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.NET 11.0 Release Candidate 2: Breaking changes before release

The runtime is version 11.0.0-rc.2.26504.105, and the SDK is version 11.0.100-rc.2.26504.105. Microsoft supports Release Candidate 2 in the current version 12308.306 of Visual Studio 2026 Insiders ...
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.NET 11.0 Release Candidate 2: Breaking Changes kurz vor Fertigstellung

Die Laufzeitumgebung trägt die Versionsnummer 11.0.0-rc.2.26504.105, das SDK die Versionsnummer 11.0.100-rc.2.26504.105. Microsoft unterstützt den Release Candidate 2 in der aktuellen Version ...
Visual Studio Magazine

.NET 11 RC2 Adds Post-Quantum Crypto, .NET MAUI C# UI and NuGet Controls

.NET 11 RC2 retains go-live support ahead of November's general availability. Updates include experimental cryptography APIs, .NET MAUI C# UI templates and Windows Forms improvements. NuGet adds ...
PC Magazine

Put Visual Studio 2026 to Work Across .NET, C++, Blazor, and .NET MAUI for $30

Put Visual Studio 2026 to Work Across .NET, C++, Blazor, and .NET MAUI for $30 Get a lifetime Visual Studio Professional 2026 license for $30 and use its development, debugging, collaboration, and ...
USA Today

The newest first-class airfare comes with an unexpected catch

Basic airfare has now entered the first-class cabin. United Airlines is launching a new lower-end ticket for first-class flights, called base. Starting in fall 2026, United First and United Business ...
devblogs

Announcing .NET Modernization for Beginners

We’ve built a new course to help you navigate the journey when you’re the owner of an application built on a legacy .NET framework and it needs to be modernized. The whole concept of modernization is ...
learn

Tutorial: Write your first analyzer and code fix

The .NET Compiler Platform SDK provides the tools you need to create custom diagnostics (analyzers), code fixes, code refactoring, and diagnostic suppressors that target C# or Visual Basic code. An ...
PC World

Spotify’s hidden Basic tier can save you cash, if you can find it

Annoyed by Spotify’s latest price hike? You can always dodge the increase by switching to a competing streamer, but if you’d rather stick to Spotify, there’s another option: a cheaper but well-hidden ...
Developer Tech

Visual Studio 2026 and .NET 10: AI-native tools, quantum security

Microsoft is focusing on long-term stability and more flexible developer tooling with its new “AI-native” Visual Studio 2026 IDE and .NET 10. These new releases are aimed at two main business goals: ...
Phys.org

The basic mechanisms of visual attention emerged over 500 million years ago, study suggests

The brain does not need its sophisticated cortex to interpret the visual world. A new study published in PLOS Biology demonstrates that a much older structure, the superior colliculus, contains the ...
ZDNet

MS-BASIC 1.1 introduced programming to a generation – now you can download it for free

In 1976, they rebranded Altair BASIC to Microsoft BASIC 1.1 and ported it from the 8080 processor to the MOS 6502 microprocessor. Gates had always intended this BASIC to run on more than just the ...
PC World

Microsoft’s first-ever programming language was just open-sourced

Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was initially called Altair BASIC before becoming Microsoft BASIC, and it was ...