Neowin News Feed for: Github

Microsoft had to shut down 70+ GitHub repos after getting hacked, brings back some

Aditya Tiwari — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:56:01 +0000

Microsoft had to disable more than 70 GitHub repos this week after a nasty password-stealing malware infected them. Read more...

Microsoft launches GitHub Copilot app to supercharge agentic development

Paul Hill — Fri, 15 May 2026 05:46:01 +0000

Microsoft is evolving the developer workflow with a dedicated environment for GitHub Copilot. See how you can join the technical preview today. Read more...

GitHub Mobile now lets you build new projects on the fly

Paul Hill — Tue, 12 May 2026 05:36:01 +0000

You no longer need a desktop to kickstart your next big idea. GitHub Mobile's latest update brings repository creation to your pocket. Here is how it works. Read more...

RPCS3 says "learn to code" as it bans autonomous AI agents from project

David Uzondu — Mon, 11 May 2026 04:12:01 +0000

The RPCS3 team has decided that it has had enough of AI slop code and has banned the undisclosed use of AI in pull requests. Read more...

GitHub pivots to ‘Availability First' as AI agent surge triggers reliability crisis

Pradeep Viswanathan — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:34:01 +0000

After a string of frustrating outages, GitHub is finally breaking its silence on what's happening behind the scenes and its plans for the future. Read more...

Report: GitHub Copilot is moving to token-based billing from June

Pradeep Viswanathan — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 04:36:02 +0000

The era of flat-rate unlimited AI coding is ending as Microsoft prepares a major overhaul of the GitHub Copilot billing structure. Read more...

GitHub halts new Copilot signups amid soaring usage and rising costs

David Uzondu — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 02:20:01 +0000

GitHub has paused new sign-ups, added new usage limits, and removed some Claude models as agent-driven demand strains its infrastructure. Read more...

GitHub Copilot CLI adds new feature to massively boost AI performance by almost 75 percent

Paul Hill — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 07:52:01 +0000

GitHub's new feature introduces a new Copilot CLI feature that promises a massive performance uptick, by nearly 75 percent. Read more...

GitHub Copilot ads in PRs were due to a "programming logic issue", claims Microsoft

Usama Jawad — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:28:01 +0000

A quiet GitHub Copilot change sparked backlash from angry developers, forcing Microsoft into damage control and a sudden reversal. Read more...

Microsoft Copilot is now injecting ads into pull requests on GitHub

David Uzondu — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:52:01 +0000

It was inevitable. After three years in the ad-free "honeymoon" phase, ads are slowly creeping into generative AI products, including Copilot. Read more...

GitHub Copilot will soon use your data to train its model and share it with others

Usama Jawad — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:58:01 +0000

Your GitHub Copilot usage could soon feed Microsoft's AI training, and if you miss the opt-out deadline, you're automatically opted in. Read more...

Microsoft's GitHub Copilot adds OpenAI's top language model hours after launch

Paul Hill — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 03:52:02 +0000

GitHub Copilot has just added GPT-5.4 to its roster of large language models that it supports. The addition comes just hours after GPT-5.4 was published by OpenAI. Read more...

OpenAI is reportedly working on its own GitHub competitor

David Uzondu — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 03:52:01 +0000

OpenAI, the face of the generative AI era, has reportedly had enough of GitHub and its recent spike in outages and is now working on its own direct competitor. Read more...

Claude Sonnet 4.6 arrives in GitHub Copilot to streamline complex agentic coding

Paul Hill — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 07:34:01 +0000

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is officially here for GitHub Copilot, but you might need to flip a specific switch to see it on organization accounts. Read more...

You can now use GPT-5.2-Codex in more IDEs

Usama Jawad — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 12:24:01 +0000

OpenAI's powerful GPT-5.2-Codex agentic model is now available in more IDEs through GitHub Copilot for multiple subscription plans. Read more...

GitHub launches Agent HQ, uniting coding agents from the world's leading AI labs

Pradeep Viswanathan — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 18:50:01 +0000

At GitHub Universe 2025, GitHub unveiled Agent HQ, a new platform integrating coding agents from major AI labs including OpenAI. Read more...

Microsoft will reduce GitHub's independence and move its servers to Azure, report claims

David Uzondu — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:10:01 +0000

After being moved under Microsoft's CoreAI organization, GitHub is losing more of its independence, and it confirms plans to migrate its servers from its own data centers to Azure. Read more...

AI's impact on programming language popularity revealed

Paul Hill — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:40:01 +0000

AI is changing the game for programming languages. According to a new report, Python holds the top spot while JavaScript drops. The reason? "Vibe coding" with AI assistants. Read more...

GitHub has become painfully slow on Apple Safari

Usama Jawad — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 14:46:01 +0000

GitHub pages with over a thousand lines of code are rendering extremely slow on Apple Safari while working perfectly fine on other browsers like Chrome and Edge, and operating systems like Windows 11. Read more...

GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke is leaving Microsoft

Pradeep Viswanathan — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 17:16:02 +0000

GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke is departing Microsoft to launch his own venture and will stay until the end of 2025 to manage the transition. Read more...

OpenAI's GPT-5 model information leaked ahead of official announcement

Pradeep Viswanathan — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 05:40:01 +0000

OpenAI's GPT-5 model series is set for release today, but key details were leaked early via a Microsoft GitHub blog post. Read more...

