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Tame your lawn with a Bobcat zero turn mower!

Technology News / By Ashley Cornell, email: [email protected]

Whether you are looking for a profitable tool for your business or simply want to beautify your property, Bobcat mowers will meet all your expectations. Whether you want to maintain your private garden or a large area, Bobcat mowers will satisfy you.

Professional performance for flawless results

Choose the gold standard in zero turn mowers. Bobcat mowers combine durability, maneuverability, productivity and efficiency to reinvent your lawn care. With three innovative cutting decks, including the remarkable AirFX deck, Bobcat delivers optimal suction and a consistent cut that appeals to both individuals and professionals.

Discover our range of models tailored to every terrain size and let the Bobcat quality convince you!

ZT2000

Discover the Bobcat ZT2000 residential lawn mower: the ideal solution for properties of less than 2 hectares.

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Equipped with a 21.5 to 23.0 HP Kawasaki FR engine, this mower offers reliable performance to tackle your lawn. Choose from 42-, 48-, or 52-inch TufDeck™ cutting options for precise and efficient cutting.

Built to last, the ZT2000 features a sturdy steel frame and durable steel spindle assemblies to ensure optimal performance in every use. Its spring-loaded seat and high backrest guarantee exceptional comfort, even during long mowing sessions.

With a fuel capacity of 3.8 gallons, you can mow for hours without stopping.

The Bobcat ZT2000 mower is available in several models including ZT2042SA, ZT2048SA and ZT2052SB. It gives you the versatility you need to meet your specific lawn care needs.

ZT3000

Discover the Bobcat ZT3000 residential lawn mower: the perfect solution for properties of 2 to 3 hectares.

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With its 20.0 to 24.0 HP Kawasaki FT engine, this mower offers reliable performance for tackling large lawns. Choose from 48-inch, 52-inch, or 61-inch TufDeck Pro cutting options for precise and efficient cutting.

The ZT3000's lightweight, durable and strong tubular frame ensures optimal stability when mowing, while the durable steel spindle assemblies ensure long-lasting performance. Its spring-loaded seat and high backrest ensure exceptional comfort, even during long mowing jobs.

With a fuel capacity of 3.8 gallons, you can mow for hours without stopping.

The Bobcat ZT3000 mower is available in several models including ZT3048SC, ZT3052SD and ZT3061SE. It gives you the versatility to meet your specific lawn care needs on medium to large properties.

ZT3500

Discover the professional entry-level mower Bobcat ZT3500: the perfect tool for working on areas of 3 to 5 hectares.

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Equipped with a 25.5 HP Kawasaki FX801V engine, this mower offers reliable performance for tackling large lawns. Choose from 48-inch, 52-inch, or 61-inch TufDeck Pro cutting options for precise and efficient cutting.

The ZT3500's lightweight, durable and strong tubular frame ensures optimal stability when mowing, while welded cast aluminum spindles ensure long-lasting performance. Its suspended seat and high backrest ensure exceptional comfort, even during long work sessions.

With two fuel tanks with a total capacity of 7.8 gallons, you can mow for hours without stopping. The 23-inch tires provide exceptional traction in all conditions. With the Hydro-Gear® ZT-3400 hydrostatic transmission, you get plenty of mowing power at high speeds and an impressive ground speed of 10 miles per hour.

The Bobcat ZT3500 mower is available in several models including ZT3548SF, ZT3552SG and ZT3561SH. It meets your professional lawn care needs with efficiency and reliability.

ZT6000

Discover the Bobcat ZT6000 professional lawn mower: the ideal tool for working on areas of 5 to 8 hectares.

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Equipped with a 25.5 HP Kawasaki FX801V engine, this mower offers reliable performance for tackling large lawns. Choose from 52″ or 61″ rounded AirFX™ deck options with air gap baffles for precise and efficient cutting.

The ZT6000's sturdy structural tubular frame ensures optimal stability when mowing, while the steel pins ensure long-lasting performance. Its luxurious spring-loaded seat and almond-shaped handles provide exceptional comfort and optimal ergonomics for the operator.

With two fuel tanks with a total capacity of 15 gallons, you can mow for hours without stopping. The 24-inch tires provide exceptional traction in all conditions. With the Hydro-Gear ZT-4400 hydrostatic transmission, you can enjoy high power and torque at high mowing speeds and an impressive travel speed of 19 km/h.

