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• GitHub is now free for all developer teams

  Popular software hosting and collaboration platform GitHub has made some of its core premium features free for everyone. ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• GitHub's new mobile app lets you manage your code from anywhere

  Popular developer collaboration platform GitHub has launched a mobile app to let coders manage their project remotely. The ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• GitHub COO on launching in India and collaborating with governments to support the dev community

  GitHub launched its subsidiary in India last week to support a thriving developer community in the country. As part of the ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• GitHub launches an Indian subsidiary to boost its developer community

  GitHub announced today that it's opening a subsidiary in India called GitHub India Private Limited. The company said the ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Mozilla, GitHub, and Cloudflare appeal to Indian government over its online content policing plans

  Mozilla, GitHub, and Cloudflare wrote a letter today to the Indian government to see the final draft of intermediary rules ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• GitHub launches Security Lab to spot vulnerabilities in open-source code

  GitHub brings together security researchers, maintainers, and companies to officially launch a new Security Lab with an aim ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• The Iranian developer deadlock: Stuck between censorship and US sanctions

  On August 2, Iranian programmer Saber Mesgari received an email from Amazon Web Services stating that the company had to ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Bored programmer recreates a rotary dial in the browser (and it's gloriously flawed)

  One very bored programmer recreated a rotary dial in the browser — but good luck using it if you can't stay within the ...

  • Mix

• North Korea-linked hackers revive cryptocurrency scam to hijack macOS

  Security researchers uncovered another attack from Lazarus hacking group which seems to be nothing more than a rehash of ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• GitHub renews controversial $200,000 contract with ICE

  In a leaked memo, GitHub has revealed it will renew a $200,000 contract with ICE, despite disagreements with Trump's administration. ...

  • Mix

• WhatsApp bug allowed hackers to steal files and messages with GIFs

  A vulnerability in WhatsApp made it possible for attackers to gain access to your files nad messages by tricking you to open ...

  • Mix

• Why GitHub is the gold standard for developer-focused companies

  3 factors give GitHub its great potential to be the next great ecosystem: audience, freedom, and the continued evolution ...

  • Aaron Upright

• Tech CEO tells employees he's obligated to accept any government contract regardless of morality

  “I do not believe that it is appropriate, practical, or within our mission to examine specific government projects with ...

  • Tristan Greene

• GitHub acquires Pull Panda and makes its code review tools available for free

  Exactly one year after buying GitHub for $7.5 billion, Microsoft has now purchased Pull Panda to beef up the software development ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Cryptojacking malware found in 11 RubyGem language repositories

  Malware designed to surreptitiously mine cryptocurrency on behalf of hackers has been found in 11 code libraries on programming ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• 'Crypto-Twitter' really wants a Satoshi symbol — but nobody can agree on one

  The 'crypto-Twitter' community wants a symbol for small denominations of Bitcoin, known as Satoshis. There's loads of options, ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• Security firm releases flawed blockchain into the wild to help educate hackers

  One security firm thinks it can fix insecure blockchains, and it believes the key is to start with a really insecure one. ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• Hate Twitter’s new design? Here’s how to get the old look back

  Do you hate Twitter's new design? Don't worry, we've got you covered. Here's how to bring back the old look on Chrome and ...

  • Mix

• Android vulnerability lets hackers hijack your phone with malicious videos

  A vulnerability in Android ( found in versions between 7.0 and 9.0) enables hackers to hijack your phone by tricking you ...

  • Mix

• Ubuntu maker's GitHub account hacked — but the source code is safe

  The GitHub account of Canonical Ltd., the company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, was hacked over the weekend ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• PSA: Set your Venmo transactions to private right now

  A new research has found that Venmo continues to make it easy for third-parties to scrap users' public transaction history ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Here's why I'm genuinely excited about GitHub's new package registry

  GitHub moves from hosting to distribution, and I'm really excited

  • Matthew Hughes

• The GitHub extortion victims are outsmarting their Bitcoin scammers

  Blackmailers wiping GitHub repositories and withholding code to extort Bitcoin from their victims haven't made enough to ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• Why corporate acquisitions could be good for the open source community

  Open source is all over the media, IBM announced its acquisition of Red Hat, one of the largest in tech history, for $34 ...

  • Pedro Anderson

• Inside GitHub’s fight to protect devs from EU’s disastrous Copyright Reform

  The EU will have a final vote on its controversial Copyright Reform and March 26. If it's passed, it could risk open source ...

  • Már Másson Maack

• PSA: Don't use this fake Wasabi wallet to 'store' your Bitcoin

  Watch out! Wasabi, the popular anonymizing cryptocurrency wallet, has been been duped by scammers in an apparent bid to steal ...

  • David Canellis

• GitHub launches ‘draft’ pull requests to let developers discuss code before deploying

  GitHub wants to make it easier to get feedback.

  • Matthew Hughes

• Surprise – the 3 biggest cybersecurity threats are all cryptocurrency miners

  Cybersecurity analysts ranked supposedly neutral Monero-mining script CoinHive the number one malware threat for the 13th ...

  • David Canellis

• 200 million Chinese resumes leak in huge database breach

  Last night, HackenProof published a report stating that a database containing resumes of over 200 million job seekers in ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Report: GitHub hosts the most cryptocurrency mining malware of any site

  New research estimates cryptocurrency malware is responsible for mining $57M worth of Monero over the last 4 years - thats ...

  • David Canellis

• GitHub now gives free users unlimited private repositories

  Finally!

  • Matthew Hughes

• GitHub's Learning Lab launches free courses on open source collaboration and HTML

  The courses are aimed at developers of all levels.

  • Matthew Hughes

• How to filter marketing fluff from startups’ AI promises

  For anyone looking to engage with AI startup companies, the prevalence of marketing fluff can make it difficult to move forward. ...

  • Navot Volk

• Coindar is the nifty cryptocurrency trading tool that every investor should use

  Coindar is a cryptocurrency calendar for your desktop with a direct line to the developers of blockchain projects - which ...

  • David Canellis

• 11 ways to screen your front-end developer candidate

  For any business with a website, your front-end developer is arguably one of your most important hires. Their code, UX sensibility, ...

  • Scott Gerber

• GitHub's new pricing makes it easier (and cheaper) to keep your work private

  GitHub is introducing a new structure for paid plans; you can now create unlimited Personal repositories for $7 per month. ...

  • Nate Swanner