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GitHub rotates credentials following vulnerability discovery

Ryan Daws — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 16:58:10 +0000

GitHub has rotated encryption keys following the discovery of a vulnerability that could have enabled threat actors to steal credentials, the company revealed Tuesday. The Microsoft-owned firm said it first became aware of the high-severity security flaw tracked as CVE-2024-0200 on 26 December 2023. After investigating the issue and verifying there was no evidence it... Read more »

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GitHub launches Innovation Graph for interactive development insights

Ryan Daws — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 16:38:05 +0000

GitHub has unveiled its Innovation Graph, an open data and insights platform for measuring and understanding the global impact of developers. The ambitious initiative aims to address a longstanding challenge faced by policymakers and researchers: the lack of reliable and comprehensive data on trends in software development. Understanding the Innovation Graph The Innovation Graph is... Read more »

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GitHub opens Copilot Chat to all developers

Ryan Daws — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 12:42:55 +0000

GitHub has announced that Copilot Chat is now available to all developers, ushering in a new era of AI-powered software development. Copilot Chat was launched for ‘Business’ users in July. The AI assistant is capable of assisting developers in their preferred natural language and promises to reduce repetitive tasks. Developers can use the assistant to... Read more »

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Mathew Payne, GitHub: Protecting code while nurturing user experience

Ryan Daws — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 13:54:35 +0000

Developer caught up with Mathew Payne, Principal Field Security Specialist at GitHub, to discuss the platform’s security strategies and how they aim to strike a balance between robustness and a seamless user experience. At the heart of GitHub’s security philosophy lies a commitment to safeguarding user code. Payne emphasised that a major focus is on... Read more »

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GitHub introduces passwordless authentication

Ryan Daws — Fri, 14 Jul 2023 12:35:24 +0000

GitHub is introducing passwordless authentication to enhance account security and provide a more seamless user experience. Passkeys are touted as offering a secure and easy-to-use method of protecting user accounts, with the aim of eliminating password-based breaches altogether. Unlike conventional security measures, passkeys offer improved security by combining two-factor authentication (2FA) with enhanced user verification.... Read more »

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GitHub research highlights the impact of AI on developers

Ryan Daws — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 15:01:42 +0000

To gain deeper insights into how new AI tools and existing workflows impact the overall developer experience, GitHub partnered with Wakefield Research to survey 500 developers from enterprise companies across the US. GitHub’s goal was to identify the barriers developers face. For example, the survey found that developers spend most of their time waiting for... Read more »

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GitHub releases Blackbird code search engine

Ryan Daws — Wed, 10 May 2023 11:42:14 +0000

GitHub has released its reworked code search engine, Blackbird, which is built on Rust and promises faster and more comprehensive software repository exploration. This revision, which has been in development for three years, is part of GitHub’s efforts to enhance text-based search techniques for code queries. With Blackbird, developers can quickly search, navigate, and comprehend... Read more »

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OpenAI threatens GPT4Free project with lawsuit

Ryan Daws — Tue, 02 May 2023 12:47:57 +0000

OpenAI has reportedly sent a letter to a European computer science student who runs the GPT4Free project on GitHub, demanding that he takes the project down within five days or face a lawsuit. GPT4Free provides free access to the GPT4 and GPT3.5 models by funnelling the queries through sites like You.com, Quora, and CoCalc, and... Read more »

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Copilot X heralds a new era of AI-powered coding

Ryan Daws — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 15:58:35 +0000

GitHub has unveiled Copilot X, an upgraded version of its AI-powered coding assistance tool. Copilot X adopts OpenAI’s latest GPT-4 model and now features chat and voice interfaces, support for pull requests, command-line support, and can generate answer questions from documentation: Unlike traditional coding assistance tools that rely on simple code templates or pre-defined snippets,... Read more »

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GitHub now serves over 100M developers

Ryan Daws — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 16:25:11 +0000

GitHub has achieved its goal to serve 100 million developers with two years to spare. In 2019, GitHub set a goal to have 100 million developers using the service by 2025. In a blog post, GitHub announced that it’s already reached that historic milestone. GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke wrote: “Today, I’m excited to share that... Read more »

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