Cursor’s new coding model Composer 2 is here: It beats Claude Opus 4.6 but still trails GPT-5.4

t has to prove that its integrated platform, team controls and now its own in-house models add enough value to justify ...
techannouncer

Demystifying API Example Code: A Practical Guide for Developers

So, you’ve got to work with an API, and the documentation looks like a foreign language textbook written by a robot? Yeah, I’ve been there. It’s like trying to assemble flat-pack furniture with ...
Business Wire

Snowflake Unveils Cortex Code, An AI Coding Agent That Drastically Increases Productivity by Understanding Your Enterprise Data Context

Cortex Code, Snowflake’s AI coding agent, helps customers like Braze, Decile, dentsu, FYUL, LendingTree, Shelter Mutual Insurance, TextNow, United Rentals, and WHOOP perform complex data engineering, ...
CNBC

AI startup Cursor raises $2.3 billion funding round at $29.3 billion valuation

Cursor announced it has closed a $2.3 billion funding round at a $29.3 billion post-money valuation. The startup built a popular AI coding tool that helps software developers generate, edit and review ...
Microsoft

‘Vibe coding’ and other ways AI is changing who can build apps and how

Doher Drizzle Pablo was drowning in travel receipts. After her company transferred her to Sweden from the Philippines last year, she’d started visiting clients in at least two countries a month, and ...
Bleeping Computer

NPM package caught using QR Code to fetch cookie-stealing malware

Newly discovered npm package 'fezbox' employs QR codes to retrieve cookie-stealing malware from the threat actor's server. The package, masquerading as a utility library, leverages this innovative ...
TechCrunch

GitHub Copilot competitor Codeium raises $150M at a $1.25B valuation

A startup whose product competes with GitHub Copilot and other AI-powered coding assistants has achieved unicorn status. On Thursday, Codeium said it closed a $150 million Series C round led by ...