Kane Parsons Is Reportedly Developing ‘Backrooms 2’
SummaryA new report claims Kane Parsons has signed to direct a sequel to A24's breakout horror hit, though no official confirmation has landedThe first film grew out of a YouTube short Parsons made as a teenager before becoming a record-setting theatrical release for the studioParsons has said publicly that the story was always designed to extend well beyond a single movieKane Pixels may already be lining up his return to the Backrooms, according to a new report.…
Dread Central reports, citing unnamed sources, that Pixels has signed …
As of now the studio has not confirmed the news, so the report should …
Pixels has been attached to more than one project in the wake of the f…
VERDY Brings VICK to Mercedes-Benz for a Studio-Exclusive Tokyo Capsule
SummaryVERDY and Mercedes-Benz have launched an art project whose first capsule pairs the artist's graphics with the automaker's iconographyThe lineup is compact, built from two T-shirt designs and a single keyring, with one tee offered in a sprawling run of colorwaysA companion exhibition puts VERDY's original characters onto camouflage-wrapped CLA and G-Class art cars inside the Tokyo studioVERDY and Mercedes-Benz have introduced "VERDY meets Mercedes-Benz STUDIO TOKYO," an art project whose debut capsule collection fuses the graphic artist's character work with the marque's design language.…
The first release stays deliberately tight, centered on two T-shirt de…
The collection splits across two T-shirts with very different footprin…
The VERDY x Mercedes-Benz STUDIO TOKYO T-shirt keeps things restrained…
GU's ‘Pokémon’ Collection Slips Mew, Gengar and Eevee Into an Outdoor-Ready Capsule
SummaryGU's latest Pokémon collection imagines a trainer living in the forest, translating that idea into earthy tones and outdoor-derived hardwareCharacter-specific touches run throughout, from woven tags to embroidery to Poké Ball-shaped zipper pullsThe six-piece unisex lineup spans fleece, knit, sweats and a lounge set, with recycled materials used across much of itGU's Pokémon collection returns with a six-piece unisex range built around a single idea: a trainer living deep in the forest alongside their Pokémon.…
That concept drives the whole capsule, pushing it toward natural color…
Three of the zippered styles finish their pulls with a Poké Ball motif…
The Half-Zip Fleece Pullover leans further into the theme by tucking i…
Barbour and Levi’s Japan Rebuild Vintage 501s Into One-Off "Re-Loved" Upcycled Jeans
SummaryLevi's and Barbour have joined their repair-minded philosophies on a capsule that turns worn materials into new garmentsThe centerpiece rebuilds vintage 501 jeans with Barbour wax cotton, tartan and wide-wale corduroy, each piece made individuallyA set of collaborative pins drawing on both brands' archives rounds out the releaseLevi's Japan and Barbour have partnered on the "Re-Loved" capsule collection, a project that translates both labels' shared belief in repairing and extending the life of clothing into a small, materials-driven lineup.…
The collaboration takes Barbour's existing upcycling framework and fol…
Re-Loved began as a Barbour program built around the wax jacket.
Under it, customers' unwanted jackets are collected and, where needed,…
Audi Brings Back the A2 After 25 Years as the New A2 e-tron Electric Crossover
SummaryAudi revives the A2 badge after 25 years with an electric crossover tailored for European EV demandThe new model swaps the expensive all-aluminum construction of the 1999 original for a steel-dominant build starting at £32,200 GBPThe lineup is strictly rear-wheel drive on the MEB platform and tops out with a 322 hp flagship modelTwenty-five years after the original model debuted as an expensive outlier, the four rings are running it back with the 2027 Audi A2 e-tron.…
The 1999 Audi A2 was an all-aluminum vehicle that hit the streets ahea…
Today’s reboot completely flips that script.
By trading the costly, lightweight aluminum construction of its predec…
Opinion: It’s time to take the gloves off during vaccination
Last October, as we stood in line for our annual flu shots at our respective health systems, we watched as technicians dutifully sanitized their hands, pulled on standard nitrile medical gloves, gave the shot, and immediately threw the gloves away.…
It’s a scene repeated millions of times each fall, and it is driving a…
As experts in infection prevention and clinical sustainability, we thi…
Chief among them: In most cases, it is unnecessary to use gloves to ad…
Reynolds is selling fruity new vapes unauthorized by FDA
CLEVELAND — At a GetGo gas station close to a highway entrance in suburban Ohio, a brightly lit sign alerts customers to four new flavors of Vuse Pro vapes, now available in peach, berry, watermelon, and fresh mint.…
These products from Reynolds American are already for sale in Ohio and…
But the FDA effectively invited companies to start breaking the rules …
“If the only reason why a major player like this is putting completely…
Securing AI agents: Key controls and best practices
Enterprises increasingly give AI agents the credentials, tools, and network access of privileged employees, but security experts warn that existing security controls designed to govern human access are insufficient.…
An AI agent operates at inhuman speed, can chain allowed actions into …
It’s not uncommon for agents to misunderstand ambiguous goals; follow …
In a series of recent incidents both frontier and open-weight AI model…
How Much Impact Will AI Have on IoT Software Engineering?
Artificial intelligence is increasingly being integrated into IoT solutions and can even generate the code that enables devices to communicate with networks. In theory, AI is a surefire way to raise
New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: Technical Paper Research Organizations FLINT: Efficiently Leveraging High Bandwidth Flash for Capacity-Scalable LLM Inference Acceleration Huawei, ETH Zürich, HUST A Process-Aware Hybrid Si/IGO Monolithic-3D 6T SRAM with BEOL Pass-Gates for the 2nm Node Georgia Tech, Synopsys Architecting the Next Generation of Asynchronous, Distributed GPUs for the AI Era Purdue University Hardware-Managed Heterogeneous High-Bandwidth Memory and Flash in LLM Inference Systems University of Oxford Intrinsic polarization superjunctions in III-nitride heterostructures for efficient power electronics EPFL Intracavity Laser Wavelength Tuning by a Programmable Forward-Only Silicon Photonics Interferometer Mesh UiT, Stanford University The influence of implantation conditions on dopant activation in Al-implanted 4H-SiC: A MD study applying an Al potential fitted to DFT barriers TU Wien, Silvaco Europe Find more semiconductor research papers here.…
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Carbon insulating film for interconnects Researchers from the National University of Singapore developed an atom-thin film of amorphous carbon designed to insulate increasingly thin copper interconnect wires.…
The film maintained a dielectric constant of 1.
35 across thicknesses from 0.
7nm, withstanding strong electric fields while preventing copper ions …
Inside Hypebeast Afterhours: A Rakuten Fashion Week Celebration at Soho House Tokyo
As Tokyo Fashion Week drew toward its finale, Hypebeast took over the intimate, multi-level setting of Soho House Tokyo for “Hypebeast Afterhours Tokyo with Sean Wotherspoon,” a closing party held on Friday, September 4.…
Throughout the evening, Scotch whisky brand JOHNNIE WALKER served spec…
Friends and collaborators of co-host Sean Wotherspoon joined leading f…
The event took place at Soho House Tokyo, which opened its doors this …
Fashion’s New Instagram Playbook, According to Eva Chen
Instagram’s fashion whisperer shares the new rules of engagement, as shifting consumer expectations reshape how brands must show up both on and offline.