may 6, 2026
7 links from the engineering internet.
github copilot in vs code ships april releases
covers releases v1.116 through v1.119 shipped throughout april and may 2026; copilot can now search workspaces by meaning and run grep-style queries across github repos and orgs.
enterprise-managed plugins in github copilot cli enter public preview
enterprise admins can now configure and distribute plugins to copilot cli users across their org, letting teams standardize tooling without requiring user-level setup.
denic apologizes for dnssec error that crashed germany's internet
denic's .de tld registry apologized after a broken zone signing key pushed on may 5 caused servfail across german domains for hours; engineers restored resolution by 01:15 utc while iana coordination was still in flight.
taiwan student accused of jamming high-speed rail signals with radio kit
a university student is out on bail in taiwan after allegedly using a home-built radio transmitter to disrupt gsm-r train control signals, halting high-speed trains and exposing vulnerabilities in critical rail communications.
vercel lets pro teams control how git committers join their team
pro teams on vercel can now choose between auto-approval (committers with vercel accounts are added immediately) or manual approval (deployments block until an owner approves), preventing unintended seat additions.
vercel adds production-only access for native integration credentials
native integration resources on vercel can now be restricted to production environments only, protecting credentials as sensitive env vars that are no longer readable from the dashboard or cli.
incus 7.0 lts ships with five years of support
incus 7.0 lts is the project's second lts release, supported through june 2031; it drops cgroups v1, adds built-in s3 operations to replace unmaintained minio, requires linux 6.12, and includes a low-level backup api.