AI-based VS Code forks recommended unclaimed extensions, allowing malicious uploads in Open VSX and risking developer systems ...

Despite the programming landscape teeming with cool code editors, many developers (including yours truly) rely on Visual Studio Code to develop apps, create scripts, and edit config files. After all, ...

Kilo Code is an open-source AI coding agent that works as a super-extension. While standard extensions offer autocomplete ...

Set up AutoClaude with Python 3.12+, Git, and an API key, then run long autonomous sessions that free your time and reduce ...

I built 10 simple, secure Chrome extensions to fix everyday browsing gaps, from quick notes and site shortcuts to clean copy, per-site tasks, highlights, temp snippets, dummy passwords, quick IDs, and ...

Once-trusted Chrome and Edge add-ons have quietly turned into tools for data harvesting, search manipulation, and a remote-execution backdoor affecting more than 4.3 million users. A sprawling ...

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Homebrew is a free, open-source package manager for Linux and MacOS that simplifies the installation and management of software. Think of Homebrew as a command-line version of the App Store that ...

More than a hundred browser extensions spread across Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers turned malicious after five years of “normal” operation. The attackers were apparently playing the long ...

The government said the rules were needed to prevent theft and other crime. Its opponents and privacy activists regard the app as a tool of mass surveillance. By Alex Travelli and Pragati K.B.

Browser extensions have become an essential part of our online lifestyles. There are some you can’t live without. Modern desktop browsers support extensions without fuss, but it’s a different story on ...