Tech Pulse Daily - November 11, 2025

.NET 10 LTS Released: 3 Years of Long-Term Support

Microsoft has officially released .NET 10, the latest Long-Term Support (LTS) version of its cross-platform development framework, bringing significant performance improvements and enhanced cloud-native capabilities.

• LTS Support: 3 years of official support until November 2028
• Performance: Up to 20% faster startup times compared to .NET 9
• Cloud-Native: Enhanced container support with native AOT improvements
• C# 14: Ships with C# 14 featuring collection expressions and primary constructors

Read the official .NET 10 announcement →

🚨 CRITICAL: Microsoft Patch Tuesday - 63 CVEs Including Zero-Day

URGENT: Microsoft's November 2025 Patch Tuesday addresses 63 vulnerabilities, including CVE-2025-62215, an actively exploited zero-day in Windows Kernel that allows privilege escalation.

• CVE-2025-62215 (Critical): Windows Kernel privilege escalation - actively exploited in the wild
• 4 Critical RCEs: Remote code execution vulnerabilities in Exchange Server, SharePoint, and MSHTML
• 15 High-Severity: Multiple elevation of privilege vulnerabilities across Windows components
• Affected Systems: Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2019/2022/2025

View complete November 2025 Security Update Guide →

TypeScript Overtakes Python as #1 Language on GitHub

In a historic shift, TypeScript has overtaken Python to become the most popular programming language on GitHub, marking the first time in over a decade that Python hasn't held the top position.

• TypeScript: Now #1 with 28.3% of all new repositories
• Python: Dropped to #2 with 26.7% of new repositories
• Key Driver: Explosion of full-stack JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks (Next.js, Remix, SvelteKit)
• Enterprise Adoption: Major companies mandating TypeScript for frontend and Node.js backend projects

Read GitHub Octoverse 2025 Report →

GitHub Actions: Major Performance and Caching Updates

GitHub has rolled out significant updates to GitHub Actions, focusing on improved workflow performance, better caching mechanisms, and enhanced parallel job execution capabilities.

• Cache v4: New caching action with 40% faster restore times and cross-workflow sharing
• Parallel Jobs: Improved matrix job scheduling with up to 256 parallel jobs per workflow
• Arm64 Runners: General availability of Arm64 hosted runners for faster builds
• Job Summaries: Enhanced markdown support in job summaries with embedded images

View GitHub Actions changelog →

Visual Studio 2025 17.12 with AI-Powered IntelliCode

Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2025 version 17.12, featuring enhanced AI-powered IntelliCode capabilities and improved .NET 10 tooling support.

• IntelliCode AI: Context-aware code completions trained on 100M+ public repositories
• .NET 10 Templates: Updated project templates for .NET 10 MAUI, Blazor, and ASP.NET Core
• Git Integration: Improved merge conflict resolution with AI-suggested resolutions
• Performance: 15% faster solution load times for large C# projects

Download Visual Studio 2025 17.12 →

Docker Desktop 4.35: Native Kubernetes 1.31 Support

Docker has released Desktop 4.35 with native Kubernetes 1.31 support, bringing the latest Kubernetes features to local development environments.

• Kubernetes 1.31: Built-in support for the latest Kubernetes version with sidecar containers GA
• Resource Controls: Fine-grained CPU and memory limits per container
• Build Cache: Improved BuildKit cache with cloud sync for teams
• Extensions: New extension API for third-party integrations

View Docker Desktop 4.35 release notes →

Other Notable Updates

Node.js 22.11 LTS: Node.js has released version 22.11 with V8 engine 12.8 and improved ESM loader performance. This update includes better TypeScript integration through the experimental type stripping feature.

PostgreSQL 17.2: Minor release with critical bug fixes for JSON path expressions and improved vacuum performance for large tables.

Rust 1.83: New stable release with async iterator support (experimental) and improved compile times for large projects.