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The GitHub Podcast is back! In this episode we get to know our new hosts and discuss favorite episodes. ๐ŸŽง Find it wherever you listen to podcasts or head here the-github-podcast.simplecasโ€ฆ
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Ready to start building? Check out the latest GitHub Skills exercises ๐Ÿ‘‡ learn.github.com/skills#takeโ€ฆ
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Ever opened a repo thinking โ€œthisโ€™ll just be a READMEโ€, and suddenly youโ€™re building a full Python stack? Same. Get to know the hosts of our season 2 GitHub Podcast, and find out their favorite episodes from last season. Catch up on all the episodes wherever you listen to podcasts or at gh.io/podcast Whatโ€™s the most unexpectedly big thing youโ€™ve built from a small idea? ๐Ÿ‘‡
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Mission control, we're approaching Universe 2026. ๐Ÿš€ Get your ticket ๐Ÿ‘‡ githubuniverse.com/?utm_sourโ€ฆ
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๐Ÿ‘‰ Copilot code review depth is now up to you. Balanced depth is now generally available. Select Balanced for deeper analysis and more thorough reviews on your pull requests, or choose Lite for straightforward changes. Set the default depth at the org or repo level, or select depth when requesting a review on your PR. Balanced or Lite, get the right-sized reviews for your PRs. โœ…
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OpenClaw. Is it the Linux of AI? ๐Ÿ‘€
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๐š๐š’๐š ๐šŒ๐š˜๐š–๐š–๐š’๐š -๐š– "๐šŠ๐š๐š ๐šž๐š—๐š’๐šŒ๐š˜๐š›๐š—๐šœ ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š›๐šŠ๐š’๐š—๐š‹๐š˜๐š ๐šœ" ๐Ÿฆ„๐ŸŒˆ #js13k is back for 2026, challenging developers to build an entire game in just 13KB. What are you building?
Fifteenth edition of #js13k, web game development competition where you have to fit your entire game into a 13 kilobyte zip, starts NOW! The 2026 #theme is... #UNICORNS AND #RAINBOWS! ๐Ÿฆ„๐ŸŒˆ js13kgames.com/2026/blog/comโ€ฆ Share this info with the #gamedev world! ๐ŸŽ‰ #gamedevjs #gamejam #indiedev #indiegames #codegolf #JavaScript #HTML5
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In Session 4 of the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund, 50 open source projects upgraded their security posture through AI-assisted workflows, maintainer expertise, GitHub security tools, expert guidance, and funding. As AI changes how software is built, reviewed, and secured, maintainers remain at the center of protecting the open source ecosystem. Here's what these projects learned and the impact they made. ๐Ÿ‘‡ github.blog/open-source/mainโ€ฆ
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๐Ÿ†• @GoogleAI's Gemini 3.7 Flash is now generally available and rolling out in GitHub Copilot. Early testing shows: โžก๏ธ improvements in web and app development and agentic coding workflows โžก๏ธ improvements in code quality, final-output presentation, codebase research, and verification during complex coding tasks Try it out in the GitHub Copilot app, CLI, and @code. github.blog/changelog/2026-0โ€ฆ
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The GitHub Copilot app brings your AI-powered development workflow into one place, helping you turn ideas into code and keep your projects moving. Bring your community together to explore what you can build with it at GitHub Copilot Dev Days. Join or sign up to host an event in your city ๐Ÿ‘‡ gh.io/dev-days-2026
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We want you to decide which session will take the main stage at #GitHubUniverse. Vote for your favorite at gh.io/shapethelineup
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๐Ÿ“ฃ @Kimi_Moonshot's Kimi K3, an open-weight model, is now generally available and rolling out in GitHub Copilot. The model shows frontier-level abilities on agentic coding with highly cost-effective pricing. It is hosted by @FireworksAI_HQ. Learn more. ๐Ÿ‘‡ github.blog/changelog/2026-0โ€ฆ
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The datasets are open, and there are more stories waiting to be uncovered. ๐Ÿ‘€ Explore the Q1 2026 GitHub Innovation Graph update. ๐Ÿ‘‡ github.blog/news-insights/poโ€ฆ
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Git pushes show just how quickly developer activity is rising. Q1 2020 โ†’ Q1 2026: ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India: 4.4M โ†’ 45M ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia: 860K โ†’ 6.9M ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Vietnam: 630K โ†’ 5.1M ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan: 240K โ†’ 3.5M
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Repository growth is accelerating worldwide. ๐Ÿ“ˆ Q1 2026 quarter-over-quarter change in repository count: ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India: 5.2M ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States: 3.2M ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ European Union: 2.6M ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil: 970K ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan: 880K
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Open source is growing across economies and developer communities. ๐ŸŒ In Q1 2026, outbound collaboration jumped 16% quarter over quarter. Since Q1 2020: ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ EU: 1.3M โ†’ 3.8M ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India: 160K โ†’ 690K ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore: 58K โ†’ 360K
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Instead of typing to Copilot, try talking to it (nicely). Click the microphone icon in the GitHub Copilot app to transcribe your prompt. ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ
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We thought this whole teleporting business would be ... easier?
