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Geek Wire[^]:

“We are doubling down on this very important work, putting security above all else — before all other features and investments,” Nadella said Thursday afternoon, after the company’s fiscal third-quarter earnings report.

ISE Developer[^]:

In this post we will explore the concept of development containers and how it can help us to solve some of the challenges involved in setting up a new development environment

The Verge[^]:

The speaking practice feature creates an AI bot that keeps up a conversation with users who are learning to speak English.

Figma[^]:

Here’s how we cut build times in half and shipped a solution for scale.

The Conversation[^]:

You probably know better than to click on links that download unknown files onto your computer. It turns out that uploading files can get you into trouble, too.

Visual Studio magazine[^]:

Microsoft today shipped a preview of OData .NET 8. The last major update, coming in the Microsoft.OData.Core NuGet package, was version 7.0, which was released in August of 2016.

ZDNet[^]:

The company's new Copilot Workspace lets developers 'go from idea, to code, to software in natural language.'

The Register[^]:

Google's latest round of layoffs have hit engineers working on its Flutter and Python teams.

Windows Latest[^]:

After some recent Windows updates, some of you could run into a new OOBE (out-of-the-box experience)-like screens with full-screen promotional banners for Microsoft Edge, Microsoft 365, and OneDrive.

Atomic Object[^]:

A recent experiment conducted by interviewing.io highlighted how ChatGPT could help interviewees to cheat on technical interviews.

Security Boulevard[^]:

Developers in North America are more likely than their counterparts in other regions to see generative AI (GenAI) as a tool to improve the security of the code they write, according to a report by market research firm Evans Data Corp.

The Register[^]:

Not just Windows 10. Don't forget about Exchange Server, Skype for Business, and all those Office installations

Microsoft C++[^]:

In the field of C++ programming, the management of header files and modules can often seem challenging.

.NET[^]:

It is the first time that a .NET release is available from day one in the official Ubuntu feeds.

The Register[^]:

NASA's optical communications demonstration has hit 25 Mbps in a test transmitting engineering data back to Earth from 140 million miles (226 million kilometers) away.

Bleeping Computer[^]:

A new campaign tracked as “Dev Popper” is targeting software developers with fake job interviews in an attempt to trick them into installing a Python remote access trojan (RAT).

Windows Latest[^]:

The official update page mentions that the search is now more reliable. You can expect fast, accurate search results and a personalized search experience.