DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

☆ Opinion: We all lose if the Olympic surveillance state becomes the norm
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Opinion Jules Boykoff | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

He is the author of six books on the politics of the Olympic Games, most recently “What Are the Olympics For?” The views expressed here are his own. France enacted an Olympic Games Law in May 2023 that legalized the use of AI-driven video surveillance this summer and allowed experimentation with intelligent video surveillance until March 31, 2025. The law made France the first nation in the European Union to greenlight biometric surveillance systems. She told me that the Olympic Law “infringes the right to privacy, the right to be anonymous in the streets.”“Everything in this is political,” Levain said. The French Ministry of the Armed Forces unveiled plans to use HELMA-P, an anti-drone laser weapon system prototype, at the Paris Games.

Persons: Jules Boykoff, Emmanuel Macron, Jules Boykoff Jessi, –, ” Noémie, “, ” Levain, ”, Gérald Darmanin, we’ve, Amelie Oudea, Macron, Natsuko Sasaki, Laurent Nuñez, Le, Danielle Simonnet, Thomas Bach Organizations: Pacific University, Olympic Games, CNN, Olympic, Games, ISIS, Stade de France –, Law, European Union, Amnesty International, European Civic Forum, Human Rights, Ministry of, France’s, French Ministry of, Armed Forces, Paris Games, Stade de France, Paris Police, Le Parisien, Paris, Patriotes, Palais Royal, National Assembly, France Insoumise Party Locations: Paris, Palestinian, Atlanta, France, Le, Europe, Moscow

☆ ‘Sleeping giant’ massive black hole found in the Milky Way galaxy
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Astronomers have spotted the most massive known stellar black hole in the Milky Way galaxy after detecting an unusual wobble in space. The wobbling movement of an old giant star in the Aquila constellation revealed that it was in an orbital dance with a dormant black hole, and it’s the third such dormant black hole spotted by Gaia. So Gaia BH3 is the most massive black hole in our galaxy that formed from the death of a massive star. Stellar black holes observed across the Milky Way galaxy are about 10 times as massive as the sun on average. True to expectations, the researchers found that the star orbiting Gaia BH3 was metal-poor, which means that the star that formed Gaia BH3 was likely the same.

Persons: ”, Gaia BH3, —, munch, Aquila, Gaia, Pasquale Panuzzo, BH3, hadn’t, Elisabetta Caffau, “, Carole Mundell Organizations: CNN —, Southern, Astrophysics, “, France’s National, for Scientific Research, ESO, Space Locations: Atacama, Paris, France’s

☆ More than 500 dead seabirds wash up on French beaches
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Hundreds of seabirds have been found dead on French Atlantic beaches, exhausted by unusually heavy winter storms that prevent them from feeding, environmentalists said. More than 500 common guillemots - seabirds related to penguins and puffins - have been found dead along the French Atlantic coast since the year began, French League for Birds has estimated. Scientists say it is likely the birds died from exhaustion due to difficult conditions at sea. Guillemots cannot survive without food for two or three days, as they have few energy reserves and need to feed almost constantly. “In storms like we have seen recently, these birds find it hard to feed properly and will die of exhaustion,” Fort said.

Persons: Antoine Prevel, Shepherd France, ”, Jerome Fort, ” Fort Organizations: CNN, French League for Birds, France’s National Center for Scientific Research

PARIS (AP) — France’s National Assembly takes up a bill Tuesday meant to enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in the French Constitution, the first key step in a legislative process that also requires a vote in the Senate. The measure has been promised by President Emmanuel Macron following a rollback of abortion rights in the United States. Macron's government is aiming for the second method, though the measure's level of support in the Senate is less certain than in the National Assembly. None of France’s major political parties represented in parliament is questioning the right to abortion, and a majority of deputies in the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, are expected to vote in favor of the proposal. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesAbortion in France was decriminalized under a 1975 law, but there is nothing in the constitution that would guarantee abortion rights.

