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Category: Technology News
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Hackers September 21, 2026: Reverse Engineering A Sony Car Stereo LCD
Hacker Community this week: [Jose Luis Monteiro] reverse-engineered the LCD on a Sony CDX-A250 car stereo’s front panel to drive it with an; and iFixit tools and the Street Team showed up at events across Europe this year, from a spring…
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VFX September 21, 2026: Hardcraft Tames CAD Meshes in Blender
Visual Effects and CGI this week: Vitaliy Yablonskiy’s Hardcraft is a Blender add-on that reads CAD face structure from untouched STEP data or; and A new featurette for ‘The End of Oak Street’ highlights ILM’s Spinosaur.
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FashionTech September 21, 2026: Can cooling tools be the hot new accessory?
Cooling devices like portable fans are emerging as a ubiquitous summer accessory in New York City, according to Glossy.Co.
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Photo & Cinema September 21, 2026: Photographers Outraged After Heavily AI-Edited Image Wins State Fair Photo Competition
Photography & Cinematography this week: An image heavily edited with AI won the Maryland State Fair’s “Neon Lights” photography category, sparking outrage; and Apple’s new three-artist exhibition, What Holds Us, opens in New York this week.
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Hackers September 7, 2026: Did Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley get doxxed? Netizens say he got a ‘taste of his own medicine’
Social media users claimed to have shared Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley’s home address after his Fox News remarks on balancing privacy and public safety.
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VFX September 7, 2026: Everything you need to know about the 2026 Venice Film Festival
The 83rd Venice Film Festival opens Wednesday on the Lido, running through Sept. 12, with Danny Boyle’s ‘Ink’ as the opening-night film.
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Photo & Cinema September 7, 2026: AFP photographer wins top prize for Madagascar protest coverage
Photography Awards and Recognition this week: AFP photographer Luis Tato won the Visa d’Or prize for news photography at the Visa Pour l’Image festival in; and BAFTA Cymru has announced the four nominees for Photography & Lighting…
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Photo & Cinema August 31, 2026: As Photo Ark turns 20, Joel Sartore photographs 18,000 animal species
Joel Sartore’s National Geographic Photo Ark turned 20 this year, reaching its 18,000th animal, a critically endangered red handfish.
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Hackers August 24, 2026: Be careful who you talk to at conferences: Security researchers claim they were targeted by cyber criminals after DEF CON event
Security researchers at Black Hat/DEF CON were targeted after the event by cyber criminals posing as a CoinDesk executive.
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FashionTech August 24, 2026: South Korea Accelerates Apparel Automation with AI and Robotics
South Korea’s textile and apparel industry is accelerating AI- and robot-driven manufacturing automation.