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Windows 11 ISO Downloads for Builds 26220.8370, 26300.8376, & 29585.1000 available now

Microsoft has quietly refreshed its Windows Insider Preview ISO download page with ISO images available for three new Window 11 builds: Build 26220.8370, Build 26300.8376, and Build 29585.1000. For Windows enthusiasts, developers, and IT professionals, keeping up with the latest Windows 11 builds is essential for testing new features and ensuring software compatibility. Whether you are […]

France threw a funeral for Windows 10 — complete with a coffin and chants of Microsoft's "programmed obsolescence"

French activists staged a symbolic funeral for Windows 10, slamming Microsoft’s forced Windows 11 upgrades and planned obsolescence.

Demonstrators stage a protest to denounce the early retirement of 300 million computers, made obsolete by the forced upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11, in front of Microsoft France headquarters

French activists staged a symbolic funeral for Windows 10.

ON THIS DAY: Continuum will be built into Windows 10 for Phones, turning your phone into a PC

11 years ago, Microsoft unveiled Continuum for Windows 10 Mobile—a feature that promised to blur the line between smartphone and desktop PC. By connecting a phone to a monitor, keyboard, and mouse, users could run a desktop-like environment powered entirely by their pocket device. We’re reaching into the Windows Central vaults to revisit the moment Microsoft tried to change how we define a "computer.

Continuum

Continuum

Microsoft Releases New Windows 11 ISO Builds 29576.1000 and 28020.1873 for Download

Microsoft has quietly refreshed its Windows Insider Preview ISO download page with two new builds now available for testing: Build 29576.1000 and Build 28020.1873. These releases give Windows Insiders fresh installation media for clean installs, virtual machines, and advanced testing scenarios. The updated ISOs are now live through the official Windows Insider Preview downloads portal, […]

Windows 11 Builds 26100.8313 & 26200.8313 Roll Out to Release Preview Channel (April 2026 Update)

Microsoft has officially released Windows 11 Builds 26100.8313 and 26200.8313 to the Release Preview Channel, bringing a fresh wave of improvements, performance upgrades, and early access features ahead of the public rollout. These builds are part of Windows 11 version 24H2 (Build 26100) and version 25H2 (Build 26200), giving insiders a near-final look at what’s […]

Dualite onde-particule : un YouTuber la teste avec un detecteur de fumee et un capteur a 350 euros

Un vidéaste scientifique vient de reproduire des expériences de physique quantique depuis chez lui, avec un simple détecteur gamma portable et une capsule radioactive récupérée dans un vieux détecteur de fumée. Et les résultats sont plutôt convaincants.

De la physique quantique dans un garage

Huygens Optics, une chaîne YouTube spécialisée dans l'optique et la physique, s'est attaqué à une question qui occupe les physiciens depuis plus d'un siècle : la lumière est-elle une onde ou une particule ? Pour tenter d'y répondre, pas besoin d'un accélérateur de particules ou d'un labo à plusieurs millions d'euros.

Le vidéaste a utilisé un Radiacode 110, un petit détecteur de rayons gamma qui tient dans la main (67 grammes, connecté en Bluetooth à un smartphone), une capsule d'américium-241 extraite d'un détecteur de fumée hors service, un boîtier en plomb coulé maison et un Arduino pour mesurer les impulsions. Le tout pour quelques centaines d'euros.

Trois experiences, zero accelerateur

Première expérience : vérifier que les rayons gamma obéissent bien à la loi de l'inverse du carré. En mesurant le rayonnement à différentes distances de la source, c'est confirmé. Rien de surprenant, mais ça valide le protocole.

Deuxième test, plus costaud : analyser la corrélation temporelle entre deux détecteurs Radiacode placés côté à côté. Résultat, aucune corrélation dans les émissions de l'américium. Par contre, surprise, les deux capteurs ont détecté des corrélations dans le rayonnement cosmique de fond, ces gerbes de particules venues de l'espace qui traversent l'atmosphère en permanence. Un bonus inattendu.

La troisième expérience est la plus parlante. En envoyant des rayons gamma sur un bloc de graphite et en mesurant l'énergie du rayonnement diffusé à différents angles, Huygens Optics a reproduit l'effet Compton. Plus l'angle augmente, plus l'énergie du rayon diminue, exactement comme la théorie le prédit quand un photon percute un électron et lui cède une partie de son énergie.

