GitHub Sets August 31 Deadline for Spark App Exports as It Retires the AI App Builder
GitHub is shutting down its natural-language app builder Spark, cutting off new users on August 4 and giving existing users until August 31 to export their code.
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GitHub is shutting down its natural-language app builder Spark, cutting off new users on August 4 and giving existing users until August 31 to export their code.
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GitHub's new License Compliance feature enters public preview, letting Enterprise Cloud customers with GitHub Advanced Security block pull requests that add dependencies violating license policy.
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JetBrains patched three critical Hub and YouTrack flaws enabling account takeover and authentication bypass, alongside code-execution fixes across IntelliJ, GoLand, and TeamCity.
Google's new Apache-2.0 VS Code extension connects a local editor to managed Jupyter Workbench instances on Google Cloud.