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Why Zelensky Took the Gloves Off This Time With Trump

20 October 2026 at 17:40
Staying quiet is riskier than speaking up, Ukrainian officials say, as President Trump goes further than ever in prioritizing Russia’s interests.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at the European Union summit in Brussels last week.

178 Years After Banning Slavery, France Scraps ‘Code Noir’ Rules That Governed It

In a symbolic move, the French Senate approved the repeal of regulations that had remained on the books long after slavery’s abolition.

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Max Mathiasin, a centrist lawmaker who has championed the push to repeal the “Code Noir,” speaking in Paris in May during a debate on the subject.

Heading to France? Amid Recent Unrest, Here’s What to Know

Rioting over affordability and public education has swept through Paris and other French cities, and there may be more to come.

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On Monday, protesters blocked the entrance to the Louvre museum in Paris. The demonstrations in support of public education and the cost of living were held in several French cities, including Marseille, Lille and Nice.

Heading to France? Amid Recent Unrest, Here’s What to Know

Rioting over affordability and public education has swept through Paris and other French cities, and there may be more to come.

© Abdul Saboor/Reuters

On Monday, protesters blocked the entrance to the Louvre museum in Paris. The demonstrations in support of public education and the cost of living were held in several French cities, including Marseille, Lille and Nice.

Trump’s D.C. Golf Course Renovation Plan Has Many Residents Feeling Discouraged

At East Potomac Park, several residents bemoaned a plan to revamp the federal property that might wipe out features they have cherished for years.

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The plan to renovate the East Potomac Golf Links in Washington could eventually overtake areas like a miniature golf course, bike trail and picnic area.

Student Protesters in France Have a Strange New Slogan. What Does It Mean?

20 October 2026 at 17:01
“Bismillah, c’est les ténèbres” has appeared on signs at recent demonstrations. It doesn’t make much sense (it means, “In the name of God, it’s the darkness”) but is seen as shorthand for a generational divide.

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A student protest in Nantes, France, last week.

Chrome will now show a warning before you visit ‘suspicious’ sites

20 October 2026 at 17:00
Google Chrome’s new warning message for suspicious websites.
If you know for sure that a website flagged as suspicious is actually safe, you can mark it as such. | Image: Google

Google is launching a new browser safety feature for Chrome that aims to keep you better informed about how malicious a website might be before you open it. The new suspicious site warnings, available when Chrome's Enhanced Protection is on, build on a similar two-stage system introduced for Chrome file downloads in 2024, which provides visually different notifications for blocked files based on whether they're determined to be "suspicious" or "dangerous."

For the Chrome site warnings, the feature will flag a website as suspicious if it detects that it has similar qualities to other sites associated with phishing, malware, and scams. Google …

Read the full story at The Verge.

AMD is bringing FSR 4.1 to Xbox consoles and handhelds

20 October 2026 at 16:21

AMD has just revealed that it's bringing its latest upscaling technology, FSR 4.1, to the Xbox Series S and X consoles, as well as laptops, 6000-series GPUs, and handhelds like the Xbox Ally X devices. FSR 4.1 will start appearing for Radeon RX 6000-series GPUs today, as well as Ryzen AI Max 300 and 400 series devices, and Ryzen AI 9 300 and 400 series devices.

AMD launched its FSR 4.1 update for Radeon RX 9000-series graphics cards in March, and promised to bring the technology to older GPUs and handhelds this year. FSR 4.1 can improve performance in more than 300 supported games, including Cyberpunk 2077, Battlefield 6, and Assassin's Cre …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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