Visual Studio Magazine

Going Local (& a Bit Loco) with Open-Source AI in VS Code

This hands-on PoC shows how I got an open-source model running locally in Visual Studio Code, where the setup worked, where it broke down, and what to watch out for if you want to apply a local model ...

Readers and writers: Louise Erdrich collects 20 years of stories in ‘Python’s Kiss’

Python’s Kiss” is a highly anticipated collection of 13 stories by Louise Erdrich, illustrated with artwork by Erdrich’s ...

For March, Patch Tuesday delivers fixes for 83 vulnerabilities

In addition to rolling out patches to address two zero-days affecting SQL Server and .NET, Microsoft introduced Common Log ...

Manufact raises $6.3M as MCP becomes the ‘USB-C for AI’ powering ChatGPT and Claude apps

Manufact, a Y Combinator startup, raised $6.3 million to build open-source tools and cloud infrastructure for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), the fast-growing standard backed by Anthropic and OpenAI ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Hands On: Building an MCP Server with VS Code AI Toolkit's New Tool Catalog

Microsoft's AI Toolkit extension for VS Code now lets developers scaffold a working MCP server in minutes. Here's what that looks like in practice -- including the parts that don't work, and a simpler ...

I'm finally learning to code, and I have NotebookLM to thank for it

print("hello world, I'm learning Python"!) ...
IEEE

Eye-Blink and SSVEP-Based Selective Attention Interface for XR User Authentication: An Explainable Neural Decoding and Machine Learning Approach to Reducing Visual Fatigue

Abstract: The growing demand for secure, immersive authentication in extended reality (XR) environments calls for neural interfaces that are both robust and user-friendly. This study introduces a ...