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  1. Microsoft Advances Rust as First-Class for Windows Drivers with crates and cargo-wdk

    Microsoft’s move to make Rust a first-class option for Windows driver development crystallizes a long-running strategy: reduce the class of memory-safety bugs that have dominated high-severity Windows vulnerabilities by shifting low-level, performance-sensitive code toward a language designed...
  2. Rust for Windows Drivers: Progress, Tooling, and Production Readiness Challenges

    Microsoft's effort to let device-driver developers use Rust has moved from research and experiments into tangible tooling and samples, but the path to production-ready Windows drivers written in Rust remains long and cautious — working prototypes and Microsoft-backed crates exist, CodeQL now...
  3. Windows 11 25H2 Enablement Package: Stability, Manageability, On-Device AI

    Microsoft’s next Windows 11 annual update, version 25H2, is not a headline-grabbing reinvention of the desktop — it’s a deliberate, operationally focused release that prioritizes stability, manageability, and measured AI integration over bold new consumer-facing flourishes. This update arrives...
  4. Windows 11 25H2 Driver Certification: Enhanced Security with Static Code Analysis

    Microsoft’s continued evolution of Windows 11 reaches a significant milestone with the upcoming 25H2 update, especially in how the company approaches hardware driver quality and security. While most users focus on surface-level changes like the user interface or new features, some of the most...