The state of AI dev tools in 2026.

A large-scale campaign is targeting developers on GitHub with fake Visual Studio Code (VS Code) security alerts posted in the Discussions section of various projects, to trick users into downloading ...

The Python extension will automatically install the following extensions by default to provide the best Python development experience in VS Code: If you set this setting to true, you will manually opt ...

Critical and high-severity vulnerabilities were found in four widely used Visual Studio Code extensions with a combined 128 million downloads, exposing developers to file theft, remote code execution, ...

VS Code-integrated configuration files are automatically executed in Codespaces when the user opens a repository or pull request. The automatic execution of VS Code-integrated configuration files when ...

This vscode extension enables css syntax highlighting + intellisense inside template literal strings marked with a /* css */ comment. It works with js(x)/ts(x), and supports ${...} interpolations.

Security researchers revealed two malicious VS Code extensions exfiltrated code snippets, API keys, and proprietary algorithms from 1.5 million developers to servers in China while masquerading as AI ...

Two malicious VS Code extensions (1.5M installs) secretly exfiltrate source files to a China-based server, while PackageGate zero-days affect JavaScript package managers—pnpm, vlt and Bun patched; npm ...

The Copilot Studio extension for Visual Studio Code is now generally available, allowing agents to be developed and managed directly from the editor. The extension enables software-style workflows for ...

According to @claudeai, the Claude Code extension for Visual Studio Code has reached general availability, providing developers with advanced AI coding assistance ...