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VS Code can use LLM models other than GitHub Copilot’s built-in providers for AI-assisted development, including local and ...

Eclipse Open VSX has reached 1.0.0, highlighting its role as a vendor-neutral registry for VS Code-compatible extensions.

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Symantec and Carbon Black link Mistic backdoor attacks to KongTuke, using ClickFix lures and in-memory execution for stealthy ...

Google links Turla to STOCKSTAY, a new .NET backdoor used in phishing attacks against Ukraine government and military targets ...

Mozilla researchers revealed a new attack that tricks Claude Code into running hidden commands from seemingly harmless GitHub ...

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We installed WSL Containers on Windows 11, built a custom container from scratch, tested it, and checked what still needs ...

Tom Fenton moves from local AI concepts to hands-on tools for matching LLMs to hardware, running local chatbots with Ollama and benchmarking AI performance.