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Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code 1.118 adds auto model selection to Copilot CLI

Microsoft’s editor releases continue on a monthly cadence, with the Insiders build of Visual Studio Code 1.118. The update concentrates on the Copilot CLI integration, …

Microsoft Visual Studio 2026
Visual Studio cloud agents now run inside GitHub Copilot

Microsoft’s April update to Visual Studio introduces cloud agent integration in GitHub Copilot, enabling developers to offload tasks to remote infrastructure for scalable, …

Fedora Linux
Fedora Linux 44 ships with GNOME 50 and KDE Plasma 6.6

The Fedora Project released Fedora Linux 44, delivering updated desktop environments, revised installer behavior, and several lower-level system changes across its editions …

Simplex
Product showcase: SimpleX Chat removes user identifiers from messaging

SimpleX Chat is a free, private, open-source messenger that uses encryption and does not require user identifiers. It is available on mobile and desktop platforms, including …

arrest
Canada’s first SMS blaster case leads to three arrests

Canadian law enforcement arrested three men who face 44 charges for operating an SMS blaster device that mimicked a legitimate cellular tower. The device was operated from …

Stratis
Linux storage management tool Stratis 3.9.0 adds online encryption and cache-less pool startup

Stratis is a tool for configuring pools and filesystems with enhanced storage functionality within the existing Linux storage management stack. It focuses on a command-line …

cybersecurity jobs
Cybersecurity jobs available right now: April 28, 2026

CISO Nokia | Finland | Hybrid – No longer accepting applications As a CISO, you will define and maintain the information security strategy for classified operations, …

open-source security tools
25 open-source cybersecurity tools that don’t care about your budget

Regardless of the operating system you use, managing secrets, apps, cloud, compliance, and security operations can be overwhelming. The free, open-source tools presented in …

LuLu
Product showcase: LuLu reveals unauthorized outbound connections from Mac apps

LuLu is a free, open-source firewall for macOS that lets you control which apps are allowed to send data from your computer. macOS includes a built-in firewall, but it mainly …

Meta
Meta is overhauling how you sign in, manage settings, and protect your accounts

Meta Account gives users of Meta apps and devices a simpler way to access and manage their accounts. Accounts Center will automatically be updated to a Meta Account as part of …

Android
A study of 1,000 Android apps finds a privacy policy logging gap

Android developers write log statements for the same reasons they always have: debugging crashes, tracing performance issues, and understanding how features behave in …

money hardware
IT spending to hit $6.31 trillion record, thanks to AI

Global spending on IT is expected to reach $6.31 trillion in 2026, according to the latest quarterly forecast from Gartner, marking a 13.5% increase from the previous year. …

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