We Are Aliens, Candy Caries Receive Awards at 2026 Ottawa International Animation Festival

We Are Aliens and Candy Caries were among the anime titles to receive awards at this year’s Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) on September 26, 2026. The awards were announced during the festival’s 50th anniversary ceremony.  Kohei Kadowaki’s We Are Aliens was awarded the Grand Prize for Animated Feature, with Tomoki Misato’s Candy Caries winning in…

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Newsom signs California ban on public officials issuing memecoins

The law also restricts crypto companies from offering certain memecoins tied to public officials to California residents and takes effect for tokens issued from Jan. 1, 2027. California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation barring state and local public officials from issuing memecoins, as Newsom criticized US President Donald Trump’s crypto ventures.  Newsom on Sunday signed…

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Taylor Swift Debuts Music Video for New Single “Patient Zero” Starring Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell at 2026 VMAs

Taylor Swift dropped the music video for her latest single “Patient Zero” during the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards Sunday night. Swift premiered the video after accepting the inaugural artist director honor. It stars Swift, alongside Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell — Johnson introduced Swift with the honor onstage. The music video features Johnson as…

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TechCrunch Mobility: AV companies pick their lanes

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Autonomous vehicle technology is not yet ubiquitous or mainstream. Readers here might shout, “It’s everywhere!”…

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Heat-resistant silicon carbide transistors fabricated on 6-inch wafers, moving closer to practical circuits

While silicon carbide (SiC) has long been promoted as a key to developing electronics for extreme environments, the field has been stuck in the lab. Now, a team of researchers focusing on junction field-effect transistors, or JFETs, has developed a new SiC transistor structure that can operate at 600°C (1,112°F), Kyoto University recently announced. If…

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Lynn Joins Voice Cast of Millennium Family TV Anime Adaptation

Voice actress Lynn is joining the voice cast of the upcoming Millennium Family TV anime series. It has not yet been announced when the anime will begin broadcasting.  © 春日井晶・少年画報社/「踊る千年家族」製作委員会 Lynn will voice Eve Benfield, who is the oldest daughter of the Benfield family. She previously voiced Maruzensky in Umamusume: Cinderella Gray.  Meanwhile, the previously…

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