GitHub Availability Report: April 2024
In April, we experienced four incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.

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How AI enhances static application security testing (SAST)
Here’s how SAST tools combine generative AI with code scanning to help you deliver features faster and keep vulnerabilities out of code.

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Just launched: Second cohort of the DPG Open Source Community Manager Program!
Are you looking to have a positive impact in open source development? This program may be for you! Apply by May 30 to join.

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How we’re building more inclusive and accessible components at GitHub
We’ve made improvements to the way users of assistive technology can interact with and navigate lists of issues and pull requests and tables across GitHub.com.

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GitHub Copilot Chat in GitHub Mobile is now generally available
With GitHub Copilot Chat in GitHub Mobile, developers can collaborate, ask coding questions, and gain insights into both public and private repositories anywhere, anytime–all in natural language for users on all GitHub Copilot plans.

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Create a home for your community with GitHub Discussions
GitHub Community-in-a-box provides the tooling, resources, and knowledge you need to build internal communities of learning at scale with GitHub Discussions.

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Dependabot on GitHub Actions and self-hosted runners is now generally available
A quick guide on the advantages of Dependabot as a GitHub Actions workflow and the benefits this unlocks, including self-hosted runner support.

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Introducing Artifact Attestations–now in public beta
Generate and verify signed attestations for anything you make with GitHub Actions.

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Celebrating 1 year of A11y Design Bootcamp: Takeaways and tips
A11y Design Bootcamp is a live educational program that consists of exercises, discussions, and knowledge shares to raise awareness of web accessibility best practices, the role designers play in creating accessible products, and how to advocate for accessibility with cross-functional partners.

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Empowering accessibility: GitHub’s journey building an in-house Champions program
As part of GitHub’s dedication to accessibility, we expanded our internal accessibility program and scaled up our internal auditing process to help remove or lower barriers for users with disabilities. Then, we empowered employees from various disciplines to drive accessibility efforts within their teams.

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5 tips to supercharge your developer career in 2024
From mastering prompt engineering to leveraging AI for code security, here’s how you can excel in today’s competitive job market.

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Where does your software (really) come from?
GitHub is working with the OSS community to bring new supply chain security capabilities to the platform.

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Highlights from Git 2.45
Git 2.45 is here with experimental support for reftables, and SHA-256 interoperability. Get our take on the latest here.

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GitHub Copilot Workspace: Welcome to the Copilot-native developer environment
We’re redefining the developer environment with GitHub Copilot Workspace - where any developer can go from idea, to code, to software all in natural language.

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CodeQL zero to hero part 3: Security research with CodeQL
Learn how to use CodeQL for security research and improve your security research workflow.

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GitHub Actions, Arm64, and the future of automotive software development
Learn how GitHub’s Enterprise Cloud, GitHub Actions, and Arm’s latest Automotive Enhanced processors, work together to usher in a new era of efficient, scalable, and flexible automotive software creation.

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Securing millions of developers through 2FA
We’ve dramatically increased 2FA adoption on GitHub as part of our responsibility to make the software ecosystem more secure. Read on to learn how we secured millions of developers and why we’re urging more organizations to join us in these efforts.

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Using open source to help the earth
This Earth Day, we discuss how tech and open source are helping two organizations combat the effects of a changing climate.

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A short guide to mastering keyboard shortcuts on GitHub
Say goodbye to constant mouse clicking and hello to seamless navigation with GitHub shortcuts.

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A policy proposal on our approach to deepfake tools and responsible AI
We’re asking for feedback on a proposed Acceptable Use Policy update to address the use of synthetic and manipulated media tools for non-consensual intimate imagery and disinformation while protecting valuable research.

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The world’s fair of software: Join us at GitHub Universe 2024
It’s the 10th anniversary of our global developer event! Celebrate with us by picking up in-person tickets today. It’s bound to be our best one yet.

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All In Africa: New cohort now open!
As we’re opening up the doors to our final class of this programmatic year, we’re also looking back at our recent graduates and the partners that helped make them a success.

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Helping policymakers weigh the benefits of open source AI
GitHub enables developer collaboration on innovative software projects, and we’re committed to ensuring policymakers understand developer needs when crafting AI regulation.

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GitHub Availability Report: March 2024
In March, we experienced two incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.

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4 ways GitHub engineers use GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot increases efficiency for our engineers by allowing us to automate repetitive tasks, stay focused, and more.

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Explore the seasons of software development with four full years of data
Discover the latest trends and insights on public software development activity on GitHub with the release of Q4 2023 data for the Innovation Graph.

