"Bill used to always say that there's only one category: It's called Information Management," CEO Satya Nadella said in the meeting. "In fact, the thing he used to get frustrated by is, why the heck do I have a different app for writing a document, a different app for a website, and a different (development software) for writing an app?"
Microsoft acquired GitHub in 2018 for $7.5 billion, in a move that was nervously received by the developer community at the time. The company has mostly remained independent at Microsoft since then, but the resignation of former CEO Thomas Dohmke less than two months ago has shaken up how GitHub operates. GitHub is now gearing up for a huge migration over to Microsoft's own Azure servers, just months after Dohmke's resignation memo.
Australia's eSafety Commissioner has written to GitHub to ask it to consider if it's a social network that endangers children. The reason for the cyber-safety regulator's correspondence is Australia's imminent requirement that some social media platforms restrict access to Australian residents under 16 years of age, on the grounds that such services can be harmful to children. The ban on providing service to kids under 16 starts on December 10th,
The resilience of DevOps platforms is being tested like never before. According to GitProtect.io's just-released DevOps Threats Unwrapped: Mid-Year Report 2025, disruptions across the leading DevOps tools - GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Jira and Azure DevOps - have grown not only in volume but in severity. The findings paint a stark picture: 330 incidents in the first half of 2025 alone, impacting developer velocity, business continuity, and cloud-native operations across the globe.
GitHub Spark, now available in public preview for Copilot Pro+ subscribers, represents a paradigm shift in how we approach application development. At its core, Spark eliminates the traditional friction points that prevent rapid prototyping and deployment.
It's lovely to see that those folks that bring fresh ideas, a great amount of energy, the latest learnings from college and university, and often a different, diverse background into the company.
"I strongly believe that every kid, every child, should learn coding... We should actually teach them coding in school, in the same way that we teach them physics and geography..."
