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Category: Technology News
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A High-Vacuum Controller for an Eventual Electron Microscope
Hacker Community this week: Chris Doble has open-sourced a high-vacuum controller as the first step toward building his own scanning electron; and A guide from Hackaday details how to repurpose an old FDM 3D printer, specifically an…
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An AI overhaul at Macy’s is fueling the 168-year-old retailer’s turnaround
FashionTech this week: Macy’s AI-powered ‘Ask Macy’s’ shopping assistant, launched in March 2026, is driving a measurable turnaround; and Cartesian, an MIT spinout, uses machine learning on existing RFID reader data to map inventory…
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VOLUMETRIC HUMANS CONTINUE TO EVOLVE
Visual Effects and CGI this week: Volumetric human capture is advancing beyond proxy-level previs into production-grade photoreal doubles, driven by; and Reallusion’s AI Studio Storytellers series debuts with Space Rocks, a sci-fi short…
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In NetChoice V. Murrill, The Copia Institute Asks The Fifth Circuit Not To Keep Ignoring The First Amendment
Hacker Community this week: The Copia Institute, Techdirt’s think tank, has filed an amicus brief in NetChoice v; and iFixit’s guide to assembling a soldering kit frames the choice between a premium, feature-rich cordless station and.
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Circular Fashion and Textile Recycling, REWIND PET Process Validated, and more.
Circular Fashion and Textile Recycling this week: A consortium led by Axens, Jeplan, and Ifpen has validated the REWIND PET chemical recycling process for textiles at; and Vinted’s €8B secondary valuation and reported position as the UK’s…
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Industry news and interviews, i Remarkably Bright Creatures, and more.
Industry news and interviews this week: DP Ashley Connor details the production pipeline for Netflix’s ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures,’ focusing on the; and Digital Domain has launched DDAI, an AI-integrated VFX infrastructure platform.
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AI and Data-Driven Fashion Retail, AI-Driven Apparel Image Retrieval, and more.
AI and Data-Driven Fashion Retail this week: This matters for FashionTech because it gives a concrete current signal to track: Integrated impact of image; and PatSnap’s 2026 analysis of apparel size recommendation patents reveals a shift…
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Behind-the-scenes VFX breakdowns, practical digital creatures Alien Earth, and more.
Behind-the-scenes VFX breakdowns this week: FX’s ‘Alien: Earth’ series, a prequel created by Noah Hawley, employed a hybrid visual effects pipeline for its; and Framestore released a VFX breakdown for ‘Ted’ season 2, showcasing the…
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Silhouette 2026 gets smarter roto and 3D heads
Visual Effects and CGI this week: Boris FX’s Silhouette 2026 release advances its ML toolset for rotoscoping and 3D tracking, focusing on multi-object; and Pilgway has launched the public beta for 3DCoat 2026, introducing a new…
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New software releases and updates, Silhouette 2026 gets smarter roto 3D heads, and more.
New software releases and updates this week: Silhouette 2026 introduces updates focused on reducing manual labor in roto and paint workflows through enhanced ML; and Pilgway has released 3DCoat 2026 into public beta, featuring a new…