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Meta AI Researchers Release MapAnything: An End-to-End Transformer Architecture that Directly Regresses Factored, Metric 3D Scene Geometry
A team of researchers from Meta Reality Labs and Carnegie Mellon University has introduced MapAnything, an end-to-end transformer architecture that directly regresses factored metric 3D scene geometry from images and optional sensor inputs. Released under Apache 2.0 with full training and benchmarking code, MapAnything advances beyond specialist pipelines by supporting over 12 distinct 3D vision…
MBZUAI Researchers Release K2 Think: A 32B Open-Source System for Advanced AI Reasoning and Outperforms 20x Larger Reasoning Models
A team of researchers from MBZUAI’s Institute of Foundation Models and G42 released K2 Think, is a 32B-parameter open reasoning system for advanced AI reasoning. It pairs long chain-of-thought supervised fine-tuning with reinforcement learning from verifiable rewards, agentic planning, test-time scaling, and inference optimizations (speculative decoding + wafer-scale hardware). The result is frontier-level math performance…
Apple plans to release iPhone 17 and more at the ‘Awe Dropping’ event September 9: Here’s everything to expect
We’re now just days away from the Apple’s September 9 event, where the company is all but certain to unveil the iPhone 17 line. This year’s theme of “Awe dropping,” which was featured in Apple’s invitations to the media sent on August 26 doesn’t reveal much by way of clues, though some think the heat-mapped…
The iPhone 17 is weeks away: What to expect from the specs, cameras, colors, and release date
It’s almost September, which means it’s almost new iPhone season. Apple’s annual flagship launch extravaganza is theoretically weeks away, so we should probably stop, catch our breath, and review what we know so far. As always, there have been plenty of leaks and rumors surrounding the iPhone 17 launch over the past year. Some of…
iPhone 17 release date, iOS 26 features and everything else to know about Apple’s upcoming lineup
August is almost over, which means we’re getting closer to the Apple iPhone event — it usually takes place in mid-September. That also means we’ll finally get to officially lay eyes on the iPhone 17 lineup. The latest iOS 26 features will come preinstalled on the new models, as well as any additional features Apple…
iPhone 17 release is rumored for September: Here’s what to know ahead of Apple’s fall event
The Apple iPhone event is right around the corner, which means the huge tech company will finally reveal its iPhone 17 lineup. The latest iOS 26 features will come preinstalled on the new models, as well as any additional features Apple reveals at the launch event. But since we still have to wait a few…
ChatGPT users revolt over GPT-5 release — OpenAI battles claims that the new model’s accuracy and abilities fall short
OpenAI made a controversial move at the end of last week by replacing all of its older GPT-4 models with a single GPT-5 model, which it claimed was more accurate, more capable, and faster than ever before. Although some users have highlighted its impressive response times and ability to pass certain technical tests, users have…
Somehow, this horror-lite Angel Studios release is the summer’s best family film
There’s a particular type of scene that’s familiar from any number of movies about haunted houses, haunted kids, or anything else supernaturally amiss involving a family. A concerned adult takes a peek at what a little kid has been drawing in their spare time, and instead of fun little cartoons or family portraits, they find……
iPhone 17 release is rumored for September: Everything you need to know about the ‘thinnest iPhone ever’ and the Apple fall event
The closer we get to Apple’s reveal of the iPhone 17 lineup, the more excited we are to see what’s different from the previous iPhones. The newest smartphones will come equipped with the latest iOS 26 features. Since we still have to wait at least a month (presumably) until the iPhone event, we can at…
iPhone 17 release date, rumors and everything else you need to know ahead of the Apple event expected in September
Knowing the big internal changes coming to our phones with iOS 26, we’re getting excited to see how Apple has revamped its newest smartphones: the iPhone 17 lineup. We still have to wait over a month to find out — assuming Apple sticks to its usual release schedule — but for now, we can speculate…