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The First-Ever Lego ‘Shrek’ Set Uses Its One Minifigure Perfectly
Lego's latest buildable statue takes us to the world of the DreamWorks icon, with a very clever sense of scale.
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This Roboticist-Turned-Teacher Built a Life-Size Replica of ENIAC
Tom Burick has always considered himself a builder. Over the years he’s designed robots, constructed a vintage teardrop trailer, and most recently, led a group of students in building a full-scale replica of a pivotal 1940s computer. Burick is a technology instructor at PS Acade…
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Exclusive: Cloneable Raises $4.6M To ‘Clone’ Expert Worker Knowledge With Agentic AI For Utilities And Infrastructure
Cloneable, a startup that uses AI to shadow human experts in heavy industries such as energy and replicate their specialized workflows into autonomous agents, has raised $4.6 million in seed funding, the company tells Crunchbase News exclusively.
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The Download: introducing the Nature issue
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Introducing: the Nature issue When we talk about “nature,” we usually mean something untouched by humans. But little of that world exists toda…
MIT Technology Review
These are the countries moving to ban social media for children
Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, including cyberbullying, social media addiction, and exposure to predators.
techcrunch.com
Bob Iger rejoins Thrive Capital as advisor after Disney exit
The former Disney CEO hold a stake in Thrive, and has previously held the role of the venture partner at the firm.
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Huawei doubles down on autonomous driving, earmarking US$11.7b for autopilot training
Adamant about retaining its runaway lead in supplying smart driving systems in China, Huawei Technologies plans to invest as much as 80 billion yuan (US$11.7 billion) over the next five years to boost computing power essential for training and testing semi-autonomous cars. The ma…
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The hardest thing about healing isn’t the work itself. It’s the quiet grief of realizing how many years you spent believing the problem was you, when the actual problem was an environment that needed you to believe that in order to keep functioning
The belief that you were the problem wasn't an accident of personality — it was a structural requirement of the environment you were in. The grief that arrives when you see this clearly is not a sign that healing isn't working. It's the healing itself.
siliconcanals.com
XTEINK Raises Over RMB 100 Million to Expand AI E-Paper Devices
XTEINK, a Chinese AI e-paper startup, has raised over $14 million to expand its ultra-portable secondary screen devices and accelerate overseas growth.
pandaily.com
XGRIDS’ LingView P1 Spatial Camera Wins Four NAB Awards
XGRIDS’ LingView P1 spatial camera won four awards at NAB Show, highlighting its ability to convert real-world environments into interactive 3D digital spaces.
pandaily.com
The people who seem to have the warmest, most open demeanor are often the loneliest people in any room, because being easy to be around creates the assumption that they don’t need anything, and nobody thinks to ask someone who seems fine how they actually are
The warmest, easiest people in any social setting are frequently the loneliest — because being nice to be around creates the assumption they don't need anything, and nobody thinks to check on someone who seems fine.
siliconcanals.com
Some people who appear completely unbothered by criticism haven’t stopped caring what others think. They’ve just moved the audience inside, and now they answer to a version of themselves that never gives them a day off
People who look impervious to criticism often aren't resilient — they've just internalised a harsher critic than anyone outside could ever be. A look at what psychologists call introjection, and why the audience that moved inside never takes a day off.
siliconcanals.com

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This KiCAD Plugin Enables Breadboarding
Some people learning the noble art of electronics find the jump from simpler tools like Fritzing to more complex ones, such as KiCAD, a little daunting, especially since they need …read more
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U.S. soldier charged with using classified info to profit from prediction market
Article URL: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/us-soldier-charged-using-classified-information-profit-prediction-market-bets?bm-verify=AAQAAAAN_____y6To7sZYZ502biZwIHXlr-7zXZUqV4H0xLTfW__wDA3SjNLqifXRaQwsikyuz6IJknyuL8xfVYRkesxcDk5V10m-HoXl2K93f17rygBphL77WVFoQ_XvlmUo922IwM_DQ…
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B-Trees vs LSM Trees: Comparison and Trade-Offs
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2026 Green Powered Challenge: Cook With The Sun!
One of the problems facing any solar power installation comes in storing enough power for high-intensity operations such as cooking. The high-tech and expensive way involves battery banks and inverters, …read more
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GPT-5.5
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