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Microsoft Tests Whether 'Eval' Folder Names Change AI Agent Behavior

Experiments with GitHub Copilot CLI found greater test awareness but no statistically significant change in agent behavior.

Malicious Claude Code extension on Cursor planted SSH backdoors

A malicious version of Anthropic's Claude Code VS Code extension was distributed through Cursor's extension marketplace for ...
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Malicious Claude Code Extension on Cursor Marketplace Hid SSH Backdoor, Up to 5,000 Users Exposed

A tampered build of Anthropic's Claude Code extension for Visual Studio Code, labeled version 2.1.313, was found to contain a 66-line loader ...

Own Visual Studio Pro 2026 and learn to code for $33

TL;DR: Get a lifetime license to Visual Studio Professional 2026 plus 15 coding courses for $32.97 (MSRP $1,999.99). Learning to program usually means paying for courses in one place and a ...
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GitHub Octoverse 2026: AI Agents Now Start Over 40% of Pull Requests as Surging Load Strains Infrastructure

GitHub's annual Octoverse 2026 report shows agents initiating about 40% of pull requests. It also shows how 7.4 billion ...
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SAP Hits €10B Quarter as AI Coding Tools Scale [2026]

SAP posted its first-ever €10 billion quarter on Oct. 21, 2026, as AI coding tools like Joule for Developers reshape SAP development.

Is the 'Figma is unnecessary' argument true? A designer with over 25 years of experience in Web production considers which software disappears and whic…

IntroductionRecently, I have been seeing discussions in the Web design industry about the 'Figma is unnecessary' argument.