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Mediapart's front page features a mix of French domestic and international news, with a strong focus on technology, environmental issues, and politics. Top stories include Nvidia's role in the AI boom, environmental protests in Lyon and Briançon, and a political report on Éric Ciotti's alliance…
Nvidia, the world's largest chipmaker, is expanding its pivot role in the generative AI economy by acquiring Hugging Face for $13 billion, positioning itself as both a creator and beneficiary of the AI boom.
An unprecedented mobilization of tenants in Lyon has led the mayor to include 'excessive heat' as a criterion for housing unhealthiness, a significant development as high temperatures affect multiple departments.
The organizing committee for the 2030 Games threatens to cut down a thousand larches in Montgenèvre for new ski slopes, prompting local mobilization and an appeal to sponsor the trees.
The new mayor of Nice, Éric Ciotti, presents his city as a model for the union of the right and far-right, aiming to influence national politics and the future presidential program of Marine Le Pen.
Despite controversies surrounding the conservative organization, French authorities are facilitating the opening of the first traditional Hindu temple in France, with inaugurations and parades planned.
This literary season features two novels, 'Le Livre des souterrains' by Phoebe Hadjimarkos Clarke and 'Caesaria' by Hanna Nordenhök, that explore the fantastic to comment on our world.
The novel 'Nos vies sauvages' by Hemley Boum challenges the narrative of contemporary Cameroon, intertwining the lives of two women against the backdrop of an enduring authoritarian regime.
Researchers have designed 16 new viruses capable of infecting bacteria using AI models, a development with potential benefits for fighting antibiotic resistance but raising biosafety concerns.
