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Re&Up launched Fiber Club, a consortium aiming to accelerate the global adoption of recycled materials within the fashion industry.

Tamron announced its popular 17-70mm F/2.8 zoom lens will become available for Canon RF and Nikon Z cameras starting July 2.

Tamron announced its popular 17-70mm F/2.8 zoom lens will become available for Canon RF and Nikon Z cameras starting July 2.

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…

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…

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…

VFX Craft and Industry Events: From ‘Stranger Things’ to SIGGRAPH this week: Framestore’s Melbourne office led VFX for *The Sheep Detectives*, creating all sheep digitally without a single; and Super Renders Farm’s 2026 guide details the…

FashionTech this week: This matters for FashionTech because it gives a concrete current signal to track: DPP readiness: When and how brands; and The EU Digital Product Passport (DPP) registry goes live on July 19, 2026, with mandatory…

Unreal Engine 6 and 5.8: New Features, Release Dates, and Industry Impact this week: Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 6 roadmap signals a strategic shift toward the Verse programming language and deeper AI; and Epic Games’ roadmap for Unreal…