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UN council urged to use 'every means at its disposal' to press Hamas to disarm

The official overseeing the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza is urging the U.N. Security Council to use “every means at its disposal” to press Hamas to disarm. Nickolay Mladenov is ...

Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Discord, says company facilitates 'grooming'

As Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton continues his crusade to sue, well, everything, he's sued yet another foe: Discord, the ...
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Visual Studio May Update Adds Plan Agent, Diff Review Tools

Microsoft highlighted Copilot planning, context visibility, diff review updates and MSVC Build Tools v14.51 in its May Visual Studio update.
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Microsoft Extends Rust-Influenced Memory-Safety Push to C#

Microsoft is applying lessons from Rust to C# in a planned redesign of the unsafe code model, continuing a years-long company focus on reducing memory-safety risks historically associated with C and C ...

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