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The association of librists Framasoft imagines software alternatives to centralized Web services. This week, it celebrates the second anniversary of its initiative “Let’s unglue the Internet”. How to use the Web without using Google, Amazon or Facebook? The association Framasoft, specialized in the promotion of free software, answers this question by proposing alternative, ethical and decentralized software solutions. Called “Let’s unglue the Internet”, their initiative develops tools that allow the general public to regain control of their data. Six new solutions are unveiled this week. A goldmine for the “GAFAMs”, the data in question covers geographical movements on Google Maps,…
In 2012, the Dutch company Pal-V developed a prototype car that could turn into a helicopter. Called Pal-V One, this futuristic vehicle was in fact an aircraft that had a rotor in the horizontal plane and a propeller in the vertical plane. Since then, the prototype has evolved a lot, to give birth to the Pal-V Liberty, the first flying car scheduled for sale in 2018. For several years now, we have heard about the flying car and drone taxi projects carried by big names in the high-tech industry such as Larry Page (Google), Uber, Airbus. However, for the moment,…
High-tech subcutaneous implants, used for years for animals, are starting to spread in humans. An autumn afternoon at Stockholm Central Station. To check e-tickets on passengers’ phones, the controller of the 2:20 p.m. train to Linköping uses her smartphone, provided by SJ, the railway company. When she arrives in front of Jens Tangefjord, an elegant 40-year-old, he raises his right hand and explains that his ticket is in a microchip implanted under the skin, between his thumb and forefinger. The controller simply puts her device on the outstretched hand: the NFC (Near Field Communication) transmitter, which is fitted to new…
The researchers who discovered this flaw call it the “dolphin technique”: a simple and cheap method that allows you to pass commands to all the voice assistants on the market without the owner’s knowledge. It allows, for example, to ask Siri, Apple’s assistant, to make a phone call; to ask Alexa to make an order on Amazon; and even to give a new destination to an in-car navigation system.
While at first glance some smartphone games seem harmless, these applications, once downloaded to a smartphone, can track users’ audiovisual habits, reports the New York Times. And this spying takes place even when the games are not activated. These applications, often aimed at children, use software called Alphonso, a program developed by a start-up that specializes in collecting television data for advertisers. Through the use of the device’s microphone, the Alphonso software can record and analyze what users are watching on television. “The software identifies audio signals within commercials and shows and can match that information to the locations visited…
Ferdinand est un taureau au grand cœur. Victime de son imposante apparence, il se retrouve malencontreusement capturé et arraché à son village d’origine. Bien déterminé à retrouver sa famille et ses racines, il se lance alors dans une incroyable aventure à travers l’Espagne, accompagné de la plus déjantée des équipes !
Quatre lycéens découvrent une vieille console contenant un jeu vidéo dont ils n’avaient jamais entendu parler : Jumanji. En voulant jouer, ils se retrouvent mystérieusement propulsés dans la jungle de Jumanji, où ils deviennent leurs avatars
In response to the sexual assault and harassment cases accusing the producer Harvey Weinstein, Twitter has decided to strengthen the rules of its platform, where harassment remains a major problem. On Tuesday, October 17, the new rules of Twitter had been unveiled by the magazine Wired, which managed to obtain an internal email from the management. On Thursday, they were made official by Twitter, which supplemented them with other decisions and provided a timetable for implementation until January. For example, it will now be forbidden on the platform to change your username in order to insult someone. Previously, victims of…
A London scientist is working on an original device: the Kissenger makes it possible to kiss the correspondent of a video call remotely by transmitting the sensation of a kiss.
