Latest VS Code update introduces prepackaged bundles of chat customizations that can include skills, commands, agents, MCP ...

Visual Studio Code 1.110 (February 2026) adds new agent extensibility, browser-driving chat tools, and expanded chat accessibility.

The new release allows using experimental agent plug-ins and the new Agent Debug Panel offers detailed insights into chat ...

Microsoft today is announcing the release of version 1.0 of its open-source Visual Studio Code editor. The cross-platform application now has more than 500,000 monthly active users, after launching ...

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.

According to Microsoft, the decision to open source GitHub Copilot Chat stems from a growing demand for transparency in how AI-assisted developer tools work -- particularly around prompt engineering, ...

I've recently looked for a programmer editor that I can use to code in C(++) which works on Linux using its native compiler (the one from GCC, for instance) and on Windows using Visual Studio compiler ...

A Chinese state-aligned espionage group has become the first documented threat actor to weaponize a known exploit in VS Code in a malicious attack. Visual Studio Code, or VS Code, is Microsoft's free ...