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As we approach a stable v1.0 version of the Python Semantic Kernel SDK, we analysed the methods used to add plugins and functions to the kernel. We realised that the variety of available methods might confuse developers. For instance, when should one use import_plugin_from_object() versus import_native_plugin_from_directory()? The post Python Kernel Updates: A Closer Look at Our Redesigned Plugin and Function Integration appeared first on Semantic Kernel.

You can now create and run load tests directly from App Service web apps in Azure portal. This functionality, powered by Azure Load Testing, enables you to get started with your performance testing journey in a few clicks.   Using the Load Testing functionality in App Service web apps you can do the following: Get started without any knowledge of performance testing tools by configuring your HTTP request details in the Azure portal. Run tests with up to 100,000 concurrent virtual users and up to 24-hour duration to simulate load testing scenarios like stress testing, spike testing, endurance testing etc. Automatically gain access to client-side and server-side metrics, which will help in identifying performance bottlenecks. View the test run history to continuously monitor their web app performance.   Navigate to your App Service web app in Azure portal to find the Load Testing feature in the Performance section as shown below.Screenshot of Load Testing feature in Azure App service portal   To learn more about this feature and how to use it, check out the documentation. We would love to hear your feedback and suggestions on how to improve it. Please share your thoughts and questions in the comments below or on the feedback forum.

CodeQL for Visual Studio Code documentation is now on docs.github.com The post CodeQL for Visual Studio Code documentation is now on docs.github.com appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

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Updates to GitHub Importer and the deprecation of the Source Import REST API Endpoint The post Updates to GitHub Importer and the deprecation of the Source Import REST API Endpoint appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

The latest version of The Reliable Web App (RWA) Pattern for .NET enhances its original objective of helping existing .NET web apps transition to Azure by now emphasizing improvements to production infrastructure. These enhancements are a direct response to user feedback, focusing especially on the importance of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Bicep best practices and network security. While the update maintains its foundational developer patterns, it also boosts network security for production deployments and streamlines the initial setup process.   In this blog post, we will explain what the reliable web app pattern entails, highlight the new features, and guide you on how to begin using it today.    What is the reliable web app pattern (RWA)?  The reliable web app pattern is one of …

Configure organization-level CodeQL model packs for GitHub code scanning The post Configure organization-level CodeQL model packs for GitHub code scanning appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

The moment we’ve all been waiting for is nearly here. Microsoft BUILD 2024, happening from May 21 – 23rd, is poised to be a groundbreaking event, especially for our community working at the intersection of AI and application development. The post Unlock AI Collaboration at Microsoft BUILD 2024 with Semantic Kernel appeared first on Semantic Kernel.

GitHub Enterprise Importer's new git source migrator improves reliability of large repo migrations The post GitHub Enterprise Importer’s new git source migrator improves reliability of large repo migrations appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

Secret scanning for historically existing secrets found in GitHub discussions and pull requests The post Secret scanning for historically existing secrets found in GitHub discussions and pull requests appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

Deprecation of multi-label larger runners The post Deprecation of multi-label larger runners appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

Deprecation notice: v3 of the artifact actions The post Deprecation notice: v3 of the artifact actions appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

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sourceRepositoryUrl is now a required input to the StartRepositoryMigration GraphQL Endpoint The post sourceRepositoryUrl is now a required input to the StartRepositoryMigration GraphQL Endpoint appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

Microsoft Semantic Kernel Office Hour Recordings The post Semantic Kernel Office Hours Recordings appeared first on Semantic Kernel.

We are thrilled to share with you that WordPress on App Service free hosting plan is now generally available.   A quick look at our hosting plans: Hosting Plan WebApp Server Database Server Free F1 Free Tier (60 CPU minutes per day, 1 GB RAM, 1 GB Storage) Burstable, B1ms Free trial (1 vCores, 2 GB RAM, 32 GB storage, 396 IOPS) Basic B1 (1 vCores, 1.75 GB RAM, 10 GB Storage) Burstable, B1s (1 vCores, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB storage, Auto IOPS) Standard P1V2 (1 vCores, 3.5 GB RAM, 250 GB Storage) Burstable, B2s (2 vCores, 4 GB RAM, 128 GB storage, Auto IOPS) Premium P1V3 (2 vCores, 8 GB RAM, 250 GB Storage) General Purpose, D2ds_v4 (2 vCores, 16 GB RAM, 256 GB storage, Auto IOPS)   The free hosting plan provides you with a playground to explore and experi…