The Bobcat ZT6000 mower is available in several models including ZT6052SL and ZT6061SL. It meets your professional lawn care needs with efficiency, reliability and convenience.

ZT6100

Discover the Bobcat ZT6100 professional lawn mower: the tool of your choice for working on areas of 5 to 8 hectares.

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Equipped with a 29.5 HP Kawasaki FX850V engine, this mower offers exceptional performance for tackling large lawns. Equipped with a 61-inch rounded AirFX deck with air gap deflectors, it ensures precise and efficient cutting.

The ZT6100's sturdy structural tubular frame ensures optimal stability when mowing, while the steel pins ensure long-lasting performance. Its luxurious spring-loaded seat and almond-shaped handles offer the operator exceptional comfort and optimal ergonomics, even on long working days.

Available under the model ZT6161SN, the Bocbat ZT6100 mower meets your professional lawn care needs with efficiency, reliability and comfort.

ZT7000

Discover the Bobcat ZT7000 professional lawn mower: the ultimate tool for working on areas of 5 to 10 hectares and more.

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Powered by 35.0 HP Kawasaki FX1000 or 38.5 HP FX1000V EFI engines, this mower offers unmatched performance for tackling large lawns. Equipped with a 61″ or 72″ rounded AirFX deck with air gap deflectors, it ensures precise and efficient cutting.

The ZT7000's sturdy structural tubular frame ensures optimal stability when mowing, while the steel pins ensure long-lasting performance. Its fully mechanically suspended seat and almond-shaped handles offer the operator exceptional comfort and optimal ergonomics, even on long working days. The anti-vibration platform reduces user fatigue.

With two fuel tanks with a total capacity of 15 gallons, you can mow for hours without stopping. The 26-inch tires provide exceptional traction in all conditions. With the Hydro-Gear ZT-5400 hydrostatic transmission you get maximum power and torque at high mowing speeds and an impressive travel speed of 30 km/h.

The ZT7000 mower is equipped with an LED front light for optimal visibility in low light conditions. The hinged bumper allows for easy tuning, while the hitch mount adds extra versatility to this professional piece of equipment.

The Bobcat ZT7000 mower is available in several models including ZT7061SP, ZT7061SW, ZT7072SW and ZT7072SP. It meets your highest professional lawn care requirements with efficiency, reliability and comfort.

For more information on Bobcat zero turn mowers, we invite you to contact a Zone Récréatif advisor. Their team will be happy to answer all your questions and provide you with all the information you need to choose the mower that best suits your needs.

Whether it's advice on available models, technical specifications, financing options or anything else, the experts at Zone Récréatif are here to help you make the best decision for your lawn care! In top shape

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The telecommunications industry is returning to Barcelona to ride the AI wave

Technology News / By Ashley Cornell, email: [email protected]

The Mobile World Show (MWC), a flagship event in the telecommunications sector, begins on Monday in Barcelona amidst the euphoria surrounding artificial intelligence (AI), which aims to harness the “technology” to give new impetus to the mobile market.

According to the Global Association of Telecom Operators (GSMA), which has been organizing the event in the Catalan capital since 2006, 95,000 professionals will walk the aisles of this annual major exhibition of connected services over four days.

This number of visitors, slightly increased compared to the previous year (88,500 visitors), comes in a complicated context for Barcelona, which is in a state of emergency due to the historic drought that has struck Catalonia in northern Spain for three years.

This decision, announced at the beginning of February, means restrictions on water consumption for almost six million residents, especially farmers and industry. A delicate situation that the organizers are apparently aware of.

Some of the participants “may not realize that we are in the middle of a drought here”, but “we will make sure that people drink less and save as much water as possible,” assured GSMA Director General Mats Granryd, during a press conference.

“Restart innovation”

According to this organization, which brings together almost 750 operators and manufacturers in the telecommunications sector, there will be 2,400 exhibitors as well as 1,100 speakers, including the President of Microsoft, Brad Smith, and the CEO and founder of Dell, Michael Dell.

Expected companies include most telecommunications giants (Samsung, Xiaomi, Huawei, Orange, Vodafone, etc.), but also technology and industrial heavyweights such as Airbus, Google and Accenture, with MWC having been expanding its audience for several years.

This 18th edition comes at a time when the mobile market – which has been losing momentum for several years due to a lack of innovations that could draw attention to new smartphone models – is recovering in the coming months thanks to the contributions of artificial intelligence legs comes.

