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Arm Launches AI-Powered Copilot Assistant to Migrate Workflows to Arm Cloud Compute
At the recent GitHub Universe 2025 developer conference, Arm unveiled the Cloud migration assistant custom agent, a tool designed to help developers automate, optimize, and accelerate the migration of their x86 cloud workflows to Arm infrastructure.
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GitHub Rolls out Post-Quantum SSH Security to Protect Code from Future Threats
GitHub has deployed a hybrid post-quantum key-exchange algorithm for SSH access, strengthening protection against future quantum decryption threats. The rollout, now live across most regions, pairs classical and quantum-resistant methods to counter “store now, decrypt later” attacks and marks a major step toward quantum-safe software development.
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GitHub Expands Copilot Ecosystem with AgentHQ
GitHub has announced AgentHQ, a new addition to its platform that aims to unify the fragmented landscape of AI tools within the software development process.
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MCP Support in Visual Studio Reaches General Availability
Microsoft announced in August 2025 that support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) is generally available in Visual Studio. MCP enables AI agents within Visual Studio to connect to external tools and services via a consistent protocol.
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GitHub MCP Registry Offers a Central Hub for Discovering and Deploying MCP Servers
GitHub has recently launched its Model Context Protocol (MCP) Registry, designed to help developers discover and use the AI tools directly from within their working environment. The registry currently lists over 40 MCP servers from Microsoft, GitHub, Dynatrace, Terraform, and many others.
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GitHub Introduces New Embedding Model to Improve Code Search and Context
GitHub has introduced a new embedding model for Copilot, now integrated into Visual Studio Code. The model is designed to improve how Copilot understands programming context, retrieves relevant code, and suggests completions.
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GitHub Adds Post-Quantum Secure SSH Key Exchange to Protect Git Data in Transit
GitHub is introducing a hybrid post-quantum secure key exchange algorithm for SSH access when interacting with Git over SSH.
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Replit Introduces Agent 3 for Extended Autonomous Coding and Automation
Replit has introduced Agent 3, its latest autonomous software agent built to extend the use of AI in programming and workflow automation. Unlike earlier coding assistants that provide small pieces of help through autocomplete or single-step code generation, Agent 3 is designed to carry out tasks over an extended period of time.
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Hugging Face Brings Open-Source LLMs to GitHub Copilot Chat in VS Code
Hugging Face has introduced a new integration that allows developers to connect Inference Providers directly with GitHub Copilot Chat in Visual Studio Code. The update means that open-source large language models — including Kimi K2, DeepSeek V3.1, GLM 4.5, and others — can now be accessed and tested from inside the VS Code editor, without the need to switch platforms or juggle multiple tools.
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Researcher Unearths Thousands of Leaked Secrets in GitHub’s “Oops Commits”
Security researcher Sharon Brizinov, in collaboration with Truffle Security, has conducted a sweeping investigation of GitHub's "oops commits", force-pushed or deleted commits that remain archived, and uncovered thousands of secrets left behind, including high-value tokens and admin-level credentials
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Hugging Face Releases Trackio, a Lightweight Open-Source Experiment Tracking Library
Hugging Face has introduced Trackio, a new open-source Python library for experiment tracking designed to be lightweight, transparent, and easy to integrate. Built as a drop-in replacement for Weights & Biases (wandb), Trackio offers local dashboards by default and seamless syncing with Hugging Face Spaces for sharing and collaboration.
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AWS Lambda Adds Support for GitHub Actions
AWS has recently announced that AWS Lambda now supports GitHub Actions, providing a simplified way to deploy changes to Lambda functions using declarative configuration in GitHub Actions workflows. The new option supports both .zip file and container image deployments.
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LangChain Launches Open SWE, an Open-Source Asynchronous Coding Agent
LangChain has released Open SWE, a fully open-source, asynchronous coding agent designed to operate in the cloud and handle complex software development tasks. The company says Open SWE represents a shift away from real-time “copilot” assistants toward more autonomous, long-running agents that integrate directly with a developer’s existing workflows.
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Google Launches Gemini CLI: Open-Source Terminal AI Agent for Developers
Google has released Gemini CLI, a new open-source AI command-line interface that brings the full capabilities of its Gemini 2.5 Pro model directly into developers’ terminals. Designed for flexibility, transparency, and developer-first workflows, Gemini CLI provides high-performance, natural language AI assistance through a lightweight, locally accessible interface.
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GitHub CLI Enhances Support for Triangular Workflows
In April 2025, GitHub announced an update to its Command Line Interface (CLI), introducing enhanced support for triangular workflows - a common pattern among open-source contributors who work with forked repositories.