From code-first to intent-first: Microsoft Build 2026 could be the end of programming as we know it

Build 2026 runs from June 2-3 in San Francisco. Here's what Microsoft is expected to announce for GitHub Copilot, Azure AI ...

Microsoft is killing Office 2019 for Mac and iPhone, and you can't do much about it

Microsoft will be effectively bricking the standalone Office 2019 for Mac, iPad, and iPhone users on July 13, 2026. There's ...

OpenBSD 7.9 arrives, a diamond in the rough proud of every sharp edge

OpenBSD 7.9 arrived just a couple of days after project lead Theo de Raadt's birthday. Our congratulations to both. The last four months or so have seen the fastest succession of security issues in ...
CNET

I Replaced Microsoft 365 With This Free Program, and I'm Happy With the Switch

Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him reading and drinking coffee or watching a ...
Portland Press Herald

People with disabilities slam Graham Platner’s use of ‘R word’; he apologizes

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TechCrunch

Microsoft is working on yet another OpenClaw-like agent

Microsoft is testing ways to integrate OpenClaw-like features into its existing Microsoft 365 Copilot tool. The new features, which the company confirmed to The Information, would be geared toward ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Microsoft Ships Production-Ready Agent Framework 1.0 for .NET and Python

Microsoft says Agent Framework 1.0 is the production-ready release, with stable APIs and long-term support for both .NET and Python. The framework is presented as a unified successor path that builds ...
Ars Technica

OpenAI is acquiring open source Python tool-maker Astral

OpenAI announced Thursday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Astral, the company behind popular open source Python development tools such as uv, Ruff, and ty, and integrate the company ...
GitHub

AutoGen Studio

AutoGen Studio is an AutoGen-powered AI app (user interface) to help you rapidly prototype AI agents, enhance them with skills, compose them into workflows and interact with them to accomplish tasks.
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NPR, MS NOW: Trump-related files missing from DOJ's Epstein file release

NPR and MS NOW report that files related to President Trump are missing from the Department of Justice's release of the Epstein documents. MS NOW Senior Legal Reporter Lisa Rubin, MS NOW Senior White ...
Wired

You Can Now Install—and Update—Microsoft Store Apps Using the Command Line

I can't stand opening the Microsoft Store. It's slow to load, confusing to browse, and full of ads for things I don't care about. Luckily, thanks to a new feature, I don't have to open the Microsoft ...