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Apple poured some good money into making F1 – a Formula 1 racing movie starring Brad Pitt – and it wants its customers to know that. To that end, many people, including some Verge staffers, noticed an unusual Apple Wallet notification this morning that’s both an advertisement and promotion for the film. The notification prompts users to save on movie tickets via Fandango with a promotional code, reading “Save on 2+ tickets to F1 The Movie with APPLEPAYTEN. Ends 6/29. While supplies last. Terms apply.” It looks like Apple’s trying to juice the film’s opening weekend by tempting users into a deal. This notification was considered an affront to many recipients, as both TechCrunch and 9to5Mac previously noted. Folks are likening it to Apple’s infamous U2 debacle in 2014 when it gifted the b...

If you’ve been enjoying Hades on mobile via Netflix, you better get in those last few runs while you still can. First spotted by Engadget, and confirmed via the Netflix app, Supergiant’s Greek mythology inspired roguelike and 21 other games are being delisted from the service next month. Several titles like Braid, Katana Zero, and yes, Hades, were available exclusively on mobile via Netflix, meaning that when those games go, that’s potentially it for them on Android / iOS.Here’s a full list of the games leaving Netflix next month. Most games depart the service July 14th, but Hades goes a little earlier on July 1st. (Carmen Sandiego, however, doesn’t have a confirmed date for delisting, only that it’s “leaving soon.”)Battleship Braid, Anniversary Edition Carmen Sandiego CoComelon: Play w...

Samsung has announced an Unpacked event that’s happening on Wednesday, July 9th at 10AM ET. Details are sparse, but it shared the tagline “Ultra Unfolds,” which suggests we’re about to learn a whole lot more about a premium foldable phone, and perhaps some other foldables. However, you don’t have to wait for the keynote to unfold to mark yourself as interested, and Samsung is offering a free incentive if you follow through with buying it. By filling out a reservation form for the upcoming device, including your full name and e-mail address, you’ll get a $50 credit to the Samsung store following your preorder and purchase of said device. Creating a reservation will set up an alert to ping you when preorders are ready, so you won’t miss out. You can’t apply this credit toward the smartpho...

For once, the unflappable Hideo Kojima was overwhelmed. Even close to four decades of game-making experience didn’t prepare him for his biggest tribulation so far: developing Death Stranding 2: On the Beach during the covid-19 pandemic. “I thought I can’t pull this off. [I can’t] meet people or scan people, or shoot with people. I almost gave up. And also the staff were all remote, and I became sick as well. I thought it was just the end of the world,” he says through an interpreter as part of a group interview in Sydney. “I’ve been creating games throughout my career, but Death Stranding 2 was the most difficult challenge.”Even his initial scouting of Australia, where Death Stranding 2 is predominantly set, had to be carried out remotely via Zoom, with Kojima painstakingly directing a ...

You’ll soon have to pay more for various Philips Hue smart lighting and security gadgets if you live in the US. After vaguely notifying customers that prices will “go up” on July 1st in a promotional message, Philips Hue’s parent company Signify has confirmed that it’s inflating prices across the Philips Hue portfolio “as a direct result of tariffs.”“We remain committed to providing consumers with high-quality products and features that make smart lighting extraordinary,“ Signify said in a statement to Hueblog. ”Signify reserves the right to modify prices based on new or additional tariffs becoming effective in the future.”Signify hasn’t provided updated pricing or specified exactly which products will be affected, but its statement suggests the changes may impact the entire Hue lineup....

Roblox is introducing two new systems that are designed to further encourage creators to bring players onto the social games platform on a regular basis. The systems, part of what Roblox is calling Creator Rewards, will roll out beginning July 24th.One is the Daily Engagement Reward program, which gives Roblox creators 5 Robux for an “active spender” on the platform who spends at least 10 minutes in their experience in one day. 5 Robux isn’t a lot on its own — depending on where you buy Robux, that can translate to about five cents — but if an experience brings back thousands or millions of people every day, that could add up quickly. Roblox may also change the payout in the future, it says in a blog post.To be eligible for the reward, a creator’s experience must also be one of the firs...

Modélisation 3D du problème de l’aiguille de Kakeya. DVDP Les mathématiciens ont l’art de poser des questions simples dont la résolution va prendre des années. Deux d’entre eux viennent ainsi de résoudre un problème énoncé il y a cinquante ans, mais qui tire son origine d’une conjecture vieille, elle, de plus d’un siècle. En 1917, le mathématicien japonais Soichi Kakeya (1886-1947) étudie les surfaces balayées par le retournement d’une aiguille sur une table, et se demande quelle serait la plus petite. Le premier réflexe est d’opérer une rotation selon le centre de l’aiguille, ce qui recouvre un disque. La seconde idée est de faire un mouvement de 60 degrés sur une pointe, puis 60 degrés en sens inverse sur l’autre pointe et de conclure pa...

Nvidia has announced GeForce RTX 5050 GPUs for both desktops and laptops with support for ray tracing and DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation. On the desktop side, the RTX 5050 will start at $249, draw up to 130W of power, and feature 8GB of last-gen GDDR6 video memory (VRAM) and 2,560 Blackwell CUDA cores. The cards will be made by third-party partners like Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, Zotac, and others, with expected shipments in the second half of July. Nvidia’s Game Ready Drivers are expected to receive an update for compatibility with the new cards in early July. The RTX 5050 laptop GPU will draw 35W to 100W of power and use 8GB of GDDR7 VRAM and 2,560 Blackwell CUDA cores. Laptops running a 5050 GPU are expected to start at $999, with availability of some models beginning today. Early mode...

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C’est l’histoire d’une femme de 54 ans qui consulte dans un service d’ophtalmologie à Marseille car elle se plaint d’un œil rouge et douloureux depuis 24 heures, accompagné de nausées. Cette patiente déclare aux ophtalmologistes avoir eu un tatouage cornéen à visée esthétique un an auparavant. Elle avait en effet décidé de changer la couleur de ses yeux en ayant recours à la kératopigmentation, une technique chirurgicale qui permet de modifier la couleur des yeux de manière définitive, en plaçant des pigments dans l’épaisseur de la cornée. Cette intervention, initialement destinée à restaurer certaines fonctions visuelles ou à limiter des symptômes invalidants, est aujourd’hui de plus en plus utilisée à des fins purement esthétiques. Kératop...