Malicious AI extensions on VSCode Marketplace steal developer data

Marketplace that were collectively installed 1.5 million times, exfiltrate developer data to China-based servers.
XDA Developers on MSN

I replaced VS Code with Google’s Antigravity and the results actually shocked me

The VS Code killer I wasn’t expecting ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Copilot Studio Extension for VS Code Goes GA

Microsoft has released the Copilot Studio extension for Visual Studio Code to general availability, enabling teams to build, ...
The Hacker News

North Korea-Linked Hackers Target Developers via Malicious VS Code Projects

North Korean hackers abuse Visual Studio Code task files in fake job projects to deploy backdoors, spyware, and crypto miners ...

I tried vibe coding an app as a beginner - here's what Cursor and Replit taught me

I tried four vibe-coding tools, including Cursor and Replit, with no coding background. Here's what worked (and what didn't).
IEEE

Work in Progress: Unlocking Code Generation Through Synergistic Prompt Engineering

Abstract: Prompt engineering is crucial for optimizing large language models in code generation. This paper explores a synergistic prompt engineering approach that integrates complementary prompting ...