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GitLab Explores Possible Sale – Report

Coding platform GitLab is reportedly exploring a sale, nearly three years after successful IPO on the Nasdaq

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Court Grants Twitter Subpoena To Identify Source Code Leaker

Hunting the leaker. Twitter's request to identify GitHub user who uploaded its source code has been approved by a US court

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Python Beats Java To No. 2 Spot On GitHub

Data science and AI help Python grow to the second most popular language on GitHub this year, while Google's Dart and Mozilla's Rust show strongest growth

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GitHub’s Latest Atom Beta Gets In-Editor Review Comments

The popular text editor now allows developers to manage pull request review comments without leaving the program

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Microsoft Claims Speed Edge With Open Source Python Type Checker

Microsoft's Pyright runs independently of Python, intended to give it a performance boost over rivals such as Mypy – but it remains a work in progress

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GitHub Introduces ‘Revolutionary’ Automation Features

Developers will now be able to automate workflow processes by running actions directly on the site — as well as sharing actions with more than 31 million other users

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EU Set To Approve Microsoft’s $7.5bn GitHub Buy Without...

Microsoft is reportedly set to get a no-strings-attached green light for the surprise deal, which sees Redmond acquiring the internet's top code hosting site

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EU To Rule On Microsoft GitHub Purchase In October

Controversial proposal by Redmond to acquire GitHub to face European antitrust decision on 19 October

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Microsoft Buys Code-Sharing Site GitHub For $7.5bn

The move means changes for developers - but also big Microsoft competitors such as Google, Facebook and Amazon

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GitHub Inspection Discovers 4 Million Flaws In Public Code

Bug hunting. First inspection run of public code libraries reveals four million vulnerabilities

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GitHub Briefly Taken Offline In Largest-Ever DDoS Attack

The popular code-hosting site was taken offline for 10 minutes after being targeted by a massive 1.35Tbps DDoS attack

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GitHub Notifies Developers If Their Software Project Has A Security...

GitHub says move is an important step for open source security

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GitHub’s Diverse Community Will Be The Make Or Break Of Future...

At 10 years old, GitHub needs its diverse community of users more than ever

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Facebook, Ford Foundation & GitHub Donate £229,990 To Open Source...

Internet Bug Bounty receives cash donations to expand its Internet safety program.

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Microsoft To Shut Down CodePlex & Tells Users To Migrate To GitHub

CodePlex has seen falling demand even as GitHub has grown to become the web's biggest open source code repository

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Targeted Malware Takes Aim At GitHub Developers

The Dimnie malware avoids detection by concealing its communications as it looks to steal data and passwords used by developers on GitHub

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New IBM Bluemix Services Boost Cloud App Development

IBM has launched new Bluemix services which speed up app development in the cloud by giving developers access to pre-configured toolchains.

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GitHub Enterprise 2.8 Upgrade Ready For Business Projects

Business section of GitHub upgraded with host of new features including projects tool and code review

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GitHub Accounts Compromised In Password Attack

Fallout from LinkedIn breach seems to continue as GitHub admits some accounts were accessed by attacker

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GitHub Is Relying On Developers To Crack The Business Market

GitHub focuses on developers who are getting jobs in big business, but needs to avoid alienating its sizable individual developer userbase

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Why Should You Give A Toss About IBM’s InterConnect...

IBM made plenty of big announcements this week, but why do any of them matter to you?

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Microsoft Lifts Restrictions On Deep Learning Toolkit, Moves To GitHub

Microsoft's deep learning toolkit is now open to more developers who want to create deep learning models for speech and image recognition

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GCHQ Releases Open Source Code On GitHub

British spy agency releases code for graph database tool, but why?

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TfL Legal Threats Shut Down London Underground Parody Sign Website

TfL gets the lawyers involved to take down popular website where users could create parody London Underground signs

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Chakra Bleu! Microsoft Open Sources Core Edge Browser Component

By January 2016, Microsoft will have opened Edge’s ChakraCore repository onto GitHub

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China ‘Carried Out GitHub DDoS Attack’

The Chinese government allegedly used its own official Internet filters to carry out a massive denial-of-service attack against GitHub, say researchers