OpenAI has agreed to acquire Astral, a startup behind widely used Python development tools, in a deal designed to sharpen its Codex coding assistant as competition with Anthropic intensifies. The ...

You can now run LLMs for software development on consumer-grade PCs. But we’re still a ways off from having Claude at home.

JavaOne Oracle has shipped Java 26, a short-term release, and introduced Project Detroit, which promises faster interop between Java, JavaScript, and Python. Java 26 will be supported for just six ...

Hackers use credentials stolen in the GlassWorm campaign to access GitHub accounts and inject malware into Python repositories.

Microsoft's AI Toolkit extension for VS Code now lets developers scaffold a working MCP server in minutes. Here's what that looks like in practice -- including the parts that don't work, and a simpler ...

See the VS Code Tips wiki for a quick primer on getting started with VS Code. Setting up the JDK The extension requires JDK 17 or newer to run. Optionally, set a different JDK to compile and run ...

Overview On February 11, 2026, NSFOCUS CERT monitored Microsoft’s release of its February security update patches, addressing 59 security issues across widely used products such as Windows, Azure, ...