GitHub Updates

[Sushubh]

GitHub Copilot is generally available to all developers

We’re making GitHub Copilot, an AI pair programmer that suggests code in your editor, generally available to all developers for $10 USD/month or $100 USD/year. It will also be free to use for verified students and maintainers of popular open source projects.

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[Sushubh]

Raising the bar for software security: next steps for GitHub.com 2FA

GitHub will require all users who contribute code on GitHub.com to enable one or more forms of two-factor authentication (2FA) by the end of 2023. Learn more about our approach, when we’ll begin our rollout, and what you can expect as we begin requiring 2FA.

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[Sushubh]

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[Sushubh]

Microsoft’s GitHub to Add OpenAI Chat Functions to Coding Tool

Copilot X will let programmers ask coding questions by text or voice

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[Sushubh]

We updated our RSA SSH host key

At approximately 05:00 UTC on March 24, out of an abundance of caution, we replaced our RSA SSH host key used to secure Git operations for GitHub.com.

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[Sushubh]

Introducing the GitHub Classroom CLI extension for the GitHub CLI

Introducing the GitHub Classroom CLI extension for the GitHub CLI

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[Navjot Singh]

GitHub slashes engineering team in India | TechCrunch

GitHub, the popular developer platform owned by Microsoft, has laid off virtually its entire engineering team in India.

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[Navjot Singh]

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[Navjot Singh]

Introducing passwordless authentication on GitHub.com

Passkeys are now available in public beta. Opting in lets you upgrade security keys to passkeys, and use those in place of both your password and your 2FA method.

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