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Meta has started rolling out Your Algorithm on Facebook, a feature that lets users describe in their own words what they want to see more or less of across the Feed and Reels. Announced on 13 October 2026, the tool marks the first time the platform’s core ranking system accepts written, natural-language instructions instead of … Read more
Since October 13, 2026, Google has moved against the prevailing narrative around AI-built software. Instead of tightening the screws, it has carved out a private lane inside Google Play for apps generated with artificial intelligence. Users in selected markets, including the United States, can now describe an Android app in Google AI Studio, generate it … Read more
Microsoft has shipped Windows App 2.5, the most substantial refresh of its remote-access client since Remote Desktop was rebranded as Windows App in 2024. Announced on the Windows blog on 13 October 2026 and available immediately on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android and the web, the release turns what was once a narrow utility for reaching … Read more
WhatsApp users have long accepted one hard rule: tapping send means the message leaves immediately. That assumption is now being rewritten in beta, where the messaging giant is testing the ability to compose something today and have it arrive at a chosen moment tomorrow — or two weeks from now. The option appears in the … Read more
Bluesky has formally applied to ICANN for control of its own top-level domain, .bsky, a request that would let users claim addresses such as yourname.bsky that function simultaneously as a social handle and as a real, resolvable web address. The company’s stated goal is to push social identity out of a single platform’s database and … Read more
The Document Foundation has shipped LibreOffice 26.8 with a message that would have sounded like an apology three years ago and now lands as a deliberate market play: the suite contains no generative AI, and that omission is the pitch. Released on 26 August 2026, with the formal “no AI” policy statement following on 3 … Read more