Microsoft’s blunt new engineering ambition — to use AI and algorithmic tooling to remove C and C++ from major system codebases and replace them with memory‑safe Rust — has vaulted a quiet, multi‑year shift into the headlines and forced an overdue reckoning about how operating systems will be...
Linux kernel 6.18 arrived as the last major stable release of the year, bringing a steady, pragmatic blend of performance-focused infrastructure changes, broader hardware enablement, and a handful of contentious maintenance decisions that will shape adoption and packaging in 2026 and beyond...
Check Point Research’s “Denial of Fuzzing” disclosure reveals a surprising and instructive kernel-level failure tied to Microsoft’s early Rust work in the Windows Graphics Device Interface: a carefully mutated EMF/EMF+ metafile sequence can drive the new Rust-based win32kbase_rs.sys region...
The recent churn in the Linux world—Rust maintainer resignations, high-profile upstream disputes and filesystem governance fights—has breathed new life into a different conversation: developers who feel alienated by the Linux kernel’s culture and process do not necessarily have to fork Linux...
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Microsoft has officially kicked off the rollout of its much-anticipated Windows 11 2024 Update, marked by the version designation 24H2. Set to enhance both functionality and performance, this major update is an essential leap forward for Windows users eager to maximize their computing...