Developers doing Windows apps have a confusing arsenal of tools and frameworks to work with, but Microsoft is simplifying things a bit with a new Visual Studio workload that highlights the company's ...

PCWorld reports that Microsoft is modernizing Windows 11’s outdated user interface and replacing web-wrapped applications with native apps for better performance and lower RAM consumption. The updates ...

Build 2026 laid out the future of Windows 11 computing and laid the groundwork for the next category of AI devices.

Ever since someone figured out that fiddling bits results in source code, developers have sought one codebase for all types of apps on all platforms, with Microsoft's latest attempt to further that ...

Copilot goes back to being a native Windows app again. Copilot goes back to being a native Windows app again. is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things ...

Windows Build 2026 positions AI agents as core to native app development. Microsoft Execution Containers add policy-based sandboxing for safer agent code execution. Windows 365, Aion and Solara expand ...

A third-party unofficial Windows 11 mod promises to improve the Windows 11 UI and UX while not altering system files in any way. Ever since Windows Vista, Microsoft has been making its desktop OS more ...