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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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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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Mike Flanagan Is Ready to Make ‘The Mist’ His Own
With one famous version of 'The Mist' already in audiences' minds, Flanagan knows he's got to conjure up a new, equally terrifying take.
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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
Crypto Debate Resurfaces, Weekly Funding Tanks & More
Parliamentary Panel Reignites Crypto Debate For years, India’s approach to cryptos revolved merely around taxation. A parliamentary panel has now…
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APEC Officials Queue to Experience China Digital Dentistry at West China Hospital: International Delegates Surprised by Advanced Chinese Oral Medical Technology
West China Hospital of Stomatology showcases AI-powered dental diagnostics, MR simulation surgery, and multimodal data governance to APEC delegates during Chengdu Digital Week, demonstrating smart healthcare leadership.
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Paytm Dreams The AI Dream
Diversification seems to be the common thread running through India’s fintech ecosystem right now. Last week, we took a closer…
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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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Ambition doesn’t fade in your 40s — a Gallup analysis suggests it quietly redirects, from wanting to be seen as impressive to wanting to be trusted by a small handful of people
The drive to prove yourself doesn't disappear in midlife—it just stops caring who's watching.
siliconcanals.com
China RF Test Instruments Domestic Moment: Chengdu CAS 4.0 Technology Enters Apple and Tesla Supply Chains, Signaling a Paradigm Shift in Precision Measurement Equipment
Chengdu CAS 4.0 Technology ships 1,000+ RF test systems, enters Apple and Tesla supply chains, and becomes first Chinese RF tester with full IP for chip-scale production line deployment.
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Scanwheel: A Pocket-Sized POV TV
When you hear the word TV, you probably think of a big LED screen, maybe even the old CRT TVs, but in either case it’s something large and fairly complicated. …read more
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French firefighters face 'pyrocumulonimbus' for first time
Article URL: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260726-french-firefighters-face-pyrocumulonimbus-for-first-time Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49060495 Points: 277 # Comments: 159
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PGSimCity - How PostgreSQL Works
Article URL: https://nikolays.github.io/PGSimCity/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49063754 Points: 381 # Comments: 41
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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: 241 # Comments: 247
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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: 277 # Comments: 71
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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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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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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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2026 Frikkin Lasers Challenge: Measuring Nanometer-Scale Displacements with an Optical Cavity
Optical cavities – two mirrors arranged to reflect light multiple times between them – form the basis of lasers and certain optical filters. Since any angle between the two mirrors …read more
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