Microsoft has fitted the June 2026 update to Visual Studio IDE with a GitHub Copilot usage window that gives a clearer view of where a user stands against the GitHub’s new usage-based model. The update also adds trust validation for Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.
GitHub Copilot usage now is calculated based on token consumption rather than by request, as part of GitHub’s new usage-based billing model, Microsoft said on June 30. The refreshed usage window in Visual Studio gives a clearer view of the stance against that model, with real-time updates as the developer works. This can be opened by selecting Copilot Usage from the Copilot badge menu.
GitHub Copilot switched to usage-based billing on June 1.
Also with the June update, Visual Studio now validates MCP server trust in two places during startup. Before the MCP server process starts, the current configuration is compared against a previously trusted baseline. After it starts, the fingerprint of its tools, prompts, resourc
The post Google Expands Gemini API Managed Agents With Key Updates appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.
James Ding
Jul 07, 2026 20:08
Google enhances Gemini API Managed Agents with background tasks, remote MCP integration, and more, boosting AI development capabilities.
Google has rolled out significant updates to its Managed Agents in the Gemini API, designed to enhance developer capabilities for building production-ready AI agents. Announced on July 7, 2026, these additions include long-running background task support, remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) server integration, custom function execution, and streamlined credential management. These updates build on Google’s broader push into agentic AI, following the debut of Managed Agents during Google I/O in May 2026. Managed Agents enable developers to create isolated cloud-based Linux environments that handle reasoning, code execution, and web browsing within a single API call. The Gemini Interactions API, which po
The post Q1 2026 Data Shows Open Source Collaboration Hits New Highs appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.
Timothy Morano
Jul 07, 2026 16:55
GitHub’s Q1 2026 Innovation Graph reveals 16% growth in cross-border developer collaboration, the fastest pace since Q2 2020.
GitHub’s Innovation Graph for Q1 2026 confirms a surge in global open-source collaboration, with cross-border developer activity growing 16% quarter-over-quarter. This marks the second-highest growth rate since tracking began in 2020, trailing only the 21% spike seen in Q2 2020 during the initial pandemic-driven tech boom. The ‘economy collaborators’ metric, which tracks the total volume of git pushes and pull requests between developers across different economies, highlighted this acceleration. The data suggests that open-source software development is continuing to break down borders, with a sharp rise in international contributions. Key Highlights by Economy While the growth is global, regional trends st
Microsoft's nuclear deal highlights a shift towards sustainable energy solutions for tech, impacting energy markets and regulatory landscapes.
The post Microsoft signs 20-year deal to restart Three Mile Island nuclear plant, signaling a new era for energy-hungry data centers appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Microsoft's AI shift may reshape market dynamics, challenging competitors' valuations and altering the competitive landscape in AI technology.
The post Microsoft replaces OpenAI, Anthropic AI with proprietary models in apps appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Microsoft has laid off approximately 4,800 employees, representing 2.1 percent of its global workforce, with the cuts falling hardest on Xbox, which is losing 1,600 staff as part of what its leadership described as the most significant restructure in the division’s history. Amy Coleman, EVP and Chief People Officer, said the eliminated roles are not […]
AI is getting most of the attention in enterprise technology. Governance, ownership, and data quality do most of the heavy lifting behind the scenes. And yet, as organizations move from AI experiments to production deployments, trusted context is becoming a key factor in determining whether agents create business value — or operational risk.
That shift is reshaping how Salesforce, Microsoft, Snowflake, Databricks, SAP, Oracle, and others are positioning their data, governance, metadata, and integration services. The conversation is no longer just about models. It’s about whether AI systems can operate against trusted, governed, and business-relevant information.
Trusted context has become the new currency, and Salesforce has made a strategic commitment to it.
Agentic AI is exposing the problems master data management was designed to solve
Master data management (MDM) spent much of the last decade as an important but often overlooked infrastructure. AI is changing that. Agentic systems
The number of tech layoffs continues to tick upwards as AI investments increase, with Microsoft alone cutting around 4,800 employees, or roughly 2.1% of its workforce, this week.
The latest cutbacks are mostly in the company’s commercial sales and Xbox divisions. They follow two others in 2025 that impacted around 15,000 workers, or roughly 4% of the company’s workforce. Prior to the latest cuts, Microsoft had 220,000-plus employees.
The headcount reduction also comes just days after the announcement of Microsoft Frontier Company, an initiative that will provide embedded support for customers deploying AI projects, similar to traditional offerings from systems integrators (SIs).
Taken together, these moves seem to indicate that Microsoft is betting on its engineering expertise, rather than traditional account management, as the path to AI success.
“Microsoft had already reorganized its commercial business around AI,” said Thomas Randall, a research director at Info-Tech Research Group.
