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  As Some Orgs Restrict DeepSeek AI Usage, Microsoft Offers Models and Dev Guidance

  While some organizations are restricting employee usage of the new open source DeepSeek AI from a Chinese company due to data collection concerns, Microsoft has taken a different approach.
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  Useful New-ish Features in .NET/C#

  We often hear about the big new features in .NET or C#, but what about all of those lesser known, but useful new features? How exactly do you use constructs like collection indices and ranges, date features, and pattern matching?
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  TypeScript 5.8 Beta Speeds Program Loads, Updates

  "TypeScript 5.8 introduces a number of optimizations that can both improve the time to build up a program, and also to update a program based on a file change in either --watch mode or editor scenarios."
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  AI Toolkit for VS Code Now Lets You 'Bring Your Own Model'

  "AI Toolkit extension for VS code now supports external local models via Ollama. It has also added support remote hosted models using API keys for OpenAI, Google and Anthropic."
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  Visual Studio Copilot Improves Feature Search, Shortcuts, Slash Commands

  Microsoft's Visual Studio dev team has been working on the next release of its flagship IDE, Visual Studio 2022 v17.13, with an emphasis on improving the GitHub Copilot AI-powered coding assistant.