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VFX Craft and Industry Events: From, Raising baa Aussies who, and more.
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…
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AI and the Future of Filmmaking: From, AI Filmmaking How Hollywood, and more.
AI and the Future of Filmmaking: From Production to Festivals this week: Generative AI is restructuring film production workflows, shifting from linear, human-heavy processes to iterative; and ByteDance released Seedance 2.
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The VCs Who Screamed That Biden Would Kill Powerful AI Models Seem Quite Chill About Trump
Hacker Community this week: The Trump administration forced Anthropic to shut down its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models via export controls, citing; and iFixit, in partnership with U.S.
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DPP readiness: When and how brands and suppliers can get started
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…
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Unreal Engine 6 and 5.8: New, Unreal Engine 6 rumours are terrifying developers it, and more.
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…
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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…
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Digital Signals, Digital Product Passports Explained Prepare Compliance, and more.
Digital Signals this week: The EU’s Digital Product Passport (DPP) regime, beginning enforcement in 2026, will treat data as a border control; and The EU’s Digital Product Passport (DPP) regulation, enacted under the 2024 Ecodesign for…
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AI, Automation, And Platform Shifts, AI-Driven Apparel Image Retrieval, and more.
AI, Automation, And Platform Shifts this week: This matters for FashionTech because it gives a concrete current signal to track: Integrated impact of image; and Coats Digital, a provider of manufacturing software for the apparel industry…
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Fashion Signals, Fashion PLM Blog Tech Packs Costing Production Supply, and more.
Fashion Signals this week: The fashion industry’s AI adoption is bifurcating between proven commerce applications and experimental design; and Kobolabs.