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What is retrieval-augmented generation, and what does it do for generative AI?
Here’s how retrieval-augmented generation, or RAG, uses a variety of data sources to keep AI models fresh with up-to-date information and organizational knowledge.

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Security research without ever leaving GitHub: From code scanning to CVE via Codespaces and private vulnerability reporting
This blog post is an in-depth walkthrough on how we perform security research leveraging GitHub features, including code scanning, CodeQL, and Codespaces.

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Bringing enterprise-level security and even more power to GitHub-hosted runners
GitHub-hosted runners now support Azure private networking. Plus, we’ve added 2 vCPU Linux, 4 vCPU Windows, macOS L, macOS XL, and GPU hosted runners to our runner fleet.

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Empowering women through open source
A discussion about how tech is aiding organizations fighting for gender equality, what it means to be a woman in tech and the world today, and advice on how we all move forward.

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Game Bytes · March 2024
Game Bytes is our monthly series taking a peek at the world of gamedev on GitHub—featuring game engine updates, game jam details, open source games, mods, maps, and more. Game on!

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How to use GitHub Copilot in your IDE: tips, tricks, and best practices
GitHub Copilot is a powerful AI assistant. Learn practical strategies to get the most out of GitHub Copilot to generate the most relevant and useful code suggestions in your editor.

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Insider newsletter digest: 4 things you didn’t know you could do with GitHub Projects
Unlock the secret to organization and collaboration magic with our GitHub Projects tips and tricks roundup.

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Found means fixed: Introducing code scanning autofix, powered by GitHub Copilot and CodeQL
Now in public beta for GitHub Advanced Security customers, code scanning autofix helps developers remediate more than two-thirds of supported alerts with little or no editing.

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Gaining kernel code execution on an MTE-enabled Pixel 8
In this post, I’ll look at CVE-2023-6241, a vulnerability in the Arm Mali GPU that allows a malicious app to gain arbitrary kernel code execution and root on an Android phone. I’ll show how this vulnerability can be exploited even when Memory Tagging Extension (MTE), a powerful mitigation, is enabled on the device.

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GitHub Availability Report: February 2024
In February, we experienced two incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.

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Exploring an increase in circumvention claims in our transparency data
Our full year of 2023 transparency reporting data is now available and we’re taking a deep dive into how a form change caused an abrupt increase in circumvention claims.

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Hard and soft skills for developers coding in the age of AI
While AI revolutionizes software development, it still relies on developers to pilot its use. In this blog, we’ll cover the skills that developers need to have for navigating this new AI-powered coding frontier.

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How GitHub uses merge queue to ship hundreds of changes every day
Here’s how merge queue transformed the way GitHub deploys changes to production at scale, so you can do the same for your organization.

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GitHub Enterprise Server 3.12 is now generally available
With this version, customers can choose how to best scale their security strategy, gain more control over deployments, and so much more.

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Keeping repository maintainer information accurate
Discover how keeping repository maintainer information accurate through CODEOWNERS files and automating maintenance with tools like cleanowners fosters efficient collaboration and sustainable software projects.

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GitHub Copilot Learning Pathway: Accelerate your business with AI
Learn what GitHub Copilot can help your business achieve in this expert-guided GitHub Learning Pathway, featuring insights from tech leaders at top organizations.

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Game Bytes · February 2024
Game Bytes is our monthly series taking a peek at the world of gamedev on GitHub—featuring game engine updates, game jam details, open source games, mods, maps, and more. Game on! 🕹️

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Meet Kayla: A college student and open source ambassador
From learner to mentor, Kayla, an All In for Students ambassador, has become an open source leader on her campus.

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Keeping secrets out of public repositories
With push protection now enabled by default, GitHub helps open source developers safeguard their secrets, and their reputations.

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Customizing and fine-tuning LLMs: What you need to know
Learn how your organization can customize its LLM-based solution through retrieval augmented generation and fine-tuning.

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How we’re using GitHub Projects to standardize our workflows and stay aligned
Learn how we’re managing feature releases and establishing best practices within and across teams at GitHub using GitHub Projects.

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GitHub Copilot Enterprise is now generally available
Our most advanced AI offering to date is customized to your organization’s knowledge and codebase, infusing GitHub Copilot throughout the software development lifecycle.

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Highlights from Git 2.44
The first Git release of 2024 is here! Take a look at some of our highlights on what’s new in Git 2.44.

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How AI code generation works
Explore the capabilities and benefits of AI code generation, and how it can improve the developer experience for your enterprise.

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