Notre Dame Cathedral, one of Paris’s most iconic landmarks, is in flames

The cathedral’s spire has now collapsed. A fire is engulfing the historic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, and has already destroyed the monument’s spire. The blaze erupted at the centuries-old cathedral on Monday around 6:30 pm local time, and news of the fire spread rapidly on social media as people shared photos showing bright-orange… Continue reading Notre Dame Cathedral, one of Paris’s most iconic landmarks, is in flames

France Wants This New Algorithmically Designed Keyboard to Save the French Language

Enfin! France’s most popular keyboard layout is getting an algorithmically designed and long-awaited facelift. The new layout fills in gaps left by AZERTY, the country’s most widely used typing layout for more than a century, that lacked several essential symbols and led to bad grammar habits. For example, an absent accent mark could be the… Continue reading France Wants This New Algorithmically Designed Keyboard to Save the French Language