Visual Studio Code can be transformed from a capable editor into a powerhouse development environment with the right extensions, settings, and workflows. From AI coding assistants to containerized dev ...

Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code 1.118 has drawn sharp criticism for automatically adding a “Co-Authored-by: Copilot” tag to Git commits by default, even for some users not actively using Copilot. The ...

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Threat actors are exploiting the recent Claude Code source code leak by using fake GitHub repositories to deliver Vidar information-stealing malware. Claude Code is a terminal-based AI agent from ...

A large-scale campaign is targeting developers on GitHub with fake Visual Studio Code (VS Code) security alerts posted in the Discussions section of various projects, to trick users into downloading ...

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Updates to GitHub Copilot in VS Code provide the same C++ symbol context and CMake build configuration awareness as Microsoft’s C/C++ DevTools and CMake Tools extensions. Microsoft has introduced C++ ...

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GitHub has introduced an Agents tab that provides a repository-level view of Copilot coding agent tasks and sessions. The Agents workflow produces normal pull requests, enabling review and validation ...