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Pixar's Toy Story five is giving us a rare window into how a major studio is navigating artificial intelligence in production. VFX supervisor Thomas Jordan sat down to discuss new toy designs, Easter eggs, and Pixar's cautious experiments with AI tools — a reminder that even beloved franchises are quietly renegotiating the line between human artistry and machine assistance.
Meanwhile, Amazon's return policy continues to create real victims. A PC builder who paid seven hundred dollars for an RTX fifty seventy graphics card received a DVD rewriter, a mousepad, and a broken logic board from a Kenwood AV receiver dating back to the early two thousands. It's a well-documented return scam, and it raises a persistent question about who ultimately bears the cost when marketplace trust breaks down.
And home batteries are having a quiet moment. A detailed look at installation costs and what to expect is drawing attention as more homeowners weigh energy independence against upfront investment. With grid reliability increasingly uncertain in parts of the country, the calculation is becoming less about enthusiasm for clean tech and more about practical risk management.
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