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Midjourney launches its first AI video tool, converting static images into short clips. Available for subscribers, it focuses on artistic motion, distinguishing it from Sora/Veo.
Google launches "Search Live" in its app for iOS/Android, enabling real-time voice conversations with AI-powered search, promising future visual interaction capabilities.
Meta introduces Passkey support for Facebook and Messenger on iOS/Android, enabling secure, passwordless logins via biometrics or PINs, enhancing user convenience and security.
Google officially launches Gemini 2.5 Pro for enterprise and introduces the ultra-affordable Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite, balancing performance, speed, and cost for developers.
Intel is reportedly cutting 15-20% of its wafer foundry workforce, beginning July 2025, to address financial pressures. This impacts up to 11,000 employees.
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan announced Veo 3 AI integration into Shorts this summer, enabling text-to-video creation.
iOS 26 introduces direct eSIM transfer to Android, simplifying cross-platform migration and eliminating the need for carrier intervention.
The Trump administration has granted TikTok another 90-day extension, allowing more time for a sale to a US buyer and keeping the app from being banned
The Wi-Fi Alliance is developing Wi-Fi 8 (802.11bn) for a 2028 release, focusing on ultra-reliable performance, throughput efficiency, and coordinated multi-AP operation.
A Reddit user lost 30 years of data after their OneDrive account was suspended, underscoring the critical need for multiple backup solutions beyond single cloud reliance.
Mastodon updates its Terms of Service, formally prohibiting unauthorized AI data scraping and LLM training, effective July 1, 2025. Other Fediverse instances may follow.
Mozilla is piloting an AI-powered search engine in Firefox, partnering with Perplexity AI. This experimental integration could challenge Google's search dominance.
OpenAI signed a $200M contract with the U.S. DoD to develop advanced AI prototypes for military healthcare, procurement, and cybersecurity needs.
YouTube is expanding 30-second non-skippable ads, forcing more users to watch full commercials unless they subscribe to Premium or use an ad-blocker.
LibreOffice 25.8 Beta 2 officially ends support for Windows 7, 8, 8.1, and all 32-bit operating systems, focusing development on 64-bit platforms.
Apple will release public betas for iOS 26, macOS Tahoe, and, for the first time, AirPods firmware in July, bringing new features like remote camera control.
Microsoft is testing an enhanced Windows Backup feature (KB5061087) for Windows 10, aiming to streamline data migration to new Windows 11 PCs.
OpenAI upgraded ChatGPT Search for smarter, more comprehensive responses, better conversational context, multi-search for complex queries, and image search.
Google Search is testing "Audio Overviews," allowing users to listen to AI-generated spoken summaries of search results for a more comprehensive understanding
Meta invested $14.3B in Scale AI, recruiting founder Alexandr Wang to lead its Superintelligence Lab, aiming to accelerate AGI development.
macOS 26 introduces ASIF, a new sparse disk image format for Apple Silicon, dramatically improving VM read/write speeds and storage efficiency