Now you can upgrade any .NET application to the latest version of .NET inside of Visual Studio! We are happy to introduce it as a Visual Studio extension and will upgrade your .NET Framework or .NET Core web- and desktop apps. In this video, Olia shows you how to get the extension and start to update your projects to the latest version of NET in minutes. 

What makes 1.0 different from our pre-release builds?

• Stable CSS and API surface.We're now confident in the API for these components and do not plan any breaking changes.
• Supported platforms: Tested on IE 11+, Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Android 4.2+ and iOS 8+.
• Angular 1.5-ready. You can use AngularJS 1.3 and later, but as soon as you update to the new release, you can be confident that ngMaterial components will continue to work as expected. 

Feedspot is the content reader built especially for power users who want to save time. Using a content reader helps you keep up with your top information 

.NET Core 2.1.3 is available for [download] and usage in your environment. This release includes .NET Core 2.1.3, ASP.NET Core 2.1.3 and .NET Core SDK 2.1.401. 

Microsoft just announced Update 4 of its new version of Visual Studio, Visual Studio “15”. This latest update of Visual Studio “15” now ships with C# version 7.0 compiler .

Today, we are releasing the .NET March 2021 Updates. These updates contains reliability and security improvements. See the individual release notes for details on updated packages.

You can download 5.0.4 , 3.1.13, 2.1.26 versions for Windows, macOS, and Linux, for x86, x64, Arm32, and Arm64.

• Installers and binaries: 5.0.4 | 3.1.13 | 2.1.26
• Release notes: 5.0.4 | 3.1.13 | 2.1.26
• Container images
• Linux packages: 5.0.4 | 3.1.13 | 2.1.26
• Release feedback/issues
• Known issues: 5.0 | 3.1 | 2.1  

WinAppDriver - Test any app with Appium's Selenium-like tests on Windows 

Intel’s on a long, long road to recovery, and over 15,000 workers will no longer be coming along for the ride. The chipmaker just announced it’s downsizing its workforce by over 15 percent as part of a new $10 billion cost savings plan for 2025, which will mean a headcount reduction of greater than 15,000 roles, Intel tells The Verge. The company currently employs over 125,000 workers, so layoffs could be as many as 19,000 people.

This is the first release of a 64-bit Visual Studio and we’d love for you to download it, try it out, and join us in shaping the next major release of Visual Studio with your feedback. 

First, the decoupling of .NET from Windows
Second, the newfound focus on CLR performance
Third, moving .NET’s tooling to a cross-platform model
Fourth, the .NET user base is embracing the OSS ecosystem as a whole
Fifth, in general the direction on .NET development is pushing users further down into the details of the stack
Sixth, Microsoft’s platform work being done out in the open