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EFF’s Dave Maass reflects on how Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs 2, released a decade ago, anticipated real-world digital rights battles, from insecure surveillance cameras to cell-site simulators and weaponized security robots.
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Space Exploration this week: Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft executed a daring flyby of the near-Earth asteroid Torifune on July 5, passing just 800; and China achieved its first orbital-class booster recovery on July 10, 2026, using a…
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Alzheimer’s Disease and Frontal Temporal Dementia this week: Biogen’s Phase 2 trial of an anti-tau therapy, BIIB080, showed a 26% reduction in cognitive decline at the lowest; and At AAIC 2026 in London, researchers presented advances in…
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Neurodiversity, ADHD, Autism, and AuDHD this week: A systematic review of 113 ADHD medication trials published in The Lancet Psychiatry identifies optimal dosing; and Two foundational models of autism—the ‘extreme male brain’ theory and…
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Regional Economic Indicators (Southeast Focus) this week: FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam says the company is in the middle of the biggest supply chain shift in 35 years, driven by; and Duke Energy Carolinas has reached a settlement with the…
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Audience Behavior & Distribution Shifts this week: The Second Circuit upheld a preliminary injunction against Nielsen, blocking its radio ratings policy that tied; and Nielsen will deploy seven methodological changes to its National Big…
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Emerging Tech Signals (Pre-Mainstream) this week: OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 family introduces multiple reasoning-effort settings, a feature now standard in flagship LLMs; and Thinking Machines Lab, led by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, released…
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Talent & Creative Signals this week: C.B. Cebulski has stepped down as Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief, with Steve Wacker taking over as the publisher; and Code and Theory has appointed Harsh Kapadia as Head of Enterprise Creative, tasked…
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Policy, Legal & Regulatory this week: California Governor Gavin Newsom faces a defining moment in his final months as a wave of AI and social media; and The Federal Circuit partially vacated a $12.68 million copyright award against the U.S.
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Capital Flows & Deals this week: A federal judge has delayed a decision on California’s request to freeze Paramount’s $111 billion acquisition of; and This week’s largest U.S. startup funding rounds totaled over $3.3 billion, led by a $1.
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Anthropic has reversed its plan to remove Claude Fable 5 from subscription plans, instead making it permanent on Max and Team Premium tiers at 50% of limits, while Pro and Team Standard users get a one-time $100 credit.
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Streaming & Cinema this week: Disney, Paramount, and Universal have publicly committed to a 45-day theatrical window, but the agreement is largely; and Apple Music and Amazon Music locked in festival streaming deals for Tomorrowland and…
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Long-Form Worth Your Time this week: Min Jin Lee discusses her story ‘Testing’ and forthcoming novel ‘American Hagwon,’ which examine the Suneung exam; and This matters for Long-Form Worth Your Time because it gives a concrete current…
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Science Fiction this week: Ridley Scott’s dystopian sci-fi series Raised by Wolves, canceled after two seasons in 2022, has received its most; and Disney and Lucasfilm will release the original 1977 theatrical cut of Star Wars in a wide…
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Ancient World this week: Archaeologists have discovered a wooden structure at Kalambo Falls in Zambia dated to at least 476,000 years ago; and A 13-year ancient DNA study of 169 individuals from the 4,300-year-old Shimao site in northern…
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Visual Effects and CGI this week: Tyler Perry Studios is partnering with Synapse Virtual Production to build a new virtual production facility on its; and Tyler Perry Studios is converting an existing soundstage on its Atlanta campus into…
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HBS is deploying over 125 cameras, 57 microphones, and 54 replay trains for the 2026 FIFA World Cup Final, adding drones, helicopter coverage, and strategic fan-cams in New York, New Jersey, Madrid, and Buenos Aires.
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Made In USA manufacturing and logistics this week: ArcBest is cutting ~2% of its workforce, closing 10 LTL terminals in small markets, and retiring the MoLo and; and UPS is rolling out RFID package sensing across its U.S.
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Interactive Art this week: Venice Immersive marks its 10th anniversary with 68 projects from 26 countries, including 30 in competition (22; and Artist Doddz has been commissioned to create a projection mapping piece for Blackpool Tower…
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Film and TV Development this week: King of the Hill showrunner Saladin Patterson confirms that writing for Season 16 is complete, with the revival; and A new state budget provision, SB 122, caps corporate tax credits at $5 million or 70%…
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FashionTech this week: Covation Biomaterials launched two new bio-based performance materials at the Functional Fabric Fair; and This matters for FashionTech because it gives a concrete current signal to track: The European Union has…
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Fashion this week: At the Source Fashion trade show, Euromonitor’s Marguerite Le Rolland and PVH’s former supply chain chief Bill; and The apparel alliance—comprising Apparel Impact Institute, Cascale, Textile Exchange, and ZDHC…
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New Hanover County has approved a $6.5 million contract for the first infrastructure at the Holly Shelter Business Park, which will be renamed the I-40 Coastal Commerce Park.
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Pawleys Island / Georgetown & Horry Counties, SC this week: Horry County Council unanimously passed an ordinance to impose impact fees on new developments, with rates ranging; and Horry County is finalizing a development agreement with…
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New York City, NY this week: Mayor Zohran Mamdani has revived the shelved Tremont Avenue busway in the Bronx, with construction set to begin this; and A cluster of Legionnaires’ disease cases on the Upper East Side has expanded to 76…
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