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GPT-6 Astra, OpenAI's newest frontier model, begins rolling out today through the Microsoft Foundry Limited Access Program, with availability expanding to participating customers…
MSTest source generation lets test projects use the same Native AOT and trimming deployment model as the applications they validate, while reducing reflection on the test executio…
The Interop 2027 call for proposals is open, submit your ideas now ! Over the past six years, the I The post Calling for Interop 2027 proposals appeared first on Microsoft Edge Bl…
Invisible Unicode characters popularized for hiding instructions from AI models are now being used to obfuscate words before email filters parse them. The post ASCII smuggling cro…
New stories, new challenges, no price tag with Free Play Days! The Survivalists is available this weekend for XBOX Game Pass Ultimate, Premium and Essential members to play from T…
Every enterprise runs on business processes, but it's the people that provide judgment, manage exceptions, and often connect systems that were never designed to work together. The…
Learn how Microsoft used Azure Arc and Azure Virtual Desktop to simplify hybrid security operations, improve visibility, and scale globally. The post How Microsoft’s Physical Secu…
Microsoft Threat Intelligence observed a human-operated intrusion campaign that abuses Microsoft Teams external collaboration to impersonate IT support, gain remote access, and de…
AI cost optimization goes beyond model selection. Discover how context engineering in Microsoft Foundry helps lower AI costs by improving knowledge retrieval, tool selection, memo…
A user asked for per-solution color themes. It already ships, and it goes further than they asked. You run several instances of Visual Studio side by side, one per solution, and t…
How much guidance does an AI coding agent actually need? See how we used evaluation data to target SPFx knowledge gaps, improving results without wasting tokens on what models alr…
Linux 7.3 is expanding hardware support across AMD’s upcoming Zen 6 processors, Ryzen AI systems, laptops, and gaming handhelds, giving users broader device compatibility as… The…
CD Projekt Red says The Witcher 4 already runs on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, as the studio changes how it develops the… The post The Witcher 4 Already Runs on PS5 and…
As we enter the next era, what will be the defining measure of our progress? Every industry has a word that shapes how it thinks. For pilots, it’s safety. For insurers, it’s risk.…
An active campaign is impersonating legitimate software vendors to deliver malware through look-alike download pages and regenerated installer archives. Microsoft Defender Experts…
Today I will show you how we can tackle one of the most common tasks when working in a development team or managing an open-source project, and that is working with Pull Requests.…
Whether you’re looking to build a kingdom, survive dragons, or simply run very fast, we’ve got you covered. The hard part will be deciding where to start first. Let’s jump right i…
Today, Microsoft published its 2026 Responsible AI Transparency Report. The report highlights the progress we’ve made in building and deploying AI responsibly, supporting our cust…
