improve the Changelog and NEWS file

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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ SimGrid (3.16) UNRELEASED
  XML platforms: Switch to platform v4.1 format.
  * This is (mainly) a backward compatible change: v4 are valid v4.1 files
    - <zone> can be used as a synonym for the now deprecated <as>
-   - <zoneZoute> an be used as a synonym for the now deprecated <asroute>
+   - <zoneRoute> can be used as a synonym for the now deprecated <asroute>
    - <bypassZoneRoute> an be used as a synonym for the now deprecated <bypassAsRoute>
    - <actor> can be used as a synonym for the now deprecated <process>
    - state_file and avail_file periodicity is now easier to express
@@ -28,10 +28,14 @@ SimGrid (3.16) UNRELEASED
     now        returns void.
 
  Virtual Machines
-  - Allow multicore VMs, along with the correct sharing computations
+  - Allow multicore VMs, with the correct sharing (unless you overcommit)
+    BUG: vCPU overcommitting still leads to buggy sharing, though. WIP.
 
  Energy
   - New function to update the consumption of all hosts at once.
+  - Fix the model for multi-core hosts, linear in the amount of busy
+    cores with an abnormality for pIdle (see paper).
+    BUG: Still not satisfactory for ptask on mono-cores.
 
  MSG
   - The netzone are now available from the MSG API.
@@ -53,6 +57,11 @@ SimGrid (3.16) UNRELEASED
       - MPI_Op_commutative, MPI_Fetch_and_Op, MPI_Compare_and_swap
       - MPI_Rput, MPI_Rget, MPI_Raccumulate, MPI_Rget_accumulate
 
+ S4U
+  - New: this_actor::isMaestro() returns whether we are in kernel mode.
+  - Behind the scene, ActivityImpl are now automatically refcounted.
+    Removing this nasty bottleneck will greatly simplify our internals.
+
  XBT
   - Replay: New function xbt_replay_action_get():
     Retrieve the function previously associated to an event type.