Macworld This is not a sponsored post. I am not being paid to promote this product. But it transformed my experience of using AirPods Pro so much that I want you to know about it. Comply foam tips, which generally sell for around $20 on Amazon, make my AirPods Pro 2 more comfortable, more secure, and better sounding. I literally use them more often because of these tips, and when I eventually get AirPods Pro 3, the first thing I’ll do is slap a new set of Comply foam tips on them. Apple knows that people have different ears, which is why it offers several AirPods Pro ear tips for different ear shapes. But they’re just hollow silicone flanges, which isn’t ideal for all ears. Comply (and a few other companies) make really excellent replacement tips that are made of memory foam. They attach just like Apple tips—just pop off the ones on your AirPods Pro and snap on the foam tips in their place. They fit as securely as the AirPods Pro’s ear tips and don’t interfere with their fit in the charging case. The memory foam shapes to the contours of your ear and are denser than that little silicone flap, so it forms a better seal. This slightly improves sound quality (especially on the low end) and is better at blocking out more outside noise, which in turn makes active noise canceling more effective. These little foam replacement tips are a huge improvement to my AirPods Pro 2.Foundry But they’re also more comfortable to wear for long periods and help the earbuds stay in place, which is a frequent problem for me—with Apple’s eartips, no matter which size I choose, one or both earbuds eventually work themselves loose if I’m doing something active like yardwork or working out at the gym. With the Comply foam tips, they never come loose. The tips come in sets of three pairs. At first, you buy a set where you get one small, medium, and large pair. Once you’ve found your size, you can buy three of the same size when you need a new set. Which brings us to the downside of these tips: You need to replace them after a few months of daily wear as the memory foam eventually starts to break down and wear out. So it’s good that you get three pairs. One set of $20 ear tips will last for a year or so of daily use. It’s a small price to pay for AirPods Pro which are more secure, comfortable, and sound better. If your AirPods Pro aren’t entirely comfortable, give them a chance—you’ll never want to use your AirPods Pro without them again. AirPods Pro 2 USB-C Read our review Price When Reviewed: €279 Best Prices Today: €222 at cyberport | €247 at Computeruniverse | €254 at notebooksbilliger.de

The Ukrainian military is teaching the world how to creatively use drones for battlefield offense and defense. Ukraine has built a vast arsenal of drones customized for precision strikes, reconnaissance, and kamikaze missions. But this innovation also extends to cybersecurity offense and defense. The world’s malicious cyber attackers are learning from the Ukrainian example. And so should everyone in IT, especially those focused on cybersecurity. How Ukraine uses drones in the cybersecurity realm New reports from Ukraine claim that the military is now embedding malware into drones to disrupt Russian systems and defend against cyberthreats. When captured, the drones sabotage enemy hardware by burning out USB ports, blocking reprogramming, or even hijacking control systems to expose operator locations if their enemy tries to reuse them. Some malware even embeds vulnerabilities that can be later exploited remotely. These customizations add enormous friction to the Russian practice of repurposing seized Ukrainian drones while simultaneously gathering intelligence for Ukraine. Before the war, Ukraine had a strong cybersecurity industry with a lot of expertise. And it’s now integrating global expertise. For example, the company Periphery has donated tech to the Ukrainian cause. Periphery is a UK-based cybersecurity firm specializing in military-grade threat management systems for IoT devices, offering embedded AI-driven solutions that monitor, adapt, and protect critical infrastructure. Periphery technology is now protecting Ukrainian drones from hacking and interference. In the beginning, Ukraine sent simple consumer drones into battle to capture video or drop grenades. These days, drones are increasingly outfitted with offensive and defensive cyberattack capabilities if their opponent hacks or captures them. The use of malware in drones is a perfect example of how small code scripts can have a big impact when embedded in flying computers. But wait, you say. What does this have to do with me? Let me tell you a little story first told on X by security researcher Greg Linares. During the summer of 2022, an East Coast financial services company specializing in private investments became the target of a new kind of cyberattack involving drones. The incident came to light when the company’s cybersecurity team detected unusual activity on its internal Atlassian Confluence page. The activity appeared to originate from within the company’s network, but the same MAC address was simultaneously being used remotely by an employee working from home. The security team acted quickly, deploying a Fluke AirCheck Wi-Fi Tester to trace the rogue signal. The investigation led them to the roof of their building, where they discovered two modified drones: a DJI Phantom and a DJI Matrice 600. The Phantom drone was equipped with a Wi-Fi Pineapple