During a reception, a young man of good family is introduced to the sub-prefect of his constituency. In spite of his notorious shyness, he addressed himself to the Sub-Prefect and asked him: “Excuse me, Mr. Sub-Prefect, would you allow me to ask you a question?” The Sub-Prefect surveys him and […]
On the night that has been haunting me for twenty years, I dreamed of him without really sleeping. Alfred Haffner. Anton’s father, of whom I knew only this one photograph, framed by cheesy painted china dolls and dried roses on his mother’s sideboard. Alfred Haffner’s head lay next to me on my pillow, […]
He is plushy, old and very tattered. My Teddy Toldi. Probably a bad murderer. But nobody believes me. Nobody should know anyway. I just have to think about who else could theoretically be considered for Thorsten Hoffmann’s death. This causes me a headache. The police, the unnecessary emergency doctor (dead […]
National Assembly abandons Google for Qwant In France, the National Assembly decided to change the search engine. By December 31, MPs and their collaborators are invited to browse their computers, smartphones and tablets using the Qwant search engine services. The arrival of Qwant on the computers of the National Assembly is a great […]
In 2014, Amazon decided to put a great part of its weight in its personnel and human resources hiring processes in the hands of artificial intelligences developed within the company to optimize efforts in terms of attracting talent and find the ideal candidate for each position. The philosophy behind this project […]
Researchers from the French INRS and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have presented T-CUP, the fastest camera in the world, capable of capturing 10 trillion frames per second. “This new camera literally allows us to freeze time to see phenomena, and even light, in extremely slow motion, ” the INRS (Institut National […]
For at least five years, Facebook encouraged media, brands and virtually anyone who wanted to grow quickly in the social network to make the transition to video. Nobody wanted to read about politics, just watch videos of recipes with a high caloric index and a nice little music. However, it seems […]
