OpenAI plans to acquire startup Astral to boost Codex abilities

OpenAI's most significant competitors in the AI coding space include Cursor and Anthropic ( ANTHRO ). Cursor is in talks with investors for a funding round that would value the startup at about $50B.
Ars Technica

OpenAI is acquiring open source Python tool-maker Astral

OpenAI announced Thursday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Astral, the company behind popular open source Python development tools such as uv, Ruff, and ty, and integrate the company ...
PCMag

I Used Vibe Coding to Build My Own Zillow in Just a Few Hours

Through that experience, I got an up-close view of how software engineering teams work, how good products are launched, and ...

Why Garry Tan’s Claude Code setup has gotten so much love, and hate

Thousands of people are trying Garry Tan's Claude Code setup, which was shared on GitHub. And everyone has an opinion: even ...
The Official Microsoft Blog

Microsoft at NVIDIA GTC: New solutions for Microsoft Foundry, Azure AI infrastructure and Physical AI

Microsoft combines accelerated computing with cloud scale engineering to bring advanced AI capabilities to our customers. For years, we’ve worked with NVIDIA to integrate hardware, software and ...

Startups accuse Microsoft of ‘billing trap’ in Azure AI Foundry after unexpected charges

Microsoft for Startups member complaints about unexpected charges for models in Azure AI Foundry are escalating, prompting a petition urging Microsoft to fix what critics call a confusing billing ...
How-To Geek on MSN

Stop typing the same 4 commands: How a simple Python script saves me time every day

Learn how to automate your Git workflow and environment variables into a single, error-proof command that handles the boring ...

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 ...
Hacker

How to Understand Any Codebase in 5 Minutes Using an AI Coding Assistant

Writing about AI, tech, and startups. with a focus on practical insights for builders, founders, and creators. Writing about AI, tech, and startups. with a focus on practical insights for builders, ...
Microsoft

Build Power Pages sites with AI using agentic coding tools (preview)

For the full walkthrough, see Get started with the Power Pages plugin for GitHub Copilot CLI and Claude Code. Tip: New to GitHub Copilot CLI or Claude Code agentic coding tools? Read Tips and best ...
Forbes

5 Vibe Coding Use Cases Every Company Can Start Using Today

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Vibe coding uses AI to turn plain language into lightweight tools, helping teams prototype, ...
PC World

‘Vibe coding’ your own apps with AI is easy! 7 tools and tricks to get started

Vibe coding is programming by gut feel. You have an idea for a tool, a website, or a repetitive task you want to automate… but instead of enrolling in a coding boot camp or slogging through YouTube ...