Google launches Gemini CLI GitHub Actions for automating PR reviews, issue triage, and more

David Uzondu — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 01:00:01 +0000

Google has released Gemini CLI GitHub Actions, built on Gemini CLI, to help automate tasks like issue triage and pull request reviews in your repo. Read more...

Microsoft is making it easier to develop apps for iOS with GitHub Copilot updates for Xcode

Usama Jawad — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 07:48:01 +0000

Microsoft has revealed significant updates for GitHub Copilot in Xcode, including support for Copilot Vision. Read more...

GitHub Spark enters public preview to revolutionize app development for all

Paul Hill — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 06:36:01 +0000

Microsoft has launched the GitHub Spark public preview for GitHub Pro+ customers. It can help you build code with natural language and deploy easily. Read more...

Europe considers a massive fund to fix open source software's silent crisis

Paul Hill — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 10:16:01 +0000

GitHub, and by extension, Microsoft, has proposed the establishment of a new fund to finance the continued development of widely-used open source software. Read more...

GitHub customers rejoice as Command Palette deprecation is delayed

Usama Jawad — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 18:50:02 +0000

GitHub has decided to delay the deprecation of Command Palette after listening to user feedback on the topic. Read more...

Microsoft's "Athena" AI: A blueprint for your own dev team's productivity boost

Paul Hill — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 04:44:01 +0000

Microsoft has released a blueprint of a new agent for Teams called Athena. It was shown off at BUILD, but now Microsoft has released code on GitHub for organizations to take and adapt. Read more...

FreeBSD 14.3 release candidate ships with Docker-ready images and key fixes

David Uzondu — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 04:28:02 +0000

The first release candidate of FreeBSD 14.3 is now out, bringing OCI images to Docker Hub and GitHub, along with various bug fixes. Read more...

Microsoft takes on OpenAI Codex with the new GitHub Copilot coding agent

Pradeep Viswanathan — Mon, 19 May 2025 16:02:17 +0000

Microsoft's GitHub has introduced the GitHub Copilot coding agent that can autonomously complete software development tasks in a secure environment. Read more...

Microsoft's free official GitHub Teams app gets faster and is now available for everyone

Sayan Sen — Mon, 19 May 2025 16:01:25 +0000

Microsoft has a free and official GitHub for Teams app, and the software is now generally available to everyone. Read more...

OpenAI launches GitHub "connector" for ChatGPT Deep Research to answer questions about code

David Uzondu — Thu, 08 May 2025 21:52:01 +0000

OpenAI has updated ChatGPT's Deep Research with its first connector, a GitHub integration that pulls context from code to help answer technical questions. Read more...

Amazon Q Developer Gen AI code assistant now available on GitHub

Pradeep Viswanathan — Tue, 06 May 2025 03:40:01 +0000

Amazon has launched a free preview of its generative AI code assistant, Amazon Q Developer, directly integrated into GitHub and GitHub Enterprise Cloud. Read more...

Microsoft brings OpenAI o3 and o4-mini models to Azure and GitHub

Pradeep Viswanathan — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 02:18:01 +0000

OpenAI has released new reasoning models, o3 and o4-mini, offering improved performance and vision capabilities. Microsoft has made these models available on Azure. Read more...

Microsoft brings Windows on Arm runner support to GitHub Actions for all public repositories

David Uzondu — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 22:40:01 +0000

Developers can now finally integrate Windows on Arm runners into their CI workflows across all public GitHub repositories. Read more...

Google's Gemini Code Assist offers near-unlimited code completions for free

Pradeep Viswanathan — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 01:10:01 +0000

Google has launched a free version of its AI-powered developer assistant, Gemini Code Assist. The tool offers near-unlimited code completions, code reviews, and more. Read more...

GitHub unveils major upgrades to Copilot with new agent mode and Copilot Edits

Omer Dursun — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 18:20:01 +0000

The latest update to GitHub Copilot introduces "Agent Mode" for AI-powered self-correcting code and bug fixing, as well as Copilot Edits for multi-file changes in VS Code. Read more...

OpenAI o3-mini now available on GitHub Copilot and Microsoft Azure

Pradeep Viswanathan — Sat, 01 Feb 2025 05:42:01 +0000

OpenAI has released o3-mini, a new affordable reasoning model. Microsoft has now integrated o3-mini into Azure OpenAI Service and GitHub Copilot. Read more...

Microsoft brings DeepSeek R1 to Azure AI Foundry and GitHub

Pradeep Viswanathan — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 05:48:02 +0000

Microsoft has made the DeepSeek-R1 model available in Azure AI Foundry and GitHub, providing enterprises with access to a powerful and cost-efficient AI model. Read more...

GitHub Copilot is now available for free in VS Code

Pradeep Viswanathan — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:02:01 +0000

GitHub has reached 150 million developers and is celebrating by launching a free version of GitHub Copilot for VS Code. This free version has some limitations compared to the Pro version. Read more...

GitHub's claims under scrutiny over Copilot's questionable code quality metrics

Fiza Ali — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 16:10:01 +0000

A Romanian developer Dan Cîmpianu has challenged GitHub's claims about Copilot improving code quality, questioning the study's validity and the tool's true effectiveness. Read more...