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Visual Studio Code vs VSCodium: What is the real difference?

VSCodium avoids this entire issue. It is a community-driven option for those who don't want the proprietary distribution ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Threat Actors Keep Weaponizing VS Code Extensions

Threat actors are still abusing Visual Studio Code extensions as an entry point, with the latest fake Prettier incident ...
Infosecurity Magazine

Malicious VS Code Extensions Deploy Advanced Infostealer

Two malicious Visual Studio Code extensions, Bitcoin Black and Codo AI, have been observed harvesting sensitive user data ...
The Hacker News

Researchers Find Malicious VS Code, Go, npm, and Rust Packages Stealing Developer Data

Researchers found malicious VS Code extensions and Go, npm, and Rust packages stealing developer data via hidden payloads and exfiltration.
Visual Studio Magazine

Claude Opus 4.5 Lands in GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio and VS Code

GitHub Copilot users can now select Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.5 model in chat across Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio ...

Mistral AI surfs vibe-coding tailwinds with new coding models

French AI startup Mistral today launched Devstral 2, a new generation of its AI model designed for coding, as the company ...
GitHub

Install Git

To see if you already have Git installed, open up your terminal application. If you're on a Mac, look for a command prompt application called "Terminal". If you're on a Windows machine, open the ...
GitHub

Chrome DevTools for Coding Agents

chrome-devtools-mcp lets your coding agent (such as Gemini, Claude, Cursor or Copilot) control and inspect a live Chrome browser. It acts as a Model-Context-Protocol (MCP) server, giving your AI ...