The VSCode extension has been rewritten from the ground up to better integrate with existing VSCode infrastructure. Sadly, we've also decided to end support for the electron desktop app as we don't have the resources to maintain both VSCode and Electron at this moment.
For more information, please read @mrmeku's blog post. https://blog.nrwl.io/brand-new-ui-custom-vscode-task-support-more-in-angular-console-9-0-5e4d3a109fb9