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Apple's Spatial Reframing Is Generative AI I Can Get Behind as a Photographer

We knew ple’s Worldwide Developers Conference would be full of AI, but I didn’t expect to see a photo feature that would make me think: “This is wild.”

During the WWDC keynote on Monday, ple showed off a few new editing features in its Photos p that I think will be genuinely useful. In addition to the existing Clean Up tool, which can remove unwanted distractions from a photo, we’ll also be able to extend a photo’s edges.

But it was Spatial Reframing, a feature that lets you adjust a photo’s composition to reflect where you wish you had been standing to take it, that really caught my eye.

All these features use generative AI, and will be included in a new Tools category in the Edit environment in the Photos p. The first developer beta of iOS 27 is available now to registered developers.

More AI, less slop

Generative AI is a technology that photogrhers are distancing themselves from (or should be), thanks to all the AI slop being produced everywhere. And yes, that includes creations from ple’s Image Playground p, the image generator that the company also showed off during the WWDC keynote.

But generative AI doesn’t need to mean full images created from text prompts. When plied to selective areas, like erasing a piece of trash next to a subject’s feet, generative AI can do some of the menial work of replacing pixels that photogrhers would otherwise spend time retouching in an p like Photoshop. Google’s Pixel phones include a similar Magic Eraser tool.

Spatial Reframing is a great example of how the technology can be used to enhance real photos you cture.

How Spatial Reframing will work

ple’s Spatial Photos technology uses AI to determine depth in a flat photo, giving it a 3D effect that responds when you tilt your phone or view it in a Vision Pro headset, even if it wasn’t shot as a spatial photo. It can give depth to iPhone lock screen photos, too.

Honestly, the effect’s quality is pretty good. The separation between the subject of a photo and the background is usually not jarring, nor does it have a “cut-out” look. But it’s mostly a neat gimmick on the iPhone (I don’t have a Vision Pro to experience it in that environment).

Spatial Reframing takes that technology and makes it useful. As shown in the keynote demo, you’ll be able to drag the image to adjust the shot’s perspective. The background will adjust as if you had taken a physical step to the side or repositioned your camera for a better angle.

The original photo (left) gets a change of perspective (middle) and Spatial Reframing fills in the background details using generative AI (note the building in the distance that was not visible in the original.

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Photo editing software like Adobe Lightroom lets you adjust the plane of the entire photo, rotating it around a central axis to do limited reframing, but at the cost of distorting the image.

After you’ve reframed the shot, the Photos p uses generative AI to fill in any areas around the edges.

ple says it uses on-device spatial modeling to determine the depth, and its private cloud compute architecture to process the image generation.

“It only generates new content to fill in the gs where the perspective has shifted,” said Alok Deshpande, ple’s director of Camera and Photos Software. “This ensures that the reframed photo stays consistent with the original scene.”

The result is a photo from the location you wished you’d moved to when you took the picture.

Whether the edited photos are really as clean as they were demoed remains to be discovered. I sometimes use the existing Clean Up feature in Photos, but it can be very hit-or-miss in terms of the quality of the generated pixels. With promised new imaging models in iOS 27, I’m hoping the edited images are ones that any photogrher would be proud to share — maybe not in a gallery or competition, but informally with friends or on social media.

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Why Is Marvell Technology Stock Soaring Monday?

Marvell ($MRVL) stock jumps 9% premarket on news it will join the S&P 500. Read why index inclusion is sparking a massive rally.