Azure Load Testing is now generally available in Fairfax cloud - USGov Virginia. US Government customers on the Fairfax cloud can now use Azure Load Testing, a fully managed load-testing service that simplifies the end-to-end process of performance testing.   US Government customers can leverage Azure Load Testing to easily generate high-scale load and quickly identify performance bottlenecks using a rich dashboard of client-side and server-side metrics. Customers can also ensure continuous performance validation by integrating load tests into CI/CD workflows. Being a service built for Azure; Azure Load Testing builds on the existing Azure conventions to streamline billing and test management, and it integrates seamlessly with other Azure services.   With Azure Load Testing, customers can Get started without any knowledge of performance testing tools by configuring the test scenarios in the Azure portal itself or by uploading their existing Apache JMeter scripts. Azure Load Testing provides high fidelity support for Apache JMeter. Run tests with up to 100,000 concurrent virtual users and up to 24-hour duration to simulate load testing scenarios like stress testing, spike testing, endurance testing etc. Run load tests against private endpoints, that are not publicly accessible, by leveraging virtual network injection. Easily identify root causes using a combined dashboard of client-side and server-side metrics; identify performance regressions using analysis capabilities like comparing results, viewing trends in metrics across test runs and comparing metrics with baseline. Automate the process of performance testing using a first class support for Azure Pipelines and GitHub actions or by using Az CLI, REST APIs and SDKs. Please do try out Azure Load Testing in Fairfax and let us know your feedback through the feedback forum. Additional resources about Azure Load Testing at https://aka.ms/malt-resources.

This blog demystifies the process of deploying a React+Node application using Nginx as a reverse proxy on Azure Container App. This blog will serve as a hands-on guide to help you navigate the complexities of deploying your React+Node application on Azure. We’ll cover everything from setting up your environment to configuring Nginx and Azure Container App.   Prerequisites As stated in our official documentation for Azure Container Apps, there are two types of ingress that can be enabled: External and Internal. In addition, it supports both HTTP and TCP for ingress protocols. For this demo we will require Ingress-enabled Container App and Azure Container Registry to build and publish Docker containers.   Architecture The architecture features an Nginx container that will be accessible over …

Recently we held our leader election, and the previous Project Leader Levente "anthraxx" Polyák ran again while no other people were nominated for the role. As per our election rules he is re-elected for a new term. The role of of the project lead within Arch Linux is connected to a few responsibilities regarding decision making (when no consensus can be reached), handling financial matters with SPI and overall project management tasks. Congratulations to Levente and all the best wishes for another successful term! 🥳

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Secret scanning changes to detection and validation for Google Cloud Platform, Slack The post Secret scanning changes to detection and validation for Google Cloud Platform, Slack appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

We are excited to dive into the Handlebars Planner, a powerful tool for creating customized plans. The post Using Handlebars Planner in Semantic Kernel appeared first on Semantic Kernel.

GitHub Native IP Allow List expands to EMU User Namespaces - Private Beta The post GitHub Native IP Allow List expands to EMU User Namespaces – Private Beta appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

CodeQL 2.17.0: Support for Java 22, Swift 5.10, TS 5.4, C# 12 The post CodeQL 2.17.0: Support for Java 22, Swift 5.10, TS 5.4, C# 12 appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

The hosts file, commonly known as etc\hosts, functions as a text-based tool employed by operating systems like Windows and Linux, to establish associations between IP addresses and host names or domain names. Serving as a localized DNS service, it supersedes mappings provided by external DNS servers, enhancing efficiency in local domain resolution. Its location varies according to the operating system utilized. Failure to retrieve IP addresses from a locally installed server or resolve them through DNS can result in application startup issues, underscoring the critical role of the hosts file in network connectivity. Steps to create hostfile entry on Windows Virtual Machine:1. Open your text editor in Administrator mode. To do this, right-click on your text editor application (such as Notep…

