Asynchronous programming with async and await has existed in .NET for years. Now Microsoft is delivering a new runtime environment for asynchronous execution.

Microsoft's 2026 roadmap for Windows 11 reveals some exciting innovations, but those shouldn't overshadow the long-standing issues that affect everyday PC users. Chris Hoffman is the author of Windows ...

Engineers are now focusing on performance, reliability, and the overall Windows experience. Engineers are now focusing on performance, reliability, and the overall Windows experience. is a senior ...

This is not the first time that Microsoft has had to issue a patch for a patch. Just last week, it had to react when it inadvertently introduced two new bugs: an inability to connect to Windows Cloud ...

Microsoft issued another out-of-band update to fix a bug that caused Outlook to crash for Windows 11 users. This second emergency patch addresses issues seen with Outlook and files stored in the cloud ...

Editor's take: Microsoft's push to turn Windows into a showcase for generative AI and chatbots is colliding with a far more immediate concern: reliability. Over the past two years, users have been ...

Microsoft Issues Emergency Fix After Some Windows 11 Systems Can’t Shut Down Your email has been sent The fix is for a bug that prevents some systems from shutting down, while another bug that ...

Microsoft has issued an urgent fix for Windows 11 after a recent security update caused several major issues with the operating system. One of the bugs prevented some systems from shutting down or ...

If your touchpad isn’t working on your laptop, you’re going to have to rely on your mouse. But there are a few steps you can take to troubleshoot a touchpad not working in Windows that may just fix ...

The native just-in-time compiler in Python 3.15 can speed up code by as much as 20% or more, although it’s still experimental. JITing, or “just-in-time” compilation, can make relatively slow ...

Bluetooth is a technology for short-range data transmission that has become so ubiquitous in recent years that we can no longer imagine life without it. This makes it all the more annoying when ...

Windows 11 is not without its bugs, quirks, and weirdness, and every once in a while, Microsoft fixes some of these issues to give users a much-needed respite. In June of this year, the company killed ...