Netflix’s July 8 mobile update introduces Ambient Mode, letting users listen to shows or stand-up specials with the screen off—perfect for commuters who want the jokes but not the battery drain.

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UNESCO published its first-ever AI Literacy Framework today, offering K-12 educators a step-by-step roadmap for teaching ethics, prompt-craft, and model evaluation in the classroom. The voluntary guidelines arrive ahead of the 2025-26 academic year and include open-source lesson plans in six languages.

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Huawei’s AI lab fired back on July 7, flatly denying that its Pangu large-language model borrows code or weights from Alibaba’s Qwen. Engineers insist Pangu was trained from “ground-up, proprietary” data and have invited a third-party audit to prove it.

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Google’s July 2025 Play System update rolls out smarter Find-My-Device alerts, Play Protect’s on-device malware scanning, and tighter Wallet boarding-pass security—all arriving silently via Play services 07-07-25.

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Redmond revealed it has migrated its core Windows Licensing Service to Azure using Confidential Computing and managed HSMs, proving highly sensitive workloads can run in the public cloud with enclave-level isolation.

Intel confirmed an Arrow Lake Refresh for H2 2025: modest clock bumps across Core Ultra SKUs plus a Copilot-compliant NPU lifted from the 200V series, all on the same Intel 4 process.

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Starting today, Adobe’s flagship bundle is called Creative Cloud Pro for individuals, students, and teachers—adding extra generative credits and Firefly features without changing the price (for now).

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Bandai Namco dropped a trailer confirming Fahkumram joins Tekken 8 today for Season 2 Pass holders, with full release set for July 10; an Armor King teaser closed the showcase.

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Nintendo’s racer keeps pole position on the weekly Switch 2 digital chart, while pre-loads give Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 two spots in the top 15—evidence that nostalgia sells, even before launch day.

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Fresh renders reveal a full-width camera bar that pushes Apple’s logo down the back glass and swaps titanium for a lighter aluminum frame—Apple’s most striking aesthetic pivot since the iPhone X notch.

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