GitHub Copilot is here. But what’s the price?

<p><a href="https://github.blog/2022-06-21-github-copilot-is-generally-available-to-all-developers/">GitHub Copilot is now available to all developers</a>. There’s also the <a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GitHub.copilot-labs">GitHub Copilot Labs</a> extension for Visual Studio Code, which has some neat tricks up its sleeve. </p><p>Yes, Copilot is impressive; no, it’s not gunning for your job. ICYMI, check out our blog post exploring whether AI is poised to steal our livelihoods: <a href="https://stackoverflow.blog/2022/04/21/the-robots-are-coming-for-the-boring-parts-of-your-job/?_thumbnail_id=19974">The robots are coming for (the boring parts of) your job</a>.</p><p><a href="https://mullvad.net/en/">Mullvad VPN</a> is <a href="https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2022/6/20/were-removing-the-option-to-create-new-subscriptions/">removing the option to add new subscriptions</a> because they want to know “as little as possible” about their users: “We are constantly looking for ways to reduce the amount of data we store while still providing a usable service.”</p><p>Data scraping is both ubiquitous and seemingly unavoidable—but it raises serious privacy concerns, <a href="https://reallifemag.com/fair-game/">writes David Golumbia for <i>Real Life</i></a>.</p><p>Tech recs: <a href="https://12ft.io/">a ladder</a> to bypass (almost) any paywall, the smartest way to <a href="https://lingodeer.com/">learn a new language</a>, how to <a href="https://justjavascript.com/">explore the JavaScript universe</a>, a great place to <a href="https://www.audm.com/">listen to longform journalism</a>, and the email-free way to <a href="https://stoopinbox.com/">read your favorite newsletters</a>.</p><p>Thanks to Liam for emailing the podcast to share <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiJiXNEm-Go&list=LL&index=13">Physics Girl’s terrific explanation of quantum cryptography</a>.</p><p>Today’s <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/help/badges/8842/lifeboat">Lifeboat badge</a> goes to user <a href="https://stackoverfl