Visual Studio Magazine

Going Local (& a Bit Loco) with Open-Source AI in VS Code

This hands-on PoC shows how I got an open-source model running locally in Visual Studio Code, where the setup worked, where it broke down, and what to watch out for if you want to apply a local model ...

LeakNet ransomware uses ClickFix, Deno runtime in stealthy attacks

The LeakNet ransomware gang is now using the ClickFix technique for initial access into corporate environments and deploys a ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Quadratic Regression with SGD Training Using JavaScript

Quadratic regression is a classical machine learning technique to predict a single numeric value. Quadratic regression is an extension of basic linear regression. Quadratic regression can deal with ...

GlassWorm malware hits 400+ code repos on GitHub, npm, VSCode, OpenVSX

The GlassWorm supply-chain campaign has returned with a new, coordinated attack that targeted hundreds of packages, ...
Tech Xplore

Researchers train AI to better follow artists by sharing creative 'ground rules'

The conversation around AI and art generally swings between two extremes: a flood of AI slop or the total automation of creative work. The more desirable approach may be an AI that behaves as a useful ...

You probably agree with the animals on which bird calls, frog noises and cricket chirps are most attractive – new research

People particularly agreed with animals when it came to what researchers call “adornments”: the extra trills, chucks, clicks and flourishes that animals can add to their calls. These sounds were more ...
XDA Developers on MSN

I replaced VS Code with this open-source editor and it's faster, lighter, and runs all my extensions

You also get to escape Microsoft telemetry tracking too.
How-To Geek on MSN

8 open-source tools that secretly power the world

These heroes of open source software are hard at work behind the scenes without you even realizing it.

From the Editor’s Desk: What We’ve Lost ⭐

The personal technology industry, now run by some of the worst human beings on earth, was started by dreamers.
Officer.com

Operational Domains and Training Disciplines: The Limits of Adaptability and Skill Transfer in Interdisciplinary Firearms Training

This article emphasizes the importance of recognizing the distinct disciplines within firearms training, highlighting how ...
Microsoft

Contagious Interview: Malware delivered through fake developer job interviews

The Contagious Interview campaign weaponizes job recruitment to target developers. Threat actors pose as recruiters from crypto and AI companies and deliver backdoors such as OtterCookie and ...
Stark Insider

Don’t Let Your AI Agents Become Glorified Cron Jobs

What we learned onboarding autonomous bots with OpenClaw and NanoClaw, and why Claude Code kept trying to neuter our agents. It’s pretty clear that the big theme for 2026 ...