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France's La Poste says it has suffered a suspected DDoS attack in "a major network incident" on Monday, which disrupted its postal and banking services (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/23/fran

France's postal and banking services disrupted by suspected DDoS attack | TechCrunch
France's postal service, La Poste, said it was hit by a disruptive cyberattack that knocked its services offline.

Zahlen, bitte! 250.000 Gummibälle in den Straßen von San Francisco
2005 flogen für einen Sony-Werbespot 250.000 Bälle die Straßen von San Francisco entlang. Um CGI-frei zu bleiben, betrieben die Macher einen enormen Aufwand.

Les contraventions en France ont une procédure tel que j'ose de parler de présomption de culpabilité. Et ce n'est pas anodin:
https://france3-region…

INSOLITE. "Il était là, dans le garage" : le tracteur d'un retraité jurassien verbalisé pour avoir circulé dev
Bernard Tissot, retraité jurassien, a eu la mauvaise surprise de recevoir une contravention concernant son vieux tracteur. Celui-ci aurait roulé sur une voie de bus, à Paris, devant le Louvre, où son véhicule n'est jamais...

Teurere Abos für Musik auf dem iPhone: Sammelklage gegen Apple in Frankreich
Wer Abos in iOS-Apps abschließt, zahlt teils deutlich drauf. Schuld daran sei Apple, monieren französische Verbraucherschützer und haben den Konzern verklagt.

I found this charming: https://petapixel.com/2025/11/24/pope-francis-one-of-a-kind-leica-sold-for-nearly-100x-its-estimated-value/

Pope Francis' One-of-a-Kind Leica Sold for Nearly 100x Its Estimated Value
The camera and lens sold for about $7 million, one of the highest charitable results ever achieved by a Leica camera.

New : French Judiciary Targets OKC Cult Leader Robert Spatz
https://chardonsbleus.org/en/french-judiciary-targets-okc-cult-leader-robert-spatz/#

French Judiciary Targets OKC Cult Leader Robert Spatz
Source information from Le Monde latest on the OKC case In 2019, six survivors brought forward allegations of severe abuse, including coercion, assault, and ...

French troops secretly arrive in Donbas to train on advanced drones: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/24/french-troops-secretly-arrive-in.html

"Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US: 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system'"
https://www.lemonde.fr…

Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US: 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system'
Six judges and three prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have been sanctioned by the Trump administration. In an interview with Le Monde, Guillou discusses the impact of these measures on his work and daily life.

Waymo, which paused its service during blackouts in San Francisco on December 20, says it is updating its fleet to improve navigation during widespread outages (Ari Levy/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/23/waymo-updating-fleet-af…

Waymo will update driverless fleet after San Francisco blackout to improve navigation during outages
Three days after blackouts in San Francisco brought down Waymo's service, the company said it's implementing changes for when "infrastructure fails."

Sources: Shopify salespeople engaged in a sales fraud scheme inflating deal values for over a year, leading to internal investigations in mid-2024 and firings (Aleksandra Sagan/The Logic)
https://thelogic.co/news/exclusive/shopify-sales-fraud-investigation-firin…

Shopify rocked by sales fraud scandal that led to ultimatums and firings - The Logic
Shopify salespeople were inflating the value of the deals they were closing. When management found out, they told staff to own up or face the consequences.