Microsoft may be dialing back some of its “AI everywhere” messaging, but inside its developer tools, AI remains front and center. According to Neowin, Microsoft has outlined a new set of AI-focused ...

Microsoft previewed Visual Studio 2026 with Insiders for a few months before launching it generally in November 2025. During this time period, it has become clear that AI is a big focus for the ...

Microsoft this week deployed its first crop of its homegrown AI chips in one of its data centers, with plans to roll out more in the coming months, it says. The chip, named the Maia 200, is designed ...

Engineers are now focusing on performance, reliability, and the overall Windows experience. Engineers are now focusing on performance, reliability, and the overall Windows experience. is a senior ...

BitLocker encrypts your hard drive and requires a key to decrypt it. Microsoft may give your key to law enforcement upon a valid request. Don't save your key to the cloud; instead, store it locally or ...

Microsoft has claimed that changing keyboard shortcuts in Visual Studio 2026 is a "high-stakes juggling act", in which even telemetry isn't enough. Visual Studio is the integrated development ...

Pradershika Sharma is a tech deals writer for Lifehacker. She has a Master’s degree in English Literature, a B.Ed., and a TESOL certification. She has been writing professionally since 2018, creating ...

Microsoft is fundamentally restructuring how it delivers its flagship development environment, abandoning its traditional multi-year release cycle for a faster, annual cadence. Under the new “Modern ...

Touted as an “AI-native intelligent development environment,” Visual Studio 2026 features performance and user experience improvements in addition to AI-powered debugging, profiling, and more. Visual ...

Microsoft will expand headcount again, CEO Satya Nadella said on a podcast that aired Friday. The employee base was stagnant at 228,000 in the fiscal year that ended in June, with more than 6,000 ...

Microsoft published guidance explaining how C++ developers can upgrade their existing projects to Visual Studio 2026. The company said the process is straightforward and designed to minimize ...