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Large changes are hard to review. Smaller pull requests make them easier to ship. Stacked PRs are now on GitHub. docs.github.com/en/pull-requโ€ฆ
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Go forth and stack ๐Ÿฅž
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Beats to merge your stacks to ๐Ÿฅž
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We canโ€™t fix your attention span, but we can make stacked PRs make sense.
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Do you use accessibility tools when working on GitHub? GitHub wants to learn more about how developers with disabilities contribute to software and how accessibility technology helps them do their best work. We welcome you to fill out our survey, open until August 31, 2026. gh.io/2026-accesscats-survey
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More of every Copilot session goes toward useful work, so your credits go further, with no change to how you work. Prompt caching and tool search reduce repeated context, while Auto selects models based on task intent and real-time model health. In evaluations, HyDRA matched OpenRouter Autoโ€™s 70.8% resolution rate at 3.3x the savings.
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The GitHub Copilot app belongs in your dock. @madebygps explains why. ๐Ÿ‘€
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๐Ÿ“ฃ @AnthropicAI's Claude Opus 5 is now available and rolling out in GitHub Copilot. Early testing shows โžก๏ธ It has strong performance on agentic coding workflows โžก๏ธ It's effective at making targeted changes, validating its work, and reducing unnecessary execution overhead on complex tasks Try it out in the GitHub Copilot app or @code ๐Ÿ‘‡ github.blog/changelog/2026-0โ€ฆ
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To get started โฌ‡๏ธ Create or edit a field, and choose the multi-select type. Set multiple values from the sidebar, and then filter or search by them in your project views.
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๐Ÿ†• Multi-select fields for Projects and Issues are now in public preview. Tag an item with everything it relates to (like multiple teams, modules, or categories) instead of picking just one. ๐Ÿท๏ธ
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Protect your secrets. ๐Ÿ” Join us July 28 for a GitHub Security webinar exploring secret leak trends, public exposure monitoring, and practical steps your org can take to reduce risk and respond quickly. Learn how to identify exposed secrets (even outside your repos) and take immediate action. Register now โฌ‡๏ธ github.registration.goldcastโ€ฆ
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This is the moment @davemorin knew @openclaw was something special. โœจ๐Ÿ’ก
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57 years ago today, humans first landed on the Moon. The source code that helped get them there? Itโ€™s on GitHub. Margaret Hamilton led the MIT team responsible for Apolloโ€™s onboard flight software. The Apollo Guidance Computer software eventually grew to about 145,000 lines of code. ๐Ÿ‘€ Explore the original Apollo 11 guidance software for the Command and Lunar Modules. ๐ŸŒ• github.com/chrislgarry/apollโ€ฆ Image credit: Draper Laboratory; restoration by Adam Cuerden, via Wikimedia Commons.
