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Category: Technology News
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Roundup: Behind-the-Scenes VFX Breakdowns, RISE Fallout Destroys LA Politely, and more.
Behind-the-Scenes VFX Breakdowns this week: RISE VFX delivered 244 shots for Fallout Season 2, facing a significant scale increase over Season 1 with the same; and This matters for Visual Effects and CGI because it gives a concrete…
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Roundup: VFX Software Updates, InstaMAT and InstaLOD Go Native on Linux, and more.
New Software Releases and Updates this week: Abstract has released native Linux previews of its material authoring software InstaMAT and geometry optimization; and Abstract has released native Linux support for its InstaLOD and InstaMAT…
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Roundup: Fashion’s digital thread, RFID tags win sustainability award, and more.
Fashion and beauty industry updates this week: SML Group’s InfuseRFID technology, which embeds wash-resistant RFID tags at raw material or early assembly stages; and Louis Vuitton has appointed Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu as a brand…
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Roundup: Circular Fashion Infrastructure, Vinted’s €8B resale empire grows, and more.
Textile Recycling & Circular Fashion this week: Vinted’s €8 billion secondary valuation solidifies its position as the third-largest UK fashion retailer by revenue; and The circular fashion ecosystem is consolidating around two parallel…
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Roundup: Retail leadership and brand strategies, Target shuffles merchandising leadership, and
Retail leadership and brand strategies this week: Target has restructured its merchandising leadership, promoting three internal veterans to SVP roles; and Southeastern Asset Management, a major shareholder with over 4% of Mattel’s stock…
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Roundup: AI, AI-Driven Apparel Image Retrieval, and more.
AI, 3D & Digital Fashion Tools this week: This matters for FashionTech because it gives a concrete current signal to track: Integrated impact of image; and A Kobo Labs report details the current state of AI in fashion, distinguishing…
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Roundup: Supply chain innovations and, Is Amazon Supply Chain, and more.
Supply chain innovations and disruptions this week: Amazon Supply Chain Services (ASCS) is now available to any business, not just marketplace sellers, bundling; and Procter & Gamble is now in full-scale rollout of its Supply Chain 3.
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Roundup: Digital Product Passports & RFID, SML s InfuseRFID wins 2026 SEAL award, and more.
Digital Product Passports & RFID Compliance this week: SML Group’s InfuseRFID technology, which embeds washable RFID tags at raw material stages, has won a 2026 SEAL; and The IEEE RFID Conference’s technical committee and RAIN Alliance…
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Flipper Zero Transmits APRS With No Extra Parts
Hacker Community this week: A developer has modified the Flipper Zero’s firmware to transmit the APRS amateur radio data protocol using its; and A Hackaday columnist installs the minimalist SliTaz distribution on a 2005-era 32-bit Dell…
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AI, Virtual Try-On & Digital Fashion, ASOS Redesigning online fashion speed AI, and more.
AI, Virtual Try-On & Digital Fashion Tools this week: ASOS is deploying Microsoft’s cloud and AI stack across its value chain to compress operational timelines and; and AWS has published a generative AI playbook for retail, consolidating…