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Anaconda’s new Anaconda Code public beta brings a major new option to users of Python in Excel: run Python locally inside Excel — no remote execution, no cloud round-trip, and no need for a separate local Python installation to get started. Background When Microsoft introduced Python in Excel in...

You can boot into Vice City from a browser tab in seconds — no installer, no ISO, just the neon-soaked streets and an ’80s soundtrack streaming (or muting, depending on your legal tolerance) as if it were 2002 again. Background Grand Theft Auto: Vice City arrived on PlayStation 2 in late October...

Microsoft’s official cross-platform UI, .NET MAUI, is set to gain Linux and browser deployment options — not from Microsoft directly but via a third‑party renderer from Avalonia — a move that could shift the practical portability of .NET desktop apps and reframe choices for Windows‑centric...

Three decades after it first landed on desktops, Windows 95 has found a second life inside modern browsers — booting, running classic apps, and serving nostalgia — but the browser-based resurrection carries the same practical and legal risks as the original OS, plus a few new ones unique to web...

You can indeed boot a working copy of Windows 95 inside a modern web browser — and the result is equal parts engineering neatness, digital preservation, and a cautionary tale about nostalgia versus practicality. Background Windows 95 was released to retail on August 24, 1995, and it represented...

Zed’s long-awaited arrival on Windows changes the editor landscape: the Rust‑written, GPU‑accelerated code editor that has been a favorite among macOS and Linux users is now a fully supported, native Windows application — and it’s doing so on its own terms rather than by wrapping a web runtime...

Google pushed an emergency Chrome update to address CVE-2025-10585, a type confusion vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine that Google says is being actively exploited in the wild — and because Microsoft Edge is Chromium-based, Windows users and enterprises must confirm their Edge builds...

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...

A critical vulnerability has once again cast a spotlight on the complex and ever-evolving landscape of web browser security, with CVE-2025-5419—a formidable out-of-bounds read and write flaw found in Chromium’s V8 JavaScript engine—emerging as a real-world threat now reportedly under active...

Microsoft’s recent unveiling at Build 2025 signals a profound shift in how developers can harness artificial intelligence within web applications, placing browser-level AI capabilities at the forefront of modern internet experiences. With the introduction of new AI APIs for Microsoft...

Pydantic, long a stalwart of fastidious data validation in Python, has dropped a bombshell into the world of AI agent infrastructure—a sandboxed, open-source Python execution server built atop the Model Context Protocol (MCP). If those acronyms sound like the plot twist in a Christopher Nolan...

Microsoft’s Azure Core Upstream team has just taken a bold step forward with the introduction of Hyperlight Wasm—a breakthrough that promises to redefine how WebAssembly modules and components are deployed on virtual machines in Azure. With the recent donation of the project to the Cloud Native...

Microsoft’s recent announcement on the future of WASI in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) has sparked both interest and a hint of urgency among developers. If you’ve been experimenting with server-side WebAssembly using WASI node pools, now is the time to plan your migration strategy. Although...

On June 20, 2024, a significant security vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-6101 was disclosed, originating from Google's Chromium project. This CVE specifically addresses an inappropriate implementation in WebAssembly, impacting users and developers who rely on Chromium-based browsers such as...

Uno Platform is a free and open-source platform aiming to take WinUI apps built with C# and XAML everywhere. If you are not familiar with WinUI, it is the native UX platform for building modern apps for Windows 10 - you can learn more about it on the Link Removed. With Uno Platform you can...

Uno Platform is a free and open-source platform aiming to take WinUI applications built with C# and XAML everywhere. If you are not familiar with WinUI, it is the native UX platform for building Windows applications - you can learn more about it on the Link Removed. With Uno Platform you can...

Just over one year ago, we started working on a best practices tool for the web called Link Removed—a customizable, open-source linting tool, built for modern web developer workflows. Today, we are announcing the release of its first major version. With today’s launch, we’d like to talk you...

JavaScript performance has always been a core area of focus for our team. Every release, we look for opportunities to improve end users’ browsing experience on real workloads with shorter start-up time, faster execution, and leaner memory usage. These efforts are guided by invaluable ongoing...

Last week, Microsoft welcomed thousands of developers from around the world to Build 2017, where we shared our vision for the future of dozens of products and services. Build featured a number of exciting sessions for developers building sites and apps with web technologies, including a peek at...

JavaScript performance is an evergreen topic on the web. With each new release of Microsoft Edge, we look at user feedback and telemetry data to identify opportunities to improve the Chakra JavaScript engine and enable better performance on real sites. In this post, we’ll walk you through some...