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Gemini CLI Extensions: Google Opens Terminal AI Tools on GitHub
Google has taken a significant step toward democratizing AI development by opening Gemini CLI to third-party extensions, enabling companies and independent developers to publish plugins that...
MQL5 Services Get Dedicated CodeBase Section in MT5 Build 5320
The latest MetaTrader 5 update, version 5320, introduces significant enhancements for developers and traders, focusing on a dedicated CodeBase category for MQL5 Services and improved handling of...
Windows 11 Canary Build 27950 fixes taskbar preview drift and screen flicker, but Arm64 risks remain
Microsoft has shipped Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27950 to Canary Channel testers, targeting a trio of persistent pain points: taskbar previews that drift away from app icons after a display...
Windows 11 Canary Build 27943 Repairs Storage, HDR, but Rollback Errors and Arm64 Crashes Mar Deployment
Microsoft dropped Canary build 27943 today, and while it patches several everyday annoyances—hung storage scans, duplicate taskbar previews, and flaky HDR—two showstopping regressions demand...
Mastercard Introduces Agent Pay and AI-Enhanced Fraud Detection for Autonomous Commerce
Mastercard is betting that the next generation of e-commerce won't be clicked by humans—it will be negotiated and paid for by AI agents. The payments giant today announced a comprehensive framework...
Microsoft's $20B AI Deal and Windows 11 25H2 ISO Headline a Landmark Week
Microsoft has locked in a multi-year deal worth up to $19.4 billion with GPU cloud provider Nebius, marking one of the largest third-party AI infrastructure pacts in the company's history. The...
No Cash, Just ID: Microsoft Opens Store to All Individual Developers Free of Charge
Microsoft has just erased the $19 registration fee for solo developers publishing to the Microsoft Store, replacing the old credit card requirement with a government ID and selfie-based identity...
Community-Built Files 4.0 Delivers Omnibar, Split Panes, and Git Integration to Windows
Files 4.0, the open-source Windows file manager, just hit a major milestone with a release that packs an Omnibar with command palette, dual-pane navigation, tags, and developer tools into a free...
Nadella's White House AI Pledge: Microsoft Ties Cloud, Chips, and Policy to Lock In Enterprise Dominance
Satya Nadella stepped into the White House on September 4, 2025, and offered public thanks to President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump for making artificial intelligence a national priority. The...
Files v4.0: The Open-Source App That Transforms Windows 11 File Management
Files, the open-source alternative to Windows 11’s native File Explorer, has reached version 4.0—a release that doesn’t just add features but fundamentally rethinks how power users interact...
ChatGPT Outages Expose Critical Risk: The 2025 Blueprint for a Multi-AI Workflow
ChatGPT’s service interruptions in recent months didn’t just interrupt casual conversation—they froze customer support pipelines, stalled content engines, and exposed a brittle dependency that...
Microsoft Confirms: TLS 1.3 Will Keep Breaking IIS Express mTLS on Windows 11, No Permanent Fix Planned
Developers relying on IIS Express for local testing with client certificates (mTLS) will continue to face breakage as long as TLS 1.3 remains enabled on Windows 11, Microsoft has confirmed, with no...