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View your session, issues, pull requests, and gists all within Copilot CLI. Update to v1.0.58+ โœจ
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Save this for the next time you need to compare diffs. ๐Ÿ’ก
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๐Ÿ“ฃ GPT-5.5 this weekend: 60% off for Copilot Max users and 40% off for Pro+ users. ๐ŸŽ‰ Put it toward a tricky bug, a larger change, or updates across multiple files โ€” wherever you use Copilot. No code or opt-in required. Happy coding. โœ…
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GitHub Copilot for @Atlassian's Jira is now generally available. With Copilot in Jira, you can: โ€ข stream agent progress to Jira โ€ข provide follow-up instructions directly in the Jira chat panel โ€ข connect your GitHub org and repos to the Jira app faster with fewer steps at the point of setup Learn more about the new capabilities ๐Ÿ’ก github.blog/changelog/2026-0โ€ฆ
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Beginner-friendly sessions, in multiple languages. Register now for Let's Learn GitHub Copilot app ๐Ÿ‘‡ gh.io/letslearn
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Stay connected to your Copilot CLI sessions from anywhere. GitHub Mobile now supports live notifications for remote Copilot CLI sessions. Track progress, know when input is needed, and jump back into session logs to unblock right from your phone.
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Get faster, more reliable coding sessions in GitHub Copilot CLI. We implemented smarter subagent delegation that cut tool failures 23%, search failures 27%, and edit failures 18%, with no quality regression.
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With GitHub Issue Fields, you can add structured, typed metadata (like priority, effort, dates, and custom values) to issues across your repos. Get key details at a glance without opening each issue. GitHub Issue Fields are now generally available to everyone. ๐ŸŽ‰
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"Code is the language that we use to understand physics." ๐Ÿ’ป โš›๏ธ With billions of particle collisions happening at the Large Hadron Collider, @CERN research fellow Batoul Diab explains why software developers are more crucial to modern science than ever before.
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We rewrote them to mirror how a reviewer actually reads a pull request: ask, narrow, read, decide.
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The tools were fine. Their instructions were written for a different job, so the agent browsed the repo instead of investigating the pull request.
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We swapped Copilot code review onto the same shared tools that power the Copilot CLI (grep, glob, view), expecting a clean upgrade. Instead, reviews did more work and caught fewer issues. ๐Ÿ‘€
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๐Ÿ“ฃ @OpenAIDevs's GPT-5.6 family is now generally available and rolling out in GitHub Copilot. GPT-5.6 comes in three variants: โ˜€๏ธ GPT-5.6 Sol: the highest reasoning ceiling in the family. Best for complex reasoning over large codebases and demanding, long-running agentic work. ๐ŸŒŽ GPT-5.6 Terra: the balanced default. A strong all-round choice for everyday interactive and agentic coding. ๐ŸŒ• GPT-5.6 Luna: a lightweight, cost-efficient variant for smaller, faster tasks and the lowest-cost option in the family. Try one, two, or them all in @code or the GitHub Copilot app. github.blog/changelog/2026-0โ€ฆ
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This is the last time we'll mention Super Early Bird. Mostly because it ends today. Get your $600 discount. We'll see you at GitHub Universe.๐Ÿ‘‡ githubuniverse.com/?utm_sourโ€ฆ
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Build smarter with the new GitHub Copilot app. ๐Ÿ’ก Join our Let's Learn virtual sessions and find out how this all-in-one control center can help you optimize your workflow with agent-driven development. Sign up for your session in English, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, or Portuguese. ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ gh.io/letslearn

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The GitHub Copilot app is now available on every Copilot plan. ๐ŸŽ‰ No plan? You can still build, just bring your own key. ๐Ÿ”‘ Here's how to set it up.
