Digital

Guillaume Pley on the set of ‘Top Gear France’ in 2018. The former NRJ host has since founded the video media outlet Legend, at the center of the investigations answered by his announced complaints. Credit: Eric Houdas / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Society

French media host Guillaume Pley faces allegations as complaint filings and key digital evidence remain unseen

2026-08-13

A multirotor drone flies over an urban landscape with no connection to Villefranche-sur-Saône prison. This illustrative image evokes the aerial deliveries at the heart of the investigation. Credits: Flash Alexander / PublicDomainPictures.net.

Society

At Villefranche prison, 1,826 drone packages expose the limits of detection and France’s anti-drone response

2026-08-12

In Colorado Springs, Elon Musk presents Starship’s future capabilities to U.S. military officials on April 15, 2019. The scene comes several years before his political showdown with Marine Tondelier. Credits: NORAD and USNORTHCOM Public Affairs.

Society

Elon Musk vs. Marine Tondelier : what the EU Digital Services Act really allows France to do during elections

2026-08-07

In a winter sky, a quadcopter drone hovers in place, its camera pointed toward the ground. This illustrative image evokes the lightweight devices that airports are now mobilizing to detect. Credits: PxHere / CC0 Public Domain.

Society

An explosive drone tests Leipzig Airport security as Germany probes a second object and possible hybrid attack

2026-08-06

Raphaël Glucksmann appears in close-up, looking toward the camera. The Member of the European Parliament says he was targeted by Storm-1516 before the 2027 presidential election. Credits: Librairie Mollat / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Society

How Storm-1516 used a fake news site and AI voice to target French politician Raphaël Glucksmann before 2027

2026-08-05

A hand holds a coin stamped with the Bitcoin symbol above other tokens. The image suggests the safekeeping of digital assets and the risks tied to their keys. Credits: bitcointere / PxHere.

Society

How a Coldcard firmware bug made thousands of Bitcoin hardware wallets vulnerable to remote theft worldwide

2026-08-04

Denis Podalydès at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival for the film ‘The Conquest’. The actor represents a profession now facing AI voice cloning. Credits: Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Culture

Denis Podalydès voice clone case : a French court orders Google to help identify the YouTube channel owner

2026-08-03

In Berlin, Pavel Durov talks with Alexia Tsotsis on the TechCrunch Disrupt Europe stage on October 27, 2013. Their conversation comes several years before the Telegram founder’s clashes with governments. Credits: TechCrunch, CC BY 2.0.

Science

Durov faces Russia’s terrorism case as Telegram, Interpol and extradition questions collide beyond Moscow

2026-07-29

Culture

Inside Japan Expo 2026 near Paris : Yoshiki in concert, huge cosplay, Ankama turning 25 and a heatwave backlash

2026-07-19

Illustration of Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 during SpaceX’s in-flight abort test. This image highlights the continuity of the company’s flight programs. Credit: Public Domain / SpaceX, CC0 1.0.

Science

After the T-0 abort, SpaceX swaps two Raptor engines and prepares Starship for another launch attempt in Texas

2026-07-17

A humanoid android stands in a lit-up Chinese metropolis. Between fiction and simulated presence, it embodies the ambiguities of the virtual companion. Credits: Easy-Peasy.AI, CC BY 4.0 — AI-generated image.

Science

Doubao and Qwen disable custom agents as Beijing regulates virtual intimacy, dependence and personal data

2026-07-16

Vladimir Putin in his official portrait from May 2012, the face of a power that Paris points to behind a cyber campaign in Europe. Credits: Kremlin.ru / Russian Presidential Press and Information Office, CC BY 4.0.

Society

FSB attribution, EU sanctions and a summons : France hardens its response to Russian cyberattacks across Europe

2026-07-13