Wednesday Notes for July 9th, 2025
Uristocrat Notes covering Kendrick Lamar's Temple University course, Chelsea's Club World Cup final, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's NBA 2K26 cover, and Apple-Anthropic AI partnership rumors
Culture
🎓 Temple U launches a course on Kendrick Lamar
Temple University will debut a fall 2025 course titled “Kendrick Lamar and the Morale of *M.A.A.D City”, exploring his music through Black life, marginalization, self-actualization, and urban policy via an Afrocentric sociocultural lens with guest speakers related directly to Lamar.
Temple University Introduces New Course on Kendrick Lamar’s Life, Lyrics and Legacy
Students will explore Dot’s storytelling, social themes and rise from Compton in this Fall course.
Brielle Ki
Sports
Chelsea reach Club World Cup final
João Pedro netted a brace to propel Chelsea into the final of the Club World Cup in New York — a statement win on football’s global stage.
With brace in his first start, João Pedro arrives in style to fire Chelsea into Club World Cup final
João Pedro showed why he might be just the player Chelsea needed, sending the Blues to the Club World Cup final by scoring both goals in a 2-0 win over Fluminense.
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the NBA 2K26 cover athlete
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the NBA 2K26 cover athlete
The 2025 Kia MVP will grace the cover after leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to the NBA title.
The Associated Press
F1 shift: Red Bull ousts Christian Horner
Horner sacked as Red Bull chief, team confirms
Christian Horner has been sacked by Red Bull after 20 years as team principal, the team confirmed on Wednesday.
Nate Saunders
Clark, Collier draft All-Star teams, flip coaches
Clark, Collier draft All-Star teams, flip coaches
Caitlin Clark selected her two Indiana All-Star teammates in the draft to determine teams for the WNBA All-Star Game on July 19.
Michael Voepel
Technology
Apple + Anthropic?, Apple’s Fall, Apple’s Options
Apple + Anthropic?, Apple’s Fall, Apple’s Options
Apple is considering partnering with foundation model providers to replace Siri; the choice of which is profound.
Hugging Face opens up orders for its Reachy Mini desktop robots
Hugging Face opens up orders for its Reachy Mini desktop robots | TechCrunch
Hugging Face is releasing two versions of its desktop robot meant for designing and coding AI applications.
Rebecca Szkutak
GenAI as a shopping assistant set to explode during Prime Day sales
GenAI as a shopping assistant set to explode during Prime Day sales | TechCrunch
Amazon’s annual sale is predicted to drive $23.8 billion in online spending across U.S. e-commerce retailers, as other businesses run their own competing sales alongside the popular shopping event.
Sarah Perez
