Anyone can code now. What will you build?

This app isn’t about to become a billion-dollar company. It can remember your collection, but only if you return to it using the same computer or phone. Someone without technical skills may struggle ...
Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code 1.110 Ships with Agent Plugins, Browser Tools and Session Memory

Visual Studio Code 1.110 (February 2026) adds new agent extensibility, browser-driving chat tools, and expanded chat accessibility.

Will software engineering profession die in the age of AI? IBM stock bleeds as Claude Code writes COBOL scripts. What it means for techies

AI agents like Claude Code are reshaping software development by automating legacy modernisation and routine coding. A recent ...

Ladybird browser integrates Rust with AI help

The independent browser project Ladybird has ported its JavaScript engine LibJS from C++ to Rust. AI tools significantly accelerated the translation.

Indie web browser Ladybird flutters toward Rust with a little help from AI

Ladybird started out as the built-in native web browser of the Serenity OS project, which we tried out and wrote about in ...

Code Metal joins unicorn ranks as defense contracts fuel rapid growth

Code Metal Inc., a software company that enables engineers to write code once and translate it into other programming languages, completed a $125 million Series B round, valuing the company at $1.25 ...
The Caledonian-Record

Code Metal Secures $125M Series B at $1.25B Valuation to Bridge the Trust Gap in AI Code Generation

This new round comes just months after Code Metal’s Series A, underscoring the company’s rapid growth and the urgency with which defense and other regulated industries are moving to adopt verifiable ...
The New York Times

They Are in Love but Don’t Speak the Same Language

He speaks English. She speaks Mandarin. The secret to their happy marriage: Microsoft Translator. By Kashmir Hill Photographs by Oliver Farshi Kashmir Hill writes about how technology changes how we ...
PC World

Open AI launches ChatGPT Translate to take on Google

OpenAI launched ChatGPT Translate, a standalone AI translation tool designed to compete directly with Google Translate in the language services market. PCWorld reports the service supports ...
Slator

OpenAI Quietly Launches ChatGPT Translate as a Standalone Translation Tool

On January 15, 2026, OpenAI launched ChatGPT Translate, a standalone web-based translation tool that brings translation into a dedicated, consumer-facing interface linked to ChatGPT. ChatGPT Translate ...
Engadget

Google Translate is now better at translating slang terms and idioms using AI

Google is rolling out new Gemini-assisted functionality to Search and its Translate app. It says its AI can now provide more natural and accurate text translations for phrases that have more "nuanced ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Microsoft Tests Copilot-Powered Tool to Modernize JavaScript/TypeScript in VS Code

Microsoft is previewing a new AI-assisted tool for Visual Studio Code Insiders called the JavaScript/TypeScript Modernizer. It's designed to help developers modernize older JavaScript or TypeScript ...