The following updates are now available in the Enterprise plan:   Save up to 47%: Azure Spring Apps Enterprise is now eligible for Azure Savings plan: All Azure Spring Apps regions under the Enterprise plan are eligible for substantial cost savings – 20% for one year and 47% for three years – when you commit to Azure savings Plan, read more.   Azure CLI supports to stream log of Spring Cloud Gateway: This feature allows you to fetch the log of Spring Cloud Gateway in real-time for diagnosis purposes, read more.   Azure CLI supports to stream log of Application Configuration Service: The feature allows you to retrieve the log of the Application Configuration Service using Azure CLI, making it possible to detect any configuration updates, read more.   Showing version of buildpacks: The lates…

GitHub-hosted runner images deprecation notice: Docker Compose v1 The post GitHub-hosted runner images deprecation notice: Docker Compose v1 appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

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We're still at the beginning of exploring what we can do with generative AI, and the field is moving fast, very fast!   And when things move fast, you need to be able to experiment and iterate quickly. First to validate your ideas with a prototype, then to scale up to production if it works.   In this article, we'll show you how LangChain.js, Ollama with Mistral 7B model and Azure can be used together to build a serverless chatbot that can answer questions using a RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipeline. We'll see first how you can work fully locally to develop and test your chatbot, and then deploy it to the cloud with state-of-the-art OpenAI models.   Here's a preview of the final project:   Grab your favorite beverage, and let's dive in! TL;DR key takeaways LangChain.js provide…

We're still at the beginning of exploring what we can do with generative AI, and the field is moving fast, very fast!   And when things move fast, you need to be able to experiment and iterate quickly. First to validate your ideas with a prototype, then to scale up to production if it works.   In this article, we'll show you how LangChain.js, Ollama with Mistral 7B model and Azure can be used together to build a serverless chatbot that can answer questions using a RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipeline. We'll see first how you can work fully locally to develop and test your chatbot, and then deploy it to the cloud with state-of-the-art OpenAI models.   Here's a preview of the final project:   Grab your favorite beverage, and let's dive in! TL;DR key takeaways LangChain.js provide…

CodeQL threat model settings are now available for C# (beta) The post CodeQL threat model settings are now available for C# (beta) appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

Cognizant and Microsoft Collaborate to Power the Future of Healthcare Administration with Generative AI The post Customer Case Study: Cognizant & Microsoft Collaborate to Power Healthcare with Generative AI appeared first on Semantic Kernel.

Introducing Enhanced Code Review on GitHub Mobile The post Introducing Enhanced Code Review on GitHub Mobile appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

New Features and Updates Refreshed UI design We're delighted to unveil our updated design of key search pages and a completely revamped settings experience, now featuring a fresh, new look! Here's a sneak peek: Homepage Settings Onboarding Assistant highlights New model available: added Google's latest LLM, Gemini 1.5 Pro Privacy scores: we introduced an LLM privacy score (details on how it's calculated) Enhanced citations: they now reference the segment of text used to generate the cited content Sales tax rollout An update on our sales tax rollout plan. Effective today, sales tax will apply to all new customer accounts. For our existing customers, the implementation date is now set for April 16th. We will provide further details via email soon. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact our team via email at support@kagi.com or Discord. Improvements and bug fixes Improved discussions lens results #3424 @raphael Some requests seem to take too much time to load #3752 @ak42 Github repos from different orgs should not fold as subresults #149 @xvello Search suggestion details break input field #3727 @b-kaiser The search term variable, %s, is only evaluated once per bang #3698 @ph Small Web Lens does not honor blocked sites #3725 @markkrueg Kagi Knowledge wraps in middle of words #3702 @yeri Claude 3 Opus failing with "Sorry, a problem occurred while processing your request. Please try again later." #3721 @ak42 URL highlighting in assistant #3716 @cardinal086 API/FastGPT keep failing on one particular query #3713 @frin Summarizer fails with a YouTube link #3704 @frin Research AI provides sources not in native language #3658 @bebowilson

The vm.max_map_count paramater will be increased from the default 65530 value to 1048576. This change should help address performance, crash or start-up issues for a number of memory intensive applications, particularly for (but not limited to) some Windows games played through Wine/Steam Proton. Overall, end users should have a smoother experience out of the box with no expressed concerns about potential downsides in the related proposal on arch-dev-public mailing list. This vm.max_map_count increase is introduced in the 2024.04.07-1 release of the filesystem package and will be effective right after the upgrade. Before upgrading, in case you are already setting your own value for that parameter in a sysctl.d configuration file, either remove it (to switch to the new default value) or make sure your configuration file will be read with a higher priority than the /usr/lib/sysctl.d/10-arch.conf file (to supersede the new default value).

