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The latest blogs from GitHub
Explore the latest blogs from GitHub on all things software development from the newest capabilities on the GitHub platform to research and insights—and guides to help you level up your engineering skills.
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GitHub and the United Nations free expression expert’s content moderation report
How GitHub’s content moderation practices compare to the report’s recommendations.
Learn moreCareer growth How to use pull requests in the classroom
Bring more organization to your project contributions with these improvements to issue templates.
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Join the GitHub Learning Lab Explorer Challenge
From May 23 to June 26, GitHub is hosting a challenge in the Community Forum where you can be recognized for leveling up your knowledge with GitHub Learning Lab.
Learn moreThe library Updated GitHub Privacy Statement and Terms of Service are in effect
Our updated Privacy Statement, Terms of Service, and Corporate Terms of Service are now effective.
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GitHub collaborates on how to promote human rights at RightsCon
How GitHub integrates human rights in its policy work.
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Announcing GitHub Desktop 1.2
A new GitHub Desktop release is here. Compare branches and perform actions on multiple files.
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GitHub Marketplace celebrates one year
One year after launch, Marketplace serves more than 100,000 users and offers almost 50 tools.
Learn moreThe library Performance Impact of Removing OOBGC
Until last week, GitHub used an Out of Band Garbage Collector (OOBGC) in production. Since removing it, we decreased CPU time across our production machines by 10%. Let’s talk about…
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New improvements to the Slack and GitHub integration
Turn Slack conversations into next steps on GitHub with slash commands, private previews, and more.
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Ludum Dare 41—Games to play, hack on, and learn from
Our top game picks from the game development competition, Ludum Dare 41.
Learn moreThe library GitHub contributes to UN free speech expert’s report on content moderation
How GitHub promotes human rights in its approach to takedown requests and other aspects of content moderation
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A summary of content removals and and user information disclosures in 2017
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Get started with GitHub for Beginners
Want to use GitHub, but don’t know where to start? Join us May 22!
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Release Radar · April 2018
This month’s roundup includes a JS-based terminal emulator, a small and flexible Python framework, a state container for JavaScript, and more
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Introducing the Checks API, a better way to connect integrations and code
Introducing the Checks API—a better way to get feedback from integrations on your code.
Learn moreThe library Introducing the GitHub Changelog
Where you can track feature changes for GitHub.com, GitHub APIs, and GitHub Enterprise.
Learn moreThe library GitHub open sources its Statement Against Modern Slavery and Child Labor
We’re open-sourcing our anti-slavery and anti-child-labor statement and will discuss it at RightsCon.
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Patchwork Asheville
Patchwork is headed to Asheville, North Carolina! This event is open to beginners to Git and GitHub and mentors who want to help others learn.
Learn moreThe library A year of GitHub Desktop on Electron
Developers everywhere are improving their workflows with the Electron-based GitHub Desktop app since we launched it a year ago. If you’re using an older version of Desktop or have never used it, now is a great time to try it out.
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