Using an artificial intelligence computer vision system developed by French IT firm Capgemini, the French tax office (often called “DGFiP” for short) has identified 20,356 residential swimming pools ...

NANTERRE, France—Swimming is a sport with only a few rules. No running on the deck. No diving in the shallow end. And definitely no peeing in the pool. But here’s one of the dirtiest secrets of the ...

Finding himself at a loose end on a rainy day in France, triathlete Jeremy arranged to view some properties in the quaint neighborhood he’d been staying in. Originally from Wales, the father-of-two ...

A quirk in the swimming pool at the Paris Olympics may be keeping the record books largely unscathed during these summer games. The theory floating around the deck is that the temporary pool built at ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. The French government ...

Under its immaculate vault, soft light streams over a now silent pool. Once a temple to swimming, La Piscine de Roubaix has become an exceptional Art Deco museum in which shelter masterpieces of the ...

They say the only two certainties in life are death and taxes. That seems especially true in France where tax authorities have begun deploying artificial intelligence to snuff out thousands of ...

As temperatures rise, a vast but aging system is feeling the strains of rising energy costs, increasing water scarcity and mounting pressure on public budgets. By Juliette Guéron-Gabrielle Reporting ...

Algorithms combing through satellite photos found over 20,000 unreported swimming pools in a few regions, yielding an expected $10 million in taxes, and the system will soon go nationwide. By Aurelien ...