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The Messy Release of ‘Avatar Aang’ Continued at San Diego Comic-Con
Allegations of generative AI use hurt 'Avatar Aang,' which already couldn't catch a break this year.
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Hugging Face CEO calls for ‘radical transparency’ after ‘unprecedented’ OpenAI hack
"The first autonomous agent cyberattack is an unprecedented event. It deserves an unprecedented response!"
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Are brain waves the next unlock for physical AI?
Forget YouTube videos—frontier physical AI models need multiple camera angles, dense annotation, and soon, brain wave readings.
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Inside one London founder house rewriting the founder-house rules 
How one founder house is betting work-life balance can beat burnout .
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Can Apple make smart glasses that aren’t a constant privacy threat?
As Apple prepares to launch its first smart glasses, the company may also be wrestling with how to address consumer privacy concerns.
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Apple Is Reportedly Worried About Its Non-Creepy Reputation as It Prepares to Enter a Creepy Product Category
Can Apple's hard-fought reputation for privacy survive the release of a glasses product?
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International tech
Indian Startup IPO Tracker 2026
Dalal Street emerged as a founder’s paradise in 2025, with 18 Indian startups listing on the bourses and collectively mopping…
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China’s CXMT shares rise 472% on Star Market debut, valuing DRAM maker at US$489 billion
Shares of ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), China’s leading maker of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips, rose 472 per cent on their Shanghai trading debut, giving the company a market capitalisation of 3.31 trillion yuan (US$489 billion). The Hefei-based company opened …
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Flipkart’s Digital Mall Now Has A Food Court
When Flipkart entered quick commerce last year, many were sceptical of the move, as the ecommerce giant was seen as…
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China First Science Lab Module Wentian Completes Four Years in Orbit: 17.9-Meter Research Platform Enables Over 1,400 Days of Space Science Experiments
China Wentian lab module, launched July 2022, marks four years of stable orbit operation as the nation first dedicated science experiment module supporting 6-crew capacity and external exposure experiments.
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Tencent Robotics X Open-Sources Three Embodied Foundation Models: Chief Scientist Zhang Zhengyou Explains the 3-Layer Brain Architecture Solving Robot Reaction Speed
Tencent open-sources three embodied models at WAIC 2026: VLM for scene understanding, RxBrain cognitive model for planning with visual states, and VLA for continuous action at 500-1000Hz.
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China Swarm Drones Achieve First Full 3D Typhoon Observation: Bee Colony Drone Array Captures Complete Typhoon Landfall Process From Multiple Altitudes Simultaneously
China Meteorological Administration uses bee colony drone swarm for first full-process three-dimensional typhoon observation, deploying coordinated UAV array to capture temperature, humidity, wind, and turbulence data.
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Filling High Pressure CO2 Tanks From Sugar Fermentation Gas
After previously using the fermenting of sugar to obtain ethanol fuel, [Hyperspace Pirate] figured that it’d be a waste to just blast the other half of the yeast production in …read more
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London Gatwick has launched a robotic airport parking service
Article URL: https://aerospaceglobalnews.com/news/gatwick-airport-robotic-parking-stanley-robotics/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49058669 Points: 269 # Comments: 233
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Repairing a “for parts” Canon 7D Mark II DSLR
The exciting part of buying a ‘broken, for parts’ off a site like EBay is that you rarely know exactly just how ‘broken’ it truly is. Even if the seller …read more
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Third Drone Shot Down in Three Days in Romanian Territory
Article URL: https://english.mapn.ro/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49057248 Points: 221 # Comments: 280
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Ever Seen Claude Use Fusion 360?
We’ve all done it before: a simple project that escalated to the point of extreme overengineering. But what’s less common is [Lee Hutchinson]’s digital clock, whose case is (somewhat-successfully) designed …read more
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Hackaday Links: July 26, 2026
At a time when so-called “artificial intelligence” seems inescapable, we were encouraged to see news that Amazon will be cracking down on third-party sellers that use AI-generated images for their …read more
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Decker, a platform that builds on the legacy of Hypercard and classic macOS
Article URL: https://beyondloom.com/decker/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49060856 Points: 224 # Comments: 54
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The Strongest El Niño Ever
Article URL: https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-strongest-el-nino-ever Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49060978 Points: 215 # Comments: 215
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Google Discloses $94.1B in SpaceX Stock, Marking 6% Stake
Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/tech/google-discloses-94-1-billion-in-spacex-stock-marking-6-stake-91655d7c Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49057574 Points: 311 # Comments: 280
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