Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was ...

Specifically, it's a port of BASIC, the OS that founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen developed for use on the Intel ...

Microsoft called the code—written by the company’s founder, Bill Gates, and its second-ever employee, Ric Weiland—”one of the ...

A few months after releasing the Altair BASIC source code, Microsoft has shared another cornerstone of its early software success. The company announced that 6502 BASIC ...

Microsoft has open-sourced the 6502 BASIC programming language interpreter from 1976. Its source code is now available on ...

Microsoft began adopting Rust for core Windows programming a few years ago, praising the relatively new language as a key tool for reducing bugs and enhancing ...

Kevin Scott, the CTO of Microsoft, says 95% of code will be AI-generated within five years. In a podcast interview, he said he doesn't expect humans to be entirely cut out of programming. He said ...

Russian state-backed hackers gained access to some of Microsoft’s core software systems in a hack first disclosed in January, the company said Friday, revealing a more extensive and serious ...

A.I. tools from Microsoft and other companies are helping write code, placing software engineers at the forefront of the technology’s potential to disrupt the work force.