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The ’Toy Story’ You Remember

Plus: newsbits. A still from Toy Story on 35 mm film Welcome! Glad you could join us for another Sunday edition of the Animation Obsessive newsletter. This is our slate: 1) Digital animation on film stock. 2) Animation newsbits. With that, let’s go! 1 – The hybrid Toy Story used to look different. It’s a […]

Toucan Wireless Split Keyboard with Touchpad

Introduction The Toucan is a keyboard with an integrated touchpad, built around the familiar Cantor (Piantor) layout, designs with the goal of creating a truly portable split keyboard, something easy to bring along for work, travel, or even to use comfortably on a flight. Features of Toucan Wireless – Powered by the latest Seeed Studio […]

High-performance 2D graphics rendering on the CPU using sparse strips [pdf]

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TTS Still Sucks

or at least the open versions of it. I have this very stupid rule. A couple of years ago I decided to turn this blog into a podcast. At the time, I decided to make up a stupid rule: whatever model I use to clone my voice and generate article transcripts needs to be an […]

Zeroing in on Zero-Point Motion Inside a Crystal

Research News November 5, 2025• Physics 18, 178 A nanocrystal cooled to near absolute zero produces an unexpected light emission, which is shown to arise from quantum fluctuations in the crystal’s atomic lattice. Media Whale Stock/stock.adobe.com The atoms inside a crystal never stop moving, even when the object’s temperature approaches absolute zero. This quantum effect […]

Fei Fei Li: Spatial Intelligence is AI’s Next Frontier

In 1950, when computing was little more than automated arithmetic and simple logic, Alan Turing asked a question that still reverberates today: can machines think? It took remarkable imagination to see what he saw: that intelligence might someday be built rather than born. That insight later launched a relentless scientific quest called Artificial Intelligence (AI). […]

Using Generative AI in Content Production

Skip to Translations Introduction  Generative AI tools (GenAI)  that allow users to rapidly generate new and creatively unique media (video, sound, text, and image) are increasingly being used across creative workflows in Content Production. At Netflix, we see these tools as valuable creative aids when used transparently and responsibly. This guidance helps filmmakers, production partners, […]

Memory Safety for Skeptics

November 6, 2025Volume 23, issue 4   PDF If you’re tired of hearing about memory safety, this article is for you. Andrew Lilley Brinker Memory safety—the property that makes software devoid of weaknesses such as buffer overflows, double-frees, and similar issues—has been a popular topic in software communities over the past decade and has gained […]

The (Lazy) Git UI You Didn’t Know You Need

When my son was born last April, I had ambitious learning plans for the upcoming 5w paternity leave. As you can imagine, with two kids, life quickly verified this plan 🙃. I did eventually start some projects. One of the goals (sounding rebellious in the current AI hype cycle) was to learn and use neovim […]

European Commission plans “digital omnibus” package to simplify its tech laws

Draft changes would create new exceptions for AI companies that would allow them to legally process special categories of data (like a person’s religious or political beliefs, ethnicity or health data) to train and operate their tech. The Commission is also planning to reframe the definition of such special category data, which are afforded extra protections […]