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Microsoft has shipped TypeScript seven point zero, and the headline number is hard to ignore — build speeds anywhere from eight to twelve times faster, thanks to a native compiler rewritten in Go. Real-world codebases are already showing the gains, though a stable programmatic API won't arrive until version seven point one.
Meanwhile, also from Microsoft, the company is now claiming eight gigabytes of RAM should be sufficient for Windows eleven — a statement that landed alongside four new commitments to reduce the operating system's memory footprint. That pledge comes after months of user frustration over Windows eleven growing heavier and less reliable with each update.
And in crypto, bitcoin slipped below sixty-three thousand dollars despite easing geopolitical tensions around U.S.-Iran talks. The drag came largely from Coldcard-linked wallet sweeps pushing observed losses to nearly eighty-nine million dollars. Separately, Trump Media's bitcoin holdings now appear to roughly match what the company previously pledged as loan collateral, leaving analysts watching the next quarterly filing closely.
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