A French court has ruled that Google is guilty of abusing the dominance of Google Maps, and so has ordered it to pay a fine and damages to a French mapping company. More »
It turns out Apple’s questionable rebuild of its 5th Avenue store wasn’t in vain — the company now has the ability to make some pretty daring glass structures. Case in point: this French shop will be almost totally transparent. More »
I’m jealous of the French two days in a row. McDonald’s has commissioned designer Patric Norguet to redesign its ‘restaurants’ in France and he’s come up with a stunning redefinition of the most popular fast food chain in the world. It’s fit more for Michelin star restaurants than McDonald’s. More »
What’s six meters tall, composed of 1,500 individual bricks and assembled with nary a human hand? This new art installation in Orléans, France — it’s the handiwork of an industrious swarm of airborne robots. More »
The French are great at lots of things: bread, cheese, wine, shrugging. Sadly, their nuclear power stations aren’t so amazing. They’re unsafe and need a massive overhaul. More »
Whether peering towards the centre of the Earth or searching for Jupiter’s “warm dense matter”, our understanding of a planet’s core remains largely theoretical. Europe’s newest new laser array, however, can recreate those same intense conditions here on the surface — using diamond anvils and X-ray beams. More »
French newspaper Le Figaro has unearthed an incredible development from the first world war, revealing that French authorities built a life-size replica of Paris to the north of the city to trick German bombers. More »
A new report on nuclear proliferation is — surprise! — kind of terrifying, revealing some disconcerting facts about nuclear warheads, who has them, and what we don’t know. The bottom line: holy hell, we’ve built a lot of these things. More »
