Un simple changement de nom, un message fort. Face aux tensions commerciales entre les États-Unis et le Canada, une initiative originale s’est invitée sur les ardoises des cafés du pays : rebaptiser l’Americano en “Canadiano”. Derrière ce geste en apparence anodin, une véritable déclaration d’indépendance à l’égard des politiques protectionnistes de Donald Trump.

A French start-up, Constellation Technologies & Operations (CTO), aims to usher in a new era of space telecommunications with its Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) satellite constellation. This means telecom companies could use a satellite network to deliver internet just like their ground-based networks, offering fast, responsive connections from space.

Humane bricked its pricey gadget on Friday afternoon. A short time later, a hacker got the codes to unlock it and potentially turn it into the true smartphone replacement it was meant to be.

A new ranking of Europe’s startup hubs by the Financial Times, Sifted and data provider Statista has rated 150 of the best campuses, labs and other institutions offering incubator and accelerator programmes to rapidly-growing tech companies across the continent.

Neutron irradiation inside a fusion power plant might instantaneously suppress the superconducting magnets’ ability to carry current without resistance (called critical current), potentially causing a reduction in the fusion power output. Now, a series of experiments has clearly demonstrated that this instantaneous effect of neutron bombardment, known as the “beam on effect,” should not be an issue during reactor operation, thus clearing the path for projects such as the ARC fusion system being developed by MIT spinoff company Commonwealth Fusion Systems.

This nanoscale shooting game allows for direct interaction with objects at the nanometer scale. In the world’s smallest video game, the spaceship and its projectiles are digital overlays, but the targets are actual, physical polystyrene balls at a microscopic scale.

Plastics are everywhere! They are essential in today’s world for purposes from sanitation in healthcare, to convenience in food service, and affordability of materials and furnishings that we use in our homes, offices and schools. Yet plastics also present a formidable environmental challenge, using precious natural resources in their fabrication and often disposed of in ways that negatively impact our ecosystem.

Appliance company Beko has been pushing forward with a number of large-scale sustainability initiatives, and has now been awarded the highest “A” score in both Climate Change and Water Security from the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). It places Beko on the CDP A List, highlighting its commitment to minimising its environmental impact and advancing its its sustainability agenda.

C’est un phénomène classique dans la sphère IA : la « hype ». Le Larousse propose comme traduction : “battage publicitaire”, “publicité monstre” ou encore “bla-bla”. La voiture autonome en a été victime, mais nous avons passé la crête de la vague. Alors, où en est-on ?

Vision artificielle, traitement du langage naturel, classification, aide à la décision…Toutes ces applications reposant sur des algorithmes d’apprentissage artificiel pourraient voir leur efficacité très sérieusement augmentée grâce au calcul quantique.

L’essor fulgurant de l’IA impose des infrastructures révolutionnaires. OVHcloud, fort de son expertise, se positionne en leader de la prochaine génération de datacenters 1GW, alliant puissance et innovation.

DeepSeek et ModelBest adoptent des stratégies inédites pour rendre les modèles IA plus efficaces. Entre innovation en formation et densification, ces entreprises redéfinissent les standards de l’industrie.

Face à la surcharge numérique, HMD encourage une pause hebdomadaire des smartphones. Un appel à la détox technologique soutenu par des téléphones minimalistes et des conseils pratiques.

Innovation has always had its problems. It’s a meaningless buzzword that leads to confusion and false hope. It’s an event or a hobby that allows executives to check the “Be innovative” box on shareholders’ To-do lists. It’s a massive investment that, if you’re lucky, is break-even. So, it should be no surprise that interest and investment have dried up to the point that many have declared that innovation is dead. But is it really?...

There’s really no argument that all of the eXtended reality experiences available to us now are nothing but illusions. As believable as the visuals might be, it all breaks down when you try to take into account the other sense of the body. It isn’t just the sense of touch either, which is often what designers and inventors try to immediately address. Other senses, however, are even harder to recreate or fool. Our sense of taste, for example, is very complex and sophisticated, even if we try to distill them down to basic groups like sweet, sour, salty, etc. Virtual reality makes that even harder because you don’t have the real thing in front of you to put in your mouth. In the future, however, that might not be much of a problem, at least if this rather odd-looking device becomes the standard for VR tasting.

ReCirculate, a premium compost product made from unconsumed food sourced from thousands of grocery stores by Denali, a Russellville, Ark.-based recycler of organics, is now available for purchase at more than 100 Walmart locations in eight southern states. Packaged in 1-cubic-foot bags and retailing for a suggested $6.97, consistent with other products of its kind, ReCirculate will be available at 600-plus Walmart stores across the country by April, in time for peak spring planting season.

Zap’s experiments on 433 plasma shots show nearly isotropic neutron emissions, confirming the stability and scalability of its fusion process.

It may seem counterintuitive, but transactions alone don’t outweigh the importance of early-stage relationship-building. Focusing on creating connections through brand content at the top of the funnel can drive meaningful business outcomes. Those early efforts form the bedrock of strong consumer relationships. By consistently delivering personalized customer experiences, seamless service and real value, you can create memorable brand experiences, whether you’re selling ice cream or million-dollar marketing solutions.

The Chinese startup DeepSeek shocked many when its new model challenged established American AI companies despite being smaller, more efficient, and significantly cheaper. However, management theory — specifically disruption theory — could have predicted that a challenger like this would inevitably come along. After all, disruptive innovation is all about low-cost alternatives that aren’t cutting-edge but perform adequately for many users. This, it seems, is exactly how DeepSeek has created the shockwave that it has. DeepSeek isn’t sui generis. It’s operating along similar lines to many other Chinese, which differ from their American counterparts in two significant ways: 1) They often use cheaper hardware and leverage an open (and therefore cheaper) architecture to reduce cost, and 2) many Chinese LLMs are customized for domain-specific (narrower) applications and not generic tasks. Management theory also offers insight on how companies should proceed from here. On the one hand, a benefit of having multiple LLM models deployed within an organization is diversification of risk. On the other hand, a benefit of working with a single supplier is reduced administrative costs and better understanding of capabilities on both sides of the partnership. Prior management theories also suggest a third possibility: plural governance, which involves using a combination of external suppliers and internal developers to leverage an emerging technology.

We all like to think our best ideas are the product of our own brilliance. But if we’re being honest, some of the most innovative solutions don’t come from a single person—they come from a collective. The truth is, your best ideas might not even be yours, and that’s actually a good thing. Whether you’re working in a federal agency, a local government, or any other public institution, leveraging the ideas of others—especially through collaboration and crowdsourcing—can take innovation to a whole new level.