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OpenAI’s engineers have quietly built an internal code-hosting platform and — according to multiple reports — the company is now weighing whether to productize that tool as a commercial alternative to the Microsoft‑owned GitHub, a move that would set up one of the most surprising competitive...

Microsoft has quietly given the Microsoft Store a power-user face-lift: a native command-line interface (Store CLI) that lets you browse, install, and update Store apps directly from a terminal without firing up the graphical Store app. Released in February 2026, the Store CLI is aimed at...

Microsoft’s October 2025 cumulative security update for Windows 11 — KB5066835 — is rolling out now, shipping important security fixes plus a modest set of user-facing improvements (including a new lightweight terminal editor “Edit,” File Explorer “AI Actions,” multi‑monitor Notification Center...

VLink’s announcement that it has earned the Microsoft Solutions Partner designation for Digital & App Innovation (Azure) marks a concrete market signal: the company now claims validated capability to build, modernize, and operate cloud-native applications on Microsoft Azure. The designation is a...

VLink has announced that it has earned the Microsoft Solutions Partner designation for Digital & App Innovation (Azure), a formal recognition that positions the company as a validated provider of cloud‑native application development, application modernization, and DevOps‑led delivery on...

VLink today announced it has achieved the Microsoft Solutions Partner designation for Digital & App Innovation (Azure) — a formal recognition that positions the company as a validated provider of cloud-native application development, application modernization, and DevOps-led delivery on...

Tmux turns a single terminal into a full multitasking workspace, letting you run, manage, and persist multiple shells from one connection so long-running jobs don’t force you to keep a window open or interrupt your workflow. Background If you’ve ever started a long rsync, a build, or a migration...

Microsoft’s latest push to make AI the fabric of the developer experience landed with bold claims and a mixed reception: a new Insiders Channel debut, a purported Visual Studio 2026/18.0 milestone that folds GitHub Copilot into the IDE in deeper, agentic ways, and a feature set tuned for speed...

Microsoft has confirmed a second phase of mandatory multifactor authentication (MFA) that extends enforcement from Azure’s web admin consoles into the Azure Resource Manager (ARM) control plane — covering Azure CLI, Azure PowerShell, REST management APIs, mobile clients and...

Microsoft’s internal IT organization has completed one of the most ambitious cloud migrations in corporate history — moving virtually all employee-facing systems into Azure and reshaping how the company thinks about operations, security, and engineering at scale. The transition, driven by...

Microsoft has quietly extended Copilot’s reach deeper into the Azure developer workflow by launching a public preview of the GitHub Copilot for Azure extension for Visual Studio 2022, bringing a curated set of Azure tools—exposed via an Azure Model Context Protocol (MCP) server—directly into...

Microsoft’s plan to add Linux and Android subsystem support to Windows 365 Cloud PCs — long visible on the Microsoft 365 roadmap — resurfaced in headlines recently, but the full story is more nuanced than a single preview date. Microsoft documented nested virtualization for Cloud PCs (the...

GitHub Spark plus Codespaces now makes it practical to generate a modern single‑page application (SPA) and deploy it directly into Microsoft Power Pages using the Power Platform CLI — a workflow that compresses days of setup into a few web-driven steps while keeping the final code and deployment...

Capgemini’s delivery of SAP S/4HANA on Microsoft Azure for ProRail marks a compact, pragmatic leap for the Dutch rail infrastructure body — a fast, cloud-first ERP modernization that promises improved user experience, greater scalability, and a platform for continued digital transformation while...

With Microsoft officially announcing the end of support for Visual Studio 2015 this October, the countdown is on for developers and organizations still relying on the aging IDE. This pivotal move coincides with the conclusion of Windows 10 support, marking 2025 as a watershed year for legacy...

Microsoft is issuing a stark reminder to the developer community: support for Visual Studio 2015 is drawing to a close, marking the end of an era for one of the company’s most influential software development platforms. As the deadline looms on October 14—coinciding with the retirement of...

A senior software engineer’s résumé might open doors, but Ritvika Nagula’s approach proved it can unlock them at some of the world’s most competitive tech giants—including Microsoft, Amazon, and eBay. In a hiring environment awash with automated rejections and mass online applications, Nagula’s...

GitHub Actions’ relentless pace of innovation shows no signs of slowing, with the latest announcement poised to reshape how developers and organizations manage workflow settings and automation environments. The recent unveiling of new REST APIs and a consequential migration of the...

GitHub Actions users and Windows developers alike should brace for some far-reaching changes beginning this September. With the global popularity of GitHub Actions—GitHub’s industry-leading CI/CD platform—increasingly becoming central to enterprise development and open-source collaboration, even...

In the rapidly evolving landscape of cloud computing, selecting the right provider is crucial for businesses aiming to optimize performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness. Two prominent players in this arena are Vultr and DigitalOcean, each offering a suite of services tailored to diverse...