Persons: —, Emmanuel Macron Organizations: PARIS, Assembly, Senate, National, National Assembly, Down Locations: French, United States, France, Europe, Poland

☆ Huge network of ancient cities uncovered in the Amazon rainforest
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( Amarachi Orie | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Archaeologists working deep in the Amazon rainforest have discovered an extensive network of cities dating back 2,500 years. The team also discovered monumental complexes with much larger platforms, which, they said, probably had a civic or ceremonial function. Even the most isolated complexes were linked by pathways and an extensive network of larger, straight roads with curbs. In the empty buffer zones between complexes, the team found features of land cultivation, such as drainage fields and terraces. These were linked to a network of footpaths, according to the study.

Persons: Stéphen Rostain, ”, ” Rostain, Rostain, Carlos Morales, Aguilar, Morales Organizations: CNN, Research, France’s National Center for Scientific Research, University of Texas Locations: Upano, Ecuador, France, Germany, Puerto Rico, Amazonia, Panama, Guatemala, Belize, Brazil, Mexico, Austin, ”

WASHINGTON (AP) — Archeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that was home to at least 10,000 farmers around 2,000 years ago. A series of earthen mounds and buried roads in Ecuador was first noticed more than two decades ago by archaeologist Stéphen Rostain. “It was a lost valley of cities," said Rostain, who directs investigations at France’s National Center for Scientific Research. The largest roads were 33 feet (10 meters) wide and stretched for 6 to 12 miles (10 to 20 kilometers). “There’s always been an incredible diversity of people and settlements in the Amazon, not only one way to live,” said Rostain.

Persons: Stéphen Rostain, ”, Rostain, “, Antoine Dorison, Michael Heckenberger, José, Iriarte, “ There’s Organizations: WASHINGTON, France’s National Center for Scientific Research, University of Florida, University of Exeter, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: Ecuador, —, Roman Empire, Europe, London, Amazonia, Bolivia, Brazil

☆ Deadly Paris Knife Attack Revives Terrorism Concerns
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Aurelien Breeden | More About Aurelien Breeden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A German tourist was killed and several other people injured in central Paris late Saturday after a man attacked them with a knife and a hammer, the French authorities said. The case stirred fears of renewed Islamist terror attacks in a nation already on edge. The other person, a woman, was not injured, Mr. Darmanin said. “This person was clearly ready to kill other people,” Mr. Darmanin told reporters in Paris. The country is still on its highest terrorism threat alert after the killing last month of a teacher in northern France.

Persons: Gérald, Grenelle, Darmanin, Mr Organizations: Eiffel Locations: Paris, Gaza, Filipino, France

☆ They went hunting for fossil fuels. What they found could help save the world
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“This was not a real surprise for us,” Pironon told CNN; it’s common to find small amounts near the surface of a borehole. Arguably, the catalyst for the current interest in white hydrogen can be traced to this West African country. White hydrogen deposits have been found throughout the world, including in the US, eastern Europe, Russia, Australia, Oman, as well as France and Mali. “Natural hydrogen is a solution which will allow us to get get to speed” on climate action, he said. Natural Hydrogen Energy LLCFrom hype to realityThe challenge for these businesses and for scientists will be translating hypothetical promise into a commercial reality.

Persons: Jacques Pironon, Phillipe De Donato, ” Pironon, Pironon, “ Gray, ’ ”, Geoffrey Ellis, “, ”, Ellis, Isabelle Moretti, Neil McDonald, Bill Gates, geochemist Viacheslav, ” Zgonnik, ” Ellis, that’s, De Donato’s, – Organizations: CNN, National, of Scientific Research, US Geological Survey, University of Pau, University of Sorbonne, Geologists, Energy Ventures, Natural Hydrogen Energy, Hydrogen Energy Locations: France, Lorraine, Mali, Bourakébougou, University of Pau et, l’Adour, Europe, Russia, Australia, Oman, Yorke, South Australia, Denver, Nebraska, Kansas

☆ France’s health minister says country not ‘invaded by bedbugs’ and urges calm
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( Chris Liakos | Maya Szaniecki | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Paris CNN —France’s health minister has assured the French public that there’s “no reason for widespread panic” as Paris reports a “widespread” rise in bedbugs. “Bedbugs have been increasingly present in France for two or three years now, regularly peaking in the summer. French transport operators say they remain “vigilant” about bedbugs following reports of what were said to be sightings in public transport. In the videos, the bedbugs were said to be spotted on public transport and other public locations, such as cinemas. French health minister Aurelien Rousseau also dimissed the idea that the rise in bedbugs is related to imigration.

