GitLab 18.0 drops reusable “Pipeline Blueprints” so teams can spin up CI/CD flows in seconds, plus an AI-powered ChatOps bot that answers merge-request questions right in your issue threads.
🔧 Hardware: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D Unveiled with 16 Cores & 3D V-Cache
AMD pulled the wraps off its Ryzen 9 9900X3D—16 Zen 5 cores, 128 MB extra 3D V-Cache, and a 170 W TDP. AMD says gamers can expect up to 25 % higher 4 K frame rates over last year’s flagship.
🎨 Graphic Design: Adobe Firefly 4 Adds Live Style Transfer & In-App Inpainting
Adobe’s Firefly 4 engine now powers real-time style transfer right inside Photoshop Beta, plus content-aware inpainting that fills gaps with a single brush stroke—cutting retouch time to seconds.
🎮 Gaming: Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Tops 50 M Subs After Halo Exodus Reveal
Microsoft announced that Game Pass Ultimate has smashed the 50 million-subscriber mark, fueled by the surprise Halo Exodus trailer and a new Ubisoft+ day-one deal.
Capcom’s June 30 patch drags fan-favorite Lagiacrus back into the hunt, overhauls underwater mechanics, and injects a Fender-themed festival into Monster Hunter Wilds—live now on PC & consoles.
Brand-consultancy Universal Favourite cooked up a modular word-mark and emoji-style icon set for recipe platform QuiteLike, unveiled today on Brand New. The identity flexes across app, print, and apron tags.
🔧 Hardware: Leak Tips RTX 5070 Super with 18 GB GDDR7 & Higher Clocks
Fresh leaks peg Nvidia’s upcoming RTX 5070 Super at 6,400 CUDA cores, 18 GB of speedy GDDR7, and a 275 W board power—promising a mid-tier monster for 4K gamers.
💻 Development: Google Cloud DMS GA for SQL Server→PostgreSQL
Google Cloud`s Database Migration Service now supports heterogeneous SQL Server-to-PostgreSQL moves in general availability, complete with Gemini-powered conversion dashboards. Lift-and-shift just got easier.
Samsung opened its One UI 8 Watch (Wear OS 6) beta to U.S. owners of the Galaxy Watch 7 and Watch Ultra. The 1.8 GB build packs Double-Pinch gestures and fresh Samsung Health metrics—sign-up now through Samsung Members.
🤖 AI: Meta Spins Up “Superintelligence Labs” Under Alexandr Wang
Mark Zuckerberg just shuffled every AI team into a new Meta Superintelligence Labs division and tapped Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang as chief AI officer. The moon-shot group’s mandate: push past Llama 4 toward AGI while luring top researchers with sky-high pay packets.