We are trying something new. Each Saturday, Farhad Manjoo and Mike Isaac, technology reporters at The New York Times, will review the week’s news, offering analysis and maybe even a few jokes about the most important developments in the industry.

Farhad: Hey, Mike! How was your week? My dishwasher broke and I realized, to my horror, that there isn’t an Uber for dishes. Tech disrupters are asleep at the wheel. Want to come help me wash up after dinner?

Mike: Only if you promise to pay me as a contract worker with no health benefits or 401(k).

Farhad: So, big week in tech. Microsoft released Windows 10, its long-awaited sequel to Windows 8, to mainly positive reviews. Facebook announced another stellar quarterly earnings report; among other things, almost 1.5 billion people now log on to the site monthly, which is almost as many as read this newsletter. Also, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, announced that they are expecting a future Facebook user of their own. In nonbaby news, Samsung’s earnings were a disaster, and shares in the local-reviews company Yelp lost about a fifth of their value after it forecast underwhelming future earnings.

And then there was Twitter. During a presentation to investors on Tuesday, executives of the troubled 140-character network presented a sobering view of its prospects. The Twitter user base has been stalled at about 300 million people for much of the year, and Anthony Noto, the company’s chief financial officer, said he did not expect the number to grow substantially any time soon. Jack Dorsey, one of Twitter’s founders and now its interim chief executive, said recent product improvements have not paid off. “This is unacceptable, and we’re not happy about it,” Mr. Dorsey said.