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Advanced filtering capabilities for the security overview dashboard The post Advanced filtering capabilities for the security overview dashboard appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

Today we’ll dive into a customer case study from Datastax and their recent press release and announcement on the DataStax and Microsoft collaboration on RAG capabilities on DataStax Astra DB Thanks again to the DataStax team for their amazing partnership! The post Customer Case Study: DataStax and Semantic Kernel appeared first on Semantic Kernel.

You can now use Java 21 and Tomcat 10.1 on Azure App Service Windows and Linux!      Also be sure to check out the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK 21. For more information about Java Stacks and Support on App Service, check out the Java Statement of Support.

You can now use Java 21 and Tomcat 10.1 on Azure App Service!      For more information about Java Stacks and Support on App Service, check out the Java Statement of Support.

To ensure that the Actions runners are truly ephemeral and more secure, we are now limiting execution timeouts on self hosted jobs to 5 days. If a job reaches this limit, the job is terminated and fails to complete. Learn more about using self-hosted runners with GitHub Actions The post Actions: Jobs executing on self hosted runners will now timeout in 5 days appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

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Secret scanning now detects secrets in GitHub wikis The post Secret scanning now detects secrets in GitHub wikis appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

Hello all, today we’re featuring a guest author on our Semantic Kernel blog, José Luis Latorre Millás, an MVP for Microsoft focused on AI. The post Making Plans with Semantic Kernel: Setting Up & Authentication appeared first on Semantic Kernel.

GitHub Actions: Hardware accelerated Android virtualization now available The post GitHub Actions: Hardware accelerated Android virtualization now available appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

What's new for GitHub Actions hosted runners The post What’s new for GitHub Actions hosted runners appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

Exciting news! Our IBM Mainframe and Midrange connectors, including IBM 3270, IBM CICS, IBM DB2, IBM i, IBM MQ, and IBM IMS, are now generally available. These connectors address highly sought-after customer requests, bring capabilities to extend Azure Logic Apps cloud native workloads with some of the oldest systems ever built for Mainframes and Midranges.

We're thrilled to announce two new built-in connectors for Azure Logic Apps: Azure OpenAI and Azure AI Search. With the increasing adoption of AI technologies, there's a growing demand to integrate these capabilities seamlessly into Logic Apps workflows. To address this need, we're launching the Public Preview of these connectors, bridging the gap between Logic Apps and AI.

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Code security configurations let organizations easily roll out GitHub security products at scale The post Code security configurations let organizations easily roll out GitHub security products at scale appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

We're thrilled to announce the General Availability of Azure API Management's newest pricing tiers – Basic v2 and Standard v2. The Azure API Management v2 pricing tiers represent a significant leap forward, offering a comprehensive range of capabilities tailored to projects of all sizes, from small-scale endeavors to large-scale enterprise applications. Importantly, these new v2 pricing tiers are available alongside our existing Azure API Management classic pricing tiers, ensuring continuity for users. It's worth noting that the Azure API Management classic pricing tiers remain actively supported and invested in.

