Malicious VSCode Marketplace extensions hid trojan in fake PNG file

A stealthy campaign with 19 extensions on the VSCode Marketplace has been active since February, targeting developers with ...

A new open-weights AI coding model is closing in on proprietary options

On Tuesday, French AI startup Mistral AI released Devstral 2, a 123 billion parameter open-weights coding model designed to ...
PBS

7 things to know about the Justice Department’s Epstein files

NEW YORK (AP) — The clock is ticking for the U.S. government to open up its files on Jeffrey Epstein. After months of rancor and recriminations, Congress has passed and President Donald Trump has ...
NBC News

What's in the 'Epstein files' — and when they might become public

The Justice Department's records related to Jeffrey Epstein are on their way to becoming public after President Donald Trump signed the "Epstein Files Transparency Act," but what could be in them, and ...
NPR

The latest Epstein emails reveal the powerful people who sought his counsel

New releases from Jeffrey Epstein's estate shine additional light on the array of powerful figures who kept ties to the disgraced financier after his criminal charges came to light. Spread throughout ...
NPR

House and Senate both approve releasing the Epstein files by a near unanimous margin

Both the House and the Senate have moved to send to President Trump's desk a measure that would compel the Department of Justice to make public its files regarding the convicted sex offender Jeffrey ...
ABC News

Here's what an Epstein files vote in the House could look like

While the outlook in the House is clear, its future in the Senate isn't. Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday night that the House of Representatives will vote next week on a bill that would compel the ...
GitHub

Error: Extension 'ms-python.vscode-python-envs' CANNOT use API proposal: terminalDataWriteEvent.

After updating to 1.12.0, can no longer execute python files. 2025-11-13 10:08:34.972 [error] Failed to execute file in terminal Error: Extension 'ms-python.vscode-python-envs' CANNOT use API proposal ...
federalnewsnetwork.com

IRS tells states Direct File ‘will not be available’ in 2026

A free, online tax filing platform run by the IRS will not be available during next year’s filing season. The IRS sent an email on Monday to 25 states it partnered with on Direct File, which has been ...
Nextgov

Direct File won’t happen in 2026, IRS tells states

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The IRS has notified states that offered the free, government tax filing service known as Direct File in 2025 that the program won’t be ...
The New York Times

What to Know About the Epstein Files, a Perfect Recipe for Conspiracy Theories

Here’s what to know about the disturbing facts and unsubstantiated suspicions that make Jeffrey Epstein, a registered sex offender, a politically potent obsession. By Devlin Barrett and Chris Cameron ...