Microsoft updates Visual Studio Code with new themes and adjustable AI reasoning

Microsoft is accelerating its dev cycle with weekly releases. The latest VS Code update brings a visual overhaul and deeper ...

Want to Learn to Vibe Code? Start by Making the Video Game of Your Dreams

Vibe coding is the process of directing an AI agent to develop a piece of software, and then just letting the agent write the ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Going Local (& a Bit Loco) with Open-Source AI in VS Code

This hands-on PoC shows how I got an open-source model running locally in Visual Studio Code, where the setup worked, where it broke down, and what to watch out for if you want to apply a local model ...
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 ...
TechCrunch

Spotify says its best developers haven’t written a line of code since December, thanks to AI

Has AI coding reached a tipping point? That seems to be the case for Spotify at least, which shared this week during its fourth-quarter earnings call that the best developers at the company “have not ...
GizChina

Xiaomi Tag Launches Without UWB Despite Earlier Code Hints - Its price is cool though

Xiaomi finally launched its answer to Apple's AirTag. The Xiaomi Tag just showed up at European retailers with pricing that massively undercuts established competitors. We're talking €17.99 for a ...
Digital Trends

Xcode’s new AI agents don’t just suggest code, they get things done for you

Apple has quietly turned Xcode, its venerable app-building machine, into an AI-driven software that can now harness agentic coding. Last year, the Cupertino giant added basic AI-based features, such ...
TechSpot

Engineers just found a way to cool quantum systems using microwave noise

Looking ahead: Quantum computing's greatest promise remains its greatest paradox: the same conditions that let qubits perform extraordinary feats of calculation also make them exceptionally fragile.
The New York Times

27 Things to Do in New York City in February

This month offers a Valentine’s Saturday, a Fat Tuesday and a month of Black history, plus the Harlem Globetrotters and a last call for Gumby. By Erik Piepenburg Native American dance traditions take ...
Computerworld

11 cool things Copilot can do in Excel

Microsoft has woven its generative AI technology throughout Microsoft 365, the company’s productivity suite. Its Copilot AI assistant is most often used in M365 apps for text-oriented actions, such as ...
The New York Times

This A.I. Tool Is Going Viral. Five Ways People Are Using It.

Claude Code generates computer code when people type prompts, so those with no coding experience can create their own programs and apps. By Natallie Rocha Reporting from San Francisco Claude Code, an ...