InfoWorld

Microsoft brings C++ smarts to GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code

Updates to GitHub Copilot in VS Code provide the same C++ symbol context and CMake build configuration awareness as Microsoft’s C/C++ DevTools and CMake Tools extensions.

Microsoft built Phi-4-reasoning-vision-15B to know when to think — and when thinking is a waste of time

B, an open-weight multimodal vision AI model designed to deliver strong math, science, document and UI reasoning with far less training data and compute than much larger systems.
Indiatimes

Less than a year after CEO Satya Nadella said 30% of Microsoft's code is AI-written, company appoints an 'Engineering Quality Head;' and here's why that matters

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella appointed Charlie Bell as the new head of engineering quality, a move occurring as AI-generated code increases alongside reported bugs. This comes amid challenges with ...
ExtremeTech

Microsoft Fixes Windows 11 Bug That Let Attackers Run Remote Code in Notepad

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InfoQ

Microsoft Agent Framework RC Simplifies Agentic Development in .NET and Python

Microsoft has announced that the Microsoft Agent Framework has reached Release Candidate status for both .NET and Python. This milestone indicates that the API surface is stable and feature-complete ...
Yahoo Finance

Microsoft Is Still Getting Drubbed in the Software Sell-Off, But It Has a Cheat Code

Nearly a week after software stocks plunged in response to earnings reports from industry heavyweights like Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), ServiceNow, and SAP that were less than perfect, the sector ...
Nasdaq

Microsoft Is Still Getting Drubbed in the Software Sell-Off, But It Has a Cheat Code

Software stocks continue to tumble on AI-driven fears. Investors seem to think Microsoft is overspending on capital expenditures. The stock is trading at a modest discount to the S&P 500. The iShares ...
eWeek

Meta AI Wants to Be Your Personal Shopper

Meta is rolling out a dedicated shopping research mode inside its Meta AI web chatbot for a slice of US desktop users. Search ...
The Verge

Microsoft fixes Notepad flaw that could trick users into clicking malicious Markdown links

Bad actors could use the flaw to remotely load and execute malicious files on a victim’s computer. Bad actors could use the flaw to remotely load and execute malicious files on a victim’s computer. is ...
CNBC

Google and Microsoft offer lucrative deals to promote AI, but even $500,000 won't sway some creators

AI companies like Anthropic and Meta are hiring social media creators to post sponsored content on apps like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn. Companies including Microsoft and Google have ...
The Verge

GitHub adds Claude and Codex AI coding agents

Microsoft-owned GitHub continues to embrace OpenAI and Anthropic AI advances. Microsoft-owned GitHub continues to embrace OpenAI and Anthropic AI advances. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, ...
Barron's

S&P 500 Information Technology Sector Index

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