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Android's sideloading changes, the big Visual Studio Code update, better Linux phones, and more: News roundup

Everything you may have missed from the past week.
InfoWorld

I ran Qwen3.5 locally instead of Claude Code. Here’s what happened.

You can now run LLMs for software development on consumer-grade PCs. But we’re still a ways off from having Claude at home.
Visual Studio Magazine

Going Local (& a Bit Loco) with Open-Source AI in VS Code

This hands-on PoC shows how I got an open-source model running locally in Visual Studio Code, where the setup worked, where it broke down, and what to watch out for if you want to apply a local model ...

GlassWorm malware hits 400+ code repos on GitHub, npm, VSCode, OpenVSX

The GlassWorm supply-chain campaign has returned with a new, coordinated attack that targeted hundreds of packages, ...
NetEye Blog

Reflections on Running LLMs Locally: Why It Is Worth Running Them on Your Own Infrastructure

Model selection, infrastructure sizing, vertical fine-tuning and MCP server integration. All explained without the fluff. Why Run AI on Your Own Infrastructure? Let’s be honest: over the past two ...