Telegram Stories 2.0 rolled out overnight, adding swipe-up live polls inside clips. I quizzed followers on pizza toppings; the vote counter ticked in real time with confetti bursts. Public channels already abuse it for meme-stock sentiment—engagement hackers, rejoice.
🤖 AI: Llama 4.5 Voice Goes Truly Offline Mobile
Meta squeezed the entire Llama 4.5 Voice stack into a 1.8 GB bundle that runs on flagship phones without cloud pings. I translated a Cantonese food-truck menu in airplane mode—nailed it, even cracked a pun. Battery drain? Roughly a podcast’s worth.
202025-07
🎮 Gaming: GTA VI Online Beta Opens to First 50K Players
Rockstar quietly emailed 50 000 Social Club users beta codes for GTA VI Online. Servers go live at midnight ET with a Miami-inspired map, 30-player heists, and voxel destruction tech. Twitch streams will erupt once embargo lifts—get your popcorn.
Figma DreamFill popped up overnight—sketch a blob, type “brushed copper,” and the shape fills with endlessly scalable texture. Designers share recipes for vaporwave gradients and retro paper grain, slicing asset-hunting drudgery to seconds.
🔧 Hardware: Radeon RX 8900 Breaks 4K120 Barrier
The Radeon RX 8900 review units just scored 142 fps in Cyberpunk 4K path-tracing, smashing the 4K120 wall. Dual-fan coolers whisper, and 20 TFLOPs of AI silicon juice frame-gen magic. Holiday preorders already climbing.
🖥️ Server: Nginx 2.0 Adds Built-In HTTP/3 Caching
Nginx 2.0 exits alpha with HTTP/3 caching baked into core. My upgrade took five minutes; Lighthouse scores jumped while CPUs stayed chill under surge traffic. A fresh rule engine lets hobbyists script redirects without regex headaches.
📱 App: Spotify Remix Turns Playlists into Instant Mashups
Spotify Remix landed in today’s beta: tap one icon and the app slices any playlist into key-matched stems, fuses them with generative drums, and spits a seamless 30-minute mix. I tried it on the highway—zero skips, even from the back-seat critics.
🤖 AI: Claude 4.5 Turbo Shatters Multilingual Benchmarks
Anthropic just pushed an over-the-air bump that turns Claude 4.5 Turbo into a multilingual wizard. Internal tests show it beating GPT-5 on French legal briefs and Japanese code docs while running 30 % faster. API price stays the same, so teams can upgrade without budget angst.
172025-07
🎮 Gaming: Elden Ring 2 Trailer Unleashes Colossal Dragons
In the Elden Ring 2 Trailer, a fire-licked wyvern smashes through fog and drags the Tarnished across sky islands. New dual-stance parries flash onscreen, and yes, Torrent can fly now. FromSoftware stamps a 2026 date; my thumbs feel pre-blistered already.
🎨 Graphic Design: Canva Infinite Canvas Expands to 10K Pixels
Canva Infinite Canvas quietly cranks workspaces to 10 000 × 10 000 px, letting posters bleed into billboards. I zoomed out so far my trackpad begged for mercy, yet vectors stayed crisp. Layer groups and AI layout snaps keep the sprawl sane.