GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: Using the diff, terminal, and browser
GitHub Copilot app now integrates diff, terminal, and browser panels to streamline reviewing, running, and previewing AI-generated code changes in one place.
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OpenClaw went viral. Meet the maintainers building and securing it.
OpenClaw, a personal AI assistant running on local devices, became GitHub’s fastest-growing project in history, amassing 388,000 stars and 80,000 commits within nine months of its November 2025 launch.
GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: Automate Dependabot pull request triage
GitHub Copilot app introduces automation to triage Dependabot pull requests, grouping updates by risk and summarizing results for developers.
How to evaluate LLMs before production
GitHub outlines lessons from testing LLMs for secret scanning, emphasizing production-focused evaluation over benchmarks to reduce false positives while maintaining recall.
Your alt text passes automated checks. That doesn't mean it's any good.
GitHub has released a plugin for its Accessibility Scanner to evaluate the quality of alt text beyond basic automated checks, addressing widespread issues with vague or repetitive descriptions on the web.
The August 17 outage, and the work ahead
GitHub reported a 7-hour, 47-minute outage on August 17 affecting core services including authentication, Actions, APIs, and Copilot, following a similar incident on August 6. The company attributed both failures to...
GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: Managing your work
GitHub introduced the My work pane in its Copilot app to help users track pull requests, issues, and tasks across multiple sessions. The feature centralizes project management for developers juggling parallel work.
How canvases make agentic workflows visible, steerable, and cost-efficient
GitHub introduces canvases in the Copilot app to make agentic workflows visible, steerable, and cost-efficient by providing durable, shared surfaces for human-agent collaboration.
How to bring your software delivery workflow into GitHub with agent apps
GitHub introduces Agent Apps to integrate external services like Amplitude, Endor Labs, LaunchDarkly, and PagerDuty directly into its platform, streamlining software delivery workflows without leaving GitHub.
Your guide to GitHub Universe 2026 is here: The schedule just launched!
GitHub Universe 2026 has released its session schedule, featuring workshops, demos, and panels led by industry experts from AMD, Figma, NVIDIA, and others. Early Bird registration is open until August 19, offering a...
What 50 open source projects taught us about security in the AI era
GitHub’s Secure Open Source Fund invested over $500,000 in 50 projects to address AI-driven security challenges, pairing maintainers with expert support and tools to strengthen software resilience.
GitHub availability report: July 2026
GitHub reported eight service incidents in July 2026, including a prolonged GitHub Actions outage on August 6, prompting accelerated migration to Azure and architectural improvements to enhance resilience and reduce...
GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: Write your first prompt
GitHub has published a guide to writing the first prompt in the GitHub Copilot app, explaining how to connect a project and start a task without needing a polished request.
Your contributors are AI-first now. Is your project?
GitHub highlights AutoGPT’s approach to managing AI-generated pull requests, emphasizing structured guidelines and automated gates to maintain code quality while accommodating AI contributors.
From coder to orchestrator: How agents shift the role of a developer
GitHub describes how AI agents are transforming developer roles from coding to orchestrating automated workflows, emphasizing controlled, repeatable systems over one-off outputs.
Using the GitHub Copilot SDK for Java
GitHub released a Java SDK for Copilot, enabling framework-agnostic AI integration in enterprise Java applications with support for annotations, virtual threads, and BYOK.
A guide to slash commands in the GitHub Copilot app
GitHub’s Copilot app now supports slash commands to streamline workflows, offering shortcuts for planning, collaboration, automation, and customization within the visual interface.
How we took malware advisories beyond npm
GitHub has expanded its malware advisories beyond npm to cover eight major package ecosystems by integrating OpenSSF’s malicious-packages data into its Advisory Database, enabling Dependabot to flag malicious...
How the GitHub legal team used Copilot CLI to streamline their workflows
GitHub’s legal team used Copilot CLI to automate repetitive tasks, cutting drafting time by half and building custom tools without writing code.
Turn one giant AI-generated pull request to a reviewable stack
GitHub introduces stacked pull requests to help teams manage AI-generated code reviews more efficiently by breaking large changes into smaller, reviewable layers.
Don’t stop early: Case-folding source code at memory speed
GitHub open-sourced casefold, a Rust crate optimizing case-folding for code search at over 45 GiB/s per core by eliminating early-exit branches and using branch-free loops.
Stacked sessions and pull requests in the GitHub Copilot app
GitHub Copilot’s app now supports stacked sessions and pull requests, enabling sequential code updates in a single repository. A developer used the feature to modernize a decade-old codebase with React 15 and outdated...
Tame Dependabot: Group your updates, slow the cadence, keep security fast
GitHub’s Dependabot now supports grouping updates, slower cadence, and automatic cooldowns to reduce repository noise while preserving security responsiveness.
Disrupting supply chain attacks on npm and GitHub Actions
GitHub details recent security updates to npm and GitHub Actions aimed at disrupting supply chain attack techniques that target open source repositories and CI/CD systems.
The harness is all you need (mostly)
GitHub advises focusing on GitHub Copilot’s core workflow rather than chasing new AI tools, arguing that mastering the existing harness delivers the greatest productivity gains.
GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: Getting started
GitHub has introduced a new application for its Copilot AI coding assistant, designed to support multi-session workflows, project-based agent interactions, and integrated previews for streamlined software development.
The case for a cooldown: Why Dependabot now waits before issuing version updates
GitHub’s Dependabot now defaults to a three-day delay before opening version update pull requests, giving maintainers and scanners time to vet new releases and reduce supply chain attack risks.
Copilot vs. raw API access: What are you actually paying for?
GitHub Copilot now bills usage at listed API rates, clarifying its value over raw model access. The service integrates coding workflows, policies, and infrastructure, while direct API access suits custom system building.
Next chapter: Restructuring GitHub’s bug bounty program
GitHub is restructuring its bug bounty program to prioritize high-quality submissions and improve researcher experience, including a new VIP tier with higher payouts and faster responses.
How to build interactive experiences with canvases
GitHub introduces canvas extensions in the Copilot app, enabling developers to create interactive, visual workspaces for tasks that benefit from direct manipulation alongside AI agents.