The next time you check out a software project on GitHub, don’t assume lots of stars as a quality indicator. A new study conducted by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, Socket ...

Researchers found 4.5 million fake stars on GitHub The platform’s ranking and recommendations lean heavily on stars Users are being urged to consider much more than just the number of stars New ...

GitHub's Model Context Protocol (MCP) has a critical vulnerability allowing AI coding agents to leak private repo data.

Now generally available, GitHub Copilot Extensions allow developers to use natural language to query documentation, generate code, retrieve data, and execute actions on external services without ...

GitHub allows users to star repositories, and repositories with a large number of stars are often considered 'popular' and 'highly reliable.' However, there are also repositories that take ...

GitHub's fledgling Copilot extensions marketplace is taking shape, with Docker and PerplexityAI being the most popular tools offered so far. The Microsoft-owned company hosts guidance on how to "Build ...