
VS Code 1.110 Gives AI Agents Native Browser Control
VS Code 1.110 ships native browser control for AI agents, installable agent plugins with MCP support, persistent session memory, and a new Agent Debug panel.
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VS Code 1.110 ships native browser control for AI agents, installable agent plugins with MCP support, persistent session memory, and a new Agent Debug panel.

OpenAI's Codex desktop app hits the Microsoft Store with native Windows sandboxing, PowerShell agents, WinUI skills, and multi-agent parallel execution - no WSL required.

Kimi K2.5 leads every coding benchmark, but Qwen3.5-35B-A3B delivers 87-93% of that performance at 3-4x lower cost and runs on a single consumer GPU. Here is the full breakdown.

Cursor doubled its annualized revenue to $2 billion in just three months, making it the fastest-growing SaaS company in history. But its dependence on model providers raises hard questions about margins and survival.

Mistral Vibe 2.0 pairs the open-weight Devstral 2 model with a terminal-native coding agent. We tested it head-to-head against Claude Code and Codex.

Claude Code alone now authors 4% of all GitHub commits. At its current growth rate, AI code output will match 200,000 developers by year-end, a million by 2027, and over a billion by 2028.

A pre-release comparison of DeepSeek V4 and Claude Opus 4.6 - the open-weight challenger that could match Opus on coding at potentially 89x lower output cost.

Cursor's cloud agents now run in isolated VMs where they write software, test it themselves, record video proof, and submit merge-ready pull requests.

Apple releases Xcode 26.3 with native support for Claude Agent and OpenAI Codex, exposing 20 MCP tools that let AI agents build, test, and visually verify iOS apps autonomously.

A hands-on review of Aider, the open-source terminal-based AI pair programming tool with git-native workflow, architect/editor mode, and support for 100+ languages across any LLM provider.

A thorough review of Amazon Q Developer - AWS's AI coding assistant with deep cloud integration, agent mode, and a generous free tier, tested against the competition.

A hands-on review of Cline, the open-source VS Code coding agent with 5M+ installs that works with any model - from Claude to local LLMs - and gives you full agentic capabilities without vendor lock-in.