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Android's sideloading changes, the big Visual Studio Code update, better Linux phones, and more: News roundup

Everything you may have missed from the past week.
InfoWorld

I ran Qwen3.5 locally instead of Claude Code. Here’s what happened.

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

How to clear your Windows 11 PC cache (and why you shouldn't wait to do it)

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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 ...
ADTmag

JetBrains Launches Air Preview for Developers Managing Multiple AI Agents

JetBrains is betting on multi-agent coding workflows. Air is designed to let developers assign coding tasks to multiple AI agents simultaneously, signaling a shift beyond single chat-based assistants ...
ZDNet

How much RAM does your PC actually need in 2026? A Windows and Mac expert weighs in

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