device (a tool typically used for penetration testing, but abused here to spoof the company’s legitimate network.) This allowed attackers to intercept login credentials when employees unknowingly connected to the fake network. The Matrice drone carried a more extensive payload, including a Raspberry Pi, a GPD mini laptop, a 4G modem, additional Wi-Fi devices, and batteries. Later, the team discovered that the Phantom drone had been used days earlier for reconnaissance, capturing an employee’s credentials and Wi-Fi access without detection. These credentials were then hardcoded into the tools deployed on the Matrice drone. The attackers aimed to exploit these credentials to access the company’s internal Confluence page and potentially other resources stored there. The attack was thwarted, but the perpetrators were never caught. To be clear, the attack itself wasn’t especially exotic; it could result from an insider threat of some kind. What made it unique was that by lashing hardware to drones, attackers could easily overcome physical security and remain anonymous. Even more surprising, that wasn’t even the first-time drone-hacking had been demonstrated. Back in December of 2013, security researcher Samy Kamkar unveiled a project called SkyJack, a drone-hacking system that could autonomously take control of other drones mid-flight. Using a Parrot AR.Drone 2.0, a Raspberry Pi, and custom software, Kamkar demonstrated how consumer drones could be taken over. His system exploited the unencrypted Wi-Fi connections used by Parrot drones, disconnecting their rightful operators and assuming control to create what he described as an “army of zombie drones” under his control. The SkyJack system worked by scanning for nearby Wi-Fi signals associated with Parrot drones. Once they were identified, it used open-source tools such as Aircrack-ng to perform a “deauthentication attack,” severing the link between the drone and its original pilot. Kamkar’s software then impersonated the pilot, taking over the drone’s controls and accessing its live video feed. The entire process was automated. It’s time to face the reality of drone-based cyberattacks The rapid evolution of consumer drone technology is reshaping its potential uses in many ways, including its application in cyberattacks. Modern consumer drones are quieter, faster, and equipped with longer battery life, enabling them to operate further from their operators. They can autonomously navigate obstacles, track moving objects, and capture high-resolution imagery or video. For example, the DJI Mini 4 Pro, which typically costs around $750, can fly over 12 miles away from the person controlling it and take 4K video at 100 frames per second. It can also automatically follow a car at speeds of up to 35 miles per hour while avoiding all obstacles. The opportunity is obvious. One example: A cyberattacker could attach hacking gear to such a drone and have it follow an employee home after work. It could then land on the roof of that person’s home and hack a computer in the home office that tunnels into the company network. And there are so many other uses for drones in cyberattacks: Network sniffing and spoofing: Drones can be equipped with small, modifiable computers such as a Raspberry Pi to sniff out information about Wi-Fi networks, including MAC addresses and SSIDs. The drone can then mimic a known Wi-Fi network, and if unsuspecting individuals or devices connect to it, hackers can intercept sensitive information such as login credentials. Denial-of-service attacks: Drones can carry devices to perform local de-authentication attacks, disrupting communications between a user and a Wi-Fi access point. They can also carry jamming devices to disrupt Wi-Fi or other wireless communications. Physical surveillance: Drones equipped with high-quality cameras can be used for physical surveillance to observe shift changes, gather information on security protocols, and plan both physical and cyberattacks by identifying potential entry points or vulnerabilities. Thermal imagers can even detect temperature variations to locate sensitive equipment such as servers. Data interception: Drones can be modified to intercept various wireless communications, including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and RFID signals, to steal data. For example, a drone could target Bluetooth-connected keyboards to record keystrokes and potentially obtain usernames and passwords. Delivery of malicious hardware: Drones can carry and drop off small devices like Raspberry Pis or Wi-Fi Pineapple devices near a target building to infiltrate networks from within close proximity. These devices can then be used to conduct various cyberattacks. Delivery of malicious software: While less explicitly detailed for consumer drones, the concept of weaponized drones carrying malware (as in the Ukraine conflict) suggests a potential path for malicious actors. Attacking physical infrastructure supporting cyber systems: Drones could be used to physically attack infrastructure that supports cyber operations, such as rooftop cooling systems for data centers, causing disruptions that could lead to data loss or system failures. Drone-based threats will soon descend from the sky to attack your network and data security. As we enter the age of drone-borne cyberattacks, the time is now to rethink your entire security system, especially physical security — and keep an eye on the sky.