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Git worktrees have been around since 2015, but they've made a resurgence. ๐Ÿ”ฅ @cassidoo explains what they are and why AI-era parallel work makes them feel essential. ๐Ÿ‘‡ github.blog/ai-and-ml/githubโ€ฆ
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Kimi K2.7 Code is the first open-weight model you can select in the GitHub Copilot model picker. What does that mean for you? @burkeholland explains how this low-cost, high-performance model gives you more choice and flexibility in your workflow. โ–ถ๏ธ
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We heard you. And we agree. In light of recent developments in physical media, GitHub is proud to announce that you can now obtain your public repo on CD-ROM. Keep it. Lend it to friends. Pass it on to your children. Your code is physically yours, forever. Until you lose it, let's be real. Order yours today. gh.io/cd
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๐Ÿ†• @Kimi_Moonshot's Kimi K2.7 Code is now generally available in GitHub Copilot. This is the first open-weight model offered as a selectable option in the Copilot model picker. ๐ŸŽ‰ Early testing shows Kimi K2.7 is a lower-cost option with strong performance comparable to highly popular frontier models. Try it out now in @code and look out for it in more GitHub Copilot surfaces. ๐Ÿ‘‡ github.blog/changelog/2026-0โ€ฆ
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Medium-depth reviews are now in public preview for GitHub Copilot code review. Increase the effort level from low to medium so reviews route to a higher-reasoning model for more thorough analysis. ๐Ÿ” Here's how to use it โฌ‡๏ธ
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Now in public preview ๐Ÿ‘‡ github.blog/changelog/2026-0โ€ฆ
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Maintainers spend hours every week closing duplicate issues. ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ That changes with duplicate detection. Surface up to 3 matching issues as you create one, before you hit submit.
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The best thing about building in the open? Nothing gets lost. Anders Hejlsberg, creator of TypeScript and C#, on 12 years of issues and decisions, all searchable. "It didn't just disappear into some email I can't find anymore." Take a trip down memory lane and tell us: what was your first open source contribution?
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๐Ÿ“ฃ @AnthropicAI's Claude Sonnet 5 is now generally available and rolling out in GitHub Copilot. Early testing for Claude Sonnet 5 showed: โ€ข strong results across a range of coding scenarios, particularly for performance on CLI-style tasks. โ€ข excellent prompt-cache utilization and competitive latency at lower effort levels. Try it out in the GitHub Copilot app โฌ‡๏ธ github.blog/changelog/2026-0โ€ฆ
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We benchmarked the GitHub Copilot agentic harness against the harnesses that ship leading models natively. Holding the model and task fixed across SWE-bench Verified, SWE-bench Pro, SkillsBench, TerminalBench, and Win-Hill, the results were clear: โœ… Task resolution on par with model-vendor harnesses โœ… Fewer tokens across most configurations ๐Ÿ’ก A key learning: With GitHub Copilot supporting more than 20 models, you're free to pick efficiency or peak quality per task.
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Using the /impeccable skill built into the GitHub Copilot app, @cassidoo gave her PocketCal app a design refresh! โœจ Enable in Settings > Experimental to try it out. gh.io/app?utm_source=social-โ€ฆ
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Copilot code review now supports AGENTS.md files. ๐Ÿ’ก Here's how to customize for more context-aware reviews. โ–ถ๏ธ
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GitHub Universe: Not your average tech event. Come for the sessions, stay for the joy (and donuts). Join us IRL this year, you still have the chance to get our Super Early Bird pricing until July 8. Get your ticket ๐Ÿ‘‡ githubuniverse.com/?utm_sourโ€ฆ
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What if your first sip of coffee came with a finished to-do list? โ˜• We sat down with @_Evan_Boyle to see how automations, MCP integrations, and custom skills make the GitHub Copilot app work the way he does.
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A single app model and a simplified local run loop. This Open Source Friday, we'll learn about @aspiredotdev: a code-first orchestration and observability layer for distributed apps, with a built-in dashboard for logs, traces, and metrics. Set a reminder ๐Ÿ”” gh.io/aspire
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๐Ÿ†• Copilot CLI just got a new terminal user interface. Access your issues, pull requests, and gists right in your terminal.
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.@impeccable_ai earned its way to 40k+ stars on GitHub by delivering exceptional value. Today, we are making design and quality a built-in layer for all creators: Impeccable is now a built-in skill in the GitHub Copilot app. AI raised the floor. Weโ€™re here to help raise the ceiling.
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Quake turns 30 today. ๐ŸŽ‰ Three decades later, you can still dig into the source code that helped shape modern game engines, multiplayer networking, and modding communities. ๐ŸŽฎ github.com/id-software/quake
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At @CERN, finding the universe's smallest particles requires big collaborative efforts. ๐Ÿค Research fellow Batoul Diab shares how the ALICE collaboration uses open source code on GitHub to analyze massive amounts of physics data. Watch to see shared code, peer review, and global teamwork power modern scientific breakthroughs. ๐Ÿ’ก
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