Marketplace that were collectively installed 1.5 million times, exfiltrate developer data to China-based servers.

Python’s new JIT compiler might be the biggest speed boost we’ve seen in a while, but it’s not without bumps. Get that news and more, in this week’s report.

The project is in an experimental, pre-alpha, exploratory phase with the intention to be productionized. We move fast, break things, and explore various aspects of the seamless developer experience ...

This release helps developers get from idea to shipping code faster, limiting interruptions and endless context switching.

Experts reveal Evelyn Stealer malware abusing VS Code extensions to steal developer credentials, browser data, and ...

Microsoft has officially open-sourced XAML Studio, a lightweight rapid prototyping tool for XAML-based UI development, under ...

I tried four vibe-coding tools, including Cursor and Replit, with no coding background. Here's what worked (and what didn't).

This extension runs the latest pdf.js underneath. A demo of their editor (hence ours) can be found here. Most extensions currently in the marketplace have problems too deep to fix. These problems ...

The Copilot Studio Extension allows developers to build and manage Copilot Studio agents directly from within VS Code.

ConsentFix is an OAuth phishing technique abusing browser-based authorization flows to hijack Microsoft accounts. Push ...

Abstract: Software quality is critical, as low quality, or “Code smell,” increases technical debt and maintenance costs. There is a timely need for a collaborative model that detects and manages code ...

An experimental feature in VS Code 1.108, Agent Skills are folders of instructions, scripts, and resources that GitHub Copilot can load for specialized tasks.