According to specialist firm IDC, 1.17 billion devices were sold worldwide last year, the lowest figure in 10 years. However, sales picked up again in the fourth quarter (+8.5%) and “the dynamics point to a quick recovery,” he emphasizes.

Artificial intelligence “is clearly in the process of democratization and is now embedded everywhere: in phones, in peripherals, in networks,” emphasizes Thomas Husson, an analyst at Forrester, who expects AI to “restart innovation.”

Gadgets galore

Several manufacturers have already announced that they will unveil advances during the trade fair, including the chip-specializing start-up DeepX, the Japanese manufacturer Fujitsu and the Chinese company Honor, which will present an AI-powered camera.

Artificial intelligence was already present at MWC in 2023, but now “we have a much better idea of how operators and the mobile industry can benefit from it” for “networks, services and devices,” says Peter Jarich, head of research at GSMA .

Beyond issues related to AI, this edition offers professionals the opportunity to discuss the reorganization of the European market with the merger between Orange and MasMovil announced in Spain and the financing of telecommunications networks in the face of the explosion in data traffic.

For years, operators have complained about having to invest heavily in infrastructure to enable video viewing on platforms such as Netflix, YouTube and TikTok. However, the latter firmly refuse to take part of these investments into their own hands.

The slowdown in the Chinese economy and its consequences for the sector are also being closely monitored. According to the GSMA, however, it will have no direct impact on the trade fair: Chinese companies and Huawei in particular are “still by far the largest exhibitors,” emphasizes Mats Granryd.

Beyond these debates, as every year, the public's attention should be drawn to the gadgets presented between humanoid robots, virtual reality and applications of all kinds. This time with a car that can drive both on land and in the air.

To watch in the video

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New timetable and no bus on the day of the solar eclipse

Technology News / By Ashley Cornell, email: [email protected]

As a result, elementary school students “will no longer be provided school transportation at the end of the day,” according to a notice sent to parents and staff on Friday.

According to CSSBE schools, of which there are 52 primary schools, the last bell of the day rings between 2:40 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. Students will therefore be given between an hour and a quarter of an hour and an hour and 50 minutes longer in class this Monday.

The time of the total solar eclipse is expected around 3:25 p.m., 3:30 p.m.

Directly observing a total or partial solar eclipse without protection can cause eye damage.

A large part of the area covered by the CSS Beauce-Etchemin lies in the band where the eclipse will be total, including the schools of Saint-Georges and its surroundings.

The total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024. (eclipsequebec.ca)

“Since the eclipse will occur at the end of school, we are extending the elementary school day to give students the opportunity to experience this unique event in a unique and safe way,” said Joannie Demers, communications development officer in the school service center.

“It is a fantastic opportunity to teach science in a concrete context, which is in line with our educational mission,” says the general director of the CSSBE, Fabien Giguère, in the press release shared with parents and staff.

ISO-certified sunglasses will be distributed to students and staff, the release continued.

Parents who have their child in primary school must therefore pick them up at the end of the day, after 4:30 p.m. Information about the daily program and care options will follow shortly.

The timetable remains the same for secondary, vocational and adult education students at the Beauce-Etchemin school service center. As usual, students will be offered school transport.

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Maintaining school service during the eclipse

Technology News / By Ashley Cornell, email: [email protected]

EDUCATION. The Beauce-Etchemin School Service Center (CSSBE) informs parents and adult students that its schools and centers will remain open on April 8, the day of the solar eclipse.

On this occasion, ISO 12312-2 certified sunglasses will be distributed to all students and staff. Information and awareness activities are planned at the school leading up to the event, particularly to remind people of the importance of wearing glasses during the eclipse.

“It is a fantastic opportunity to teach science in a concrete context, which is in line with our educational mission,” says Fabien Giguère, Director General of the CSSBE.

Since the solar eclipse will take place after school, special measures will be taken. In order to give students the opportunity to experience this unique event, elementary school school hours will be extended until 4:30 p.m. As an exception, there will be no student transport at the end of the day. Schools will provide parents with full details of programs and child care options.

No changes to the timetable are planned for secondary school, vocational and adult education students. School transport will be offered as usual.

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Will the Google News tab disappear soon?

Technology News / By Ashley Cornell, email: [email protected]

We are testing different ways to display filters [notre moteur de recherche] As a result, a small group of users were temporarily unable to access some of them, a Google spokesperson confirmed to Nieman Lab via email.

“I can confirm that users in Canada are not affected,” said Shay Purdy of Google Canada.

