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Plex server changes, the new Visual Studio Code, and more: News roundup

All the tech news you may have missed this week.
How-To Geek on MSN

Visual Studio Code vs VSCodium: What is the real difference?

There's a lot more to these two than just a name change.
Visual Studio Magazine

Threat Actors Keep Weaponizing VS Code Extensions

Threat actors are still abusing Visual Studio Code extensions as an entry point, with the latest fake Prettier incident ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Claude Opus 4.5 Lands in GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio and VS Code

GitHub Copilot users can now select Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.5 model in chat across Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio ...
InfoWorld

Visual Studio Code adds multi-agent orchestration

With Visual Studio Code 1.107, developers can use GitHub Copilot and custom agents together and delegate work across local, ...
Infosecurity Magazine

Malware Discovered in 19 Visual Studio Code Extensions

A new campaign involving 19 malicious Visual Studio Code extensions used a legitimate npm package to embed malware in ...

Cursor Version 2 Slashes Task Time with Multiple AI Agents in the IDE

Run eight agents in isolated work trees inside Cursor 2, so you finish complex changes sooner while avoiding messy merge ...

Malicious VSCode extensions on Microsoft's registry drop infostealers

Two malicious extensions on Microsoft's Visual Studio Code Marketplace infect developers' machines with information-stealing ...