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Microsoft’s latest release, Windows Terminal 1.19 Preview, is making waves in the developer community with its array of new features, including Suggestions UI, Broadcast Input, and Web Search. Windows Terminal 1.18 is also available as a stable release with all the capabilities that were previously available in preview. Windows Terminal Preview 1.19 brings a new…

In a world where online security is paramount, GitHub has just announced the general availability of passkey support for passwordless authentication. This new security feature, which launched in public beta in July, now offers developers a more secure and convenient way to access their GitHub accounts. Passkey is a security feature that allows users to…

Microsoft-owned GitHub has released a new code referencing tool for GitHub Copilot. The new feature will inform developers when AI-powered code suggestions are taken from public repositories. GitHub first unveiled the Copilot tool back in June 2021. The AI programming assistant allows developers to get code suggestions with natural language commands. Copilot has been trained…

Microsoft-owned GitHub has announced the limited public beta release of GitHub Copilot Chat for enterprise customers and organizations. This release brings a context-aware conversational coding assistant into Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code development environments. GitHub launched the chatbot as a part of the Copilot X initiative to extend its code completion tool to more…

GitHub announced this morning that it has added support for passkeys in public beta. The passkeys feature is a standardized new way that lets users seamlessly and securely access GitHub.com. A passkey is a sequence of characters that helps to ensure that only authorized users gain access to sensitive resources. The security feature is used…

Microsoft has announced the release of the latest version of Visual Studio Code. The July 2023 Update (version 1.80) comes with a few enhancements, such as terminal image support, accessibility improvements, and more. Last month, Microsoft added terminal image support in public preview in Visual Studio Code. Now, the feature is enabled by default that…

Microsoft-owned GitHub has launched a new GitHub Enterprise Importer tool. The new service enables developer teams to migrate their code, collaborations, and history to GitHub Enterprise Cloud. GitHub highlighted that its GitHub Enterprise Importer tool has already been used by more than 2,000 organizations. The self-service tool has helped developers to migrate over 400,000 repositories…

Microsoft’s GitHub has released a new GPT-4 powered version of its Copilot programming assistant. Copilot X expands the tool’s capabilities to add a ChatGPT-style experience to code editors, pull request support, and AI-powered answers for software documentation. GitHub launched its original Copilot tool back in 2022. The AI-based service is based on OpenAI’s Codex model…

Last week, Microsoft announced the release of Semantic Kernel (SK). The new open-source framework enables developers to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) into their applications. Semantic Kernel is a lightweight software development kit (SDK) that helps developers to incorporate new experiences such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT-powered natural language responses directly into applications….