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These 3 lightweight code editors made VS Code feel bloated

VS Code might be what you're used to, but there's a lot more to see when it comes to code editors. Here's a few options.

New 7-Zip security flaw could put hundreds of millions of systems at risk

A recently disclosed security flaw could turn 7-Zip into a powerful tool for cybercriminals seeking to spread malware online and compromise large numbers of PCs. The ...
How-To Geek on MSN

You’re wasting your time on Windows—these 3 PowerShell scripts save me hours every week

Stop doing manually what your PC has been able to automate since forever.
TechRadar

Microsoft may discontinue Claude Code internally as it looks to push users towards GitHub Copilot

Microsoft engineers given until June 30 to switch from Claude Code to GitHub Copilot CLI Ties with GitHub mean Microsoft can shape Copilot CLI to its own needs Claude models will remain available in ...
InfoWorld

Visual Studio Code 1.115 introduces VS Code Agents app

Preview of new companion app allows developers to run multiple agent sessions in parallel across multiple repos and iterate on human and agent reviews. Visual Studio Code 1.115, the latest release of ...
The New York Times

Is Strait of Hormuz Open Again? Maybe, but Few Ships Are Using It.

There were conflicting reports about the status of the vital shipping waterway in the cease-fire with Iran. By Pranav Baskar and Shirin Hakim As the cease-fire between the United States and Iran ...
Ars Technica

Entire Claude Code CLI source code leaks thanks to exposed map file

The entire source code for Anthropic’s Claude Code command line interface application (not the models themselves) has been leaked and disseminated, apparently due ...
VentureBeat

Claude Code's source code appears to have leaked: here's what we know

VentureBeat made with Google Gemini 3.1 Pro Image Anthropic appears to have accidentally revealed the inner workings of one of its most popular and lucrative AI products, the agentic AI harness Claude ...
CBS News

Should you use AI to file your taxes? Experts warn it can lead to costly mistakes.

Americans are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT and Claude to help prepare their tax returns, but experts warn the technology can deliver outdated or inaccurate ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Getting My OpenClaw Around VS Code

There's a lot of buzz around OpenClaw lately, so I had to check it out in my favorite editor, VS Code. Turns out this is a nascent space, not much being done with the new it agentic AI tool and the ...
Scientific American

Open-source software has an invisible vulnerability. Hackers have found it

The danger in the code came from characters that are invisible to the human eye. In early March researchers at several security firms examined what looked like empty space and found hidden Unicode ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Going Local (& a Bit Loco) with Open-Source AI in VS Code

Running open-source AI locally in VS Code proved possible, but the path was more complicated than the polished model catalogs initially suggested. On a modest company laptop with 12 GB of RAM and no ...