Microsoft's latest vcpkg summary covers a new compression-level option, cache fixes and registry updates including Boost 1.92.

New Agent Host functionality lets developers direct agents running on their own machines through GitHub Mobile, while maintaining sessions across VS Code windows and custom clients.

Beyond its product announcements, GitHub says it added compute, storage and networking capacity for agent workloads.

Agents started more than 40% of September 2026 pull requests. GitHub reported 34.3 billion commits across public and private repositories. GitHub's 2026 Octoverse report portrays a sharp increase in ...

An Oct. 22 GitHub security interview examines why exploit chains and reproducible testing matter in vulnerability research.

An MIT-licensed Blazor component library is available without Syncfusion licensing, while framework fixes have already been merged.

C++/WinRT offers both make and make_self for implementation objects. Windows developer Raymond Chen has published a C++/WinRT coding tip about avoiding unnecessary conversions when constructing ...

Copilot reports now include client-level model usage. Server-side counts capture traffic missing from editor telemetry. Request counts represent model calls, not user prompts. GitHub has expanded its ...

The October 28 announcement brings DirectX Dump Files, Fence Barriers Tier 1, batched asynchronous commands and Partial Graphics Programs into the retail SDK. The latter support reusing compiled ...

The Microsoft AI and Azure MVP and longtime VSLive! speaker will help shape technical content and speaker lineups for the 2027 conference series.

Microsoft's latest Visual Studio Code release expands AI agent capabilities with multi-model orchestration, cloud automations, desktop control and a marketplace for agent customizations.

A burst of Microsoft announcements highlights AI coding agents, local testing, developer tooling, security and expanded language support for its cloud database platform.