GitHub's six-hour save and a major Microsoft cloud licensing lawsuit (2026-04-30)

Story 1: GitHub rushed to fix a critical remote code execution vulnerability in less than six hours after it was reported by Wiz Research, and said a forensic review found no signs of exploitation.The Verge — GitHub rushed to fix a critical vulnerability in less than six hoursStory 2: A London tribunal ruled Microsoft must face a mass lawsuit that could be worth up to two point one billion pounds, alleging it overcharged customers to run Windows Server on rival cloud providers.Reuters — Microsoft must face two point eight billion dollar UK lawsuit over cloud computing licences