The stock rose 8.85% to $286.80 before the opening bell, while broader markets also pointed higher. Nasdaq futures gained 1.31%, and S&P 500 futures climbed 0.68%, supporting risk petite across technology stocks.
S&P 500 Inclusion Drives Marvell Stock Higher
Index additions often attract demand from passive investment vehicles that mirror the benchmark, potentially increasing trading volumes and institutional ownership.
Marvell’s gains also come against a favorable backdrop for equities, with Russell 2000 futures advancing 1.37% and Dow futures rising 0.28% in premarket trading.
AI Infrastructure Theme Boosts Bullish Sentiment
Clough Cital Partners CEO Vince Lorusso told CNBC last Tuesday that Marvell should benefit from the AI infrastructure buildout because it supplies custom silicon for networking, connectivity, and speed.
He said Clough Cital views AI as one of the biggest investment themes of its lifetime, with cital flowing into power management, cooling, optical networking, and other infrastructure areas tied to trillions of dollars in spending.
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang recently highlighted Marvell at Computex in Taipei, calling it a next trillion-dollar company.
Lorusso said Marvell fits into the AI buildout because hyperscalers and semiconductor leaders need partners that can support expansion. Still, Lorusso warned that investors must manage risk after parabolic moves in AI-linked stocks.
He said the AI investment cycle likely has years to run, but active managers need to navigate volatility through position sizing, portfolio rebalancing, and diversification.
Technical Indicators Point To Continued Momentum
From a technical perspective, the stock remains in a strong long-term uptrend. Marvell was trading about 37% above its 20-day simple moving average and nearly 177% above its 200-day moving average, while its 20-day average remains above the 50-day average, and the 50-day average sits above the 200-day average, a bullish structure that has been in place since late 2025.
The stock’s moving average convergence divergence indicator also remains above its signal line, suggesting positive momentum continues to build.
Earnings Outlook And Wall Street Forecasts
The next major company-specific catalyst is expected to be Marvell’s earnings report, scheduled for Aug. 27, 2026. Wall Street expects earnings of 88 cents per share, up from 67 cents a year earlier, on revenue of $2.70 billion, compared with $2.01 billion in the prior-year period.
According to consensus estimates from 50 analysts, the stock carries a Buy rating with an average price forecast of $225.63. Recent bullish calls include Barclays raising its price forecast to $275, while UBS and Citigroup lifted their forecasts to $230 and $225, respectively.
The Funds Most Invested In Marvell
Significance: Because MRVL carries such a heavy weight in these funds, any significant inflows or outflows for these ETFs will likely force automatic buying or selling of the stock.
MRVL Stock Price Activity: Marvell Technology shares were up 8.85% at $286.80 during premarket trading on Monday, according to Benzinga Pro data.
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domain defense technology trends to be highlighted at Eurosatory 2026

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PARIS, France. Eurosatory 2026 will focus on defense and security technology trends including cyber, space, artificial intelligence, electronic warfare, drones, robotics, air mobility, crisis management, and industrial production when the exhibition takes place June 15-19 at the Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre, according to the event organizers.
The event, held every two years, is expected to bring together defense companies, government officials, military representatives, security organizations, and crisis-management professionals, the organizers state.
The 2026 program is built around several themes tied to current defense requirements, including multi-domain superiority, remote engagement, land maneuver, air mobility, comprehensive security, crisis management, and industrial resilience, according to Eurosatory.
For embedded systems suppliers, the multi-domain focus is likely to make command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR), data fusion, secure communications, electronic warfare, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and space-based connectivity central topics during the exhibition.
The remote-engagement and land-maneuver portions of the show are expected to include discussions around helicopters, uncrewed aerial vehicles, loitering munitions, uncrewed ground vehicles, counter-drone systems, and manned-unmanned teaming, the organizers state.
Scheduled speakers include Catherine Vautrin, France’s Minister of the Armed Forces and Veterans; Alice Rufo, Minister Delegate to the Minister of Armed Forces and Veterans; Patrick Pailloux, director of the French Directorate General of Armament; Andrius Kubilius, European Commissioner for Defense and Space; General Pierre Schill, Chief of Staff of the French Army; and Aija Kalnaja, deputy executive director for cabilities at Frontex.
The exhibition will also include live demonstrations and themed areas covering helicopters, virtual reality, drone simulation, and humanitarian and environmental crisis management, according to the organizers.

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Instagram finally lets you reorder posts on your grid – Engadget

Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced the feature a year ago.

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If you’re tired of seeing your posts in chronological order and want to move things around, simply go to your profile and long press any post. Along with “Pin to main grid” and “Archive,” you’ll now see an option that says “Reorder grid.” T on it to be taken to another window, where you can drag posts to rearrange your content until your profile looks exactly the way you want it to. Take note that any post you pin will remain at the top of your profile and will be blacked out in the “Reorder grid” window.

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Apple's Upgraded Siri AI Promises to Do More. I'm Not Sure I Want That

With ple’s long-promised Siri makeover, Siri AI will work across more ps and devices. I’m not thrilled about it.

