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Category: Technology News
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2026 Frikkin Lasers Challenge: A 3D-Printed Raman Spectrometer
Hacker Community this week: A hacker known as [Allegedly Science] has built a 3D-printed Raman spectrometer called CubeRaman, using a cheap; and The Tanmatsu, a handheld computer born from the Dutch conference badge scene, has matured…
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Behind the Scenes of VFX in Film and, Puppets previs prehistoric creatures, and more.
Behind the Scenes of VFX in Film and TV this week: The third series of Apple TV+’s Prehistoric Planet, focused on the Ice Age, required Framestore to deliver over 40; and Uber Eck’s Kayak ice cream spot used a hybrid pipeline: physical…
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VFX and Production Company News, Boris FX acquires Izotope, and more.
VFX and Production Company News this week: Boris FX, the developer of visual effects tools like Continuum, Sapphire, and Mocha Pro, has acquired iZotope, the; and Boris FX has acquired iZotope, the maker of RX audio repair, Ozone…
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VFX and CGI Software Updates, Inbibo releases Adonis 2 1 AdonisML, and more.
VFX and CGI Software Updates this week: Inbibo has released Adonis 2.1, splitting the soft-tissue simulation framework into a base edition (AdonisFX) and a; and Foundry has released Mari 8.
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Glossy Pop Newsletter: How Meta leveraged Kylie Jenner, Peggy Gou and Substackers in its first
FashionTech this week: Meta launched its Meta Glasses line as a fashion house, not a tech gadget, using Kylie Jenner as the face of the; and Target and Parachute are launching a second home goods capsule collection, priced $12–$169, after…
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Pluralistic: Spying on kids to save kids from spying is very, very stupid (23 Jun 2026)
Hacker Community this week: Cory Doctorow argues that proposed ‘age verification’ laws for the internet are a Trojan horse for mass; and The Stop Killing Games movement, after failing to secure new EU legislation mandating video game…
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Software and Tool Updates, RealityScan 2 2 Widens GPU Support, and more.
Software and Tool Updates this week: Epic Games’ RealityScan 2.2 expands GPU hardware support to include AMD Radeon and Radeon PRO cards, enabling mixed; and Reallusion has replaced its 30-day iClone trial with a free, perpetual…
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Poshmark opens its 120 million product listings to the Shazam of fashion
FashionTech this week: Poshmark is integrating its 120 million active listings into the visual-search app Silvr, allowing users to find; and Reformation has filed for an IPO, presenting a counter-narrative to the troubled DTC sector by…
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Pluralistic: Google’s new remote attestation scheme is every bit as terrible as its old remote
Hacker Community this week: Google has introduced a new remote attestation scheme called reCAPTCHA Mobile Verification, which uses an app; and The Chaos Computer Club is issuing an open call for designers to shape the visual identity of…
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Wednesday: Mr. X VFX supervisor Mark O. Hammond
Visual Effects and CGI this week: Mr. X VFX supervisor Mark O. Hammond details the studio’s work on Season 2 of Netflix’s *Wednesday*, focusing on; and MTI Film has acquired Mango NewEdit, a Burbank-based dailies and Avid editorial…