Persons: Aurelien Rousseau, haven’t, we’ve, ”, Marie Effroy, ” Effroy, Effroy, Clement Beaune, bedbugs, RATP, “, Paris Emmanuel Gregoire, Gregoire, ” Johanna Fite, ” Fite, “ It’s, ” Gregoire, “ Bedbugs Organizations: Paris CNN —, France Inter, bedbugs, National Institute for, CNN, ” Railway, SNCF, Eurostar –, Paris, French Inter, “, Olympic Locations: Paris, France, ”, bedbugs

Paris CNN —The French government has vowed action to “reassure and protect” the public as its capital Paris reports a “widespread” rise in bedbugs. The announcement comes as calls for government action from Paris officials and trade unions mount after several videos of bedbugs spotted in public transport and other locations such as cinemas have surfaced on social media. She added there was an “escalation” in numbers because bedbugs were increasingly resistant to insecticides. The news comes as Paris gets ready to host the 2024 Olympics Games, but officials say they are not worried. “There is no threat to the Olympic Games,” Gregoire said.

Persons: Clement Beaune, “, bedbugs, Paris Emmanuel Gregoire, ”, Gregoire, ” Johanna Fite, ” Fite, ” Gregoire, “ Bedbugs Organizations: Paris CNN, Paris, CNN, “, Olympic Locations: Paris, bedbugs, ”, France

Paris CNN —Apple plans to update iPhone12 software for users in France after the country’s regulators ordered a pause on sales of the 2020 model over radiation concerns. “We will issue a software update for users in France to accommodate the protocol used by French regulators. We look forward to iPhone 12 continuing to be available in France,” an Apple (AAPL) spokesperson told CNN Friday. France’s National Frequency Agency, the ANFR, ordered Tuesday an immediate withdrawal of the iPhone 12 from the French market, saying it exceeded European radiation exposure limits. The sales suspension came on the same day Apple unveiled the iPhone 15 and the iPhone 15 Pro, its newest iterations of the iconic product, at its annual keynote event in California.

Persons: Paris CNN —, ”, ” Apple, Noel Barrot, France ” Organizations: Paris CNN, Paris CNN — Apple, Apple, CNN, Frequency Agency, Twitter Locations: France, California

CNN —Apple is fighting France’s claims that the iPhone 12 surpasses European radiation exposure limits after French regulators on Tuesday ordered a pause on sales and a fix to phones already sold to customers. France’s National Frequency Agency said it “has demanded that Apple withdraw the iPhone 12 from the French market, effective 12 September 2023, as measures show the specific absorption rate exceeds the set limits.” The agency said the iPhone 12 is not compliant with European Union regulations. “Apple must immediately adopt all necessary measures to prevent the iPhone 12 in the supply chain from being made available on the market,” ANFR added. The company said it was contesting the AFNR’s review results and would continue to work with the agency to demonstrate the phone’s compliance. SAR is a measure of the rate of energy absorption by the body from the source being measured, according to the ANFR.

Persons: “, Apple, ANFR, ” ANFR, Noel Barrot, Barrot Organizations: CNN, Frequency Agency, Apple, World Health Organization, “, France’s, Digital Locations: France, California

CNN —More than 3,000 people have been evacuated since Wednesday as wildfires continue to tear through the Spanish Canary Island of Tenerife, a popular tourist destination, the region’s authorities said Thursday in a statement. Forest firefighters work during to extinguish a forest fire in Arafo on the island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain August 16, 2023. Andres Gutierrez/Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesExtreme heat is growing again in Europe and is expected to peak next week at potentially record-breaking levels. In France, authorities have issued orange heatwave warnings for 19 departments for Friday as temperatures are expected to soar above 35 degrees Celsius. Temperatures will approach 45 degrees Celsius in the typical southern hot spots, areas around Madrid will likely reach 40 degrees Celsius.

