OpenAI says GPT 5.6 is the ‘preferred model’ for Microsoft Copilot 365 amid breakup chatter

Earlier this week, Bloomberg reported that Microsoft was replacing some of OpenAI’s software with its own in-house models to ...
Windows Report

VS Code Adds Image Support, Multi-Chat Agents, and System-Wide Shortcuts

Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.128 to the stable channel. The update focuses on richer Copilot chat workflows, image and PDF support in Chat, and new OS-level keyboard shortcuts. The ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Full-Stack with a Side of Copilot: Building and Deploying an App the AI-Accelerated Way

In this Q&A, developer and VSLive! speaker Esteban Garcia explains how GitHub Copilot can accelerate the full software development lifecycle -- from architecture and code to tests, CI/CD, and Azure ...
InfoWorld

VS Code stops trusting your code by default

VS Code 1.26 prevents automatic code execution for new project folders, lets users configure whether code can be executed ...
InfoWorld

Using Visual Studio Code’s ‘air-gapped’ AI model mode

VS Code can use LLM models other than GitHub Copilot’s built-in providers for AI-assisted development, including local and offline models, but with some limits. Microsoft has been pushing hard to make ...
theregister

Microsoft has mostly repaired flaw in Surface hardware that allowed unprotected devices to be bricked by a single packet

EXCLUSIVE For the past 90 days, Microsoft has been quietly patching a firmware flaw in Surface devices that allowed the hardware to be bricked with a single packet, though only for those who have ...