Improvements and bug fixes Allow previous 2FA code to work along with current 30sec one #3540 @frin Custom bangs accessible from Search Settings tab #3616 @mhitza Asking !chat to modify a ... tag causes the script tag in the response to be not escaped/not visible #3694 @heavyg We've resolved capacity issues with our recent models upgrade Bottom of image search results is cluttered with low quality Second Life screenshots #3632 @yellow Show summary of question in fastgpt in tab title #3203 @fictorial Image Description Completely Wrong #3600 @CrunchyFritos Assistant Expert "<SEARCH REQUIRED" and then switches to spanish #3661 @tschoesi Mistral "Sorry, a problem occurred while processing your request. Please try again later." #3684 @abb128 Custom assistant ignoring custom instructions #3685 @Wanja Latext support in quick answer #3455 @Grooty AI Model selection should be sticky #3503 @JamesT Assistant code overflows #3428 @cardinal086

Reading I don’t think you should focus on the failure of others, or even the success of others. What you do need to do—and what is surprisingly hard—is to define success for your own part of the world, and work towards that. Non-monetary success, because again, money lags. I’ve always loved Paul Ford’s writing, and recently learned that he’s been writing short, punchy posts for the blog of his startup, Aboard. His cofounder, Rich Ziade, is also writing great stuff, with good humor - introducing himself as the other founder of Aboard. This rally is so different because no one is beating around the bush anymore. It’s not about technology. It’s not about use cases or improving the world. It’s just, “More people buy, number go up.” The veil has been lifted and we all know it. It’s a momentum t…

macOS 14 (Sonoma) is generally available and the `latest` macOS runner image The post macOS 14 (Sonoma) is generally available and the `latest` macOS runner image appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

Microsoft Build is next month! To get ready for the big event, we're exploring resources from Microsoft Learn so developers can get a head start on key topics by building new skills with the latest developer tools and techniques. We have a curated selection of resources to help you learn more about cloud-native development, adding AI to your apps, working productively with GitHub Copilot, and more. Plus, we have other timely news and announcements for developers from around Microsoft.   Get started with GitHub and Visual Studio CodeLearn how to use GitHub Copilot to increase your productivity when developing apps with Visual Studio Code. Deploy cloud-native apps using Azure Container AppsLearn how to build, deploy, scale, and manage containerized cloud-native apps using Azure Container App…

“GitHub Education Redesign" The post GitHub Education Redesign appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

Hello to all Python enthusiasts working with Semantic Kernel! We are very happy to share some of the latest work we have been doing, namely we introduced not one but two new options for templates: Handlebars and Jinja2. And we also made some updates to the ‘semantic-kernel’ The post Enhanced templating in Semantic Kernel for Python appeared first on Semantic Kernel.

Application gateway allows you to have an App Service app as a backend pool member with a custom domain.   You can use App Service Certificate or a Third Party Certificate to configure the custom domain. The next steps in the blog will guide you on how to download and export App Service Certificate with private key and upload in Application Gateway. Below are the steps:   Note: Downloading the App Service Certificate and uploading to App Gateway manually would require you to manually upload the renewed certificate in future.   Download the certificate: Once the App Service Certificate is created and verified , follow the below steps to export the certificate: Go to App Service Certificate > KeyVault where the certificate is stored. Key Vault > Objects > Secrets > Select the secret where…

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Updated GitHub App visibility for Enterprise Managed Users The post Updated GitHub App visibility for Enterprise Managed Users appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

SSH CA support for enterprise-owned user accounts The post SSH CA support for enterprise-owned user accounts appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

GitHub Copilot Enterprise - March 2024 update The post GitHub Copilot Enterprise – March 2024 update appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

TL;DR: Upgrade your systems and container images now! As many of you may have already read (one), the upstream release tarballs for xz in version 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 contain malicious code which adds a backdoor. This vulnerability is tracked in the Arch Linux security tracker (two). The xz packages prior to version 5.6.1-2 (specifically 5.6.0-1 and 5.6.1-1) contain this backdoor. The following release artifacts contain the compromised xz: installation medium 2024.03.01 virtual machine images 20240301.218094 and 20240315.221711 container images created between and including 2024-02-24 and 2024-03-28 The affected release artifacts have been removed from our mirrors. We strongly advise against using affected release artifacts and instead downloading what is currently available as latest version! …

At the beginning of 2023, I released a Figma plugin called Placemark, which lets you create vector maps in Figma, the graphic design tool. Since then I’ve been maintaining that plugin for fun, and introduced another one, Placemark Globe. They’ve been somewhat successful! The Placemark plugin has 11.3k users, according to Figma’s community site, and Placemark Globe has 1.5k users. The feedback loop for plugins is okay - you can see how many likes your plugin has received, and how many “users” there are, but no change-over-time statistics, so I built my own dashboard for the plugins using Observable. But even with that, I don’t really know whether many people are actually using them. Maybe “users” means unique installations - it certainly doesn’t mean active users because the charts I’ve g…

