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github: GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio — August update

GitHub

2026-08-28

GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio’s August 2026 update adds more control over Copilot reasoning, model selection, sharing specialized agents within teams, and timing code review requests. The post is a high-level changelog summary rather than a detailed feature list.

github: GitHub Copilot weekly releases — August 24

GitHub

2026-08-28

GitHub Copilot’s August 24 weekly release notes highlight more control over Copilot behavior across Slack, Teams, the app, CLI, and IDEs. The post mentions team sessions in Slack and Teams plus broader customization options, but the provided excerpt does not include specific feature details.

k8s: Kubernetes v1.37: Metrics API graduates to stable

Kubernetes Official Blog

2026-08-27

Kubernetes v1.37 graduates the Metrics API from v1beta1 to stable v1. The API surface is unchanged, and v1beta1 remains available for compatibility.

security: ​​​​​​What’s new in Microsoft Security: August 2026

Microsoft Security Blog

2026-08-27

Microsoft’s August 2026 security update highlights new capabilities for monitoring agent activity, broader security coverage across supported environments, and improved security management across environments.

k8s: Kubernetes v1.37: Garhwal

Kubernetes Official Blog

2026-08-26

Kubernetes v1.37 ships 67 enhancements: 16 Stable, 23 Beta, 27 Alpha, and 1 deprecation/removal. Key changes include resilient watchcache initialization, HPA scale-to-zero, manifest-based admission config, Pod checkpoint/restore, broader Dynamic Resource Allocation support, and multiple scheduler, storage, node, and observability updates.

github: Separate GitHub Actions path for GitHub Code Quality

GitHub

2026-08-20

GitHub Code Quality CodeQL Actions workflows now have a dedicated workflow path and are generally available. Run history and Actions usage reports can now distinguish GitHub Code Quality runs from other Actions workflows.

github: GitHub Copilot weekly releases — August 10

GitHub

2026-08-14

GitHub Copilot’s August 10 weekly release adds new models, portable plugins, and workflow improvements for agents. The updates are aimed at making Copilot more flexible across editors, the command line, and the Copilot app.