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A New $500 Million Fund Is Trying to Eliminate the Common Cold (5 minute read)

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.

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I Tried to Build a Context Layer for My Agent in a Weekend. Reader, I Did Not Build a Context Layer for My Agent in a Weekend.

A "simple" weekend project turns into real infrastructure, and why agent context deserves a boring, reliable foundation.

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GLM-5.2 seemed like an incremental update, but the small change in benchmarks and training opened up a wide range of new use-cases. It feels right at home in coding harnesses as a general agent. Many in the AI community have praised the model after using it personally.

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Delightful new Warner Bros Animation logo reveal is the perfect antidote to CGI saturation (2 minute read)

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.

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A New $500 Million Fund Is Trying to Eliminate the Common Cold (5 minute read)

I Tried to Build a Context Layer for My Agent in a Weekend. Reader, I Did Not Build a Context Layer for My Agent in a Weekend.

GLM-5.2 is the step change for open agents (11 minute read)

Delightful new Warner Bros Animation logo reveal is the perfect antidote to CGI saturation (2 minute read)

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