Microsoft adds new code modernization features to GitHub Copilot and Azure Migrate

Microsoft says GitHub Copilot can address breaking changes in not only a company’s applications but also their dependencies.
Visual Studio Magazine

GitHub Copilot AI Tech Upgraded, Already Generates 61% of Java Code

GitHub has again upgraded the AI tech behind its Copilot "AI pair programmer," which reportedly already generates 61 percent of Java Code in editors where it's used. As the Copilot tool works in ...
InfoWorld

GitHub Copilot learns new tricks

The role of GitHub as part of Microsoft’s developer division is much more than providing Microsoft and its customers with a mix of cloud-hosted and on-premises source code version control. First ...
ZDNet

Programming languages: C++ overtakes PHP, but JavaScript, Python and Java still rule

JavaScript, Python, Java, TypeScript and C# are the most widely used programming languages in GitHub projects, according to GitHub's 2022 Octoverse report. The list of top programming languages on ...
SecurityWeek

Shai-Hulud Supply Chain Attack: Worm Used to Steal Secrets, 180+ NPM Packages Hit

Shai-Hulud is the third major supply chain attack targeting the NPM ecosystem after the s1ngularity attack and the recent compromise of Josh Junon (Qix), the maintainer of 18 NPM packages that have ...

GitHub moves to tighten npm security amid phishing, malware plague

GitHub, which owns the npm registry for JavaScript packages, says it is tightening security in response to recent attacks.