A quote from the CEO of Luxshare is firing up speculation that AirPods production will move to the US, but the scaffolding of the statement is too flimsy to hold the weight of the guesswork.Luxshare's existing US office near Apple Park — image credit: Apple MapsDespite Apple's costs doubling and its valuation dropping by more than the entire value of Walmart, everything is fine because AirPods maker Luxshare is looking at moving to the US. This is the sign that firms will come to their senses and move manufacturing to America, and Apple will follow.Only, it isn't a sign at all, because this news is less about Luxshare and more revealing of how volatile, and frankly desperate, the situation has become for businesses. The market has been frantically responding to any good news, or at points even just rumors of potential good news some day. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

Architizer’s Vision Awards are back! The global awards program honors the world’s best architectural concepts, ideas and imagery. Preregistration is now open — click here to receive program updates. China’s real estate boom has allowed architects worldwide to push design boundaries, resulting in buildings with sleek, futuristic forms. Beyond their fluid curves and dynamic massing, many of these projects share a deeper connection to nature. They create harmony — a core pillar of Chinese tradition by emphasizing balance and a relationship between humans and nature. Whether through undulating facades, sweeping rooflines or organic silhouettes, each of these ten projects in China embraces motion. Courtyard 35 – Hutong Cloudscape By WAY Studio, Beijing, China WAY Studio introduced a statement “cloudscape” bridge to Courtyard 35 as part of the renovation project. This floating corridor, with its twisted mirror soffits hovers within the courtyard embracing two towering ancient trees. The design creates a visual separation between the ground and sky reinforcing the relationship between natural and man-made spaces. The cloud-like form shifts with perspective and reflects the ever-changing environment while adding a poetic sense of movement to the historic courtyard. Longquan Mountain Observatory By BUZZ / Büro Ziyu Zhuang, Chengdu, China As part of the developing scape of Chengdu, the mountain observatory reinterprets the Eastern philosophy of mountains – not as rigid, immovable structures, but as fluid forms that grow and change with time and weather. BUZZ designed the building to adapt to the terrain, offering an observation space that feels like an extension of nature itself. Hangzhou Flows Villa Experience Centre By Hangzhou 9M Architectural Design, China This building follows the contours of a nearby lake and resembles the natural hillsides along the shore. The curves and splines throughout the exterior and interior create a continuous visual path that integrates with the natural surroundings. This flowing character creates an idea of movement that will guide visitors through the space in a way that mirrors the gentle flow of water. Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Art Centre By Zaha Hadid Architects, Zhuhai, China Zaha Hadid Architects designed this civic art center with sweeping steel canopies that resemble the flight patterns of migratory birds. The rhythmic, chevron-like structures echo the flight formations of the birds in the sky above southern China. They were configured and installed through repetition, symmetry and scale variation that optimize natural light. The Planning Exhibition Center of Liangjiang Collaborative Innovation Zone By Tanghua Architects, Chongqing, China This exhibition center is inspired by the confluence of the Jailing and Yangtze Rivers. The designers overlapped its circular plan with a three-way spline form that represents the meeting of the two waterways. It not only acknowledges the geography of Chongqing but also creates a sense of movement within a static structure. Birch Forest By Kris Lin International Design, China This project brings the essence of “forest” into an urban setting. The architect designed the building to mimic the canopy of the birch trees surrounding the site. This created an immersive experience where visitors feel as though they are “walking in the forest”. Traditional Chinese mortise-and-tenon techniques were used to assemble the structure to blend ancient craftmanship and contemporary organic design. Uniview Headquarters By GOA (Group of Architects), Zhejiang, China The sweeping western façade of the Uniview Headquarters curves inward, mirroring the radial center of the surrounding landscape. Inside, this curvature continues with cascading corridors that curve around an atrium creating an interplay of light and movement. International Digital Sea Investment and Exhibition Center By Hatch Architects, Shangai, China To create a sense of lightness and fluidity, HATCH Architects introduced the “Cloud Isle” concept for the business investment center. They designed a free-flowing, parametric roof that appears to hover above the ultra-clear glass façade. The transparency of the structure makes the white roof look as if it is floating like a cloud amid the surrounding greenery. The Metal Metal Pavilion Atelier Zeros, Shanghai, China This pavilion was designed to capture the fleeting beauty of frozen water. Its undulating form was inspired by melting ice and was created from ultra-thin 0.4mm steel sheets, bent and shaped to resemble air bubbles trapped within ice blocks. RL Metals used algorithmic modeling to simulate the natural melting process, resulting in a rippling, textured surface that shifts in appearance with changes in light. Xi’an Lovi Center By Aedas, Xi’An, China Aedas designed the center as a people-centric mixed-use development that introduces an organic, petal-like facade that breathes life into the urban fabric of Xi’an. Instead of straight edges, they incorporated a soft wavy form that looks like the gentle undulations of flower petals. In addition, a cascading glass funnel in the atrium was added to enhance the sense of fluidity, allowing natural light to enter freely through the space. Architizer’s Vision Awards are back! The global awards program honors the world’s best architectural concepts, ideas and imagery. Preregistration is now open — click here to receive program updates. The post No Straight Answers: 10 Chinese Buildings With Fluid Forms and Curvilinear Masses appeared first on Journal.