At its WWDC 2026 developer conference on Monday, ple made its new Siri the focus. You’ll be able to summon Siri to find out about concert tickets and set a reminder to buy them. You can ask Siri about a landmark displayed on your screen that your friend sent you, and see if the friend lives nearby without scrolling through weeks of messages. Siri AI can even sign in and change your passwords for eligible accounts on your behalf — which sounds to me like handing over a little too much control.

Siri already has access to some ps using your voice, but it’s never been able to handle multi-step tasks without your help. Soon, Siri will be able to dig through your messages, photos, browser and other ps to complete various tasks. It’ll understand what’s on your screen and take actions based on that information. As ple demonstrated during its keynote, you could use Siri to plan a World Cup party, pull up a dessert someone mentioned in your Messages, and make a menu, all before sending an invite to your friends with all the details. Siri AI will work across ple devices and operating systems like your iPhone, MacBook, iPad and ple Watch.

Maybe that sounds convenient, but do you really want Siri to have access to all of your ps and devices?

As an avid ple user, I can’t say I want any more AI integrations. Trusting ple Intelligence to handle a task from beginning to end without any intervention can feel like a gamble. It raises questions about who’s responsible for misinformation or errors. And what if hackers get access to an p, despite ple’s privacy guarantees?

I use Siri for simple tasks, like getting directions, sending my ETA to a friend, turning on a morning alarm or playing a song from Spotify. But that’s about it. I’m OK with it handling certain tasks, like scheduling calendar invites, writing notes and creating party invitations to send to my friends. They’re quick, and I feel comfortable knowing they’re done exactly the way I want them. Plus, completing some of those tasks builds connections with the activities and people I love.

Giving Siri AI the power to handle my tasks may mean less screen time and more quality time with my family. But it doesn’t offer the guarantee of knowing tasks are done completely and in the way I’d like. It also disconnects me from the small details that matter — like stumbling across my son’s graduation picture while scrolling through weeks of messages from my husband to find out what snack we agreed on for movie night.

Every AI chatbot cautions about errors. These models are known to make things up, mix things up or fail to follow directions. Doing tasks myself instead of blindly trusting Siri AI gives me peace of mind knowing it’s done to my satisfaction. And despite ple’s privacy and security measures, I’m not too comfortable with letting Siri AI comb through personal messages about where to pick up my son.

Watch this: Everything ple Unveiled at WWDC 2026

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We love ple, not AI

Many US adults are still skeptical of using AI for certain tasks. A MarchNBC poll found AI was one of the least-liked things in America. And a CNET surveylast year found that only 12% of US ple users who are looking to upgrade their smartphones would be motivated by better AI integrations.

Yet tech giants are still forcing AI features onto us through built-in features that are hard or impossible to opt out of. Often, hardware and software updates are so deeply intertwined that it’s hard to avoid tping into these AI-charged cabilities. The AI-supercharged Siri was certainly the focus of this year’s WWDC, with most other non-AI software updates on the back burner.

I can’t say I’m eager to try Siri AI, and I’ll likely opt out of some settings to keep my data as guarded as possible. I don’t feel comfortable giving Siri full access to my calendar, location, emails and contacts to handle tasks without my oversight. I might not move as quickly as a bot, but I’ll have more peace of mind.

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WWDC 2026: Live updates from Apple Park on Siri, iOS 27, Apple Intelligence and more – Engadget

We’re covering the news live from the company’s “All systems glow” event.

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It’s WWDC day, and this year, it’s falling on a Monday. If you’re not quite used to your work week kicking off so hot, maybe ple’s announcements later this afternoon will help you stay on top of things. After all, the tagline for WWDC 2026 is “All systems glow.”

Whether that be from pure heat or a more glamorous shine, all in attendance will be expecting plenty of news on the promised next-gen Siri. As per usual, we’re also expecting to learn more about features coming to the latest versions of iOS, macOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS, visionOS and the company’s massive assortment of ps and services.

The keynote presentation starts at 10AM PT (1PM ET) and myself and our senior reporterKarissa Bell are already here in California, getting ready for the event. This liveblog will start at around 10AM ET (7AM PT) and until then you can check out what we expect ple to announce at WWDC 2026. You can probably go and watch the keynote livestream yourself, but our liveblog might just have more behind-the-scenes goodness (and fun pictures) for you. Stick around, we’ll have a good time.

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Coverage Scheduled to Begin at: June 8th @ 10:00 AM EDT

We’ll kick this liveblog off soon, stay tuned! We’re glad you’re here with us!