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The Animation Industry Still Hopes for Hollywood’s Full Respect
What needs to be done for Hollywood to quit holding animation at arm's length? Industry veterans have some ideas.
gizmodo.com
Watch a Mad Scientist YouTuber Make Lightning in a Bottle From Mercury and Neon
Yes, of course it's Styropyro.
gizmodo.com
The cleanup trap: Stop asking RAG to fix bad data
The enterprise technology ecosystem is caught in a costly cycle. Over the past two years, millions of dollars have been funneled into generative AI pilots, yet many of these initiatives stall out before ever reaching a live production environment. When a project fails, the immedi…
venturebeat.com
Netflix paid $587M for Ben Affleck’s AI filmmaking startup
Netflix revealed that it paid $587 million in cash for InterPositive, a startup co-founded by Ben Affleck.
techcrunch.com
Apple Has Reportedly Started Recording and AI-Summarizing Conversations at the Genius Bar
It's limited in scope; it's opt-in; and managers don't get to see the summaries. Employees are still nervous.
gizmodo.com
Can an Apple lawsuit derail OpenAI’s hardware plans?
On the latest episode of Equity, we debate whether Apple's lawsuit will cast over OpenAi's much-discussed plans to get into hardware and go public.
techcrunch.com
International tech
ZTE Wins WAIC SAIL Star Again: OEX Orthogonal Supernode and Full-Stack AI Ecosystem From Data Center to Smartphone
ZTE OEX orthogonal supernode wins WAIC SAIL Star with zero-cable cabinet design, 128-GPU single-cabinet interconnection, and end-to-end AI infrastructure spanning cloud supercomputing to Nubia agent phones.
pandaily.com
CSC Financial: AI-Driven PCB Demand Upgrade Accelerates High-End Dry Film Photoresist Localization as Market Approaches 13.6B RMB by 2030
CSC Financial research forecasts global AI-server-driven PCB upgrade cycle pushing dry film photoresist market to 13.6B RMB by 2030 at 9.4% CAGR as Chinese suppliers lead localization.
pandaily.com
The art of small talk: 10 subtle phrases that make people light up when you first meet them
A few carefully chosen words can transform a stranger's wariness into genuine warmth—and the technique works everywhere, not just over dinner.
siliconcanals.com
Why Groww Wants To Be Everything At Once
As India’s largest stockbroker expands into wealth management, AI, global investing, lending and asset management, the next question is whether…
inc42.com
How Chinese tech giants from Ant to Tencent use AI agents to win over enterprise clients
Chinese tech giants are doubling down on enterprise artificial intelligence agents with new products unveiled at the country’s top AI summit, signalling heightened domestic rivalry to win over business clients as agent-based AI adoption accelerates. At the four-day World Artifici…
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Alibaba Qwen3.8 Open Sources 2.4 Trillion Parameters: Claiming Strongest Model After Fable 5 as Chinese Open-Source Models Surge
Alibaba releases Qwen3.8-Max with 2.4T parameters under open-source license, claiming second only to Fable 5, as four Chinese model labs launch trillion-parameter open models within one month.
pandaily.com

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Remembering the Zilog Z80 as it Turns Fifty Years Old
Perhaps the saddest thing about the Zilog Z80 is that this humble 8-bit microprocessor wasn’t allowed to live until its 50th birthday. This, fortunately, doesn’t prevent people like [David Oberhollenzer] …read more
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Hackaday Links: July 19, 2026
We’ll start this week off by giving our congratulations to Skyroot Aerospace of India for successfully launching the country’s first privately developed orbital rocket yesterday. The company’s Vikram-1 booster stands …read more
hackaday.com
MCP vs A2A vs ACP: How AI Agents Actually Talk to Each Other
Agents are capable on their own. Combined with tools and other agents, their capabilities compound.
bytebytego.com
Recycling Laptops and iMacs Makes PC Building Fun and Affordable Again
Building a PC used to be a fun adventure — what’s the latest, what’s the greatest, what can I afford? Well, that last question seems to have taken over and …read more
hackaday.com
Minecraft: Java Edition now uses SDL3
Article URL: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-26-3-snapshot-4 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48967256 Points: 274 # Comments: 180
minecraft.net
Moonshot AI suspends new subscriptions due to Kimi K3 demand
Article URL: https://twitter.com/kimi_moonshot/status/2078855608565207130 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48969291 Points: 226 # Comments: 89
twitter.com
Pong-like Cabinet for Classic Dinosaur Jumper
Back when Google ran a functional search engine, there used to be all kinds of quirky, fun antics hidden in their products. From Easter eggs in certain search results, to …read more
hackaday.com
AI advice made people less accurate but more confident – sudy
Article URL: https://thenextweb.com/news/ai-advice-suppresses-critical-thinking-wrong-answers-study Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48971738 Points: 278 # Comments: 156
thenextweb.com
What is the value of one hour of a startup founder's time?
Startup founders undervalue their time. Here's why you should act like it's $1000/hr, and how it changes the decisions you make.
longform.asmartbear.com