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VS Code update added Copilot as a co‑author by default even with AI disabled

By Sean Endicott Published

AI VS Code shipped a change that added “Co‑authored‑by: Copilot” to Git commits by default, even when Copilot had not generated code and AI features were turned off.

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VS Code is gobbling up storage space on Ubuntu

By Richard Devine Published

News VS Code's official Snap package on Linux has a bug first reported in 2024 that still hasn't been fixed and is gobbling up storage space.

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Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro joins Microsoft's GitHub Copilot

By Richard Devine Published

AI GitHub Copilot users, at least, the premium ones, will now be able to use Google Gemini 2.5 Pro for all their coding needs. But you can use Google's own tools for free...

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ByteDance forks VS Code: Trae raises concerns over privacy issues

By Richard Devine Last updated

Software Trae is ByteDance's take on Visual Studio Code, but some digging raised some questions, which the company has now responded to.

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To use the new Windows AI Studio tool, you must first install Linux. No, it's not a joke

By Richard Devine Published

Really?! Microsoft has released the new Windows AI Studio extension for VS Code, but the first requirement is to install Linux. Really?

Really?!
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Microsoft is killing Visual Studio for Mac, focusing on VS Code instead

By Richard Devine Published

Sayonara Microsoft is adding Visual Studio to its graveyard, but only on the Mac, as it shifts resources to VS Code.

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Amazon's new AI coding tool has one HUGE advantage over Microsoft's GitHub Copilot

By Richard Devine Published

Competition GitHub Copilot has a real competitor on the way in Amazon CodeWhisperer which has one HUGE advantage over it.

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How to use Visual Studio Code in a web browser

By Richard Devine Published

Coding Believe it or not you can use Microsoft's Visual Studio Code from your web browser, or at least, versions of it.

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