Persons: Fernando Clavijo, ”, haven’t, ” Clavijo, Borja Suarez, Andres Gutierrez Organizations: CNN, Reuters, Anadolu Agency, Getty, France’s, CNN’s Locations: Tenerife, Northern Africa, Hawaii, Canada, Europe, Arafo, Canary Islands, Spain, France, Madrid

☆ France bans sale, possession, and transport of fireworks over Bastille Day weekend
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( Niamh Kennedy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —France has banned the sale, possession and transport of fireworks over the Bastille Day weekend next week amid fears of renewed riots. Bastille Day, which is France’s national day, is celebrated annually on July 14 with spectacular firework displays organized countrywide. On Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron proposed imposing “a sort of minimum tariff from the first stupid act” on the parents of minors, according to CNN affiliate BFMTV. Borne told Le Parisien that the government is looking into the measure and is ready to “evolve the law” if needed, according to BFMTV. Darmanin told journalists last weekend that the average age of thousands of people detained by French police was 17.

Persons: “, Elisabeth Borne, Borne, Emmanuel Macron, Le Parisien, ” Borne, Gerald Darmanin, Darmanin Organizations: CNN —, France’s, Le Parisien, CNN, BFMTV Locations: CNN — France, France, “

☆ The Checkered History of France’s Bastille Day Parade
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Robert Zaretsky | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

French police are deployed at Paris’s Arc de Triomphe during nationwide rioting, July 1. Photo: CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP/Getty ImagesLast weekend, tanks rumbled along the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris past viewing stands erected in advance of Bastille Day, France’s national holiday. The tanks weren’t rehearse for the traditional July 14 military parade from the Arc de Triomphe to the Place de la Concorde. Instead, they were deployed to suppress riots involving thousands of young people, mostly of North African descent, fueled by the police killing of an unarmed teenager in the Paris suburb of Nanterre. Next week’s official celebration of nationhood will be haunted by the protests of citizens who feel scorned by the nation they were born in.

Persons: CHARLY TRIBALLEAU, Triomphe Organizations: Getty, Concorde Locations: Triomphe, AFP, Paris, Nanterre

☆ Nanterre shooting: More than 600 arrested as France sees third night of violence after 17-year-old shot dead by police
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Joshua Berlinger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The boy, Nahel, was shot dead during a traffic stop Tuesday morning in the Paris suburb of Nanterre. The officer said he fired his gun out of fear that the boy would run someone over with the car, according to Nanterre prosecutor Pascal Prache. He is currently facing a formal investigation for voluntary homicide and has been placed in preliminary detention, CNN affiliate BFMTV reported Thursday. This screengrab from video posted on Twitter shows the moment when police interacted with a 17-year-old teen during a traffic stop in a Paris suburb. Fires were set in the Paris suburb of Montreuil early Friday morning.

Persons: France CNN —, Pascal Prache, ”, Mounia, Prache, BFMTV, Stephane Rouppert, Nael, Emmanuel Macron, Nahel, Laurent, Franck Lienard, “, ” Lienard Organizations: France CNN, France, CNN, Twitter, Interior Ministry, BFMTV, French, country’s Foreign, RTL Locations: Nanterre, France, Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon, Roubaix, Marseille, Lille, Montreuil, Aubervilliers, ”

[1/7] A view shows a forest parcel from which trees burned by the last summer's wildfires have been removed, in Landiras, in the Gironde region, France, March 20, 2023. Columns of white, acrid smoke rise from a forest floor outside the town of Hostens in the Gironde region, south of Bordeaux. The Gironde region was particularly badly hit with 20,000 hectares of forest destroyed, and the risk of renewed fires is a great concern. When it comes to wildfires risk, she said that prevention was crucial, as well as swift intervention when a fire first starts, which is easier to do from above. The interior ministry said measures for fighting forest fires across France will be presented in the coming weeks.

