 4.7 million accounts but still left one in five teens using TikTok or Snapchat two months later, other governments are adopting similar measures. Indonesia's child safety framework took effect in March, the UK has proposed a ban plus overnight curfews for 16- and 17-year-olds, and the European Commission introduced the EU KIDS Act on 17 September, which would bar under-13s from social media and set 15 as the age for independent account creation.
Officials from Canada, France and Norway have been exchanging texts and meeting in person, including at an island gathering, to align on international controls for artificial intelligence. The communications reportedly show the leaders agreeing to collaborate, with one message simply stating "We're in."
A traveler returning from a trip through France, Spain and Portugal reports that Dynamic Currency Conversion, the practice of letting merchants bill purchases in a tourist's home currency instead of the local one, has become harder to avoid. Many payment terminals now default to charging in dollars automatically, often without a clear prompt asking the customer to choose, making it easy to unknowingly accept a worse exchange rate.