While the Switch 2 Edition upgrades for select Nintendo Switch titles will be available digitally, Nintendo has now confirmed that the physical release of these Switch 2 Edition games will feature both the original Switch versions of the title as well as its Switch 2 upgrades on the game card. In a statement to Vooks, Nintendo confirmed that Switch 2 owners that decide to pick up physical copies of games like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Switch 2 Edition won’t have to worry about needing to download additional content over the Internet. Rather, everything will be included in the same game card. It is worth noting that the lack of additional downloads for Switch 2 Edition games only applies to Nintendo’s first-party releases. The statement does indicate that it is up to third-party developers about whether or not they want to include download codes rather than game cards for the “physical” release of their titles. “Physical versions of Nintendo Switch 2 Edition games will include the original Nintendo Switch game and its upgrade pack all on the same game card (i.e. they are exclusively Nintendo Switch 2 game cards, with no download code),” said Nintendo in its statement. “Alternatively, some publishers may release Nintendo Switch 2 Edition games as download codes in physical packaging, with no game card.” Nintendo announced its Switch 2 Edition program during its Direct earlier this month that was dedicated to the upcoming console. Through the upgrade, games originally made for the Nintendo Switch will run on the upcoming console with several improvements, both in terms of visuals as well as additional content. Quite a few titles will be getting Switch 2 Edition upgrades, including Super Mario Party Jamboree with the Jamboree TV pack, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom both getting Nintendo Switch 2 Editions, Kirby and the Forgotten Land – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World, and Pokémon Legends: Z-A – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition. Of these, both The Legend of Zelda titles will have their upgrades available on June 5, alongside the Switch 2’s launch. Kirby and the Forgotten Land – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World will be coming on August 28, while Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV will be available on July 24. Upcoming games like Pokémon Legends: Z-A and Metroid Prime 4 will also have Switch 2 Edition releases that will perform generally better in terms of visuals and frame rates than the original Switch. It is worth noting that, if you already own these titles on the original Switch, you can simply purchase an upgrade pack through the Nintendo eShop to get access to the Switch 2 Edition upgrades. While there will be performance improvements through the upgrade, Nintendo has stated that all Switch games will see some benefit from running on the more advanced hardware in the Switch 2. This includes improved frame rates and stability overall. Depending on what you might want from an older title, buying a Switch 2 Edition upgrade might end up feeling unnecessary if you don’t care for the additional content.

