As quickly as 3D printers have taken off, they haven't had true OS-level support. Microsoft is fixing that with Windows 8.1: a built-in API will let developers weave 3D printing into their own apps.

An application programming interface (API) is software that acts as an intermediary between two programs, helping them ...

Autodesk has announced a pair of strategic partnerships with Microsoft which predictably revolve around its 3D modelling software technologies. First of all Autodesk is working with Microsoft embed ...

SAN FRANCISCO—Microsoft executives said Thursday that they have built in the Autodesk “Spark” 3D printing platform into Windows 10. Autodesk launched Spark as an open platform a year ago, when the ...

Microsoft might have patched PrintNightmare in Windows, but for the second time this month, there’s yet another printer-themed vulnerability in the wild. Just detailed is a new vulnerability in the ...

Attention Windows users: You can speed up your update scans or you can print multiple documents. In the wacky world of Windows, you can’t do both. Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday bug appears to ...

A new Windows 8.1 app released by Microsoft this morning aims to introduce 3D printing to the average person … or at least the average person with a 3D printer. The company’s “3D Builder” app is a ...