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Critical Flaws Found in Four VS Code Extensions with Over 125 Million Installs

Critical vulnerabilities in four widely used VS Code extensions could enable file theft and remote code execution across 125M installs.
InfoWorld

Visual Studio Code adds overtype mode, paste with imports

Visual Studio Code 1.96, the latest version of Microsoft’s popular code editor, has arrived with an overtype mode and a “paste with imports” feature for JavaScript and TypeScript. Also known as the ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Microsoft Tests Copilot-Powered Tool to Modernize JavaScript/TypeScript in VS Code

Microsoft is previewing a new AI-assisted tool for Visual Studio Code Insiders called the JavaScript/TypeScript Modernizer. It's designed to help developers modernize older JavaScript or TypeScript ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Hands On with New Multi-Agent Orchestration in VS Code

A proof of concept shows how multi-agent orchestration in Visual Studio Code 1.109 can turn a fragile, one-pass AI workflow into a more reliable, auditable process by breaking long tasks into smaller, ...