Hidden fees are now illegal for hotel and concert apps
Good news: Hotel and concert apps and websites can no longer display misleading prices upfront, with hidden fees revealed only when you go to checkout. As of this week, the practice is illegal in the US. Amusingly, one of the biggest offenders – Tick...
Introducing the /forceInterlockedFunctions switch for ARM64
In Visual Studio 2022 17.14, we are introducing the /forceInterlockedFunctions[-] switch, which generates and links with out-of-line atomics that select Armv8.1+ Large System Extension (LSE) atomic instructions based on CPU support. This switch is on b...
What ‘cloud first’ can teach us about ‘AI first’
In the early 2010s, enterprises enthusiastically embraced the “cloud first” ethos. Between 2010 and 2016, businesses aggressively migrated applications and data to the public cloud, spurred on by promises of lower costs, greater efficiency, and un...