InfoWorld

Using Visual Studio Code’s ‘air-gapped’ AI model mode

VS Code can use LLM models other than GitHub Copilot’s built-in providers for AI-assisted development, including local and ...
MIT Technology Review

Anthropic’s Code with Claude showed off coding’s future—whether you like it or not

As tools like Claude Code get better, more and more developers are happy to hand off coding tasks to them. The way software gets built has changed for good. The vibes were strong at Code with Claude, ...
Forbes

Samsung Is Retiring Its Messages App — What Galaxy Users Need To Know

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. All change for Galaxy. This is your six-week warning. Samsung first launched its texting app ...
Android

Google Messages’ Familiar QR Code Pairing Method Is Quietly Being Removed

Google Messages is preparing to remove QR Code pairing, its easiest way to connect phones to the web app. A beta version has already removed the feature from Android. Users may soon need to sign in ...
Android Authority

Google Messages' easiest pairing method is about to disappear

Google Messages is moving closer to completely removing the convenient QR code pairing method for its desktop web app. In the v20260511 beta version of the Android app, the built-in QR code scanner ...
Forbes

‘Big News’—Google Changes Android Messages After 12 Years

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Google and Apple have just released matching announcements. iPhone’s new iOS 26.5 is now ...
The Conversation

Instagram can now read all users’ private messages. Will this make kids safer or just boost ad targeting?

As of May 8 end-to-end encryption is no longer available on direct messages on Instagram. Meta, in announcing the policy reversal, said it had done so because few people used the feature. But this has ...
Business Insider

Anthropic says Claude Code did get worse — but shoots down speculation it 'nerfed' the model

If you were one of the users complaining that Claude Code has sucked lately, Anthropic just confirmed it wasn't all in your head. The company wrote in a lengthy blog post that after reviewing user ...
TechSpot

Google says AI now generates 75% of its new code, up from 25% in 2024

Bottom line: Google said on Wednesday that about 75% of its new code is now generated by AI and then reviewed by engineers, a figure that marks a sharp increase from recent levels. In October 2024, ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Visual Studio Code 1.117 Expands Copilot Controls for Business and Enterprise User

VS Code 1.117 adds BYOK support for Copilot Business and Enterprise users. Admins can control whether managed users can access BYOK capabilities. The release also updates chat rendering, agent ...
ZDNet

Samsung is ending Messages in July: 5 replacements I'd switch to now

Samsung is killing its messaging app in July. Users in the US with Android v12 or newer need to switch. There are plenty of superior options to choose from. Multiple reports have been issued that ...
BGR

Tired Of Google Messages? These 4 Texting Apps Might Be Better For You

Google Messages is the texting app that comes pre-installed on all new Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel phones. It surpassed one billion active users way back in 2023 and has over 10 billion downloads ...