From Pong to path tracing: The leaps that built modern game graphics

Graphics in games don’t improve in a steady, gentle slope. They jump. Someone ships a look that feels like it arrived from ...
InfoWorld

Visual Studio Code adds agent development extension

The Copilot Studio extension lets developers use any VS Code-compatible AI assistant to develop AI agents, then sync with ...

Microsoft Copilot Studio extension for VS Code now publicly available

Microsoft announced that the Copilot Studio extension for the Visual Studio Code (VS Code) integrated development environment ...
The Hacker News

Evelyn Stealer Malware Abuses VS Code Extensions to Steal Developer Credentials and Crypto

Experts reveal Evelyn Stealer malware abusing VS Code extensions to steal developer credentials, browser data, and ...

Can a newbie really vibe code an app? I tried Cursor and Replit to find out

I'm not a programmer, but I tried four vibe coding tools to see if I could build anything at all on my own. Here's what I did and did not accomplish.

I tried vibe coding an app as a beginner - here's what Cursor and Replit taught me

I tried four vibe-coding tools, including Cursor and Replit, with no coding background. Here's what worked (and what didn't).
InfoQ

Microsoft Open Sources XAML Studio, Reviving a Longstanding Prototyping Tool

Microsoft has officially open-sourced XAML Studio, a lightweight rapid prototyping tool for XAML-based UI development, under ...
Rock Paper Shotgun

Pirates director Gore Verbinski is iffy on Unreal Engine in movies: "I think it doesn’t work from a strictly photo-real standpoint"

The director of Pirates of the Caribbean and Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die has spoken at length about the presence of a ...
School of Visual Arts

BFA Illustration

Our graduates and faculty are some of the most influential cultural forces, consistently producing images unparalleled in concept, impact, and craft. For the last 75 years, SVA’s BFA Illustration ...