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Disney’s first CTO led an AI startup it once accused of copying its characters (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-18 | by Lucas Ropek | tags: disney, character.ai, karandeep anand

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‘Blade Runner 2099’ Stars on the Surprising Dynamic Between Their Characters (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-18 | get Blade Runner 2049 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray → | tags: blade runner 2099, michelle yeoh, hunter schafer

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James Gunn Is Trying to Temper Your ‘Man of Tomorrow’ Expectations (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-18 | tags: james gunn, man of tomorrow, secret characters

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The latest Avatar: Seven Havens trailer gives us a deeper dive into the characters and story (engadget.com)

2026-09-10 | by Lawrence Bonk | get Avatar The Last Airbender complete series Blu-ray → | tags: paramount+, the legend of korra, avatar pavi

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Attackers conceal phishing lures using invisible Unicode characters (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-09-06 | get YubiKey 5C NFC security key → | tags: ascii smuggling, phishing, unicode

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Robot writes in languages it has never seen before (2019) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-06 | by Matt Simon | get uArm Swift Pro robotic arm → | tags: brown university, handwriting robot, japanese characters

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Chess.com launched a poker site and is planning even more classic games (theverge.com)

2026-08-30 | by Stevie Bonifield | get wooden folding chess set → | tags: chess.com, gambit, online poker

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I hate how badly I want the Tamagotchi Ring (engadget.com)

2026-08-29 | by Cheyenne Macdonald | get Tamagotchi Uni virtual pet → | tags: tamagotchi ring, bandai, wearable tech

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10 Times Kiddie Shows and Characters Took a Terrifying Turn (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-27 | get Five Nights at Freddy's Freddy plush → | tags: kiddie shows, buddy film, cuddly icons

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We’re Both Confused and Fascinated by This Disney and NFL Team-Up (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-24 | get Disney Mickey Mouse NFL team shirt → | tags: disney, nfl, merchandise

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Walk through a 3D cyberpunk city built purely from ASCII characters — a text-based metropolis runs on a 283KB Rust WebAssembly engine feeding a WebGL renderer (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-22 | by Luke James | get The Rust Programming Language 2nd Edition book → | tags: rust, webassembly, webgl

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A spectre is haunting Unicode (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: unicode, jis x 0208, ghost characters

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A Spectre Is Haunting Unicode (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: jis x 0208, unicode, ghost characters

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These ‘Masturbation Consultants’ Were Hired to Pleasure Themselves With AI (wired.com)

2026-08-14 | by Mattha Busby | tags: joi ai, ai companions, digital characters

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We thought we wouldn't write about Overwatch characters anymore but D.Mon looks too sick not to (engadget.com)

2026-08-07 | by Kris Holt | tags: beast, characters, mech

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I added a real-time chat to my blog, people used it to attack me (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: characters, message, messages

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Disney gives TikTok creators official access to Marvel, Star Wars, and Pixar characters (theverge.com)

2026-08-05 | by Jess Weatherbed | tags: access, creators, disney

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Runway couldn't fix a bug in its AI video model, so it turned the bug into a feature (venturebeat.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: runway ml, ai video model, runway characters

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‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Season 3 Unveils New Characters and a First Teaser (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: prime video, lord of the rings, rings of power

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What’s Actually Going On in the ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Trailer? (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: avengers, doomsday, trailer

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Nul Characters in Strings in SQLite (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-15 | tags: char, character, characters

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Riot is reviving old League of Legends even as it prepares the game's biggest overhaul ever (techspot.com)

2026-07-15 | by Daniel Sims | tags: characters, classic, game

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Proof of care in the age of AI (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-14 | tags: characters, condensed, copy

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BTS and McDonald's Collaborate for a Third Time With New Collectible Toys (cnet.com)

2026-07-13 | by See Full Bio | tags: booth, characters, mcdonald

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Character.AI enters the microdrama arena with its own productions, but there’s a twist (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-09 | by Ivan Mehta | tags: called, characters, create

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The footgun of right-to-left decorative characters (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-07 | by Vox Silva | tags: left, manichaean, right

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Midjourney wants Hollywood studios to reveal the details of their AI usage (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-04 | by Anthony Ha | get AI Art Generation Guide → | tags: characters, images, midjourney

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Can you build a recognizable World Map in under 500 bytes? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-01 | tags: bytes, characters, compression

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Nano Banana 2 Lite (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-30 | get Nano Banana 2 Lite Case → | tags: nano banana 2 lite, image generation, detailed prompts

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‘House of the Dragon’ Stars on the Premiere’s 2 Most Shocking Moments (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-22 | get Game of Thrones T-Shirt → | tags: house of the dragon, season three, salt and sea