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

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two new extensions on Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) Marketplace that are designed to infect developer machines with stealer malware. The VS Code ...
VentureBeat

Anthropic's Claude Code can now read your Slack messages and write code for you

Anthropic has launched a beta integration that connects its fast-growing Claude Code programming agent directly into Slack, allowing software engineers to delegate coding tasks without leaving the ...
IEEE

VSCode-V2: Dynamic Prompt Learning for General Visual Salient and Camouflaged Object Detection With Two-Stage Optimization

Abstract: Salient object detection (SOD) and camouflaged object detection (COD) are related but distinct binary mapping tasks, each involving multiple modalities that share commonalities while ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Google's Antigravity IDE Sparks Forking Debate

Google's new AI-powered Antigravity IDE has triggered an intense discussion among developers after many users quickly concluded that the tool is based on Microsoft's Visual Studio Code. A Hacker News ...
itechhacks

VSCode Keeps Uninstalling Itself After Window Close? Here’s the Real Reason and Fix

VS Code uninstalling itself is a real, documented issue caused mainly by interrupted or failed background updates—especially when the system is shut down, locked ...
TechSpot

Microsoft replaces legacy JavaScript engine to improve security in Windows 11

In context: Windows has included a proprietary JavaScript engine since the release of Internet Explorer 3.0 nearly 30 years ago. Technically, JScript is Microsoft's own dialect of the ...
maketecheasier.com

Integrate ChatGPT with VSCode to Boost Your Productivity

You can bring AI support directly to Visual Studio Code (VSCode) by adding ChatGPT to it. This can make coding faster and easier for you, as it acts like a smart assistant, offering ready-to-use code ...
CSOonline

Warning to developers: Stay away from these 10 VSCode extensions

Developers using Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code (VSCode) editor are being warned to delete, or at least stay away from, 10 newly published extensions which will trigger the installation of a ...
The Hacker News

VSCode Marketplace Removes Two Extensions Deploying Early-Stage Ransomware

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered two malicious extensions in the Visual Studio Code (VSCode) Marketplace that are designed to deploy ransomware that's under development to its users. The ...
Bleeping Computer

VSCode extensions found downloading early-stage ransomware

Two malicious VSCode Marketplace extensions were found deploying in-development ransomware, exposing critical gaps in Microsoft's review process. The extensions, named "ahban.shiba" and ...
InfoWorld

State of JavaScript: Highlights of the JavaScript developer survey

The latest State of JavaScript survey provides an up-close look at the JavaScript language features, tools, libraries, and frameworks developers are using and how they're using them. Getting a ...