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VS Code Updates Boost AI Agents, Terminal Control and Copilot Workflow

Across the April 8 and April 15, 2026 releases, Visual Studio Code expanded its agent-focused tooling with a new companion app, better terminal interaction, session debugging and more built-in Copilot ...

.NET 11.0 Preview 3 brings Union Types and enhances File-based Apps

The third preview version of .NET 11.0 makes the long-awaited Union Types in C# practically usable, because the Visual Studio ...

Microsoft supercharges Visual Studio Code 1.116 with native AI and deep agent debugging

Stop hunting for extensions. Visual Studio Code 1.116 is here, baking GitHub Copilot directly into the core and giving you ...
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Hands On with Microsoft's New VS Code Agents Preview -- Now in Insiders

Now shipping in the VS Code Insiders build, Microsoft's new Visual Studio Code Agents preview offers an early look at a separate companion app for agent sessions, approvals, workspace discovery, and ...

Intel’s non-Ultra Core CPUs are new silicon this year for a change

But the naming and renaming of Raptor Lake apparently couldn’t last forever. Intel’s new, non-Ultra Core Series 3 processors ...

OpenAI drastically updates Codex desktop app to use all other apps on your computer, generate images, preview webpages

OpenAI is releasing more than 90 new plugins. These connectors—including CircleCI, GitLab, and Microsoft Suite—allow the ...

OpenAI’s Codex Mac app adds three key features that go beyond agentic coding

OpenAI is releasing a new version of its Codex desktop app today. The latest Codex update adds three key features that expand ...