Hoodline

AI Agent Attack on Matplotlib Maintainer Rattles Silicon Valley

According to GitHub, the PR was marked as a first-time contribution and closed by a Matplotlib maintainer within hours, as ...
Visual Studio Magazine

What a Difference a VS Code Fork Makes: Antigravity, Cursor and Windsurf Compared

VS Code forks are diverging rapidly, not just in features, but in how they structure AI-assisted development workflows. Cursor emphasizes speed and visual polish, Windsurf leans toward dynamic ...
SiliconANGLE

Cursor acquires AI code review startup Graphite

Code editor provider Cursor has acquired Graphite, a startup with a tool that helps developers check software updates for bugs before releasing them to production. The companies announced the ...
Reuters

Code-gen startup Cursor nearly triples its valuation in Coatue-led funding round

Nov 13 (Reuters) - Code-generation startup Cursor nearly tripled its valuation to $29.3 billion in five months after raising $2.3 billion in its latest funding round, as artificial intelligence ...
Observer

A.I. ‘Vibe Coding’ Startup Cursor Nearly Triples Valuation to $29B After New Funding

As “vibe coding” sweeps Silicon Valley, engineers are embracing A.I. models that make writing code feel almost effortless. Puzzle Creative for Unsplash+ The figure represents a nearly threefold jump ...
InfoWorld

Cursor 2.0 adds coding model, UI for parallel agents

Cursor’s new Composer model, built for low-latency agentic coding, completes most iterations in under 30 seconds, according to Anysphere. Anysphere has introduced Cursor 2.0, an update to the AI ...
VentureBeat

Vibe coding platform Cursor releases first in-house LLM, Composer, promising 4X speed boost

The vibe coding tool Cursor, from startup Anysphere, has introduced Composer, its first in-house, proprietary coding large language model (LLM) as part of its Cursor 2.0 platform update. Composer is ...
InfoQ

Cursor 1.7 Adds Hooks for Agent Lifecycle Control

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Cory Benfield discusses the evolution of ...
ZDNet

This 'critical' Cursor security flaw could expose your code to malware - how to fix it

A report found hackers can exploit an autorun feature in Cursor. The danger is "significant," but there's an easy fix. Cursor uses AI to assist with code-editing. A new report has uncovered what it ...
Bleeping Computer

Cursor AI editor lets repos “autorun” malicious code on devices

A weakness in the Cursor code editor exposes developers to the risk of automatically executing tasks in a malicious repository as soon as it’s opened. Threat actors can exploit the flaw to drop ...
CSOonline

Cursor’s autorun lets hackers execute arbitrary code

Oasis Security has uncovered a flaw in the widely used AI-powered code editor Cursor that lets malicious repositories silently execute code the moment a developer opens them. According to a disclosure ...