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Paul Thurrott used Microsoft’s new Windows Development Skills preview with Anthropic Claude Code after Build 2026 to generate a native Windows 11 Notepad-style app using WinUI 3, the Windows App SDK, and the WinApp command-line tool in roughly 48 minutes. The result was not a miracle, but it was...

Microsoft used Build 2026 in Seattle to push developers toward modern native Windows 11 apps, pairing WinUI 3, Windows App SDK tooling, AI-assisted coding agents, and new developer hardware into a broader campaign to make Windows feel faster, more coherent, and less like a shell around web...

OpenAI added Computer Use support to the Codex desktop app for Windows 11 on May 29, 2026, letting the coding agent see, click, and type inside Windows applications while users supervise locally or from ChatGPT’s mobile apps. That makes Windows more than a target platform for AI-generated code...

Microsoft is reportedly ending most Anthropic Claude Code licenses inside its Experiences and Devices division by June 30, 2026, and pushing engineers toward GitHub Copilot CLI while GitHub faces outages, a recent internal-repository breach, and post-CEO integration into Microsoft’s CoreAI...

Microsoft is reportedly winding down most internal use of Anthropic’s Claude Code in its Experiences + Devices division by June 30, 2026, moving many engineers working on Windows, Microsoft 365, Teams, Outlook, and Surface toward GitHub Copilot CLI instead. The official story is standardization...

Microsoft reportedly began canceling or restricting Claude Code access for many internal engineering teams in May 2026, steering developers in its Experiences + Devices organization toward GitHub Copilot CLI by a June 30 transition deadline. That is not a retreat from AI coding so much as a hard...

Fresh SWE-rebench results reported in late May 2026 show OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 ahead of Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.8 on several practical software-engineering measures, including task completion efficiency, consistency across repeated attempts, and average token use on live GitHub-derived coding...

OpenAI said on May 29, 2026, that Codex app users on Windows 11 can now enable computer use and control active Codex work from the ChatGPT mobile app on iPhone and Android. The update sounds incremental, but it closes a conspicuous gap in OpenAI’s developer-agent strategy. Windows is where a...

Microsoft is facing renewed pressure over GitHub Copilot in May 2026 as rival AI coding tools including Cursor, Claude Code, and OpenAI Codex reshape developer workflows around autonomous agents rather than autocomplete. That is the factual story; the strategic one is sharper. GitHub gave...

Microsoft’s GitHub, bought for $7.5 billion in 2018 and now central to Microsoft’s AI developer strategy, is facing renewed scrutiny on May 22, 2026, after CNBC reported that outages, leadership churn, and fast-rising rivals have weakened its early lead in AI coding tools. The deeper problem is...

GitHub is facing a strategic squeeze in May 2026 as AI coding rivals including Cursor, Anthropic’s Claude Code, and OpenAI’s Codex challenge GitHub Copilot, while Microsoft reportedly worries that GitHub’s role as the default home for software development could be weakened. The irony is brutal...

Microsoft is reportedly winding down most internal Claude Code licenses in its Experiences + Devices division by June 30, 2026, and steering many developers toward GitHub Copilot CLI instead. The move is not simply a procurement footnote; it is Microsoft choosing platform discipline over tool...

Microsoft is reportedly canceling most internal Claude Code licenses in its Experiences and Devices division by June 30, 2026, and directing thousands of employees working on products such as Windows, Microsoft 365, Teams, Outlook, and Surface toward GitHub Copilot CLI instead. The move is not...

GitHub’s reliability crisis has become a Microsoft crisis because GitHub is no longer just a website where developers store code; it is a global production dependency for software teams, open-source maintainers, CI/CD pipelines, security tooling, and now AI coding agents. The latest flashpoint...

Microsoft’s GitHub has drawn a hard line under the explosion of agentic coding demand: new sign-ups for Copilot Pro, Copilot Pro+, and Copilot Student are now paused, while existing users face tighter limits and a reshuffled model lineup. The move, announced by GitHub product vice president Joe...

Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code 1.116 is less a routine point release than a signal flare about where the editor is headed next. The headline change is simple but important: GitHub Copilot Chat is now built in by default, so new users no longer have to discover, install, and configure an...

Visual Studio Code 1.116 marks one of the clearest signals yet that Microsoft wants AI features to feel native, not bolted on. The April 15, 2026 release folds GitHub Copilot Chat into the core editor experience, adds Agent Debug Logs for tracing assistant behavior, and extends terminal-aware...

Kansas lawmakers are already using AI chatbots in the Statehouse, but the institution they serve has not yet built a clear rulebook for responsible use. That gap matters because the tools are no longer novelty gadgets; they are becoming part of the day-to-day machinery of drafting remarks...

GitHub Copilot’s latest controversy lands at a sensitive moment for the AI coding market. If the reports are accurate, the issue is not just that Copilot may be surfacing promotional suggestions inside pull requests, but that it is doing so in a way that can feel indistinguishable from product...

OpenAI’s Codex desktop app has officially arrived on Windows, bringing the company’s agentic coding experience out of macOS and into native Windows developer environments after a rapid rollout that already has the industry talking about adoption, security, and what agentic development means for...