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).
InfoWorld

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 ...

XAML Studio is now open source

XAML Studio is a developer tool that can be used to prototype ideas before adding them to the rest of the application in Visual Studio.
PCMag UK

Hackers Love Windows 10. Do This One Thing to Keep Them Out

With Windows 10 no longer receiving support, it has become an easy target for hackers. That doesn't mean you have to upgrade ...

How to create and run a PowerShell script file on Windows 11 or 10

Whether you use Windows 11 or 10 on your computer, you must change the execution policy to run a script with PowerShell. To change the execution policy to run PowerShell scripts on Windows 11 (or 10), ...