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Rust’s orange crab may be cute, but the language it represents is reshaping engineering decisions at the deepest levels of modern software: from browsers and kernels to cloud services and consumer devices. At RustConf 2025 the community celebrated a decade since Rust’s 1.0 release while also...

Ubuntu’s next interim release, Questing Quokka (25.10), has entered its User Interface Freeze as Canonical rides a wave of late-cycle engineering changes: Rust-based system utilities moving into the default image, an aggressively modern kernel target that could ship as a release candidate at...

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...

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...

Elon Musk’s xAI has quietly escalated its play for the developer tooling market with Grok Code Fast 1 — a model explicitly tuned for agentic coding that promises rapid tool calls, low-latency edit loops inside IDEs, and pricing that aims to make continuous, agent-driven development economically...

Elon Musk’s xAI has stepped into the agentic coding ring with Grok Code Fast 1, a new model the company is pitching as a speed-focused, budget-friendly assistant for real-world developer workflows — one optimized to call tools, edit files, and iterate inside IDEs with minimal lag. The...

Zed’s slow march to a fully supported Windows build has become a cautionary tale about the hidden complexity of cross‑platform development — and a reminder that choosing low‑level, GPU‑accelerated rendering for speed and resource efficiency comes with a higher integration bill on Windows than on...

Microsoft’s security roadmap for Windows is increasingly explicit: stronger protections will arrive, but many of them require newer silicon and faster refresh cycles — meaning organizations that want to stay secure will need to buy into both Windows 11 (and beyond) and modern hardware platforms...

Microsoft has unveiled "Wassette," an open-source project designed to enhance the security and functionality of AI agents through the integration of Rust and WebAssembly. This initiative underscores Microsoft's commitment to open-source development and its focus on creating secure...

Memory-related vulnerabilities remain one of the most persistent and impactful threats facing not only enterprise and government IT landscapes but also ordinary users whose daily workflows quietly rely on the integrity of the software underneath. In a sweeping new move to address these endemic...

Microsoft’s surprising release of its new open source terminal text editor, edit.exe, for Windows 10 and 11 is making waves among both nostalgic users and modern code warriors. The announcement has generated outsized interest, fueled by claims that edit.exe is based on Visual Studio Code—the...

Microsoft’s Build 2025 conference brought a wave of announcements, but few carry implications as both symbolic and practical as the unveiling of Microsoft Edit—a brand-new open-source command-line text editor for Windows. This seemingly humble utility marks a meaningful return to roots for the...

When most Windows users think about handling files and folders, the default approach is to reach for File Explorer. This familiar graphical tool has defined the way we interact with our operating system for decades—leading some to assume it is irreplaceable. Yet lately, a new breed of file...

Node.js has established itself as a bedrock technology for backend web development, thanks to its asynchronous programming model, robust JavaScript ecosystem, and continuous improvements since its inception in 2009. With giants like Netflix, PayPal, and LinkedIn building at scale on Node.js, its...

The official Azure SDK for Rust has officially entered its beta phase, marking a significant milestone for both Microsoft and the Rust community. This new collection of libraries is designed to simplify development for Rust programmers while seamlessly integrating with a wide array of Azure...

In an age where cloud computing has become the lifeblood of modern applications, Microsoft has unveiled Hyperlight, a groundbreaking virtual machine manager that's poised to redefine how event-driven applications operate at scale. Built using Rust, Hyperlight delivers a streamlined approach to...

The survival game Rust has garnered a significant player base since its launch, constantly challenging players with its intense gameplay and intricate mechanics. However, a recurring issue plaguing the player community is game crashes. Reports have circulated on various platforms about Rust...

Rust for Windows v0.9 has recently been released and includes full consumption support, along with several other updates! With completed consumption support, you can now call any Windows APIs (past, present, and future) using the Rust language projection. Rust developers have access to the...

Introduction Win32 APIs provide powerful functionality that let you get the most out of Windows in your applications. While these APIs are readily accessible to C and C++ developers, other languages like C# and Rust require wrappers or bindings in order to access these APIs. In C#, this is...

We are excited to announce that the Rust/WinRT project finally has a permanent and public home on GitHub: microsoft/winrt-rs Rust/WinRT follows in the tradition established by C++/WinRT of building language projections for the Windows Runtime using standard languages and compilers, providing a...