The News tab, which has been available on the search engine for over 20 years, is useful for quickly filtering search results to show only journalistic sources on a specific topic.

Internet users noticed the absence on Wednesday and only saw the usual tabs for images, videos, maps, flights, purchases, etc.

A test that raises concerns

This news worries the news media, which particularly relies on this tool to generate traffic to their websites, essential to their funding.

There have been layoffs in this sector for months.

On Friday, the Vice group announced that it would lay off several hundred employees. CBC/Radio-Canada, in turn, announced in December that it would cut 600 jobs and 200 open positions (new window). The conglomerate Bell Canada Enterprises, for its part, cut 4,800 jobs in January (new window), or almost 10% of its workforce. TVA Group announced its intention to cut 547 jobs in November (new window), and Métro Média officially filed for bankruptcy in 2023.

Google had also threatened to block Canadian media content in its search engine for months (new window), in the background of the passage of Bill C-18. The giant eventually agreed with Ottawa to negotiate financial compensation (new window) with Canadian media outlets – $100 million a year – for broadcasting their news online.

The spread of disinformation also poses a risk, as content generated by artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly finds its way into search results. of the IT giant.

At the beginning of February, Google launched its generative AI tool Gemini (new window) in Canada with a connection to its search engine.

The company announced this week that it would be discontinuing its image generation feature after it was attacked on X (formerly Twitter) for inaccuracies in certain images it created, particularly regarding gender and diversity in historical topics. The new tool portrayed Vikings and soldiers from Nazi Germany as black or Asian people.

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Samsung's new Galaxy Book4 Smart range will be available in Canada starting February 26 – Samsung Newsroom Canada

Technology News / By Ashley Cornell, email: [email protected]

The Samsung Galaxy Book4 series is in high demand as consumers seek smarter, connected and secure PC experiences

Samsung Electronics Canada today announced that the Galaxy Book4 series will be available starting February 26 at Samsung Experience Stores, online at samsung.com/ca_fr and at select national retailers and wireless carriers across Canada. Samsung's latest premium PC range delivers intelligent, powerful experiences that combine highly optimized performance, a vibrant touchscreen and enhanced connectivity.

The Galaxy Book4 series, including Galaxy Book4 Ultra, Galaxy Book4 Pro and Galaxy Book4 Pro 360, launched in Korea on January 2nd and saw record interest. In its first week of sales, it outperformed last year's Galaxy Book3 series by 1.5 times[1].

“We’re excited for users to experience the intelligence, connectivity and productivity that the Galaxy Book4 series enables, taking our premium computers to the next level,” he said TM Roh, President and Head of Mobile eXperience Business at Samsung Electronics. “The Galaxy Book4 series delivers the powerful performance and multi-device connectivity consumers expect from a high-performance PC in today’s market. »

The Galaxy Book4 series delivers intelligent productivity backed by robust hardware performance. The Galaxy Book4 Ultra features the new Intel® Core 9/7 processor, which combines a newly added CPU, GPU and NPU in one package[2]and improved security as every Galaxy Book model features a new, discrete Samsung Knox security chip that separately protects critical system data.

Every Galaxy Book4 Ultra and Galaxy Book4 Pro series experience comes to life on the dynamic AMOLED touchscreen display, offering clear contrast and vibrant colors. The incredible viewing experience is provided thanks to Vision Booster for automatic brightness enhancements and technology[3] Anti-glare to reduce distractions. Building on the legacy of Samsung's Galaxy Book series, the Galaxy Book4 series offers a unique connected Galaxy experience that allows users to stay seamlessly connected on their Samsung Galaxy devices. From the second screen[4] This allows users to use their tablet as a screen for control[5] The Galaxy Book4 series mouse and touchpad allows users to easily move files between devices and enjoy features that maximize their productivity and creativity. All of these features are packed into a slim and lightweight design so users can enjoy powerful performance anywhere, even on the go.

The Galaxy Book4 series will be available in select markets starting February 26th[6], including Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States. For more information, visit: https://www.samsung.com/ca_fr/galaxy-book/.

