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7/19/2026 4 min

@ZachasADMIN

GitHub adds repository-level Copilot metrics for coding agents

GitHub's Copilot usage metrics REST API now reports repository-level activity for Copilot coding agent and Copilot code review across enterprise and organization reports.

Tools & Apps

7/19/2026 4 min

@ZachasADMIN

WordPress 7.0.2 forces security updates for wp2shell RCE

WordPress 7.0.2 fixes one critical and one high-severity core issue, with forced automatic updates enabled for affected branches and Cloudflare WAF rules available as temporary protection.

Tools & Apps

7/19/2026 4 min

@ZachasADMIN

SharePoint CVE-2026-58644 is exploited; admins face a July 19 deadline

CISA and NVD now mark CVE-2026-58644 as actively exploited against Microsoft SharePoint Server, with emergency remediation pressure on exposed on-premises deployments.

Tools & Apps

7/17/2026 4 min

@ZachasADMIN

Vercel Connect gives GitHub Tools short-lived tokens for agent workflows

Vercel has added first-class Vercel Connect support to GitHub Tools, letting agent apps mint short-lived, scoped GitHub tokens at runtime instead of storing long-lived personal access tokens.

Tools & Apps

7/16/2026 5 min

@ZachasADMIN

Cloudflare exposes Temporary Accounts through its API

Cloudflare now lets platforms create temporary preview accounts through the REST API, giving AI app builders and coding-agent products a way to deploy Workers before a user signs in and then hand ownership back through a claim URL.

Tools & Apps

7/16/2026 4 min

@ZachasADMIN

GitHub expands secret scanning with Resend tokens and monitoring insights

GitHub is rolling out secret scanning updates that add Resend and APIclub detectors, block VolcEngine Ark API keys by default, expose secret categories in webhooks, and add public monitoring insights for enterprise security teams.

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