Ce décalage en énergie est une preuve forte que la quantification n'est pas juste un artefact de la mesure : elle est bien intrinsèque au champ électromagnétique. La lumière se comporte comme des particules, même quand on la teste avec du matériel de bureau.

La science portable

Le Radiacode 110 n'est pas un jouet. Avec son cristal à scintillation de 14 mm de côté, il mesure l'énergie de chaque rayon gamma qui le traverse et peut construire un spectre énergétique en temps réel, le tout affiché sur une application smartphone via Bluetooth. Il coûte autour de 350 euros. C'est le genre d'outil qui, il y a vingt ans, aurait occupé une armoire entière dans un labo universitaire.

On est quand même face à un truc assez dingue : un type, chez lui, avec du matériel grand public, arrive à mettre en évidence un phénomène qui a valu un prix Nobel à Arthur Compton en 1927.

Bon, on ne va pas comparer ça à une publication dans Nature, les conditions restent artisanales et les marges d'erreur ne sont pas discutées en détail. Mais le fait qu'un détecteur portable à 350 euros permette de toucher du doigt la physique fondamentale, ça dit quelque chose sur la démocratisation des instruments scientifiques. 

Source : Hackaday

Windows 11 Canary Build 29558.1000 Is Here — Massive Console Upgrade & Hidden Features Revealed

Windows 11 Canary Build 29558.1000 Officially Announced Microsoft has just dropped Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 29558.1000 for the Canary Channel — and this one quietly introduces some power-user level upgrades, especially for developers and advanced users. This build is part of the new experimental 29500 platform series, designed to test the future of Windows […]

New Windows 10 Update Reportedly Breaking Recovery Tools on Some PCs

A recent update for Windows 10 is reportedly causing serious recovery problems on certain systems. Some users say the update interferes with the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), preventing recovery tools from working correctly. While the issue does not affect every device, it has raised concerns among Windows users who rely on recovery features to troubleshoot […]

Google Released a New Pixel 10a and It’s Basically the Same Phone From Last Year

Google would like you to meet the Pixel 10A. It has a new name, new colors, and a press release that runs to several pages. It costs $499, which is exactly what the Pixel 9A cost. It weighs the same. It measures the same. It has the same cameras, the same battery, the same chip, and the same 6.3 inch display. There is a episode of The Office where Pam preoccupies Michael by presenting two identical photo printouts as a spot-the-difference puzzle. Google has essentially done that, except the printout costs five hundred dollars.

To be precise about what actually changed: the display is about 10% brighter, the glass protecting it moved from Gorilla Glass 3 to Gorilla Glass 7i, wired charging climbed from 23 watts to 30, and wireless charging went from 7.5 watts to 10. The camera bump, already barely perceptible on the 9A, is now completely flush. In some regions, satellite SOS is supported. That is the complete list. Google did not forget to send the rest of it.

Designer: Google

The Pixel 10 and Pixel 10 Pro both run on the Tensor G5. The Pixel 10A runs on the Tensor G4, the same chip from last year’s A-series, and the year before that in the Pixel 9 Pro. For years, buying the A-series meant getting the current flagship chip in a cheaper body. That was a genuinely good deal. Google has decided, apparently, that it was too good.

Best Take, Camera Coach, Call Screening, Clear Calling, Now Playing, Gemini as a built-in assistant, and seven years of updates add up to an experience that Android competitors at this price genuinely struggle to match. The Pixel ecosystem has real pull, and Google knows it. The 10A is banking on that pull being strong enough to carry a spec sheet that would embarrass a 2024 phone.

Google looked at the Pixel 9A, decided it had not been wrong about any of it, and shipped it again with brighter glass and a new colorway called Fog. In an industry that routinely invents problems to solve, there is something almost philosophical about a company that simply refuses to fix what it considers unbroken. The Pixel 10A does not have an identity crisis. It has its predecessor’s identity, and it is completely comfortable with that.

It will sell because the cameras are good, the battery lasts, the software support is unmatched at the price, and most people upgrading to it will be coming from something two or three generations older where the difference feels significant regardless of which Tensor chip is inside. Google understands its buyer perhaps better than its buyer understands the spec sheet. The Pixel 10A is a perfectly competent phone that knows exactly what it is. But also… this smartphone announcement could have been an email.

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