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Microsoft ships VS Code weekly, adds Autopilot mode so AI can wreak havoc without bothering you

Google also enables auto-approval of AI agents while their documentation warns against it Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is moving to a weekly release cycle, as well as joining Google in ...
XDA Developers on MSN

I replaced VS Code with this open-source editor and it's faster, lighter, and runs all my extensions

You also get to escape Microsoft telemetry tracking too.
Thurrott

Visual Studio Code Moves to a Weekly Update Schedule

With the release of Visual Studio Code 1.111 last night, Microsoft has moved its lightweight code editor to a weekly update schedule. “Welcome to the 1.111 release of Visual Studio Code, the first of ...
Indiatimes

Less than a year after CEO Satya Nadella said 30% of Microsoft's code is AI-written, company appoints an 'Engineering Quality Head;' and here's why that matters

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella appointed Charlie Bell as the new head of engineering quality, a move occurring as AI-generated code increases alongside reported bugs. This comes amid challenges with ...
The Motley Fool

Microsoft Is Still Getting Drubbed in the Software Sell-Off, But It Has a Cheat Code

Software stocks continue to tumble on AI-driven fears. Investors seem to think Microsoft is overspending on capital expenditures. The stock is trading at a modest discount to the S&P 500. The iShares ...
AOL

Microsoft Directed Engineers to Use Claude Code. Is This Another Hit to OpenAI?

There's a lot of hype surrounding Anthropic's Claude Code of late. It's a powerful tool for coders and one that may very well drive the price of software markedly lower as the technology advances. Of ...
The Verge

Claude Code is suddenly everywhere inside Microsoft

Microsoft sells GitHub Copilot to its customers, but it increasingly favors Claude Code internally. Microsoft sells GitHub Copilot to its customers, but it increasingly favors Claude Code internally.
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft Copilot Studio extension for VS Code now publicly available

Microsoft announced that the Copilot Studio extension for the Visual Studio Code (VS Code) integrated development environment is now available to all users. Developers can use it to build and manage ...
Forbes

2FA Code Attacks Surge As Russian Hackers Target Microsoft Users

Microsoft 365 is under attack, China and Russia afflited hackers suspected. Updated December 23 with advice from a mobile security solutions expert regarding the Russian device code attacks targeting ...
InfoWorld

Visual Studio Code adds multi-agent orchestration

With Visual Studio Code 1.107, developers can use GitHub Copilot and custom agents together and delegate work across local, background, and cloud agents. Just-released Visual Studio Code 1.107, the ...
Computerworld

What does OpenAI’s ‘Code Red’ warning mean for Microsoft?

Google’s new Gemini 3 AI model is beating the pants off OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and it’s embedded in an array of Google products — a threat that Microsoft can’t ignore. Three years ago, OpenAI jumpstarted ...