If your business is still figuring out how best to use AI — and aren’t all of ours? — one important consideration to start is data. What of your company’s data will be useful for AI, where is it stored, how secure is it, who has access, and how can it be properly organized and formatted for secure use in AI applications? And also, impor…Read More

Ubisoft responds to The Crew lawsuit by denying players had "unfettered ownership" of the game The game's servers were shut down in March 2024 News by Samuel Roberts Editorial Director Published on April 10, 2025 Ubisoft has responded to a California class action lawsuit around the shutdown of 2014 racing game The Crew, filing a motion to dismiss the case. Filed back in February by Ubisoft's legal team at Paul Hastings LLP – and captured by Polygon this week – the publisher's legal team explains that the plaintiffs allege they were purchasing "unfettered ownership rights in the game", when the reality is they were "purchasing a license." "Frustrated with Ubisoft’s recent decision to retire the game following a notice period delineated on the product’s packaging," the response says. "Plaintiffs apply a kitchen sink approach on behalf of a putative class of nationwide customers, alleging eight causes of action including violations of California’s False Advertising Law, Unfair Competition Law, and Consumer Legal Remedies Act, as well as common law fraud and breach of warranty claims." Ubisoft's representatives also said the plaintiffs' claims are "time-barred" and therefore beyond the four-year statute of limitations for a claim from when they purchased The Crew. Plaintiffs Alan Liu and Matthew Cassell say they bought physical copies of the game in November 2018 and early 2020 respectively. The lawsuit was filed in November 2024. The decision to delist the game was announced by Ubisoft in December 2023, before the game was taken offline in March 2024. Ubisoft's representatives stated that the packaging of The Crew made the limited licence element clear, and that the plaintiffs do not allege a "cognizable injury". Ubisoft then drew attention to numerous notices on images it provided of physical packaging for the game, including a 30-day shutdown notice and online play requirements. There's also a rebuttal to a specific point about Ubisoft closing The Crew's servers without creating an offline version of the game. "After making their purchases, Plaintiffs enjoyed access to The Crew for years before Ubisoft decided in late 2023 to retire and shut down the servers of the ten-year-old video game. "Plaintiffs received the benefit of their bargain and cannot complain now that they were deceived simply because Ubisoft did not then create an offline version of the discontinued video game." In September 2024, in response to community requests, Ubisoft announced it was adding offline modes to The Crew 2 and The Crew Motorfest. The original 2014 game wasn't included in that move. According to Polygon, the plaintiffs responded to Ubisoft with an amended complaint on March 18 (a copy of which is no longer online). This apparently refutes the statute of limitations argument by saying that there was no reason to believe the game's servers would be shut down until it was announced in late 2023. There's reportedly an additional point about how gift cards can't expire in California, which the complaint connects to The Crew's digital currency. They also provide an additional packaging image which claims the download code for the game would expire in 2099, and "implied that [The Crew] would remain playable during this time and long thereafter". There's a total of nine counts of wrongdoing in the amended complaint, according to the report. Ubisoft has until April 29, 2025, to respond. Game ownership in the age of digital software has become a more contentious issue, with a California state law passed in September 2024 prohibiting digital storefronts from using terms like 'buy' or 'purchase' when they're only obtaining a licence for a piece of media.

Oppo’s new Find X8 Ultra is the latest entrant in the ongoing competition between Oppo, Xiaomi, and Vivo to produce the world’s best camera phone. But unlike its rivals, Oppo has decided that bigger might not be better.Let’s be clear: the Find X8 Ultra isn’t a small phone by any means, with a 6.82-inch display and a total weight of 7.97 oz. But at 8.78mm thick, it’s comfortably thinner than either of the phones Oppo sees as its rivals: the Xiaomi 15 Ultra and Vivo X100 Ultra. There’s a new X200 Ultra around the corner too, but early teases for that don’t suggest it’s gotten much thinner.These are among a new class of Chinese camera phones that run almost comically large, all packing big batteries and circular camera modules that squeeze in as many lenses and sensors as possible. Oppo, at least, seems to be trying to draw a line in the sand when it comes to size, with engineer Jeff Zhang describing the goal as to make a “relatively normal phone” without compromising on the camera.With four 50-megapixel rear lenses tuned by Hasselblad, including both 3x and 6x periscopes that have been upgraded with faster apertures, the X8 Ultra arrives with a credible claim to rival Xiaomi and Vivo on the photography front. It includes a dedicated haptic shutter button with touch controls for zooming, along with a new customizable shortcut button that replaces the popular alert slider.1/3The Find X8 Ultra comes in black… Image: OppoDespite being slightly svelte, the X8 Ultra includes an enormous 6,100mAh battery — larger than that of any direct rival — with 100W wired and 50W wireless charging. The Snapdragon 8 Elite powers the phone, which ships with up to 16GB RAM and 1TB of storage. Like most of this year’s Chinese flagships, it boasts both IP68 and IP69 ratings for protection against dust and water.Oppo launched the Find X8 Ultra alongside the Find X8s and X8s Plus, refreshes of the Find X8 powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus, also announced today. The X8s is a more compact phone, with a 6.3-inch display, while the X8s Plus runs larger at 6.59 inches but boasts a bigger 6,000mAh battery. The bad news is that Oppo has no plans to launch any of the new Find X8 phones outside China.See More:

