Best Meta Glasses (2026): Ray-Ban, Oakley, AR
Meta is unquestionably winning the face-wearable war. Can you trust the company? Maybe not. But these are some of the nicest glasses I’ve ever worn.
A humanoid robot sprints to victory in Beijing, beating the human half-marathon world record
A humanoid robot that won a half-marathon race for robots in Beijing on Sunday ran faster than the human world record in a show of China’s technological leaps.
EditAnything IC-LoRA – LTX-2.3
This model was trained on 8,000 video pairs, and training is still ongoing for a few thousand more steps. It is still experimental, not trained with a fully professional production target, and the model may be updated unexpectedly as new checkpoints. The current goal is not final polished production quality, but to explore: edit-anything behavior …
The Best Smart Home Accessories to Boost Your Curb Appeal (2026)
These locks, lights, and other smart home upgrades let you add automation without messing up your home’s vibe.
Artificial neurons successfully communicate with living brain cells
Engineers at Northwestern University have taken a striking leap toward merging machines with the human brain by printing artificial neurons that can actually communicate with real ones. These flexible, low-cost devices generate lifelike electrical signals capable of activating living brain cells, a breakthrough demonstrated in mouse brain tissue.
Unpredictable AGI may resist full control, making diverse AI safer
Public concern about AI safety has grown significantly in recent years. As AI systems become more powerful, a key question is how we make sure they do what we actually want. Now, researchers suggest that rather than trying to eliminate misalignment between AI and humans, we should embrace and manage it through a diverse ecosystem …
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We can finally watch TNG in 16:9
Somone posted an example of LTX 2.3 outpainting to expand 4:3 video to 16:9. I thought it was really impressive so I applied it to some of my favourite classic shows, like TNG, which I’ve always wanted to watch in widescreen. I also used WanGP which was nice and simple to use (I just had …
The Complete Guide to Inference Caching in LLMs
Calling a large language model API at scale is expensive and slow.
International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) 2026
The Human Infrastructure: How Netflix Built the Operations Layer Behind Live at Scale
By: Brett Axler, Casper Choffat, and Alo Lowry In the three years since our first Live show, Chris Rock: Selective Outrage, we have witnessed an incredible expansion of our live content slate and the live operations that support it. From modest beginnings of streaming just one show per month, we are now capable of streaming over …
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