As well as Coreutils, the Build 2026 developer conference also saw Microsoft announce WSL containers CLI and API to deploy ...

Microsoft’s Build 2026 Windows updates add developer setup tools, local AI models, Linux workflows, and agent security ...

The Build 2026 keynote was overly-long, in keeping with tradition. But there was some good news for Windows developers too.

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A practical workaround shows how PowerShell developers can keep Windows Forms GUIs responsive by moving timer-driven processing into background jobs and using a second timer to update the interface ...

PowerShell GUI timers can freeze dashboards when updates run outside the UI thread. Windows Forms timers update labels correctly but can make interfaces completely unresponsive. Responsive PowerShell ...

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Most people will never need to think about Secure Boot certificates. They live deep in your PC’s firmware, do their job silently, and have been doing so since 2011 without asking for much in return.

The original Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Secure Boot certificates for Windows will start expiring in late June. Microsoft has urged IT and security leaders to apply updated ...

Long-time Windows users might be well aware of the term – UEFI. For those who are not, UEFI is the abbreviated form of Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, a sort of BIOS replacement to set up the ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...