Python has become the most popular programming language on GitHub, while the use of Jupyter Notebooks has also soared, according to GitHub’s Octoverse 2024 report.

Microsoft is acquiring npm, a major JavaScript-developer platform, which it is planning to integrate with GitHub.

First unveiled at GitHub's annual Universe conference in October, Spark allows users to design and launch "micro apps," or "sparks," through natural language prompts.

GitHub this week released its Octoverse 2022 report, highlighting statistics, insights and evolutions across the open-source community.