GitHub launched Agent HQ at its Universe 2025 conference today. Agent HQ creates a central platform for integrating and managing a fleet of third-party coding agents, including those from Anthropic, Google and OpenAI, reports TNS Senior Editor for AI Frederic Lardinois. Find out what this initiative offers developers.
In other news from technolgy companies:
Ubuntu 26.04 is introducing sudo-rs, a version of the essential sudo command rewritten in memory-safe Rust to enhance security and maintainability, reports technology journalist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols. It’s a deliberate effort to address historical memory vulnerabilities and streamline the codebase for modern systems. Steven assures readers that the new Rust-based sudo-rs is not going to replace good-old C-based sudo and explains how this new option came about.
The complexity of multicloud infrastructure is slowing down incident response for site reliability engineers (SREs). The need for context for root cause analysis is creating a headache for SREs. TNS contributing writer Meredith Shubel reports on how the SRE company Anyshift dealt with the problem by creating “Annie,” a smart assistant. Meredith explains how Annie works to allay SRE headaches.
A review of the Zed code editor, now on Windows. We test its performance, multibuffers, AI integration, and potential as a modern editor.
Zed, the "next-generation" code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter, has finally arrived on Windows. Zed is a quick, Rust-based general code editor with GPU acceleration that I first reviewed two years ago when it was MacOS only.
When I first reviewed Zed,...
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