Tom Fenton tackles seven free and open-source AI tools bring local chat, coding, voice, design and research capabilities to personal computers and self-hosted environments.

The privacy policy for the Apple Store app suggests that a new feature called Virtual Shopping Assistant could be implemented soon. It may function similarly to the Apple Support Assistant. Apple has ...

TL;DR: Visual Studio 2026 delivers AI-powered coding, collaboration, and cross-platform development tools for $34.97 until July 12. Modern development rarely lives in one place anymore. Even Mac-based ...

Microsoft's June 9 Visual Studio 2026 update shipped three features that, taken together, address a structural problem the June 1 GitHub Copilot billing transition created: the IDE had become the only ...

This repo contains instructions and sample for running MCP server built with the Python MCP SDK on Azure Functions. The repo include a sample server demonstrate various MCP tools. You can clone to run ...

is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Much like Google, Microsoft is launching its own version of OpenClaw.

A 34-vote social media poll showed 44.1 percent support for adding more database tooling options to Visual Studio, with 41.2 percent opposed and 14.7 percent choosing "Either way." Several responses ...

The following content is brought to you by Mashable partners. If you buy a product featured here, we may earn an affiliate commission or other compensation. TL;DR: Microsoft Visual Studio Professional ...

Using AI chatbots for even just 10 minutes may have a shockingly negative impact on people’s ability to think and problem-solve, according to a new study from researchers at Carnegie Mellon, MIT, ...

MCP (Model Context Protocol) provides a universal standard for connecting LLMs to external data sources and tools, eliminating the need to manually copy-paste context into a chat session and enabling ...