🤖 AI: Claude 4.5 Debuts with 2 M-Token Context & Chain-of-Thought API
Anthropic rolled out Claude 4.5 on June 24, unlocking a record-setting 2 million-token window and an optional “thought stream” endpoint that surfaces step-by-step reasoning for enterprise audits.
📱 App: Google Maps Adds Live 3D Crowd Heatmaps for Events
he June 24 update to Google Maps layers real-time 3D heatmaps onto stadiums, festivals, and airports, so you can steer clear of bottlenecks and glide through quieter gates.
Rust’s first 2.0 preview landed on June 24, baking async/await into the core language, debuting Borrow Checker v3 to kill 40 % of false positives, and trimming build times with an incremental compiler.
🔧 Hardware: Apple M4 Ultra Chip Tops 20-Core CPU, 80-Core GPU in Mac Studio
Apple quietly refreshed the Mac Studio on June 24, stuffing it with the new M4 Ultra—20 CPU cores, 80 GPU cores, and a Vision Pro-class NPU—pushing creative apps 1.8× faster than last year’s model.
🎨 Graphic Design: Premiere Pro 2025 Adds Script-Aware Auto-Edit
Adobe’s June 24 release lets editors feed a screenplay or transcript into Premiere Pro; the new AI “Script-Aware Auto-Edit” assembles a rough cut in seconds, slashing post-production time for documentaries and vlogs.
🎮 Gaming: Starfield ‘Darkfront’ Expansion Launches October 7
Bethesda confirmed its first major Starfield DLC, “Darkfront,” arriving October 7 with a new star system, modular player housing, and 40+ hours of fresh quests—just in time for the game’s first anniversary.