The Rust programming language continues to grow in popularity and now developer platform GitHub has used it to build its new code-focused search engine, Blackbird. Instead of perusing forums for ...

GitHub has announced the general availability of a ground-up rework of its code search that has been in development for years. The changes include substantial new functionality that is significantly ...

GitHub is inviting developers to take part in a technology preview of improved code search, which it describes as "way more than grep," the Linux command-line search utility. The project has its own ...

At its annual Universe conference today, Microsoft-owned GitHub announced a couple of new products, as well as the general availability of a number of tools that developers have been able to test for ...

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Following a two-year effort that involved an invite-only, 17-month technology preview, GitHub Code Search is now generally available. "Our goal with the new code search and code view is to enable ...

GitHub has temporarily shut down some parts of the site-wide search update it launched yesterday. As we mentioned in our earlier post, the new search tools made it much easier to find passwords, ...

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Progressive geek blogger Tom Morris pointed out earlier this week that simply by inputting certain controversial keywords (including racial slurs) into GitHub’s search, you can see all kinds of not-so ...