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Microsoft CTO confesses that 30-year-old code from the mid-90s still forms the bedrock of Windows 11 — ancient Win32 API still the backbone, but CTO says it's 'more relevant than ever in 2026'

… Though it is ancient, it has probably stuck around for good reason. “I think one of the reasons it’s got this staying power is just a fundamental layer inside of Windows that so many apps have built on,” notes Russinovich. “So many technologies and ecosystems have been built on top of it that it’s … …

May 8, 2026 · Mark Tyson
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Bill Gates once starred in a bizarre Doom promo to push Windows 95 back in 1993 — tech mogul wore a trench coat, wielded a shotgun, and shot a demon, saying 'Who do you want to execute today?'

… When Microsoft wanted people to take Windows 95 seriously for gaming, they used DOOM.They made a promo where Bill Gates appeared in a trench coat inside the game world.Microsoft basically used hell demons to sell Windows. pic.twitter.com/lb1ST6peqY May 26, 2026 The Doom franchise began in 1993, wel… …

May 31, 2026 · Mark Tyson
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Microsoft unveils Project Solara AI, a chip-to-cloud platform built to power a new generation of 'agent-first' enterprise devices — hardware designed to run AI agents instead of traditional apps

… Another notable aspect of Solara is Microsoft's decision to build MDEP on Android rather than Windows. AOSP scales naturally to the lightweight, constrained hardware that wearables and embedded devices run on — something Windows, with its memory and processing overhead, was never designed to do. …

Jun 3, 2026 · Etiido Uko