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DELIGHTFUL NEW WARNER BROS ANIMATION LOGO REVEAL IS THE PERFECT ANTIDOTE TO CGI SATURATION

Warner Bros. unveiled a new flat-design Animation logo at Annecy, featuring a simplified WB shield and Tweety flying alongside it, inspired by traditional hand-drawn animation rather than CGI aesthetics. The logo, which debuted in an animated reveal celebrating the animation process, has been well-received by fans. It accompanies Warner Bros. Animation's upcoming 2026–2028 slate that includes projects such as Tom & Jerry, ThunderCats, Meerkats, and The Cat in the Hat.

TESLA, SUNRUN TEAM UP ON 16 GW VIRTUAL POWER PLANT FOR DATA CENTERS

Sunrun, Tesla, and Renew Home have announced an agreement to aggregate more than 16 gigawatts of home batteries and other devices into the largest distributed power plant in the US. The project aims to address the surging electricity demand from data centers. The companies already have more than 300 megawatts of capacity ready for immediate deployment in Virginia. They expect capacity to grow to at least 500 megawatts by 2030 as more home batteries and thermostats come online.

A NEW $500 MILLION FUND IS TRYING TO ELIMINATE THE COMMON COLD

Intercept is a project aimed at making respiratory infections like the common cold and flu a thing of the past. Launched on June 24, it will support research into the adoption of technologies like air filtration to remove pathogens from the air directly. The project has received $500 million in investments from a variety of sources, including Stripe and Anthropic. The funds will be used to back the development of treatments that could protect people from many viruses at once.

THE ROOMBA GUY'S SECOND ACT: A ROBOT YOU'LL WANT TO SNUGGLE

Colin Angle, who led iRobot for nearly three decades, has a new startup called Familiar Machines & Magic that is selling a robot designed to help people monitor their loved ones. The robot, called the Familiar, is an expressive, furry creature that can react to people's actions and feelings in an emotionally intelligent way. It is still in an early prototype stage, so there's no information about price or availability, but videos of the current iteration of the product are available in the article. The Familiar will use local small models to process requests and won't send any data to the cloud.

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