Goodbye CNNum, hello CIAN. Clara Chappaz, Minister of Digital, announced the creation of the National AI and Digital Council. This new body, backed by the High Commission for Planning, replaces the National Digital Council. Made up of fourteen experts, it will have to guide the French strategy in terms of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and digital sovereignty. Objective : “innovate while protecting”while supporting political decisions.
British-Sierra Leonean actor Idris Elba dreams of linking Africa with cinemas. Speaking at the SXSW festival in London, he deplored the low number of theaters on the continent – less than 3,000 – and announced that he wanted to develop a complete chain there. Objective: to allow young people to see films other than on the phone. He also wants to support local production and distribution, to demonstrate that the African market is viable.
The Olympic cauldron takes flight again
A year after the Games, the flying flame returns to light up the sky over Paris. Renamed “Paris 2024 basin”the installation will rise again from the Tuileries garden, from the Music Festival and until September 14, the date of the Sports Festival desired by Emmanuel Macron. Stated objective: to offer one hundred days of shows per year for three consecutive summers.
Completely redesigned to last, the basin signed Atelier Blam and Aérophile has been rebuilt from the ground up: new tank, reinforced wiring, optimized sealing. Cost of the operation: 2.5 million euros, covered in particular by EDF, whose logo now appears on the structure.
The figure: 46,000
This is, in euros, the high estimate of the torrid love letter that John Lennon wrote to Cynthia Powell in 1962, put up for auction on July 9 at Christie’s. An intimate relic, dating from before Beatlemania.
Tribute: Lynch’s latest script soon to be published?
David Lynch’s family plans to publish Unrecorded Nightthe script for the Netflix series that the filmmaker was preparing before his death. Designed for Kyle MacLachlan or Laura Dern, the project will probably never see the light of day on screen. But could live… in bookstores.
Music: Dorothée makes her comeback
Sixteen years after her last concert, Dorothée will return to the stage in April 2026, at the Palais des Congrès in Paris. The former star of “Club Dorothée”71, will perform his cult hits and a few surprises. With 52 Zéniths and 59 Bercys to her credit, she will once again be remembered by the children of the 1980s, who have become parents… and eternal fans.
Tech: Look Up raises 50 million to secure space
The start-up specializing in the detection of objects in orbit announces a record fundraising of 50 million euros. Objective: deploy a global network of radars, the first of which will be inaugurated in Lozère. Faced with the explosion in space traffic, the company wants to offer a European alternative to American systems.
