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Microsoft has released TypeScript 6.0, the final major version built on the original JavaScript compiler codebase. The release introduces sweeping default changes, deprecates legacy module formats, and adds a migration flag to prepare codebases for TypeScript 7.0, which will be built entirely in Go.

Oracle releases JDK 26 with ten JEPs spanning HTTP/3 client support, garbage-collector-independent ahead-of-time object caching, G1 throughput gains of up to 15 percent, and the final removal of the Applet API deprecated since JDK 17.

Postman has re-architected its platform with embedded AI, Git-connected workspaces, and a new API Catalog, while restructuring pricing to restrict free-tier collaboration to solo developers.

Vercel releases Next.js 16.2 with experimental AI agent tooling, a React contribution that speeds up Server Component rendering by up to 350 percent, Turbopack Server Fast Refresh, and over 200 bug fixes.

Anysphere's Cursor ships event-driven AI coding agents that trigger on commits, Slack messages, and incidents, aiming to close the gap between AI-accelerated code production and human-speed review.

Docker has embedded the Model Context Protocol into Docker Hub and Desktop, growing its MCP Catalog to 270-plus servers and shipping experimental Dynamic MCP for agents that discover tools at runtime.

Microsoft ships the final JavaScript-based TypeScript release, overhauling defaults and deprecating legacy options ahead of a Go-powered compiler rewrite in version 7.0.

GitHub's Octoverse data and a new academic study show AI coding tools are creating self-reinforcing adoption cycles that favor typed languages, with TypeScript adding over a million contributors in a single year.

JetBrains previews Air, a new environment that manages multiple AI coding agents concurrently, alongside a standalone Junie CLI agent in beta.

Microsoft's Visual Studio Code moves to weekly stable releases starting with version 1.111, adding an Autopilot mode that lets AI agents operate autonomously, while Google simultaneously launches a similar auto-approve feature in Gemini Code Assist with stark security warnings.

Apple is reportedly planning to retire Core ML at WWDC 2026 and introduce Core AI, a modernized framework intended to help developers integrate outside AI models into iOS apps, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

Check Point Research disclosed two CVEs in Anthropic's Claude Code that turned project configuration files into attack vectors, enabling remote code execution and API key exfiltration before users could approve a trust dialog.