How a discontinued legacy sparked a modern language built to last for decades — Ring emerged after Microsoft canceled ...

Bottom line: Microsoft is increasing the company-wide effort to adopt Rust as a first-class citizen for internal software development. A new job offering would be perfect for Rust experts interested ...

Microsoft is becoming a sponsor of the coding school 42 Wolfsburg. The tech company will participate in the development of the curriculum for automotive software and mobility ecosystems, among other ...

In June and July, I discussed the .NET Micro Framework, the Tahoe Board, and the Tahoe SDK. Since then, the Tahoe SDK has been updated, and Microsoft Press has published Embedded Programming with the ...

Galen Hunt, a notable Microsoft engineer, posted on LinkedIn that he wants to replace C/C++ with Rust plus AI, targeting elimination by 2030. An update to that post later clarified that this is a ...

Microsoft on Wednesday offered a progress report on its "Secure Future Initiative" (SFI). The announcement by Bret Arsenault, Microsoft's corporate vice president and chief cybersecurity advisor, ...

It all started with two kids who shared a geeky hobby. Growing up in Seattle, childhood friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen were obsessed with an emerging industry called computing. As teenagers, they ...

[Editor’s Note: Microsoft @ 50 is a year-long GeekWire project exploring the tech giant’s past, present, and future, recognizing its 50th anniversary in 2025.] Next time you right-click on a mouse, ...