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I’m drawing a cut-out hole in CAShapeLayer using UIBezierPath, this is the code I have so far: let view = UIView( frame: CGRect(origin: .zero, size: CGSize(width: 500.0, height: 500.0)) ) view.backgroundColor = .clear let shapeLayer = CAShapeLayer() shapeLayer.frame = view.bounds shapeLayer.fillColor = UIColor.systemMint.cgColor let mainPath = UIBezierPath( roundedRect: CGRect( origin: CGPoint(x: 50.0, y: 50.0), size: CGSize(width: 400.0, height: 400.0) ), cornerRadius: 10.0 ) let cutOutArc = UIBezierPath() cutOutArc.addArc( withCenter: CGPoint(x: 50.0, y: 250.0), radius: 50.0, startAngle: .pi / 2.0, endAngle: .pi + .pi / 2.0, clockwise: false ) cutOutArc.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: 50.0, y: 200.0)) cutOutArc.close() mainPath.append(cutOutArc) shapeLayer.fillRule = .evenOdd shapeLayer.path =…

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What you need to knowDisney is dropping $1 billion into OpenAI to bring Sora into its ecosystem starting in 2026.Users will be able to generate short videos with 200+ licensed characters across Disney, Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars.The deal excludes real actor likenesses and voices, meaning you can’t create clips with digital versions of the stars.Not long ago, the entertainment industry saw AI as a major threat. Now, Disney has changed direction by investing $1 billion in equity in OpenAI, marking a major shift in how studios work with generative AI.Beginning in early 2026, this partnership will connect OpenAI’s Sora…

  Issue 1 Published: August-September 2025 Quantum Magazine is the leading business and investment magazine covering the Quantum Technology market landscape. Published every 6 weeks, Quantum Magazine will provide the latest market, technology and investment news in this rapidly emerging and constantly evolving industry that is increasing in size and complexity daily. With Quantum Magazine, decision-makers can stay informed, make strategic decisions, and navigate the rapidly evolving quantum technology ecosystem including Quantum Computing, Hardware & Software, Sensing, Communications & Security segments. In this issue: In-depth analysis of the market for photonics quantum computing, including: Advantages of Photonic Quantum Computing Room…

The UI company Infragistics has announced that it is open sourcing over 50 of its Ignite UI components, spanning Angular, React, Blazor, and Web Components. According to the company, many of its components were already free to use, but making them open source provides developers with the opportunity to freely modify and extend them. It will also allow development teams to start off using the open source components and then move to the premium ones as needed. “We’ve been in the developer tools market for more than 35 years, and our UI components have powered applications across every industry. Open…

Aviation cybersecurity is becoming an urgent priority as modern aircraft increasingly rely on complex digital systems for navigation, communication, and engine performance. These systems were once isolated but are now interconnected and vulnerable to cyber threats ranging from GPS spoofing to ransomware attacks on airline infrastructure. As nation-state actors and criminal groups grow more sophisticated, the aviation sector faces a rapidly expanding attack surface, with life-or-death consequences. Understanding and addressing these risks is essential not only for passenger safety but for the resilience of global transportation networks. Serge Christiaans is a former Dutch Air Force pilot with a background in…

If you want to get into stargazing in 2025, there’s still a chance to catch some of the best meteor showers of the year. Also known as shooting stars, meteors happen when Earth’s orbital path crosses a path of debris left by a comet and that material burns up in the Earth’s atmosphere. Watching a meteor shower is one of the most accessible ways to engage with the night sky.The next shower are the Geminids, a busy and bright shower that peaks in mid-December, offering the chance to see hundreds of shooting stars each hour. This is just one of…

Salesforce, the world’s #1 AI CRM, has unveiled its 2025 Cyber Week results (November 25–December 1), analysing shopping data from over 1.5 billion shoppers. This was another record-breaking shopping week, with overall industry global sales increasing 7% year over year (YOY) to €286billion, with Black Friday sales in Ireland increasing 19%. These results signal a strong consumer appetite for buying this holiday season despite increasing global prices, and they demonstrate AI and agents as fundamental accelerators for purchase and productivity in commerce. AI and agents deliver outsized impact on Cyber Week sales and service AI and agents were pivotal elements…

The companies have developed an automated software testing platform that will allow the carrier to swiftly test and deploy software releases and services to its pan-European voice core infrastructures In sum — what to know: An integrated test solution: Vodafone has tapped Spirent to jointly develop a test automation platform for testing and validating all software, features releases, and updates to its voice core infrastructure A fully automated pipeline: Running on top of an infrastructure spanning 160 nodes, the solution is fully automated and will throughout Vodafone’s lab-to-live lifecycle process. Early tests show promise: According to Vodafone, early implementations show…

Training Diffusion Models with Reinforcement Learning We deployed 100 reinforcement learning (RL)-controlled cars into rush-hour highway traffic to smooth congestion and reduce fuel consumption for everyone. Our goal is to tackle “stop-and-go” waves, those frustrating slowdowns and speedups that usually have no clear cause but lead to congestion and significant energy waste. To train efficient flow-smoothing controllers, we built fast, data-driven simulations that RL agents interact with, learning to maximize energy efficiency while maintaining throughput and operating safely around human drivers. Overall, a small proportion of well-controlled autonomous vehicles (AVs) is enough to significantly improve traffic flow and fuel efficiency…