Mastodon is betting that email, the oldest surviving communication protocol on the internet, can solve its biggest problem: reaching people who will never create a fediverse account. The open-source social network released version 4.6 on Tuesday, and its most strategically significant feature is the ability for creators to send their posts directly to email subscribers. […]
Meta’s Threads has crossed 500 million monthly users, the company said on Tuesday, almost exactly three years after it launched to chase Elon Musk’s X. That is 100 million more than last August, and it puts Mark Zuckerberg halfway to the 1 billion-user goal he set on day one. Alongside the milestone, Threads is shipping […]
Go Inc., Japan’s most widely used taxi-hailing app, begins trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday after raising ¥88.6 billion ($553 million) in the country’s largest initial public offering this year. The offering was more than 25 times oversubscribed. Investors valued the company at ¥186 billion. The IPO priced at ¥2,400 per share, the […]
Meta has launched AI Mode on Facebook, a new search experience that uses Meta AI to pull answers from public posts across the platform. The feature surfaces information from Facebook Groups, Reels, and Marketplace listings, turning years of user-generated content into a searchable knowledge base. It is rolling out now to users in the United […]
Microsoft’s June 2026 Patch Tuesday update quietly fixes one of Windows Search’s longest-standing irritations. The search box now finds files with as few as two characters, down from the previous three-character minimum. Files named Q3, V2, or any other short label are no longer invisible. The update also changes how results are ranked. Local files […]
Spotify is adding short-form videos from its editorial team to New Music Friday, its flagship weekly playlist for new releases. The videos feature Spotify’s curators sharing their picks, spotlighting rising artists, and explaining the stories behind songs and albums. The feature is rolling out to free and premium users in the US first. “New Music […]
Mozilla built an AI kill switch into Firefox after its users demanded one. Only 1% have used it. Another 3% turned off some AI features selectively. The rest left everything on. CEO Anthony Enzor-DeMeo says the point is not the percentage but the choice. “Our community was pretty vocal, especially during the CEO announcement, that […]
