Visual Studio Code previews chat customizations editor

Just-released Version 1.113 of Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code editor emphasizes improvements ranging from chat customizations to support for MCP (Model Context Protocol) in Copilot CLI and Claude agents. Released March 25, VS Code can be downloaded for Windows, Linux, or Mac via the VS Code download webpage. VS Code 1.113 closely follows VS Code Versions…

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Confluent Extends Its Reach Up the AI Stack With Agent2Agent Support

The conversation around AI agents has focused heavily on reasoning. Less attention has gone to coordination. Enterprises that have been experimenting with agents are struggling to manage agents that share context and operate across live business systems without stepping on each other. Running a single agent on streaming data is manageable. Running several agents across…

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Neoclouds run AI cheaper and better

Enterprises are under intense pressure to deliver AI outcomes that are visible, measurable, and repeatable without blowing up their cloud budgets. That’s why neoclouds have arrived at exactly the right moment. By neoclouds, I’m referring to GPU-centric, purpose-built cloud services that focus primarily on AI training and inference rather than on the sprawling catalog of general-purpose services…

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Java future calls for boosts with records, primitives, classes

Oracle’s latest Java language ambitions are expected to offer improvements in records, classes, primitives, and arrays. As part of these plans, pending features not now marked for a future release of the language are under consideration to officially be part of Java. In a March 17 presentation at the JavaOne conference in Redwood City, Calif.,…

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