Just-released Version 1.113 of Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code editor emphasizes improvements ranging from chat customizations ...

You can now run LLMs for software development on consumer-grade PCs. But we’re still a ways off from having Claude at home.

Everything you may have missed from the past week.

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.

Built for focused coding sessions.

JavaOne Oracle has shipped Java 26, a short-term release, and introduced Project Detroit, which promises faster interop between Java, JavaScript, and Python. Java 26 will be supported for just six ...

You won't have to switch to a browser as often.

North Korean hackers exploit VS Code tasks.json auto-run since Dec 2025 to deploy StoatWaffle malware, stealing data and ...

The Contagious Interview campaign weaponizes job recruitment to target developers. Threat actors pose as recruiters from crypto and AI companies and deliver backdoors such as OtterCookie and ...

AI Toolkit for VS Code v0.30.0 adds a new Tool Catalog for discovering, configuring, and managing agent tools, including local stdio MCP servers and tools from the public Foundry catalog. A new Agent ...

So, you want to get into Python coding online, huh? It’s a pretty popular language, and luckily, there are tons of tools out ...