CircleCI is now a GitHub secret scanning partner The post CircleCI is now a GitHub secret scanning partner appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

We are excited to highlight new learning content released focused on Semantic Kernel. APL-2005 Develop AI agents using Azure OpenAI and the Semantic Kernel SDK – Training | Microsoft Learn .NET Conf Student Zone – The post Learning Paths for Semantic Kernel appeared first on Semantic Kernel.

Actions Usage Metrics public beta The post Actions Usage Metrics public beta appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

Dependabot grouped security updates generally available The post Dependabot grouped security updates generally available appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

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Mergify is now a GitHub secret scanning partner The post Mergify is now a GitHub secret scanning partner appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

You can now build application logic in Azure Function apps which can be driven by the data from Azure SQL database

You can now develop apps using PowerShell 7.4 locally and deploy them to Azure Functions

Volcengine is now a GitHub secret scanning partner The post Volcengine is now a GitHub secret scanning partner appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

Introduction:   Integrating a React Single Page Application (SPA) with a Python backend on Azure App Service offers a powerful combination for building dynamic web applications. By leveraging React for the frontend and Python for the backend, developers can create modern, responsive web applications with a seamless user experience.     Azure App Service provides a convenient platform for hosting both frontend and backend components of your application in a single environment, simplifying deployment and management tasks. With this setup, the React frontend can communicate with the Python backend through HTTP requests, enabling data exchange and interaction between the two layers.   Overall, integrating React SPA with a Python backend on Azure App Service offers a flexible and efficient sol…

Our last roadmap update was in August 2023, in which we discussed the parity milestone for the isolated worker model and our overall plans for .NET 8. In that post, we outlined a plan to stagger the .NET 8 releases, with support first coming to the isolated worker model, and the in-process model option coming a bit later. This is still the plan, and in this post, we wanted to discuss a bit more about how things will work once the option is available.   How the in-process model option for .NET 8 will work One key difference between this and previous .NET version changes for the in-process model is that it will be an update solely focused on enabling .NET 8 support. There will be no additional Functions-specific breaking changes from the latest host version for .NET 6 that your project would…

Below we’ve provided a brief overview of the Customer Story of Accenture. Check out the entire Accenture Customer Story featured here: Accenture evolves its data analytics with Microsoft Fabric to calibrate the new “experience office” The post Customer Case Study: Accenture and Semantic Kernel appeared first on Semantic Kernel.

Lightspeed is now a GitHub secret scanning partner The post Lightspeed is now a GitHub secret scanning partner appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

WorkOS is now a GitHub secret scanning partner The post WorkOS is now a GitHub secret scanning partner appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

CodeQL can scan Java projects without a build The post CodeQL can scan Java projects without a build appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

Azure Static Web Apps is the best service to host websites with a lot of static content, such as documentation, marketing, or educational material. But sometimes, these websites are quite large, and with recent developments in large-language models, we can provide our users AI-generated answers to their questions within seconds, grounded in the content of our website.     In this article, we demonstrate how we can add a chatbot to allow our users to browse the content of our website quickly and easily with the use of a chatbot grounded in the content of our website. We’ll follow the RAG pattern (retrieval augmented generation), to ground our responses in the static content of our website, and use OpenAI’s APIs to provide responses. We’ll also feature Azure Functions’ Node.js v4 programmin…

Strategic, operational, or tactical. What core metrics does SecOps need to track? Get a detailed response to this pressing question in a preview of two new reports on SOC metrics.

