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.

Microsoft introduces agent technology to Visual Studio, featuring curated assistants and personalized agent creation tools.

Updates to GitHub Copilot in VS Code provide the same C++ symbol context and CMake build configuration awareness as Microsoft’s C/C++ DevTools and CMake Tools extensions.

Visual Studio Code 1.109 introduces enhancements for providing agents with more skills and context and managing multiple agent sessions in parallel. Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.109, ...

Pixel Agents adds a pixel office view in VS Code; six character styles show coding, searching, or idle states, useful for ...

Microsoft-owned GitHub continues to embrace OpenAI and Anthropic AI advances. Microsoft-owned GitHub continues to embrace OpenAI and Anthropic AI advances. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, ...

Iowa public schools would have to adopt student dress codes that “promote personal hygiene, neatness and modesty” under a bill that’s cleared a House subcommittee. Republican Representative Samantha ...

Students at the state’s public and charter schools would have to adhere to a statewide dress code under a bill advanced by a House panel. The bill (HSB 681) states that students’ clothing would have ...

OpenAI launches GPT‑5.3‑Codex‑Spark, a Cerebras-powered, ultra-low-latency coding model that claims 15x faster generation speeds, signaling a major inference shift beyond Nvidia as the company faces ...

The Hawkeye State is often thought of as a landscape of unyielding pragmatism: grids of cornfields, farms, and small towns stretching out toward the horizon. Yet, tucked within this quiet geography ...

Chicago band Ratboys is back with their sixth studio album, Singin’ to an Empty Chair. The band has seemingly perfected their mixture of indie rock / alt-country and has given listeners a worthy ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Thomas J. Brock is a CFA and CPA with more than 20 years of experience in various areas ...