Visual Studio 2026 has further integrated GitHub Copilot's cloud agent to its Copilot Chat picker -- catching up to VS Code -- and the async workflow it enables, where a task runs on GitHub Actions ...

Developers and analysts suggest that extending Visual Studio Code with AI tools like GitHub Copilot, Codex, and Claude is proving more effective than building entirely new AI-focused editors. VS ...

Microsoft updates Visual Studio with cloud agents, Copilot upgrades, and improved debugging tools for modern AI-driven development.

AI-powered coding tools are increasingly integrating with Visual Studio Code instead of replacing it, leveraging its established ecosystem and minimizing workflow disruption. Developers benefit from ...

Attackers continue to scale a campaign to seed Open VSX with seemingly benign VS Code extensions that spread self-propagating ...

Microsoft is making Visual Studio more agentic. New tools handle remote coding tasks and analyze live app behavior to find ...

Socket has notified the Eclipse Foundation, which oversees the Open VSX marketplace, of the latest fraudulent additions, and Burckhardt expects that by now all 73 have been deleted.

VS Code extensions since Dec 21, 2025 fuel GlassWorm v2, installing cross-IDE malware and stealing credentials.

Visual Studio has never really been the lightweight option. It's not the tool you open just to tweak a config file or write a ...

Visual Studio Code 1.117 adds Copilot BYOK, faster chat streaming, and terminal fixes, giving developers more control.

Tropic Trooper used trojanized SumatraPDF and GitHub C2 in 2024 to deploy AdaptixC2, enabling covert VS Code tunnel access.

VS Code 1.117 adds bring-your-own model key support for Copilot Business and Enterprise users and introduces a set of chat, agent, terminal, and TypeScript updates.