AI World
- Meta released Llama 4 (8B, 70B, 405B) — open weights under a permissive license. The 70B model rivals GPT-4o on most benchmarks.
- Perplexity AI launched Perplexity Pro Search with real-time data from the web, beating ChatGPT's web browsing feature in speed tests.
- Runway Gen-4 video model can now generate 60-second clips at 1080p from a single image prompt.
Webflow Updates
- Webflow Forms now support multi-step forms natively — no more custom JavaScript workarounds.
- Localization feature is out of beta and now supports 50+ languages with automatic hreflang tag injection.
Web Development
- React 20 beta is here — React Compiler is on by default, eliminating the need for
useMemoanduseCallbackin most cases. Server Components are now stable. - Figma Dev Mode AI now generates component code in React, Vue, and Svelte from selected frames — with Tailwind or CSS Modules output.
- Bun 2.0 released with a built-in SQL client, native WebSocket server, and 3x faster
bun installusing a new parallel resolver.
General Tech
- Vercel acquired Tremor (open-source React dashboard library) and is integrating it into v0.dev.
- Microsoft announced Copilot+ PCs will get local LLM inference for Edge browser — offline AI with no API calls.