GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code received June 2026 updates including generally available agentic browser tools, parallel sessions, cost visibility, Marketplace model discovery, and improved Autop…
Microsoft clarified in a September 2025 .NET Blog post that GitHub Copilot's repository-wide copilot-instructions.md files apply automatically to every request, while *.prompt.md files are reusable, t…
Moonshot AI's Kimi K2.7 Code is now generally available in GitHub Copilot, becoming the first open-weight model selectable in the Copilot model picker. GitHub hosts the model on Microsoft Azure, rolli…
Microsoft released Visual Studio Code 1.127, improving tools for AI agents with generally available browser tools and per-site permissions. The update also introduces session organization and subagent…
GitHub Enterprise Cloud customers with enterprise managed users can now access Copilot agent session data in public preview, including prompts, responses, and tool calls, via a streaming endpoint or R…
Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 5, a new Sonnet-class model with strong coding performance, is now generally available for GitHub Copilot. The model excels in CLI-style tasks and offers competitive latency,…
Microsoft introduced the Microsoft Binlog MCP Server, giving AI assistants like GitHub Copilot direct access to MSBuild (.binlog) files for natural language build investigation. The server, currently …
X launched official hosted Model Context Protocol servers, giving AI agents direct access to over 200 API endpoints without local setup. The primary server at api.x.com/mcp enables real-time data acce…
GitHub Copilot is rolling out a preview of Claude Opus 4.8 (fast mode), offering faster output token speeds while maintaining the same intelligence as the standard model. The fast mode is available at…
Microsoft's Visual Studio Code version 1.126 introduces a new security mode that opens untrusted code in Restricted Mode by default, preventing automatic code execution until users manually grant trus…
Microsoft's Visual Studio Code version 1.126 introduces a restricted mode for untrusted folders to prevent automatic code execution, allowing developers to browse code safely before deciding to trust …
A vulnerability in Amazon Q Developer, tracked as CVE-2026-12957 with a CVSS score of 8.5, allowed attackers to steal AWS credentials by tricking developers into opening a malicious repository. The fl…
Microsoft released Visual Studio Code 1.127 on June 24, 2026, featuring new agent customization views for configuring built-in and extension tools, support for user-allowed permissions in the integrat…
Claude Code's voice mode in VS Code on macOS requires the `sox` audio tool and microphone permission for Visual Studio Code. A common failure occurs when VS Code is not granted mic access before launc…
Microsoft released Visual Studio Code 1.126 on June 18, 2026, featuring updates to chat session list items with pixel spinners, a unified model customization picker, and inline renaming of chats in th…
Microsoft's Visual Studio Code now supports using locally hosted LLMs for chat, tools, and MCP servers via a new 'air-gapped' mode, enabling offline AI workflows without GitHub sign-in. Users can inte…
Cursor's Composer 2 coding model, used in the $60 billion SpaceX acquisition, was built on Moonshot AI's open-weight Kimi K2.5 checkpoint. This reveals that the core technology is an integration of op…
Burke Holland shared 10 practical strategies for using AI coding tools effectively, emphasizing simplicity and safety. The tips include using Visual Studio Code, enabling YOLO mode for seamless execut…
Anthropic, Microsoft, and Okta released the Enterprise-Managed Authorization (EMA) extension for the Model Context Protocol, replacing manual OAuth consent with centralized identity-driven token excha…
Microsoft released Visual Studio Code version 1.125 on June 10, 2026, introducing a folder picker for Agent Host sessions in multi-root windows and a new `/chronicle` command set for session history i…