Ingredients for 4 people 300 g carrot 300 g zucchini 400 g black radish 2 onions 2 cloves of garlic 600 g Plain crushed tomatoes olive oil salt pepper grated cheese Preparation : Preparing the vegetables Peel the onions, a carrot, the garlic cloves, cut them into very small cubes. Cooking vegetables Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a sauté pan, add the vegetables, cook for 5 minutes, turning often, add the tomatoes, salt and pepper, mix and leave for 30 minutes on low heat. Peel the remaining vegetables and cut them into thin spaghetti, immerse them for 2 seconds…
Ingredients for 6 persons 2 puff pastry 170 g of spread 1 egg for the gilding Preparation : Assembly of the cake Place a dough in a pie pan or on the baking sheet covered with baking paper and prick it with a fork. Run a brush dipped in cold water over 3 cm of the inner edges to facilitate adhesion. Garnish in the shape of a bear’s head with the spread on about 1.5 cm high, place the bean on one edge (to minimize the risk of falling on it when cutting the pancake!). Close the pancake with the…
Ingrédients 2 puff pastries 4 apples 10 g of salted butter 1 egg yolk 2 teaspoons of salted butter caramel Preparation 1 – To anticipate the cooking of your apple and salted butter caramel galette des rois, preheat your oven to th.6 (180°C). Spread a first puff pastry in a pie dish and cut off the excess from the edges. 2 – Peel and cut the apples into thin slices, taking care to remove the seeds and hard central parts. Fry them in the salted butter over low heat until they caramelize, then place them on the pie crust. 3…
Ingredients 500 g boneless veal shank – 2 cloves of garlic, minced – 1 tbsp minced onion – tsp cumin – 1 tsp crushed dry coriander – 6 pistils of saffron, crushed – 1/4 tsp salt – 2 tbsp olive oil – 1/4 candied lemon – 50 cl water For the potato mousseline :600 g potatoes – 100 g butter cut into pieces – 10 cl hot milk – saltPreparationPut the pieces of meat and the rest of the ingredients in a pot on medium heat and moisten with water.Cover the pot and when it boils, lower the heat…
Ingredients: olive oil spray 2 medium eggplants 480g (2 cups) fresh ricotta cheese 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil 70g (1 cup) finely grated parmesan cheese 575g (5 oz) Woolworths Select Primavera pasta sauce 85g (3/4 cup) coarsely grated mozzarella cheese Method: Preheat oven to 200 ° C. Spray two large baking sheets with olive oil spray to lightly grease. Cut the eggplants into sixteen 1cm thick slices. Arrange eggplant in a single layer on prepared trays. Spray lightly with olive oil spray. Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Meanwhile, place ricotta, basil and three quarters of the Parmesan…
Ingredients for 4 people – 600 g duck aiguillettes – 2 tbsp. balsamic vinegar – 1 tbsp. lemon juice – 2 tsp. coffee of acacia honey – 40 g of semi-salted butter – 1 tsp. coffee of crushed pepper – salt, ground pepper. Preparation steps 1 In a frying pan, with the melted butter, brown the duck aiguillettes for 4 to 5 minutes over high heat, turning them. Add salt and pepper. Remove and keep them warm. 2 Discard the cooking butter. Deglaze the pan with the balsamic vinegar and lemon juice. Add the acacia honey and crushed pepper. 3…
Ingredients (4 people) 20g of butter Salt Pepper 1 handful of fresh herbs: parsley, chervil, chives 12 scampis 200g of Philadelphia Nature 200g of smoked salmon in slices 1 can of crabmeat (120g, net weight drained) Preparation Step 1: Mix Philadelphia and finely chopped herbs, add drained crab meat, salt and pepper. Step 2: On a sheet of plastic wrap, place the salmon slices cut into rectangles and spread with the mixture. Roll them up tightly and refrigerate for 20 minutes. Step 3: Meanwhile, shell the scampi and sauté them quickly in hot butter. Season with salt and pepper. Step…
Ingredients15 g of green onions/scallions1 clove of garlic7 g fresh ginger23 ml soy sauce15 ml Hoisin sauce15 ml olive oil1/4 lemon juicepepper300 g salmon fillet Preparation STEP 1Marinate STEP 2Fine chop the green onion and garlic, then put them in a soup plate. Add grated ginger, soy sauce, Hoisin sauce, oil, lemon juice and pepper. Whisk with STEP 3With a fork, whisk all these ingredients together. There is no need to add salt since the sauces are already salty. STEP 4Place the salmon on the plate, turning it to coat it with the marinade. STEP 5Cover and let stand either…
Ingredients 1 chicken about 75 g of crumbs or dry bread crumbled 100 g ground chicken or ground turkey 100 g ground meat 1 egg 1 bunch of parsley 150 g crushed almonds 1 cup of rice 2 onions 1 teaspoon of cinnamon salt and pepper Preparation STEP 1Preheat the oven to th. 6 (180°C). STEP 2Gut out the chicken, clean it and chop the stuffing. Cook the rice with water and salt. Chop the onions. STEP 3In a pan, over low heat, brown the onions, add the parsley, rice, chopped chicken and ground meat with salt and pepper. STEP…
Ingredients (for 4 people): – 2 eggplants – 2 zucchini – 1 green bell pepper – 1 red bell pepper – 1 onion – 2 tomatoes – 2 cloves of garlic – olive oil – salt, pepper – thyme – laurel – fine herbs Recipe preparation: Wash and dry the vegetables, cut them in half lengthwise. Cut off the ends of the eggplant and zucchini, remove the seeds from the peppers. Peel the onion but leave it whole. Place the vegetables on the baking sheet, curved side up, brush with oil and salt. Leave under the grill until the skin…
Ingredients: 4 eggs 2 tablespoons of flour 1 case of maizena 1 packet of baking powder 1 pinch of salt 1 /2 tsp of vanilla 30 g butter for the pan 1 pan of 20 cm diameter Preparation : Butter the pan and put to heat on very soft fire of course break the eggs in a bowl, add the pinch of salt, the cornstarch, the flour, the vanilla and the yeast, mix with a spoon… Pour into the preheated pan, cover …. After 8 minutes or so, check if the bottom side is golden by lifting with a spatula…