TL;DR: Visual Studio Professional 2026 delivers AI-assisted coding, cross-platform development, and real-time collaboration ...

Extension that converts individual Java files to Kotlin code aims to ease the transition to Kotlin for Java developers.

Visual Studio Code 1.109 introduces enhancements for providing agents with more skills and context and managing multiple agent sessions in parallel.

Nitya Bathula is driving a new approach to software creation at D3E Studio, where applications are built through AI, visual ...

GitHub has introduced an Agents tab that provides a repository-level view of Copilot coding agent tasks and sessions. The Agents workflow produces normal pull requests, enabling review and validation ...

Microsoft-owned GitHub continues to embrace OpenAI and Anthropic AI advances.

A new VS Code extension called Nogic visualizes codebases as interactive graphs and drew strong interest on Hacker News. Commenters praised the concept for understanding large or unfamiliar codebases, ...

Four serious new vulnerabilities affect Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Cursor and Windsurf extensions, three of which remain ...

Perhaps a little less focus on AI would help as well? Microsoft says "reliability is the priority" for AI in Visual Studio – a reassurance that may raise eyebrows among developers already living with ...

Microsoft outlines new AI reliability, agentic coding, and Copilot improvements coming to Visual Studio 2026, with a focus on performance.

Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.6 is now rolling out in GitHub Copilot, bringing stronger agentic coding and search capabilities.

GitHub, a Microsoft-owned platform, has incorporated Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's Codex AI coding agents into its services for Copilot Pro Plus and Enterprise subscribers.