LLMs often show a peculiar behavior where the first token in a sequence draws unusually high attention—known as an “attention sink.” Despite seemingly unimportant, this token frequently dominates attention across many heads in Transformer models. While prior research has explored when and how attention sinks occur, the reasons behind their emergence and functional role remain unclear. These attention patterns are linked to challenges and optimization in LLMs, such as quantization, key-value caching, streaming attention, and even security vulnerabilities, highlighting their significance and the need for deeper understanding. Researchers from the University of Oxford, NUS, and Google DeepMind explored why attention sinks—where models focus heavily on the first token—emerge in LLMs. Contrary to past efforts to reduce them, they argue that these sinks serve a functional role by preventing over-mixing of token representations, which can lead to collapse or instability in deep Transformers. The ⟨bos⟩ token often attracts the majority of attention, limiting the spread of perturbations and stabilizing the model. Experiments on models like Gemma 7B and LLaMa 3.1 405B confirm that attention sinks become more prominent in deeper models and longer contexts, supporting their theory. The study explores how decoder-only Transformers, the architecture behind most modern language models, use attention mechanisms to process sequences token by token. In such models, each token can only attend to past tokens due to causal masking. A recurring phenomenon in these models is the emergence of “attention sinks”—tokens like the beginning-of-sequence (⟨bos⟩) that disproportionately attract attention across multiple heads and layers. While these sinks were previously seen as artifacts of large key and query activations, this work argues that they are vital in maintaining stable representations, especially in long sequences. By concentrating attention, sinks prevent excessive mixing of information across layers, helping to preserve the uniqueness of token representations. The study connects attention sinks to problems like rank collapse and over-squashing, which degrade model performance by compressing diverse inputs into indistinct representations. It uses mathematical tools like Jacobian norms to show how attention sinks reduce sensitivity to perturbations, effectively acting as stabilizers that prevent representational collapse. Experiments on models like Gemma 7B confirm that removing attention sinks increases information diffusion, while their presence maintains sharper, more localized attention patterns. Thus, attention sinks are not just a side effect but a structural feature that supports the Transformer’s ability to handle deep and long-range dependencies. The study investigates whether the beginning-of-sequence (⟨bos⟩) token holds any special role in forming attention sinks in language models. Through a series of experiments using different data packing and masking strategies, the researchers find that attention sinks consistently form at the first token of the input, whether or not it is explicitly marked as ⟨bos⟩. However, when ⟨bos⟩ is fixed at the start of every sequence during pretraining, the model learns to rely on it more heavily to stabilize attention and prevent over-mixing of token representations. Removing ⟨bos⟩ during inference in such models leads to a collapse in sink formation and a significant drop in performance. This highlights that although the first token always plays a role in anchoring attention, the training setup—especially the consistent presence of ⟨bos⟩—greatly strengthens this effect. In conclusion, the study argues that attention sinks are a structural solution to challenges like over-squashing and excessive mixing in deep Transformers. Directing attention toward the initial token—typically ⟨bos⟩—helps the model reduce its sensitivity to input noise and retain distinct token representations over long contexts. The findings also show that context length, model depth, and training configurations significantly affect how and where sinks form. By offering theoretical insights and empirical validation, the work presents attention sinks not as quirks but as components contributing to large language models’ stability and efficiency. Check out the Paper. All credit for this research goes to the researchers of this project. Also, feel free to follow us on Twitter and don’t forget to join our 85k+ ML SubReddit. Sana HassanSana Hassan, a consulting intern at Marktechpost and dual-degree student at IIT Madras, is passionate about applying technology and AI to address real-world challenges. With a keen interest in solving practical problems, he brings a fresh perspective to the intersection of AI and real-life solutions.Sana Hassanhttps://www.marktechpost.com/author/sana-hassan/RARE (Retrieval-Augmented Reasoning Modeling): A Scalable AI Framework for Domain-Specific Reasoning in Lightweight Language ModelsSana Hassanhttps://www.marktechpost.com/author/sana-hassan/Scalable and Principled Reward Modeling for LLMs: Enhancing Generalist Reward Models RMs with SPCT and Inference-Time OptimizationSana Hassanhttps://www.marktechpost.com/author/sana-hassan/Reducto AI Released RolmOCR: A SoTA OCR Model Built on Qwen 2.5 VL, Fully Open-Source and Apache 2.0 Licensed for Advanced Document UnderstandingSana Hassanhttps://www.marktechpost.com/author/sana-hassan/Scalable Reinforcement Learning with Verifiable Rewards: Generative Reward Modeling for Unstructured, Multi-Domain Tasks