Windows Terminal is now the default console for Windows 11 22H2, marking a significant shift in how Windows users run their command line programs. Windows users have been running their console ...

A startling pivot is in store for Microsoft’s gaming hardware: the next-generation Xbox will run a full Windows operating system, in a blurring of console and PC lines that no previous Xbox has ...

Rumors of the next-gen Xbox console powered by Windows, making it a full-fledged gaming PC, began floating to the surface of the news cycle earlier this month. Now, it seems that those rumors actually ...

Microsoft indicated plans this week to make its open source Windows Terminal app the default command-line console in Windows 11, along with opening the operating system up to using other consoles by ...

Windows 10 will soon let you configure Windows Terminal as the default terminal application to launch console and PowerShell programs. When you launch a command-line console program in Windows 10, the ...

Microsoft is bringing a pseudoconsole to Windows 10, which will make it easier for developers to connect their command-line and graphical user interface (GUI)-based applications. In a "back to the ...

Inspired by Unix and Linux (*NIX), the next version of Windows 10 will include a Windows Pseudo Console, known as "ConPTY," that should make it easier for developers to connect their command-line and ...

In the Fall Creators Update, Microsoft is going to change the default color scheme used by Windows' console windows. After years of neglect, Microsoft has been working to update and overhaul the ...

"We've heard from many, many developers, who've frequently requested a PTY-like mechanism in Windows," said Microsoft exec Rich Turner in a recent blog post announcing a Windows Pseudo Console (ConPTY ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. A new cyberattack, being tracked as FLUX#CONSOLE, exploits ...

One of the sore points of the Windows command-line environment is that the command-line windows themselves, the “console” windows, have always been a bit strange. Back in Windows XP, for example, ...