According to Apple press release:

Apple® today announced iPhone® 5, the thinnest and lightest iPhone ever, completely redesigned to feature a stunning new 4-inch Retina™ display; an Apple-designed A6 chip for blazing fast performance; and ultrafast wireless technology—all while delivering even better battery life. iPhone 5 comes with iOS 6, the world’s most advanced mobile operating system with over 200 new features including: the all new Maps app with Apple-designed cartography and turn-by-turn navigation; Facebook integration; Passbook® organization; and even more Siri® features and languages.

After long time since this version was announced, officialy is LuxRender  v1.0 released. LuxRender is a physically based and unbiased rendering engine. With this version it brings a long list of improvements and more stability. According to LuxRender team is this probably the most stable release of LuxRender even if a few issues remain and should be fixed in a forthcoming release.

Autodesk has unveiled the powerful new Flame 20th Anniversary Edition software. The new software is part of Autodesk Flame Premium 2013, a high-end software toolset that integrates visual effects, editorial and real-time color grading. The new edition streamlines complex tasks and improves speed with a new creative workspace, top-level editorial timeline integration and an enhanced GPU pipeline.

New issue of Blender Art is out. Issue #38 is called “Power of Compositing”. Compositing can be a powerful tool in your artistic arsenal. It is a huge time saver for rendering and allows you a greater degree of control over your final result. In this issue you can take a look at some great uses for Blender’s built in node compositor. You can download it when you follow link at the end of this article.