Podcast app Pocket Casts, which WordPress parent company Automattic acquired in July 2021, releases its mobile clients on GitHub under an open-source license (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

Tom Warren / The Verge:
GitHub is experimenting “Hey, GitHub!”, a new voice-based interaction system for its Copilot software that will allow programmers to code with just their voice  —  Microsoft-owned GitHub is experimenting with a new voice-based interaction system for its Copilot software.

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
GitHub launches Copilot for Business, with corporate licensing and policy controls, for $19/user per month, and claims it won’t store or share companies’ code  —  GitHub Copilot, GitHub’s service that intelligently suggests lines of code, is now available in a plan for enterprises months …

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
Dropbox says hackers stole code and some API keys from 130 GitHub repositories via a phishing campaign, but its core apps and infrastructure were unaffected  —  Dropbox disclosed a security breach after threat actors stole 130 code repositories after gaining access to one of its GitHub …

James Vincent / The Verge:
Q&A with the lawyers “challenging the legality of GitHub Copilot” through a proposed class action suit, which could have a huge impact on generative AI models  —  Microsoft, its subsidiary GitHub, and its business partner OpenAI have been targeted in a proposed class action lawsuit alleging …

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Researchers find thousands of repos on GitHub offering fake proof-of-concept exploits for various vulnerabilities, with many of them containing malware instead  —  Researchers at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science found thousands of repositories on GitHub that offer fake proof-of-concept …

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
Mozilla acquires Pulse, which made an automated status updater for Slack before shuttering, and plans to use its ML tech to improve personalization in Pocket  —  Firefox developer Mozilla is making a rare foray into the world of mergers and acquisitions, with news that it has snapped …