Features We continue enhancing our search experience with bangs. Check the shield menu to see if a website has a corresponding bang. #3410 @frereit We've upgraded the FastGPT, and Research Assistant (Fast+Expert) with the latest models to enhance performance: FastGPT -> Claude 3 Haiku Research Assistant, Fast -> Claude 3 Haiku Research Assistant, Expert -> Claude 3 Sonnet These are also available in Chat mode which allows full access to a range of models like Claude 3 Opus, GPT-4 and Mistral Large [Please note, Kagi Assistant is currently in closed beta and is exclusively accessible to subscribers of the Ultimate plan] We now allow the community to see and translate the trigger phrases for widgets that utilize them, such as the weather and calculator widgets. Learn more about how to co…

Today we will dive into a customer case study. Thanks to the Visma team on their amazing partnership! The post Customer Case Study: Visma Spcs Improves Customer Experience with Semantic Kernel appeared first on Semantic Kernel.

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GitHub Pages with Custom GitHub Actions Workflows are now generally available The post GitHub Pages with Custom GitHub Actions Workflows are now generally available appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

Azure App Service is pleased to announce general availability of the "Automatic Scaling" feature. We received important feedback about the Automatic Scaling feature during the preview phase and have made following enhancements to the Automatic Scaling feature.     Automatic scaling is available for Premium V2 (P1V2, P2V2, P3V2) and Premium V3 (P0V3, P1V3, P2V3, P3V3, P1MV3, P2MV3, P3MV3, P4MV3, P5MV3) pricing tiers, and supported for all app types: Windows, Linux, and Windows container.  A new metric viz. "Automatic Scaling Instance Count" is now available for web apps where Automatic Scaling is enabled. "Automatic Scaling Instance Count" will report the number of virtual machines on which the app is running including the pre-warmed instance if it is deployed. In addition to these enhanc…

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This blog contains information about *.azurewebsites.net TLS certificate changes for Web Apps, Functions, and Logic Apps (Standard). Customers should not be impacted by this change. The scope of services affected includes Web Apps, Functions, and Logic Apps (Standard); Logic Apps (Consumption) and resources hosted on an ASE are not impacted. This change is limited to public Azure cloud; government clouds are not affected.   Every Web Apps, Functions, and Logic Apps (Standard) has its own default hostname that goes by “.azurewebsites.net” where App Service secures it with a wildcard *.azurewebsites.net TLS certificate. The current intermediate Microsoft PKI Subordinate CA certificates were set to expire on June 27th, 2024. App Service used these intermediate certificates in t…

Hybrid rendering frontend frameworks on Azure Static Web Apps Frontend frameworks have evolved to make use of the server to provide optimal hosting for frontend applications. From hybrid rendering modes to API routes and backend-for-frontend patterns, frontend frameworks such as Next.js, Nuxt.js, SvelteKit, and others have become capable of building full-stack applications. With Azure Static Web Apps, you can host these frontend frameworks on our distributed static asset host and serverless managed functions, providing you with the best experience for hosting frontend web applications on Azure.   In this article, we’ll dive into hybrid rendering frameworks and how these are hosted on Azure Static Web Apps, as well as give an insight into the ongoing work to bring more frameworks to Azure S…

Semantic Kernel fully supports dependency injection. After receiving many questions from the community as to how to best use dependency injection with Semantic Kernel, the team created an app to illustrate some effective patterns.  The post Using Semantic Kernel with Dependency Injection appeared first on Semantic Kernel.

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Improvements to security overview insights, secret scanning metrics The post Improvements to security overview insights, secret scanning metrics appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

Next.js is the most popular hybrid rendering frontend framework and is the most popular React framework as well. With Azure Static Web Apps’ recently announced improved support for Next.js, we can easily deploy and host our Next.js applications on Azure, while leveraging Next.js’ recent features such as React Server Components and Server Actions. In this article, we’ll build and deploy a Next.js application to Azure Static Web Apps (and you can follow along with the free plan!). (Follow along with the complete application available on GitHub, or try it out here). Architecture of Next.js full-stack hosting on Azure Static Web Apps   How Next.js on Azure Static Web Apps works   When hosting a Next.js site on Azure Static Web Apps, Static Web Apps handles routing to properly serve your Next.j…

We are thrilled to introduce a new feature within Semantic Kernel that promises to improve AI capabilities: Image to Text modality service abstraction, with a new HuggingFace Service implementation using this capability. The post Image to Text with Semantic Kernel and HuggingFace appeared first on Semantic Kernel.

