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‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Hot Toys Figures Give Our Best Look Yet at Doctor Doom

Hot Toys, Sideshow, and Hasbro debuted some incredibly detailed 'Avengers: Doomsday' figures.

TechCrunch Mobility: Uber bets on its former CEO

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.

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!"

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?

Inside one London founder house rewriting the founder-house rules

How one founder house is betting work-life balance can beat burnout .

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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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.

30,000 Hours of Tactile Data Fills Embodied Intelligence Gap: XinZhi Embodied and Fudan University Release Three Technical Reports on Haptic Sensing

XinZhi Embodied and Fudan University publish three technical reports covering 30,000 hours of tactile data for embodied intelligence, addressing the missing touch sensing capability in robot manipulation.

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…

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…

Tencent Miora Design Agent Hands-On: One Brief Generates Full Brand Visual Assets Through Multi-Agent Collaboration, Though Integration Still Has Limits

Hands-on test of Tencent Miora creative agent: input a brand brief for Puff AI companion robot, received logo, brand guidelines, VI assets, app UI, poster, video, and sticker pack from single 1000-integral run.

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.

Making sense of the panic over Chinese AI

On the latest episode of Equity, we discussed why Moonshot AI's Kimi seemed to panic Silicon Valley and Wall Street.

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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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

Third Drone Shot Down in Three Days in Romanian Territory

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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: 265 # Comments: 225

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Htmx 4.0, the first JavaScript library to release exclusively on the Game Boy

Article URL: https://swag.htmx.org/en-cad/products/htmx-4-the-game Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49057241 Points: 331 # Comments: 102

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

Duplicating Parts Using Silicone Molds

[Do As I Do] had a simple task to complete. A couple of small parts needed to be duplicated in some quantity, with good dimensional accuracy and surface finish. There …read more

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: 304 # Comments: 271

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

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: 203 # Comments: 187

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