☆ Macron Government Bypasses France’s National Assembly to Pass Pension Overhaul
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Noemie Bisserbe | Stacy Meichtry | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

PARIS—The government of French President Emmanuel Macron invoked a special provision of France’s constitution Thursday to bypass parliament and increase the country’s retirement age, an act of defiance that escalates the leader’s standoff with street protesters and opposition lawmakers. The use of Article 49 of the French constitution allows the Macron government to enact a contentious overhaul of France’s pension system after it struggled to cobble together enough votes in Parliament. But the maneuver comes at a high political price: Protesters and opposition parties that have painted Mr. Macron as an authoritarian now have more ammunition to mobilize the masses.

☆ Geodis’s Marie-Christine Lombard Sees Global Forces Continuing to Reshape Trade Flows
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Paul Berger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +6 min

Newsletter Sign-up The Logistics Report Top news and in-depth analysis on the world of logistics, from supply chain to transport and technology. MS. LOMBARD: The supply chain used to be quite seamless and fluid. The world order has a huge impact on the supply chain and its stability. The difference is that the supply chain itself was not disrupted. The entire supply chain is being rethought and recalibrated and re-costed.

☆ French Police Raid Offices of Macron’s Political Party
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Nick Kostov | Stacy Meichtry | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

PARIS—French police have raided the headquarters of Emmanuel Macron ‘s political party, prosecutors said Wednesday, as part of two probes into possible ties between consulting firms and France’s presidential campaigns in 2017 and 2022. France’s national prosecutors said police also searched the Paris offices of consulting giant McKinsey & Co. as well the headquarters of an association dedicated to funding Renaissance, Mr. Macron’s party.

☆ Kylian Mbappé tells Sports Illustrated he considered quitting French national team after Euro 2020, citing lack of support after suffering racist abuse
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —French superstar Kylian Mbappé says he considered quitting the France national team after Euro 2020, citing a lack of support after suffering racist abuse. The Paris Saint-Germain star said he told Le Graët: “I cannot play for people who think I’m a monkey. “This is the new France … It’s for that that I didn’t give up the national team. Mbappé and the FFF have been at loggerheads over the last year around the image rights for France’s national team players. Three months later, Le Graët told L’Équipe that the agreement on image rights would not change before the World Cup.

☆ French far-right party chooses 27-year-old to replace Marine Le Pen as leader
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Bardella, 27, won an internal party vote with 85% support, marking a symbolic changing of the guard at the resurgent National Rally party. Marine Le Pen is still expected to wield significant power in the party’s leadership and run again for France’s presidency in 2027. Le Pen said Bardella’s main challenge will be pursuing the party “roadmap” of taking power in France. Bardella had been the interim president of the National Rally since Le Pen entered the presidential race last year. Le Pen lost to French President Emmanuel Macron on her third presidential bid in April but earned her highest score yet.

☆ Macron Government Overrides France’s National Assembly to Pass Budget
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Noemie Bisserbe | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

French President Emmanuel Macron ’s government invoked rarely used powers Wednesday to override the National Assembly on a crucial budget vote, placing its pro-business agenda on a collision course with parliament. The Macron government’s decision to invoke Article 49 of France’s constitution allowed it to bypass parliament and pass a budget bill for 2023. The move, howevever, collided with Mr. Macron’s pledge to govern as a consensus builder after losing his majority in June in the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament.

☆ Marine Le Pen Wants France to Chart Its Own Course Between U.S. and Russia
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Noemie Bisserbe | Stacy Meichtry | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

PARIS—After securing her party’s biggest-ever gains in elections to France’s National Assembly, Marine Le Pen is now reflecting on whether she can steer the country toward what she calls a strategic midpoint between the U.S., Russia and China. Her hard-right National Rally party is now the single largest opposition party after securing 89 seats in June’s election, helping to deprive President Emmanuel Macron ’s Renaissance party of a majority. That makes her one of the more prominent voices in Western Europe to question the way the region’s security arrangements work.

Search resuls for: "France’s National"

24 mentions found