[1] Based on sales from January 2nd to 9th in the Korean market only.
[2] Specifications may vary depending on model or market. Compared to the previous range.
[3] Corning® Gorilla® Glass with DX complements the legendary toughness of Corning® Gorilla® Glass, providing both anti-glare optics and improved abrasion resistance. Corning's laminated glass improves screen readability by improving front reflectivity by 75% compared to standard glass and increases screen contrast ratio by 50% at the same brightness.
[4] Both devices must be signed in to the same Samsung account. Requires Galaxy Tab S7 series or later and Tab Active4 Pro with One UI 3.1 or later.
[5] Samsung MultiControl can only be used with phones with One UI 5.1 or tablets with One UI 4.1 or later and on Galaxy Book series devices from 2021 with Samsung Settings v1.5 (Intel) or Samsung v3.3 (ARM). Some models may have limited support.
[6] Availability may vary by market. Supported models, colors and sizes may vary by market.

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Yann LeCun says the extraordinary Sora video generator is doomed

Technology News / By Ashley Cornell, email: [email protected]

For Yann LeCun, one of the godfathers of AI, the method of modeling the real world developed by OpenAI for Sora is doomed to failure. Explanations.

At OpenAI, the first videos generated by Sora's AI are so impressive that they inspire both wonder and concern. One of the popes of artificial intelligence, the Frenchman Yann LeCun, not only knows what will distinguish true from false in the future, but has also just expressed sharp criticism of the technology used by OpenAI. Meta's head of AI thinks OpenAI's approach is bad. First, it questions the ambition of ChatGPTChatGPT's publisher to be able to create digital twins of the real world from its algorithms. On X (TwitterTwitter) he explains that the method of generating pixels from latent variables is doomed to failure because it is inefficient. OpenAI's models try to infer too many details that are irrelevant, he says. This use of energy to achieve this is commendable for generating videos from text, but when it comes to modeling the world it is not effective at all.

Too many details destroy the model

For LeCun, who has been working on machine learning and deep learning for 30 years, the reason the generative approach worked well with ChatGPT is because the text has a defined number of symbols. To simulate the world, on the other hand, we fall into a much broader and more complex area. While Meta's AI research remains under the radar due to OpenAI's fame and the flood of generative tools, Facebook's parent company Facebook is also working on its own AI model that can create videos.

The method developed by Yann LeCun and his team called Video Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture (V-JEPA) is in fact quite different. The algorithm doesn't try to derive pixels, but rather gets to the essence by removing anything unpredictable. This system would improve training by a factor of 1.5 to 6. Only time will tell whether criticism of Yann LeCun and his model will guide the decisions of competing companies.

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A supernova turned into a neutron star

Technology News / By Ashley Cornell, email: [email protected]

Scientists have confirmed what happened to a star that was born more than thirty years ago in a stunning supernova visible from Earth: it transformed into a neutron star, one of the world's largest objects and the strangest in the universe.

Posted at 9:12 am

Seth Borenstein Associated Press

In 1987, a star in a nearby galaxy exploded in a supernova, and its fiery end was visible to the naked eye in Earth's night sky for months. Scientists assumed that when the star's core collapsed, the remnants would turn into one of two things: a black hole, from which nothing escapes, or a neutron star, the densest object in the universe outside of a black hole.

The problem was that there was so much debris that astronomers couldn't see past the dust. But NASA's Webb Space Telescope got to the heart of the matter by looking into infrared light and detecting two telltale chemical signatures – argon and sulfur – of a superhot pulsating neutron star, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science.

Because the explosion is new and well-documented, this discovery should help astronomers better understand this type of cosmic oddity and its predecessors, which helped fertilize the universe with important elements like carbon and iron.

This neutron star measures just 20 kilometers from end to end, but weighs one and a half times as much as our Sun. It is very dense and has little space between the different parts of its atoms. According to scientists, supernova 1987A is probably the only time that modern astronomy has been able to observe the birth and early years of a neutron star, although there are other, closer but older stars in our galaxy.

“Next to the black hole, these are the most exotic objects in the universe,” said lead author Claes Fransson, an astrophysicist at Stockholm University, Sweden. We've known about these objects since the 1960s, but we've never seen any of them actually form. »

Images of the distant supernova remnant show what Fransson calls “a ring of pearls” surrounding a cloud of dust. Somewhere in the middle of this dust is the neutron star.

Scientists had long suspected that the collapsed core had become a neutron star. But this measurement from the Webb telescope provides a fairly clear answer, even if it is not a direct image of the neutron star, according to Mr. Fransson and other scientists.

Roger Blandford, an astrophysicist at Stanford University who was not involved in the study, believes the neutron star case is sound.

Because the supernova explosion is so young and so close, it is “a gift that continues to teach us about neutrinos, the evolution of stars and what happens after the explosion,” Blandford said in an email.

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