If you’re a developer, you probably use VS Code every day. Microsoft’s code editor is powerful on its own and packed with tools for most coding needs. But you don’t have to live with what the ...

Malicious VS Code extension ‘susvsex’ acted as ransomware and used GitHub for command control Extension appeared AI-generated, with embedded decryption keys and suspicious metadata Microsoft removed ...

Microsoft has released the source code for the GitHub Copilot Chat extension for VS Code under the MIT license. This provides the community access to the full implementation of the chat-based coding ...

Developers will know that having the right tools at your disposal can make a significant difference in your productivity and efficiency. Visual Studio Code, a popular code editor, offers a wide range ...

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Advanced AI like ChatGPT makes it super easy for the most clueless dev novice to create their very own personalized Visual Studio Code extensions. They can provide just about whatever functionality ...

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Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (VS Code) code editor and development environment contains a flaw that allows malicious extensions to retrieve authentication tokens stored in Windows, Linux, and macOS ...

Microsoft Visual Studio Code is a flexible, cross-platform editor that can be transformed into a full-blown IDE for most any language or workflow. Over the past few years, it has exploded in ...

According to Microsoft, the decision to open source GitHub Copilot Chat stems from a growing demand for transparency in how AI-assisted developer tools work -- particularly around prompt engineering, ...