Tech Moves: Code.org has a new leader; Synapse vet joins Amazon; ex-Tableau CEO lands at Code Metal

Tech Moves covers notable hires, promotions and personnel changes in the Pacific NW tech community. Submissions: [email protected] by Kurt Schlosser on Feb 20, 2026 at 12:00 pm February 20, 2026 at 11 ...

Code Metal Raises $125 Million to Rewrite the Defense Industry’s Code With AI

The Boston startup uses AI to translate and verify legacy software for defense contractors, arguing modernization can’t come ...
XDA Developers on MSN

I vibe-coded my slides instead of using PowerPoint, and they've never looked better

Sounds weird, I know.
The Hacker News

Critical Flaws Found in Four VS Code Extensions with Over 125 Million Installs

Critical vulnerabilities in four widely used VS Code extensions could enable file theft and remote code execution across 125M installs.
WinBuzzer

Microsoft Patches High-Severity Notepad Remote Code Execution Flaw

Microsoft has patched the Windows Notepad remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2026-20841, warning users to install February 2026 updates to block exploits.
InfoWorld

Python is slipping in popularity – Tiobe

The world’s most popular programming language is losing market share to more specialized languages such as R and Perl, Tiobe ...
The New York Times

Microsoft Pledged to Save Water. In the A.I. Era, It Expects Water Use to Soar.

Driven by the artificial intelligence frenzy, Microsoft is internally projecting that water use at its data centers will more than double by 2030 from 2020, including in places that face shortages.
Windows Report

Microsoft Quietly Adopts Claude Code While Marketing GitHub Copilot

Microsoft has spent the past year aggressively promoting Copilot as the future of coding with AI. The company even brought Copilot Studio extensions to Visual Studio Code. Still, internal moves ...
The New York Times

This A.I. Tool Is Going Viral. Five Ways People Are Using It.

Claude Code generates computer code when people type prompts, so those with no coding experience can create their own programs and apps. By Natallie Rocha Reporting from San Francisco Claude Code, an ...
The Verge

Claude Code is suddenly everywhere inside Microsoft

Microsoft sells GitHub Copilot to its customers, but it increasingly favors Claude Code internally. Microsoft sells GitHub Copilot to its customers, but it increasingly favors Claude Code internally.
PC Gamer

Microsoft CEO warns that we must 'do something useful' with AI or they'll lose 'social permission' to burn electricity on it

AI Microsoft AI CEO curiously omits 'Microsoft AI CEO' from list of white collar jobs that will be replaceable by AI in next 18 months AI Did they hit a nerve? OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's response to ...