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  The deal could be worth as much as $30 billion. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is in late-stage talks geared toward acquiring rival processor giant Xilinx, reports suggest. According to the Wall Street Journal, the discussion, now in "advanced" stages, could be valued at over $30 billion.  The publication  reported on Thursday   that an agreement could be finalized as early as next week.  However, sources close to the matter added that discussions had previously "stalled" before restarting, and so there is no concrete guarantee that an acquisition bid would be accepted or go ahead at all.  Over this year, AMD has launched a variety of new processors including the AMD Radeon Pro 5000 gaming processors, Ryzen & Ryzen Pro 4000G, and the enterprise Epyc 7Fx2 series.  The company has enjoyed a surge in share price over the past 12 months, rising from roughly $28 in October 2019 to $86.51 at the time of writing and market close.  Analysts suggest ...

  Microsoft's new extension puts Edge developer tools inside its popular Visual Studio Code editor. Microsoft has announced general availability of its new Microsoft Edge Tools for VS Code extension, which lets developers embed Edge's browser developer tools into Microsoft's popular cross-platform code editor.  The new extension allows developers to use Edge's built-in Elements and Network tool from within Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (VS Code) to fix styling, layout, and CSS issues with a site.  The idea is to bring Edge's tools to VS Code so developers don't need to switch between the editor and browser when moving from development to debugging tasks.  Microsoft says the new extension simplifies developers' workflow by changing the way users can launch an instance of Edge to debug. Users can now connect to an existing browser instance, start a new one or a headless browser that lacks a browser window and has no icon in the task bar.  "Continuous...