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Announcing the GitHub Innovation Graph

I’m excited to announce the launch of the GitHub Innovation Graph, our open data and insights platform on the global and local impact of developers. For too long, measures of innovation have focused solely on things like patents and research papers, while policymakers and researchers have had trouble finding reliable data on global trends in […]

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Introducing Learning Paths on Global Campus

At GitHub Education, we work to provide a community that welcomes student developers, while also supporting them with the skills and leading industry tools that meet them at every stage of their academic journey. We’ve helped more than 4 million students build their skills through GitHub Education and as we look to embrace an even […]

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Switching from Bitbucket Server and Bamboo to GitHub just got easier

Starting from February 15, 2024, Atlassian will no longer offer technical support, security updates or vulnerability fixes for their Server products like Bitbucket Server and Bamboo Server. Switching from these tools to GitHub Enterprise Cloud and GitHub Actions has become easier, safer, and even more seamless, with today’s launch of new migration tools. GitHub Enterprise […]

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Introducing auto-triage rules for Dependabot

Since the May beta release of our GitHub-curated Dependabot policies that detect and close false positive alerts, over 250k repositories have manually opted in, with an average improvement of over 1 in 10 alerts. The impact so far: auto-dismissal of millions of alerts that would have otherwise demanded a developer’s attention to manually assess and […]

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GitHub Availability Report: August 2023

In August, we experienced two incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services. August 15 16:58 UTC (lasting 4 hours 29 minutes) On August 15 at 16:58 UTC, GitHub started experiencing increasing delays in an internal job queue used to process webhooks. We statused GitHub Webhooks to yellow at 17:24 UTC. During this incident, […]

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Apply now for GitHub Universe 2023 micro-mentoring

We’re thrilled to announce, for the fifth year in a row, an opportunity for students to connect with GitHub employees ahead of GitHub Universe 2023. Whether you’re joining us virtually or in-person on November 8-9, we’re kicking the conference off with virtual micro-mentoring sessions, as a part of GitHub Social Impact programming. At GitHub, we’re […]

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CodeQL team uses AI to power vulnerability detection in code

AI is fundamentally changing the technology and security landscape. At GitHub, we see AI as a way for developers to both speed up their development process and simultaneously write more secure code. For instance, GitHub Copilot includes a security filter that targets the most common vulnerable coding patterns in Python and JavaScript–including hardcoded credentials, SQL […]

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Getting started with edge computing

The Microsoft Azure cloud computing dictionary describes edge computing as a framework that “allows devices in remote locations to process data at the ‘edge’ of the network, either by the device or a local server. And when data needs to be processed in the central datacenter, only the most important data is transmitted, thereby minimizing […]

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GitHub Enterprise Server 3.10 is now generally available

GitHub Enterprise Server 3.10 is now generally available. With this version, organizations are able to give developers and administrators more control over their repositories with enhanced security and compliance controls, and ensure secure development is a top priority. Highlights of this release include: GitHub Projects is generally available, with additions that help teams manage large […]

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Game Bytes · August 2023

Engine watch Happy Third birthday to Bevy Bevy (previously on Game Bytes), a cross-platform game engine built in Rust, is celebrating the third anniversary of its initial public release. The Bevy team is also taking the opportunity to reflect on what the community has achieved and how to reach their goals in the year ahead. […]