Microsoft has announced the first generally available release of the C++ extension for Visual Studio Code, which includes support for Linux on ARM and ARM64, rich code formatting settings, and more.

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VS Code extensions since Dec 21, 2025 fuel GlassWorm v2, installing cross-IDE malware and stealing credentials.

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Attackers continue to scale a campaign to seed Open VSX with seemingly benign VS Code extensions that spread self-propagating ...

The threat actor seeding the Open VSX code marketplace with fraudulent extensions that download the GlassWorm malware has ...

Visual Studio 2026 has further integrated GitHub Copilot's cloud agent to its Copilot Chat picker -- catching up to VS Code -- and the async workflow it enables, where a task runs on GitHub Actions ...

Developers and analysts suggest that extending Visual Studio Code with AI tools like GitHub Copilot, Codex, and Claude is proving more effective than building entirely new AI-focused editors. VS ...

VS Code is no longer just an IDE.

VS Code 1.118 adds remote Copilot control, enterprise AI restrictions, and smarter caching while improving developer ...

Just two days after GitHub announced usage-based billing for Copilot, Microsoft shipped VS Code 1.118 -- under its new weekly release cadence -- with significant token efficiency improvements designed ...

Microsoft is making Visual Studio more agentic. New tools handle remote coding tasks and analyze live app behavior to find ...