Latest VS Code update introduces prepackaged bundles of chat customizations that can include skills, commands, agents, MCP ...

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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At QCon London 2016, engineers from Spotify presented how the company accelerates internal tool development using its ...

The GlassWorm supply-chain campaign has returned with a new, coordinated attack that targeted hundreds of packages, ...

Visual Studio 2026 is no longer a preview or a promise, it is a shipping product that developers can install today. Microsoft is positioning this release as a generational reset for its flagship IDE, ...

The quarterly release of Eclipse IDE 2026-03 brings some new features alongside bug fixes, such as the Java refactoring function "Convert Class to Record".

Microsoft's new Azure Skills Plugin bundles curated Azure skills, the Azure MCP Server, and the Foundry MCP Server into a single install that gives AI coding agents both the expertise and execution ...

Vulnerabilities with high to critical severity ratings affecting popular Visual Studio Code (VSCode) extensions collectively downloaded more than 128 million times could be exploited to steal local ...

Cortex 3.0 delivers AI-powered code generation, vulnerability scanning, Enterprise AI & DevSecOps integrations, ...

You also get to escape Microsoft telemetry tracking too.

Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code development environment will move from monthly updates to a weekly release schedule, beginning with version 1.111, according to the development team.