GitHub stories - Page 2

GitHub Desktop evolves for improved workflow support
Mon, 10th Jun 2019
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web development
GitHub Desktop has evolved to version 2.0, bringing more capabilities to developers that better support workflows.

GitHub launches fund to sponsor open source developers
Fri, 24th May 2019
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web development
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open source
In addition to GitHub Sponsors, GitHub is launching the GitHub Sponsors, GitHub will match all contributions up to $5,000 during a developer’s first year in GitHub Sponsors.

Australia needs 35,000 skilled IT experts to fuel DX initiatives
Mon, 13th May 2019
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big data
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bi
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data analytics
Australia is crying out for at least 35,000 skilled IT experts who will be desperately needed to serve organisations large and small this year.

Apache expands infrastructure with GitHub integration
Fri, 3rd May 2019
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big data
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data analytics
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“We’re proud to have such a long-standing member of the open source community migrate to GitHub."

GitHub's Bug Bounty program gets bigger
Mon, 4th Mar 2019
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app development
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web development
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security vulnerabilities
GitHub’s Bug Bounty program is now five years old and to mark the occasion it has revamped the program’s scope, rewards, and new legal rules.

GitHub frees up access to unlimited private repositories
Tue, 8th Jan 2019
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app development
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web development
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coding
Developers who use GitHub as a repository space can save themselves a little more money.

GitHub tallies most popular programming languages in 2018
Mon, 26th Nov 2018
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app development
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workflow automation
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web development
JavaScript is still a winner when it comes to programming languages but Kotlin, HCL, TypeScript and PowerShell are quickly climbing the ranks.

Interview: GitHub's promise to diversity and social impact
Tue, 30th Oct 2018
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dei
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app development
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web development
GitHub is primarily a collaborative approach to coding and technical expertise, but dig a little deeper and you find that the company is so much more.

It's official: Microsoft now owns GitHub
Tue, 30th Oct 2018
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app development
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web development
The US$7.5 billion deal brings Microsoft closer to the heart of developer communities; with new CEO Nat Friedman replacing former GitHub CEO and co-founder Chris Wanstrath.

This is the Octoverse: GitHub contributors by the numbers
Thu, 18th Oct 2018
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cloud services
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apm
Between 2017 and 2018 there has been a 44% jump in the number of organisations using GitHub across public and private repositories.

GitHub & the power of a truly global workforce
Wed, 17th Oct 2018
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wfh
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cloud services
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app development
Look beyond the code on GitHub and you’ll see a huge community of people from almost every corner of the globe contributing to more than 96 million repositories.

GitHub’s ‘universe of data’ empowers developers
Wed, 17th Oct 2018
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cloud services
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app development
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web development
“These past ten years have been the most transformative in tech,” says GitHub SVP Technology Jason Warner.

GitHub for Atom launches new pull request features and emoji support
Thu, 6th Sep 2018
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big data
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data analytics
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bi
GitHub says the new features are just a few of a swath of improvements that will be coming to Atom.

Exclusive: How open source is driving innovation in ANZ
Wed, 22nd Aug 2018
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microsoft
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app development
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web development
"Open source is quickly becoming mainstream and the community behind it just keeps on growing."

GitHub security tool checks passwords against 517m breached credentials
Mon, 6th Aug 2018
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github
Web development and coding platform GitHub has rolled out password and two-factor authentication revamps to make user accounts more secure.

GitHub rolls out security alerts feature for Python
Mon, 16th Jul 2018
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app development
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coding
“Over the coming weeks, we will be adding more historical Python vulnerabilities to our database. "

Exclusive: GitHub's seamless approach to helping businesses stay agile and compliant
Mon, 16th Jul 2018
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cloud services
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app development
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web development
Caught in the belief that rapid software development is impossible with compliance obligations always in the way? Think again, says GitHub.

Microsoft to acquire GitHub for $7.5 billion
Tue, 5th Jun 2018
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web development
"Microsoft is a developer-first company, and by joining forces with GitHub we strengthen our commitment to developer freedom."

GitHub introduces new bot-powered learning platform
Tue, 24th Apr 2018
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app development
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web development
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learning
With GitHub Learning Lab, developers will learn through issues opened by a bot in a GitHub repository.

34 tech heavyweights stand strong: Protecting the globe from cyber threats
Thu, 19th Apr 2018
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smartphones
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microsoft
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virtualisation
Not only with the companies protect customers, they've also vowed not to help governments who want to go on the cyber offensive.

GitHub boosts bug bounty program & payouts in 2017 with more to come this year
Mon, 19th Mar 2018
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app development
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web development
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security vulnerabilities
GitHub’s Security Bug Bounty program paid out more than US$166,000 in 2017 after a significant payout revamp that doubled amounts across the board.

GitHub reveals open source project trends for 2018
Mon, 12th Feb 2018
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app development
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open source
Last year, 24 million people from over 200 different countries worked together on GitHub to code better and build bigger.

GitHub reveals the global tech policies impacting 2018
Fri, 12th Jan 2018
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app development
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web development
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open source
Regulators in Europe, China, and elsewhere are increasingly setting the agenda on issues ranging from data protection to cybersecurity and AI.

GitHub to boost security tracking for developers' projects
Fri, 13th Oct 2017
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app development
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web development
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open source
GitHub has unveiled security improvements that will allow developers to track which dependencies are associated with public security vulnerabilities.