Github Copilot
The latest Github Copilot coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
GitHub Copilot’s AI Credit Cuts Are Coming: What Teams Need to Do Before September 1
If your team adopted GitHub Copilot Business or Enterprise before June 2026, you’ve been riding a generous wave of AI credits. That ends on September 1, 2026, when the included monthly allowance...
GitHub Copilot’s Usage-Based Pricing Has Landed: What Windows Dev Teams Must Know
On June 1, 2026, GitHub flipped the switch on a pricing model that fundamentally changes what it costs to use Copilot’s most powerful features. While code completions remain unlimited on paid...
A High-Risk Copilot Flaw Can Hijack Your JetBrains IDE — Microsoft Urges Immediate Patch
Microsoft has disclosed a high-severity security vulnerability in the GitHub Copilot plugin for JetBrains integrated development environments that could allow an attacker to execute code on a...
VS Code 1.128.1 Fixes Credential Leak in GitHub Copilot—Update Now
Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.128.1 to patch a security vulnerability that could let attackers steal credentials from GitHub Copilot over a network. The update, published on July 14,...
Study: GitHub Copilot Chat Produced Unsafe Code in 100% of Malicious Prompt Tests
A newly disclosed security study has found that GitHub Copilot Chat in Visual Studio Code can be systematically manipulated into generating unsafe code, with every one of 816 crafted prompts...
VS Code Copilot Will Soon Control Your Browser by Default: What to Do Before July 1
On July 1, 2026, every developer with a paid GitHub Copilot subscription will see a new, powerful capability turned on in VS Code by default: the ability for their AI coding assistant to open, read,...
Copilot Desktop Is Now Free for Everyone: What You Get and What’s Missing
GitHub opened its standalone Copilot desktop app to free-tier and Education users on all major desktop platforms Tuesday, while also shipping Codex agent sessions inside JetBrains IDEs for the first...
GitHub Mobile Update: Copilot Sessions Get Filter and ‘Needs-Attention’ Sort
GitHub’s mobile app just made it a whole lot easier to manage your AI coding sessions. On July 10, 2026, the platform began rolling out new filtering and sorting capabilities for Copilot session...
Starting with the Diff: The Prompt Change That Made Copilot Code Review 20% Cheaper
GitHub has fine-tuned the tool-calling instructions for its Copilot Code Review agent, and the result is a 20 percent drop in cost along with a jump in the quality of feedback. The change, which...
One-Click Clarity: GitHub Copilot's New Repository Overviews Decode Any Codebase Instantly
On July 9, 2026, GitHub shipped a feature that could quietly transform how developers onboard into unfamiliar projects: GitHub Copilot Repository Overviews. With a single click on an eligible...
GitHub Copilot Projected to Command 42% of AI Coding Tool Market by 2026
GitHub Copilot will hold a 42 percent share of the paid AI coding assistant market in 2026, with 4.7 million subscribers, according to a new ranking from Nubia Page. The data, published this week,...
GitHub Flips the Switch: Copilot Browser Tools Now On by Default in VS Code
GitHub dropped a major update for developers on July 1, 2026: browser tools for GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code are now generally available and turned on by default. The change means every...