Chatbots are surfacing data from GitHub repositories that are set to private
Chatbot and AI services have yet another security and safety issue we need to worry about
Developer ports Doom into a Microsoft Word document
Doom has been ported to most computing platforms and some unconventional formats
Winamp source code released, but with significant restrictions
You can read the code, but you cannot fork it
GitHub Copilot Autofix claims to identify and resolve security issues in your code
It's now generally available
Sensitive data published through GitHub can be accessed even after being deleted
The service is working as intended, the company claims
MS-DOS 4.00 source code's sloppy Git dump breaks build and erases metadata
Good intentions, poor execution?
Facepalm: Microsoft deserves kudos for open-sourcing the MS-DOS 4.00 source code, shedding light on an important milestone in computing history. But the tech giant has bungled the release in a way that may cause needless headaches for historians and archivists eager to study the decades-old code.
Linux could have been brought down by backdoor found in widely used utility
Why it matters: By happenstance Microsoft researcher Andres Freund found malicious code that could break sshd authentication. If it hadn't been discovered it could have posed a grave threat to Linux. The open source community has reacted to the incident, acknowledging the fortuitous nature of the discovery and how it was fortunately caught early before it could pose a significant risk to the broader Linux community.
More than 100,000 GitHub repositories found spreading malicious packages
An effective way to compromise the software supply chain with developers' help
Mercedes-Benz accidentally shared its source code and business secrets with the whole world
A perplexing human error put the German carmaker's IT security at risk
Visual Studio Code now includes a GitHub Copilot preview
Popular source-code editor, VS Code now incorporates AI tool GitHub Copilot to enhance your skills. The latest version also includes accessibility and UI improvements.
Microsoft exposed 38 terabytes of sensitive data while working on AI model
Basic cloud security practices were lacking
Facepalm: Training generative AI models requires coordination and cooperation among many developers, and additional security checks should be in place. Microsoft is clearly lacking in this regard, as the corporation has put vast amounts of data at risk for years.
AI-assisted code can be inherently insecure, study finds
Programmers must be educated about strong coding practices
GitHub Copilot slammed with the first class-action against "unfair" AI
A hot potato: The first class-action lawsuit against a machine learning algorithm has been filed in San Francisco federal court. Proponents are calling for millions of GitHub users to reaffirm their rights against Copilot, an AI that suggests new code by violating open-source licenses and several other copyright infringement laws.
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Developer nukes his extensively used JS libraries to protest corporate use without compensation
Thousands of applications ceased working because of the corrupted packages
Almost 30 percent of new GitHub code is written with AI assistance
GitHub's Copilot feature has been a success
GitHub's open-source code scanning tool looks for security holes in real-time
Proactively fix security flaws before reaching v1.0
GitHub is using archival film stored in the arctic to backup all repositories
A fortress protecting the world's open source data
GitHub says 80 percent of repository contributions come from outside the U.S.
Developing countries are a big part of the platform's growth
GitHub confirms it has blocked developers in Iran, Syria, Cuba, North Korea and Crimea
Developers in the affected countries will get very limited access
Microsoft revives Windows PowerToys as an open-source project
So far 12 tools are planned, but devs are asking for suggestions and outside contributions
Microsoft further embraces open source software by sharing the Windows Calculator
Believe it or not, there is no catch
Microsoft acquires GitHub for $7.5 billion in stock
Redmond vows to 'retain [GitHub's] product philosophy'
European Commission 'unconditionally' approves Microsoft's GitHub acquisition
One of the deal's last roadblocks has been cleared
GitLab gets deep pocket monies, gears up for war with Microsoft
Code repositories are the new hot ticket