Microsoft launches GitHub Copilot app to supercharge agentic development
…agentic development all the way up to a pull request review. If you ever want to get your hands dirty and mess with code, then you can always open your code editor…
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Microsoft unveils new security tools for IT admins and developers building AI products
…The idea behind MDASH and the tools mentioned above is to orchestrate dozens of specialized AI agents to discover vulnerabilities in codebases. However, Microsoft says that MDASH sets itself apart from the…
JetBrains launches Rider 2026.2 EAP 5, bringing several AI improvements
…In the latest EAP release , Rider now has newly bundled "quality-check" hooks that run background tests on code edits before the external agent proceeds. For example, after Claude Code rewrites a…
Microsoft just made it possible to use VS Code completely offline with local AI
Following on from the release of Visual Studio Code 1.121 last week, Microsoft has announced Visual Studio Code 1.122. This week, the Redmond giant has enhanced the agent experience and…
Microsoft announces Scout, an OpenClaw-powered personal agent for enterprise customers
…Launches specialized sub-agents for parallel research, code review, and complex tasks. Finally, Microsoft mentioned that it will share more details as Scout gains additional capabilities and becomes available more broadly. At…
JetBrains open-sources Mellum 2, featuring 12B total parameters
…single task like code completion inside an editor), Mellum2 functions as a full-fledged coding assistant that can generate and edit code, call external tools, execute multi-step agentic workflows, hold long…
OpenAI announces Daybreak to bring frontier AI into cybersecurity workflows
…Daybreak will make use of OpenAI’s frontier models, Codex as an agentic execution layer, and partnerships across the cybersecurity ecosystem. It will help security teams reason across large codebases, identify subtle…
Meta rolls out Meta Business Agent globally on WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger
…This setup lets coders build custom behaviors, keeping customers happy with direct answers. Speaking of agents, you might have heard that hackers recently broke into Instagram accounts by simply asking the Meta…
Claude on Windows is eating up massive amounts of RAM, with no way to stop it
…Basically, Claude Desktop on Windows spins up a 1.8GB Hyper-V virtual machine if you use Claude Cowork or agent mode even once. This happens on each launch of Claude Code…
Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.8 with better coding and lower fast mode pricing
…The company claims that this new model brings improvements across coding, agentic tasks, reasoning, and knowledge work. Here are the official benchmarks: The new Claude Opus 4.8 model is available starting…