In a social media feedback thread started by Microsoft Visual Studio guru Mads Kristensen, multiple developers unloaded on the IDE's facility with AI provided by GitHub Copilot and other tools.

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File-based apps, extension members, nameof improvements, and user-defined compound assignment operators make life easier for C# programmers. You’ll need .NET 10.

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Claude Sonnet 4.6 features improved skills in coding, computer use, long-context reasoning, agent planning, knowledge work, and design.

With ProducerAI joining Google Labs, Google is combining music generation, album art, and AI video creation into a single prompt-driven workflow aimed at aspiring music producers. The post Google’s ...

In the Curator’s Words is an occasional series that takes a critical look at current exhibitions through the eyes of curators. When Alessandra Moctezuma was offered an opportunity to host a traveling ...

Imagine some Marvin Gaye playing, a glass of liquid encouragement and some paint brushes, and you've got Painting with a Twist. It’s not always romantic but this art studio in Boise is a product of ...

These speed gains are substantial. At 256K context lengths, Qwen 3.5 decodes 19 times faster than Qwen3-Max and 7.2 times ...

After 10 years of classes, workshops and art therapy, the studio is closing because the building's new owners are not renewing tenants' leases, Ancestry Moon owner Salima Cobb-Collins said.