I tried a Claude Code rival that's local, open source, and completely free - how it went

I was curious if Block's Goose agent, paired with Ollama and the Qwen3-coder model, could really replace Claude Code. Here's how it worked.
Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code 1.109 Deemed a Multi-Agent Development Platform

The January 2026 release of Visual Studio Code expands AI-assisted development with structured planning agents, parallel ...
IEEE

RIMIX: RISC-V Core with MIXed-Precision SIMD Instruction Extensions Supported by Oracle-Assisted Sub-Network Search for Efficient TinyML

Abstract: As the size of the deep learning model increases, mixed-precision quantization has become an efficient compression technique. However, the lack of MCU support for mixed-precision computation ...
TechRadar

Malicious Microsoft VSCode AI extensions might have hit over 1.5 million users

Two VSCode extensions exfiltrated sensitive user data to Chinese servers ChatGPT – 中文版 and ChatMoss had over 1.5 million installs combined Extensions used hidden iframes, commands, and SDKs to steal ...
The Hacker News

Malicious VS Code AI Extensions with 1.5 Million Installs Steal Developer Source Code

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two malicious Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions that are advertised as artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding assistants, but also harbor ...
Bleeping Computer

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 is now available to all users. Developers can use it to build and manage ...
Financial Advisor

Oracle Is Having Its Own 'Code Red' AI Moment

Anyone wanting reassurance that building the infrastructure for artificial intelligence isn’t going to break the bank, won’t have enjoyed Oracle Corp.’s latest earnings report. Wall Street’s de facto ...
Infosecurity-magazine.com

Malware Discovered in 19 Visual Studio Code Extensions

A campaign involving 19 Visual Studio (VS) Code extensions that embed malware inside their dependency folders has been uncovered by cybersecurity researchers. Active since February 2025 but identified ...
The Hacker News

Researchers Find Malicious VS Code, Go, npm, and Rust Packages Stealing Developer Data

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two new extensions on Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) Marketplace that are designed to infect developer machines with stealer malware. The VS Code ...
Developer Tech

Malware campaign uses VS Code extensions for A/B testing

A new malware campaign is A/B testing delivery effectiveness on software developers using malicious VS Code extensions. In a campaign tracked by Koi, a threat actor published two malicious VS Code ...
bitnewsbot

GlassWorm Malware Hits 24 VS Code Extensions on Major Marketplaces

In December 2025, the GlassWorm supply chain malware campaign emerged again, affecting both the Microsoft Visual Studio Marketplace and Open VSX platforms. This episode involved 24 extensions posing ...