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AI assisted code is insecure
Published in AI
Wednesday, 21 December 2022 11:20

AI assisted code is insecure


Looks like the future is not here yet 

Companies looking to save money by using AI to assist their developers in coding are signing their companies up to a pain of hurt.

Toyota left car code exposed for years
Published in Transportation
Wednesday, 12 October 2022 11:39

Toyota left car code exposed for years


User data compromised 

Japanese automaker Toyota and its tech subsidiary Toyota Connected have been forced to issue an apology after discovering that a contractor had left source code relating to its T-Connect services publicly exposed on GitHub.

Russian developers suspended from GitHub
Published in News
Tuesday, 19 April 2022 11:29

Russian developers suspended from GitHub


No open sauce for you

Russian software developers are reporting that their GitHub accounts are being suspended without warning if they work for or previously worked for companies under US sanctions.

Open source developer burns own libraries
Published in News
Tuesday, 11 January 2022 12:29

Open source developer burns own libraries


Protesting against not giving back to the community

Popular open-source libraries colors and faker were defaced by their creator as the open saucey equivalent of a suicide bombing.

GitHub fired Jew for not liking Nazis
Published in News
Tuesday, 19 January 2021 11:43

GitHub fired Jew for not liking Nazis


America really needs to get some help

Open saucy GitHub has admitted that it might have cocked up a bit for firing a Jewish person for warning colleagues about Nazis.

Microsoft mulled buying Github in 2014
Published in News
Monday, 10 June 2019 12:22

Microsoft mulled buying Github in 2014


Thought that it was too satanic to pull it off

Software King of the World Microsoft considered buying GitHub in 2014 but felt it was a little too satanic at the time to pull the deal off.

Github unaffected by US export control orders
Published in News

 

Code collaboration is safe

Fears that China might lose access to the Git-hub depository are ill-founded.

Microsoft's $7.5 billion GitHub deal will get EU approval
Published in News


Unconditional nod

Software King of the Wolrd Microsoft will get unconditional EU antitrust approval for its $7.5 billion purchase of privately held coding website GitHub.

Microsoft confirms it has bought GitHub
Published in News
Tuesday, 05 June 2018 10:19

Microsoft confirms it has bought GitHub


For 7.5 billion

As rumoured, Microsoft has confirmed that it has acquired code repository website GitHub for $7.5 in Volish stock.

Github hit by biggest recorded DDoS attack
Published in News


Managed to survive, sort of

Github was hit by the most powerful denial of service attack on record but managed to walk away from it.