by Pradeep
2 weeks
GitHub today restored the popular youtube-dl repository. Earlier, GitHub took down the project based on a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) complaint. Based on the new information that showed this project was not circumventi...
by Surur
4 weeks
We reported a week ago that Microsoft has removed the code for YouTube-DL, an open-source internet video download command-line application in response to a DMCA request by the RIAA. The internet responded in its typical fashion,...
by Surur
4 weeks
Google’s Project Zero has struck again, releasing details of an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft software. The company has today released information of a “high severity” exploit in GitHub which would allow r...
by Surur
1 month
Microsoft has angered Open Source advocates after GitHub, purchased by Microsoft in 2018, responded to a DMCA takedown request by the RIAA by removing the code for YouTube-DL, an open-source internet video download command-line ap...
by Pradeep
1 month
Back in November 2019, GitHub first announced the official GitHub mobile apps coming to iOS and Android devices. With GitHub for mobile, you can review code, merge changes, and share feedback from anywhere. Microsoft today announ...
by Surur
2 months
Several months ago, in response to the Black Lives Matter movement, GitHub undertook to rename the default branch name of its repository from master to something with less racist overtones. Recently the company discussed the progr...
by Pradeep
3 months
Microsoft yesterday announced the GitHub integration with Microsoft Teams. This new integration will help developers to communicate with each other on issues, pull requests, deployment statuses, and other updates. After linking yo...
by Surur
3 months
With relations between China and USA, led by the Trump administration, becoming increasingly fractious, now is not the best time in the world for having Chinese developers dependent on a US-based resource. China has now responded ...
by Pradeep
4 months
Microsoft today published the GitHub product roadmap for the first time. This will allow developers to see what GitHub team is building right now. Since developers will know the features and functionality they can expect from GitH...
by Pradeep
4 months
Back in November 2019, GitHub Arctic Code Vault was first announced. GitHub Arctic Code Vault is a data repository preserved in the Arctic World Archive (AWA), a very-long-term archival facility 250 meters deep in the permafrost o...
by Surur
5 months
The COVID-19 pandemic and the social distancing needed to contain it is likely to cause a major unemployment crisis over the next few months, and Microsoft is not content to sit on the sidelines and simply watch the penny drop. Mi...