Github Copilot
The latest Github Copilot coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Copilot's New Metering: Every AI-Assisted Line of Code Costs You Starting June 2026
GitHub will flip the billing model for Copilot on June 1, 2026, replacing the familiar premium-request system with AI Credits that track every token your organization consumes. The move turns what...
VS Code 1.126–1.128 Bring Agentic AI Features by Default: How to Disable Them on Windows
Microsoft shipped three Visual Studio Code updates in rapid succession between June 24 and July 8, 2026, packing the releases with agentic AI capabilities that, in many developers' eyes, overshadow...
Microsoft Pivots Internal Coding AI from Claude to Copilot CLI: What IT Leaders Should Know
Microsoft has quietly retired most of its internal Claude Code licenses, setting a June 30 cutoff for developers in its Experiences and Devices group to switch to GitHub Copilot CLI, the company’s...
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...