GitHub Sponsors Sponsors, which debuts in beta today, manifests on the frontend as a Sponsor button at the top of repositories containing a .github/FUNDING.yml file in the master branch. Clicking ...

The access token will be displayed, so click the button in the red frame to copy it. Return to the Refined GitHub settings page and paste the token you copied into the access token input field.

GitHub is making mandatory 2FA for all code contributors by 2023-end. Here's how you can enable it now.

New keyboards will ship with a dedicated new Copilot key. But you can assign a Copilot key to any keyboard now, using this trick. Learn how!

Microsoft is no longer using any third-party cookies on GitHub. This has allowed GitHub to remove its cookie banner, an annoying prompt you see on websites that use third-party cookies.

There's also a "Choose folder" button to add more Git folders. Microsoft says the Advanced Settings page has been open-sourced on GitHub, and it will be maintained via the Windows Store.

GitHub for Windows addresses both areas. It handles the GitHub settings and configuration automatically, and it provides a basic graphical front-end to handle the main version control tasks.

The recently released Windows 11 preview build in the Beta Channel has a new, although hidden, taskbar button for Windows Studio Effects, a set of video and audio-enhancing AI features.

Congrats on your $7.5 billion purchase by Microsoft Corp.! To civilians, it can be baffling what in God’s name GitHub Inc. does or why it’s worth so much.

Microsoft is acquiring GitHub for a hefty $7.5 billion price tag — and the millions of developers who use the site have some feelings about it.