The five most-installed Visual Studio Code Marketplace extensions returned by a search for the exact phrase "local AI" all rely on Ollama for local model inference. The tools range from basic code ...

Visual Studio Code 1.136 adds Agent Merge, multi-root Copilot and Claude support, custom Agent backgrounds, and improved session organization.

VS Code 1.135 introduces an experimental Rubber Duck feature that asks a complementary AI model to critique an agent's work. GitHub's implementation turns traditional rubber duck debugging into a ...

Visual Studio Code 1.140 introduces multi-folder sessions for managing isolated worktrees, HydraFusion multi-model drafting, ...

Visual Studio Code 1.139 arrived last week, and Microsoft has already followed it with another major update. Visual Studio Code 1.140 expands AI agent workflows, improves worktree support, and adds ...

Microsoft released the latest stable version of Visual Studio Code, "v1.139" (update version 1.139.1).This update focuses on improving the convenience and performance of AI Agent features, while also ...

Microsoft's June 9 Visual Studio 2026 update shipped three features that, taken together, address a structural problem the June 1 GitHub Copilot billing transition created: the IDE had become the only ...

Code editors can now handle complex, multi-file tasks with limited developer intervention.Beyond the editor: Clou ...

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Visual Studio September 2026 revamps BYOM with a new Agent, adds a NuGet Fixer, Podman debugging, and broader AI model ...

SpaceX will acquire AI coding tool Cursor for $60 billion in an all-stock transaction, the companies announced today. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter. It comes just two days after ...