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Category: Technology News
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Software and Tool Updates for VFX, Scene Auditor Pro targets Blender bloat, and more.
Software and Tool Updates for VFX Artists this week: Scene Auditor Pro, a new Blender add-on priced at $15, targets the accumulation of technical debt in production; and Silhouette 2026 introduces a suite of updates targeting core VFX…
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Textile Recycling & Circular Fashion, REWIND PET Process Validated, and more.
Textile Recycling & Circular Fashion Systems this week: A consortium led by Axens, Jeplan, and Ifpen has validated the REWIND PET chemical recycling process for textiles at; and Vinted’s €8 billion valuation and position as the UK’s…
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AI & Digital Tools for Fashion Retail, Fashion PLM Blog Tech, and more.
AI & Digital Tools for Fashion Retail & Design this week: A new market analysis of AI in fashion reveals a stark gap between pilot projects and production-scale deployment; and This matters for FashionTech because it gives a concrete…
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Digital Product Passports & RFID for, SML s InfuseRFID wins 2026 SEAL award, and more.
Digital Product Passports & RFID for Compliance this week: SML Group’s InfuseRFID technology, an embedded RFID tag engineered to survive garment washing and dyeing processes; and RAIN RFID’s evolution from a Walmart-driven mandate to a…
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VFX Tools, Studios, and Industry News, Cannes Film Festival Review, and more.
VFX Tools, Studios, and Industry News this week: Cannes 2026 served as a live audit of power shifts in film production and distribution, with AI-driven; and Tathastu Techno Solution, a regional training and services vendor, leveraged its…
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AI’s Impact on VFX and Filmmaking, AI Is Rewriting VFX Rulebook 2026, and more.
AI’s Impact on VFX and Filmmaking this week: AI integration into VFX pipelines has moved from speculative R&D to operational reality in 2026, fundamentally; and Virtual production studios are integrating AI-generated environments…
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Virtual Production and LED Volume, Das szenische Portal RT, and more.
Virtual Production and LED Volume Stages this week: Andreas Resch has developed ‘Das szenische Portal RT,’ a prototype real-time hybrid stage system built in Unreal; and MZed’s new course ‘Virtual Production for Beginners,’ taught by…
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Simkhai is building an AI storefront for shoppers who don’t know what to search
Simkhai is launching a separate AI-powered storefront, Simkhai.ai, built on Swap’s agentic commerce platform.
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Flipper Zero Transmits APRS With No Extra Parts
Hacker Community this week: A developer has enabled the Flipper Zero multi-tool to transmit APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting System) packets; and Cory Doctorow’s Pluralistic column argues that ‘age verification’ is a political consensus…
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AI Integration in VFX & Filmmaking, AI Is Rewriting VFX Rulebook 2026, and more.
AI Integration in VFX & Filmmaking this week: AI integration into VFX pipelines has moved from experimental to operational in 2026, with concrete tools now; and AI integration into virtual production pipelines is accelerating, with…