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Microsoft open sources GitHub Copilot Chat for VS Code so you can finally see how the AI sausage is made

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Microsoft has released the source code for its GitHub Copilot Chat extension for Visual Studio Code under the MIT license, giving developers a rare look inside one of its most prominent AI tools.

Windows 11 PowerToys overhaul teased by Microsoft with sleek new UI

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Microsoft is rethinking the PowerToys dashboard, and the change can’t come soon enough. The current interface has become increasingly difficult to use as new modules have been bolted on over time. Now, software engineer Niels Laute has shared a concept on GitHub that shows what a streamlined redesign could look like. The new design aligns … Read more

Apple quietly launches Container on GitHub to bring Linux development to macOS in a native way

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Apple has released a new developer tool on GitHub called Container, offering a fresh approach to running Linux containers directly on macOS. Unlike Docker or Podman, this tool is designed to feel at home in the Apple ecosystem and hooks into frameworks already built into the operating system. Container runs standard OCI images, but it … Read more

Google wants to help open source projects write better documentation with new tools

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Writing good documentation is hard. It takes time, effort, and often gets pushed aside in favor of more exciting coding work. Google knows this, and now it’s trying to make things easier for open source maintainers who are strapped for time and resources. This week, the search giant introduced two new open source tools meant … Read more