Lead · The Agents Agree on Where to Look First
Claude Code now falls back to the vendor-neutral AGENTS.md when a repository has no CLAUDE.md.
Agentic Coding
Research
Cognition says its Devin agent factored RSA-260, the largest RSA challenge number publicly broken.
Cognition · Sep 3, 2026 ·
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Copilot code review groups findings by status, auto-resolves its own comments and writes commit messages.
GitHub Changelog · Sep 18, 2026 ·
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Copilot usage metrics add per-skill, per-agent and per-MCP-server counts for enterprise administrators.
GitHub Changelog · Sep 17, 2026 ·
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GitHub retires six Copilot models on October 19, switching most customers to replacements automatically.
GitHub Changelog · Sep 18, 2026 ·
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Film Production & Generative Video
Technique
A scanned Gold Rush house, rebuilt as a relightable splat, is set on fire in-camera on an LED wall.
VP Land · Sep 11, 2026 ·
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Runway’s Ruby upgrades finished SDR clips to 16-bit HDR, exporting ProRes and EXR for post.
VP Land · Sep 10, 2026 ·
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DiffHDR converts 8-bit video to HDR by generating detail in clipped highlights and crushed shadows.
VP Land · Sep 11, 2026 ·
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AI Editing & Post Workflow
Update
Descript adds generated music and sound effects on the timeline, caption presets and bulk jump-cut smoothing.
Descript · Sep 17, 2026 ·
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Krea shows its Agent cutting, captioning and exporting generated clips without leaving the chat session.
Krea · Sep 18, 2026 ·
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Beeble’s SwitchX 2.0 moves from 1080p to native 4K 10-bit output on shots up to 20 seconds.
VP Land · Sep 9, 2026 ·
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Maxon previews AI relighting for Red Giant and procedural fur for Redshift ahead of October updates.
VP Land · Sep 9, 2026 ·
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Lead · The Animation Pact Quietly Winds Down
Paramount and Netflix end their three-year joint animation pact, with projects already underway split between them.
Financing & Deals
Financing
Oceanfront and Allegro launch a $100M senior secured film and TV financing partnership.
Variety · Sep 18, 2026 ·
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A new MPA-commissioned study details uplifts inside a proposed federal US production incentive.
Deadline · Sep 18, 2026 ·
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Quiver takes North American rights to Eternal Return, with Naomi Scott and Kit Harington, for December 4.
Deadline · Sep 2026 ·
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New Producing Players
Launch
Brian Edwards launches Time Zone Capital with Jon Hamm and Zack Sherman, targeting $5M–$15M indies.
Deadline · Sep 2026 ·
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K2 Media Capital launches in Toronto, backing projects for franchise, gaming and licensing potential.
Variety · Sep 2026 ·
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Upscale Media Films launches as a full-service vertical microdrama producer built on book adaptations.
Deadline · Sep 2026 ·
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Eric Schrier exits his Disney executive post for a producing deal at Disney Entertainment Television.
Deadline · Sep 17, 2026 ·
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Films Being Made
Casting
Alan Ritchson is in talks to lead Sony’s Helldivers for Justin Lin, three months after Jason Momoa exited.
Deadline · Sep 18, 2026 ·
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K-pop singer Shuhua makes her movie debut in Feng-i Fiona Roan’s Taiwan-set drama Happily Ever After.
Deadline · Sep 17, 2026 ·
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First footage lands from Casey Affleck’s gothic drama Company, premiering at Venice.
Deadline · Sep 2026 ·
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Rosalía is in early talks to join Javier Bardem on the superyacht family drama Wet.
Deadline · Sep 2026 ·
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Lead · Indian Ocean, 1,000 Miles off Kenya
A four-person crew abandons an unsupported Indian Ocean row after the rudder snaps 1,000 miles from Kenya.
Earthworks, Cities & Structures
Maebashi, Japan
The first Maebashi Biennale opens, threading 70 artists through hotels, arcades and empty buildings.
Tokyo Weekender · Sep 19, 2026 ·
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The first Pan-African Architecture Biennale opens in Nairobi with architects from all 54 countries.
ArchDaily · Sep 7, 2026 ·
readJackson Hole, Wyoming
A heroic-scale bronze of grizzly 399 and her four cubs is unveiled in Jackson Hole.
National Museum of Wildlife Art · Sep 9, 2026 ·
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Frieze Sculpture returns to Regents Park with work by 11 artists sited across the English Gardens.
Frieze · Sep 16, 2026 ·
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Fargo unveils Aquatic Forest, a permanent installation woven into its All American Trail North.
Fargo Underground · Sep 18, 2026 ·
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Sky-Tech, Fire & Spectacle
Lowell, Massachusetts
Sixteen human-powered kinetic sculptures race a 10K course through mud pits and the Merrimack River.
WROR · Sep 19, 2026 ·
readVincennes, Paris
More than 1,200 drones fly over the Vincennes Hippodrome alongside a live quartet and thousands of candles.
Paris Tourist Office · Sep 30–Oct 10, 2026 ·
readSt. Louis, Missouri
Pyromania stages a two-hour fireworks and gasoline-fireball show outside St. Louis on September 19.
Cedar Lake Cellars · Sep 19, 2026 ·
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Expeditions & Bodies at the Edge
Fram Strait, Arctic
Artists and scientists sail the Fram Strait together, turning methane vents into film, sound and performance.
UArctic · Sep 14, 2026 ·
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An embedded writer sails the icebreaker Oden mapping Arctic ridges for a Canadian shelf claim.
Swedish Polar Research Secretariat · Ends Sep 20, 2026 ·
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Volcanic Attitude sails artists and physicists from Naples to Stromboli and Vulcano, September 25–29.
Volcanic Attitude · Sep 25–29, 2026 ·
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