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Visual Studio Code adds support for agent skills

An experimental feature in VS Code 1.108, Agent Skills are folders of instructions, scripts, and resources that GitHub ...

This week in AI updates: Google’s UCP standard, a redesigned Slackbot, and more (January 16, 2026)

Google has announced a new open-source standard for agentic commerce called the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP).
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Ruby 4.0.0 introduces ZJIT compiler, Ruby Box isolation

Ruby Box is an experimental feature that provides separate spaces in a Ruby process to isolate application code, libraries, and monkey patches.

Tyler Nickel hits 8 3-pointers to lead unbeaten No. 13 Vanderbilt to blowout of Wake Forest, 98-67

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Tyler Nickel hit eight 3-pointers on his way to 26 points and No. 13 Vanderbilt continued its surprise season as one of a handful of schools in the country that are still ...