Microsoft’s three-year .NET support window is too short for enterprises, developers say
Microsoft’s three-year .NET support window is too short for enterprises, developers say

A developer has reopened a long-standing complaint about Microsoft’s support policy for its .NET development platform, arguing in a new GitHub issue that the three-year window for long-term support releases is too short for enterprise upgrade cycles. T…

Watch out, Amazon: the Kobo eReader now has a Goodreads rival

Kobo users can now automatically sync their reading progress to StoryGraph, making it easier to track books, reading stats, and challenges without relying on Amazon’s Goodreads.

Cursor launches an iOS app that lets developers run coding agents from their phone
Cursor launches an iOS app that lets developers run coding agents from their phone

Cursor launched an iOS mobile app today that lets developers spin up and manage AI coding agents directly from their phone. The app connects to the desktop version of Cursor and allows users to start new coding sessions, review agent output, and intera…

WhatsApp is finally letting users reserve usernames so they never have to hand over their phone number
WhatsApp is finally letting users reserve usernames so they never have to hand over their phone number

WhatsApp is opening username reservations starting today, allowing its more than three billion users to connect with people without sharing their phone number for the first time. The feature, which has been in development for several years, will offici…

TIDAL cracks down on AI music by cutting off monetization

TIDAL’s new policy will prevent AI-generated music from making money on its service.

WhatsApp now lets you reserve usernames

WhatsApp username can be between 3 to 35 characters length

Instagram wants to make algorithm customisation a core part of the app, not a buried setting
Instagram wants to make algorithm customisation a core part of the app, not a buried setting

Instagram head Adam Mosseri previewed new ways to surface Your Algorithm, the feature that lets users specify which topics they want to see more or less of. In an Instagram post this week, Mosseri said the goal is to evolve the tool “from a setting to …

The 33-year-old ex-Snap exec Nadella is trusting to fix Copilot now oversees 11,000 people
The 33-year-old ex-Snap exec Nadella is trusting to fix Copilot now oversees 11,000 people

Jacob Andreou, the 33-year-old executive Satya Nadella promoted to run Copilot in March after just one year at Microsoft, now oversees more than 11,000 people. He has merged the consumer and enterprise Copilot teams, eliminated redundant product versio…

Instagram is testing more ways to customize ‘Your Algorithm’

Instagram users could soon see more ways to tune their content.

TikTok is building a super app, and most of its users have not noticed yet
TikTok is building a super app, and most of its users have not noticed yet

TikTok is no longer just a video app. The platform has spent the past year adding hotel bookings, in-app commerce, sports hubs, casual games, microdramas, and a fintech licence application, building out the infrastructure of what the industry calls a “…