The MSVC Build Tools Preview is updated regularly with the latest features and fixes from the MSVC (Microsoft C++) development team. The MSVC team’s updates for August 2026, targeting the Visual ...

The seventh preview again brings a language extension for C#, improved compression APIs, and new features for Blazor.

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AI coding agents can accelerate development, but they may also generate bloated code and technical debt. Learn where they ...

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Unity 7 was announced at Unite Seoul 2026 with a zero-rebuild upgrade path from Unity 6, CoreCLR performance gains delivering up to 90% faster shader builds, realtime global illumination via Surface ...

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This project is a fully working native Windows x64 port of Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, whose historical codename was Opus. It builds the original Word source and resources together with modern ...

Microsoft has aligned VS Code's existing agent-plugin feature with a vendor-neutral format for portable skills and MCP servers.

Meta's Muse Code runs in your terminal, coordinates subagents, and survives crashes—but lags behind on the benchmarks that ...

Follow President Trump’s progress filling over 800 positions, among about 1,300 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service. A key ...

The visual system is the part of the central nervous system that is required for visual perception – receiving, processing and interpreting visual information to build a representation of the visual ...