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On June 3, 2026, Google introduced Gemma 4 12B Unified, an open-source multimodal model designed to understand text, images, audio, and video within a single architecture. It combines a 256K context window with an efficient, laptop-friendly design aimed at agentic workflows and local deployment. The release also raises interesting questions about Google’s broader AI strategy, particularly the gap between the models emphasized in public APIs and those made widely available through open-source tooling. In this article, we’ll examine Gemma 4 12B Unified’s architecture, capabilities, and what its release means for developers. What is Gemma 4 12B? Gemma 4 12B Unified…
The results are in, and the bar has never been higher. The Customer Success Theater at Cisco Live 2026 Americas was the perfect stage to celebrate the organizations pushing the boundaries of what IT can achieve, and the energy at the awards ceremony reflected exactly that. Today, we are proud to announce the winners of the Cisco Customer Achievement Awards: AMER 2026. This year’s honorees represent the very best of what bold, outcomes-driven technology leadership looks like in practice. From strategically deploying AI at scale and building the high-performance infrastructure to power it, to modernizing workplaces that seamlessly protect and…
Ravie LakshmananJun 06, 2026Cybersecurity / Artificial Intelligence OpenAI has begun rolling out a new Lockdown Mode to ChatGPT for eligible personal accounts to reduce the risk of data exfiltration arising from prompt injection attacks. The feature is primarily designed for people and organizations that handle sensitive data and require stricter protection guarantees. Lockdown Mode is available to logged-in users across Free, Go, Plus, and Pro, and self-serve ChatGPT Business plans. “Lockdown Mode is an optional advanced security setting that limits many tools and capabilities in OpenAI products that can connect to the web or external services,” OpenAI said. “It is…
Sustainable roofing is not a trend, but a performance upgrade. Your roof controls how much heat enters the attic, how moisture moves, and how steady your indoor temperature feels. When that top layer runs hotter than it should, your AC works harder. When it leaks air in winter, your heating system pays for it. The smartest ‘green’ choice is the one that reduces energy demand and holds that line for years. Here’s how sustainable roofing choices can make homes more energy efficient. 1. Start with materials that suit your climate Sustainable roofing begins with materials that handle local weather without…
Map View in SwiftUI freezes, or stops receiving touch events when there is no internet connection. Any interaction, like zoom, pan and rotate stops working, but the map itself seems to be working, as if for example I can add a MapPolyline and update it, but the map is still not responsive. To clarify, I don’t mind that the map itself is empty, as in without tiles, given that there is no internet connection that is expected, but I would still like to be able to interact with the map. This was working properly on iOS 17 and 18 but…
If you have been waiting for an affordable quadrupedal robot to experiment with at home, the wait is finally almost over. Nearly two years ago, we were first introduced to Eric Wu’s open source robot named Q8bot. Thanks to its unique design, Q8bot was both very capable and relatively inexpensive, which are qualities that don’t normally go together in the world of robotics. Unfortunately, there was a catch — you had to source all of the parts and assemble the robot on your own.That’s a bigger project than many people want, which limited the reach of Q8bot. But now Wu…
Another week, another couple of foldable iPhone stories. The first is a big one, coming straight from Ice Universe; it’s a photo of the device in the wild. The photo shows the White/Silver finish of the inaugural foldable and confirms its stocky shape. Another rumor claims the foldable iPhone will have a vapor chamber for cooling. It’s not surprising, given that the iPhone Pro models have a vapor chamber. Motorola unveiled the Edge (2026) for the US and Canadian markets. The phone brings a smaller 6.3-inch display than its predecessor and will go on sale on June 11 with a…
It came from the future News this week is that incoming CEO John Ternus has made some tough decisions around Apple’s approach to spatial computing, terminating development of Vision Pro (even as leaked images of a black model emerge) while focusing R&D on two smart glasses projects to compete with Meta. The intention is to introduce XR and AR glasses priced at around $300 to $500 each. While not as richly-featured as the Vision Pro, they will be within the reach of more people and draw deeply on the huge R&D effort that went into the original Apple AR visors. Apple hopes a focus on trust…
Best 2-in-1 ChargersZensNightstand Charger Pro 2With a weighty base, an adjustable Qi2/MagSafe charging pad, and a fold-out Apple Watch charger around the back, this Zens 2-in-1 is ideal for folks with an iPhone and Apple Watch. The Apple Watch pad folds out of the back, tucking your watch out of sight and allowing room for the strap to droop. The pad works great with StandBy mode. You can also fold the pad flat and charge AirPods or other phones if you need to, just not at the same time as your iPhone. Sadly, this has a barrel port for the…
Experiments and resultsWe evaluated agentic RAG on FramesQA, which is based on the FRAMES paper. An example multi-hop question is:“Of the top two most watched television season finales (as of June 2024), which finale ran the longest in length and by how much?”The RAG system needs to perform multiple steps to arrive at the correct answer. First, it has to identify that the two most watched finales are from the shows M*A*S*H and Cheers. Then, it has to find their running times, and calculate the length difference. In many RAG settings (Vanilla RAG or agentic RAG without sufficient context), we…