"To You in the Beyond": A Review of a Film That Rejects Easy Pathos
Anime News Network publishes a review of the film "To You in the Beyond". We support it - it's a rare object: a mourning anime that never tips into sentimentalism.
Jul 18, 2026 7 2
Video game addiction in teens: time spent is not the problem, according to a new study
A study reported this week challenges the idea that the number of hours spent playing is a good indicator of addiction. What matters would be the *reason* why one plays.
Jul 17, 2026 26 4
"Rōrō-kaigo" (elderly caring for the elderly): when Japan cares for its elderly with its elderly - the word to know to understand Japanese demographics
Nippon.com reminds us with the latest official figures a fact that has become structural: the majority of family caregivers in Japan are also 65 years old or older. A phenomenon that has a name, and which is disrupting everything, from long-term care insurance to assistive robotics.
yesterday 14 3
Buz: a modern Zig fork of Bun that rebuilds in under a second
After Claude Code's migration to Bun (with Rust core) last week, a member of the Zig community announces Buz: a fork of Bun rewritten with recent versions of Zig, promising sub-second incremental builds. 224 points on Hacker News.
Jul 25, 2026 4 2
Facing deadly heatwaves, Japan experiments with the "human refrigerator"
As Japanese summers become deadlier each year, a startup is testing a "human cold room" in train stations and shopping malls. A social curiosity as much as a technical solution.
Jul 18, 2026 23 3
GTA 6: Take-Two CEO reaffirms "scheduled date" - while GTA Online keeps making money
Take-Two confirms the release window for GTA VI and highlights the robust health of GTA Online. In short, everything is going well at Rockstar - or at least, everything that matters to Wall Street.
Jul 18, 2026 20 4