GitHub rebuilds Git storage as commits jump 5x in a year
AI agents pushed GitHub's write traffic past old limits, so the company is rebuilding Git storage for up to 35x more throughput.
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Cloudflare Puts Up $25,000 for an Agent-Era Git Contest
Cloudflare is offering $25,000 in credit for a two-week contest to reimagine Git hosting for AI agents that edit code concurrently, with entries due October 14.
GitHub's Open-Source AI Agent Finds 24 Android Vulnerabilities
GitHub Security Lab's open-source AI agent audited Android apps and found 24 vulnerabilities, including flaws in OsmAnd and Wikipedia's app.
GitHub Open-Sources AI Fuzzing Pipeline, Defaults to Sonnet 5
GitHub Security Lab has released an LLM-driven fuzzing pipeline for C/C++ projects that defaults to Claude Sonnet 5, running end-to-end from entry-point discovery to vulnerability reports.
Cursor Launches Origin Code Hosting as GitHub Suffers 6-Hour Outage
Cursor pushed its Origin code-hosting beta to all paid users Monday morning; hours later GitHub suffered a global outage lasting almost seven hours.
AI coding surge pushes GitHub toward AWS capacity
The load from always-on coding agents is testing GitHub's human-era infrastructure and Microsoft's Azure migration plan.
Poisoned VS Code extension exposes 3,800 GitHub repos
A TeamPCP supply-chain campaign used Nx Console and related packages to steal developer credentials from GitHub, OpenAI and Mistral environments.
TypeScript Tops GitHub as the #1 Programming Language
GitHub's Octoverse 2025 data shows TypeScript became the most contributed-to language in August 2025, driven in part by AI tools creating a self-reinforcing "convenience loop."
GitHub Copilot CLI Reaches General Availability, SDK Now in Public Preview
GitHub has released Copilot CLI as generally available for all paid Copilot users, adding MCP server management, a Critic agent, dual Plan and Autopilot modes, and multiple model choices. Separately, the Copilot SDK is now in public preview, exposing the same agent runtime for embedding into custom applications.
GitHub Copilot expands to CLI and agents
GitHub Copilot has evolved from a code completion tool into an agent that can handle entire development workflows, now extending to the command line and multi-step agent tasks across VS Code and JetBrains.
Copilot at $10 a Month: What Value Does It Really Offer?
GitHub Copilot's $10/month pricing stands out in 2026 as AI coding tools generally rise in cost. This article examines its three-tier capabilities, compares it with rivals like Claude Code and Cursor, and outlines who benefits most from the plan.
Copilot code review upgrades to agent mode
GitHub has switched Copilot's code review to an agent architecture, enabling deeper repository exploration and actionable feedback. The new system has completed 60 million reviews since last April, with 71% providing actionable comments.
GitHub Copilot upgraded to autonomous coding agent
GitHub Copilot can now act as an independent agent, automatically reading code, planning changes, and pushing draft PRs. It is available to all paid Copilot users.