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SvelteKit is a modern frontend framework based on Svelte, emphasizing reactivity and efficient compilation for creating efficient and performant web applications. With built-in features like server-side rendering and routing, SvelteKit can be used to build full-stack applications, leveraging server-based functionality such as server load functions and API routes. Best of all, SvelteKit can be hosted on Azure Static Web Apps (and there’s a free plan, so let’s jump in!). (Follow along with the complete application, available on GitHub, and the deployed application.)Architecture diagram of SvelteKit full-stack on Azure Static Web Apps   With the SvelteKit adapter for Azure Static Web Apps, SvelteKit can conveniently be hosted on Static Web Apps with server-side rendering and full-stack capabi…

GitHub Copilot General Availability in the CLI The post GitHub Copilot General Availability in the CLI appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

Java projects no longer require a build when using code scanning via default setup The post Java projects no longer require a build when using code scanning via default setup appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

Security overview dashboard: Alert age trends, custom repository and severity filters, and date pickers The post Security overview dashboard: Alert age trends, custom repository and severity filters, and date pickers appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

New SSH CAs must sign expiring certificates The post New SSH CAs must sign expiring certificates appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

Improved error handling for Dependabot updates for NuGet The post Improved error handling for Dependabot updates for NuGet appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

One year in, Microsoft Semantic Kernel has already begun reshaping how AI and application development teams collaborate to conquer complex problems with smart solutions. In line with that spirit, today’s logo upgrade isn’t just cosmetic – it’s the unveiling of a logo that represents the harmonious partnership we foster daily. The post Semantic Kernel’s new icon and the art of teamwork appeared first on Semantic Kernel.

Nuxt is a powerful frontend JavaScript framework for Vue.js, with full-stack and server-side capabilities such as server-side rendering and server routes. Since Nuxt 3, we can deploy our full-stack Nuxt applications to Azure Static Web Apps with zero-configuration required! Let’s jump in to see how we can build and deploy a full-stack Nuxt app on Azure with Azure Static Web Apps. (Access the complete application on GitHub!, and the deployed application at https://happy-beach-029f0310f.5.azurestaticapps.net/items)   Architecture diagram Nuxt app deployed to Azure Static Web Apps   When we deploy our Nuxt site to Azure Static Web Apps, Nuxt will detect our deployment target and automatically build our Nuxt project into 2 separate bundles: a bundle of static files, which will be deployed to A…

OpenSSF Scorecard info is now available in the Dependency Review Action The post OpenSSF Scorecard info is now available in the Dependency Review Action appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

Code scanning now suggests AI-powered autofixes for CodeQL alerts in pull request (beta) The post Code scanning now suggests AI-powered autofixes for CodeQL alerts in pull request (beta) appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

We need to pay more attention to the physical impacts of mental illness. It could not only be messing with your mind, but also your heart, say scientists.

A new study shows that young adults when sleep-deprived evaluate angry faces as less trustworthy and healthy-looking. Furthermore, neutral and fearful faces appear less attractive following sleep loss.

Scientists pinpoint the molecular epicenter of deep-sleep regulation. The findings, based on research in mice, identify a gene that makes a protein that regulates delta waves -- electrical signals between neurons that occur during the deepest phases of relaxation and are a hallmark of restorative sleep.

Researchers presents a new study demonstrating that a small molecule in brain cells affects the level of hypocretin, which is responsible for making us feel awake during the day and tired at night. People with a genetic variation of this molecule have a higher risk of suffering from daytime sleepiness.

Seven hours is the ideal amount of sleep for people in their middle age and upwards, with too little or too much little sleep associated with poorer cognitive performance and mental health, say researchers.

Up to half of older adults may have sleep apnea, a condition in which breathing and sleep are briefly interrupted many times a night. A new study shows that this chronic tiredness can have serious implications for road safety.

Black women are disproportionately affected by poor sleep, which is associated with increased risk of adverse outcomes such as cardiovascular disease, depression and worse quality of life. The gold standard treatment for insomnia is cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), which specifically targets the individual's problematic sleep behaviors and beliefs.

A new study has paved the way for the first drug treatment for sleep apnea. Compared to before receiving the treatment, breathing pauses decreased with on average more than 20 per hour for patients given the drug.