GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, and Claude Code tested head-to-head in 2026. Which AI coding tool actually makes you a better developer — and is it worth the price?

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.

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.

Cline CLI 2.3.0 was published with a stolen npm token, installing OpenClaw in an 8-hour attack affecting ~4,000 downloads.

Four serious new vulnerabilities affect Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Cursor and Windsurf extensions, three of which remain ...

The new extension for Visual Studio Code aims to end the previous fragmentation and ensure a uniform workflow with Python environments.

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, ...

The Copilot Studio extension for Visual Studio Code is now generally available, allowing agents to be developed and managed directly from the editor. The extension enables software-style workflows for ...

Visual Studio Code is a desktop source code editor designed for software development on Windows systems. It provides a clean editing environment combined with powerful features that support writing, ...

Microsoft has officially announced the general availability of the Copilot Studio extension for Visual Studio Code. As a result, developers now have a more structured way to build and manage Copilot ...

A campaign involving 19 Visual Studio (VS) Code extensions that embed malware inside their dependency folders has been uncovered by cybersecurity researchers. Active since February 2025 but identified ...

You start by getting the official installer from the Visual Studio Code website. Open your preferred browser on Windows. Go to the Visual Studio Code download page ...