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go-mssqldb v1.10.0: Better Reliability, Developer Experience, and Standards Compliance
We're excited to announce the release of go-mssqldb v1.10.0, the official Microsoft Go driver for SQL Server and Azure SQL Database.This release brings significant reliability improvements, better standards compliance, and a smoother developer onboarding experience.This release requires Go 1.21+ and is fully compatible with SQL Server 2012 through 2022 and Azure SQL Database.
2 hours ago
Amazon’s built-in AI price history expands to show the entire last year
Amazon's built-in price tracking feature now allows you to see how much a product's price has changed over the past year. To use the feature, open the Amazon app and select the "Price history" button next to the item's price, or ask Amazon's AI assistant Rufus. The expansion comes just weeks ahead of Amazon's annual […]
2 hours ago
Dreame — the vacuum company — just ‘launched’ its own phones
Dreame, a Chinese manufacturer best known for its robot vacuums but with ambitions to do much more, says it's making smartphones now. I'm not sure I believe it. The company showed off two phones at its own Next event, which took place in California this week, though both had previously been revealed in China in […]
2 hours ago
How To Write A Scene in Your Screenplay
Today, I’m going to take you through the basics of how to create a scene, how to write a scene, and also challenge some of the more seasoned readers to examine which scenes in their screenplays matter.So no matter who is in any scene you are creating, you need to add internal and external conflict to each scene.Summing Up How To Write A Scene Now that you know the basics and the pro-tips for how to write a scene, it's time to write a bunch of them.
2 hours ago
Service Principals in Microsoft Power Platform
A service principal, a non‑human application identity in Microsoft Entra ID that authenticates with certificates, never logs in interactively, and keeps running no matter who leaves.In this blog, we will highlight opportunities to strengthen your security posture across the Power Platform with Service Principals alongside ideas for when a Service Principal may not be applicable for your scenario.Power Platform Pipelines are a built-in option for application lifecycle management native to the Power Platform.
3 hours ago
The Journey of Copilot: From Setup to Mastery for Azure SAP customers
As you begin using GitHub Copilot within your SAP development and integration environment, you may notice performance differences, especially when working within corporate networks.GitHub Copilot is no longer a black box, it becomes a trusted, secure, and intelligent AI assistant seamlessly integrated into your Azure and SAP development ecosystem.GitHub Copilot for SAP ABAP in VS Code: Setup Guid... - SAP Community
3 hours ago
This accessory can snap a Steam Controller to your phone — or almost anything else
Valve's new Steam Controller goes on sale on Monday for $99, and accessories-maker Mechanism will be ready. As far as we know, Mechanism's new Basegrip is the very first way to attach a Steam Controller to your phone - as well as Mechanism's lineup of accessories, including mounts for hanging handhelds and gamepads on the […]
3 hours ago
Xbox Adds Backgrounds, Profile Themes & Gamer Pics Based On New Logo Designs
Rolling out to all users now!Hot on the heels of promising some customisation options based on the new Xbox logo (and indeed off the back of us covering some other dynamic backgrounds, thanks Microsoft!), the team has unleashed a raft of new backgrounds, profile themes and gamer pics centred around Xbox's fresh logo design.Yep, all of this stuff is rolling out to Xbox users now - and includes a dynamic background based on each console generation's version of the new logo, alongside Xbox profile themes and gamer pics using the same core designs.
3 hours ago
Announcing Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 6.1.5
We are pleased to announce the release of Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 6.1.5, the latest servicing update to the 6.1 line. This update focuses on connection performance, error propagation, and vector type metadata correctness. Install or update from NuGet: dotnet add package Microsoft.Data.SqlClient --version 6.1.5 Full release notes:
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Players from the NBA, NFL, and MLB call for a ban on betting ‘unders’
The unions backing professional NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, and MLS players are calling on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to ban prediction market platforms from allowing users to bet on a player's underperformance or injury, Sports Business Journal reports. In their letter, the unions cite the need for "appropriate regulations" to protect athletes and […]
3 hours ago
Severe Linux Copy Fail security flaw uncovered using AI scanning help
Nearly every Linux distribution released since 2017 is currently vulnerable to a security bug called "Copy Fail" that allows any user to give themselves administrator privileges. The exploit, publicly disclosed as CVE-2026-31431 on Wednesday, uses a Python script that works across all of the vulnerable Linux distributions, requiring "no per-distro offsets, no version checks, no […]
3 hours ago
Shift-Left Governance for AI Agents: How the Agent Governance Toolkit Helps You Catch Violations
In part one of this series, we covered AGT’s runtime governance: the policy engine, zero-trust identity, execution sandboxing, and the OWASP Agentic AI risk ma...
3 hours ago
Dreame’s rocket-powered car can do 0–60 in 0.9 seconds because you can just say things now
When I first heard that a vacuum company had released a rocket-powered electric vehicle with physically impossible-sounding performance specs, I immediately thought James Dyson was up to his old tricks again. Fortunately, I was wrong. This time the household appliance company trying its hand at super car design is Dreame (pronounced like "dreamy"), a little-known […]
3 hours ago
Secrets of Strixhaven Collector Boosters Are Back In Stock, But They Don’t Come Cheap
Amazon has Collector Boosters in stock for Secrets of Strixhaven, but don't expect to get them cheap.
3 hours ago
Subnautica 2's early access system requirements are on the punishing side
Unknown Worlds have released the PC system requirements for Subnautica 2, the ocean exploration and survival game hitherto defined by extr...
4 hours ago
We just got a new reason to believe the Trump phone is real(ish)
Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. This time we've discovered a little more evidence that the phone is on its way to a release. Trump Mobile's T1 Phone has just passed another milestone on its slow […]
4 hours ago
Protect Your Streaming Data in Use: Confidential Computing for Azure Event Hubs Dedicated
For organizations in regulated industries — financial services, healthcare, government, defense — the security conversation around data has always revolved around two states: data at rest and data in transit. Encrypt your storage. Encrypt your network traffic. Check, check. But there's a third state that's been much harder to address: data in use. What happens to your events while they're being actively processed by the streaming infras...
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NASA Artemis II Crew Rings Nasdaq Closing Bell
Nasdaq Chair and Chief Executive Officer Adena T. Friedman, left, and NASA’s Artemis II crew ring the closing bell of the Nasdaq market session, Thursday, April 30, 2026.
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Obsidian are delisting the original version of The Outer Worlds in favour of the swankier (but pricier) Spacer's Choice edition, and lobbing some grenades at you too
It's a game I haven't thought about much since reviewing The Outer Worlds 2 last year, and it's just gotten its first patch in about three years.That's because Obsidian are planning to delist its base version from storefronts at the end of this month, leaving the more polished Spacer's Choice edition as the definitive Outer Worlds going forwards.They're also adding grenades to it, as an apparent make good aimed at pyromaniacs.
4 hours ago
Pentagon inks deals with Nvidia, Microsoft and AWS to deploy AI on classified networks
The deals come as the DoD has doubled down on diversifying its exposure to AI vendors in the wake of its controversial dispute with Anthropic over usage terms of its AI models.
4 hours ago
Deals: 25 Xbox Back Compat Games That Are Ridiculously Good Value This Week
Bargains from the original Xbox and Xbox 360 eras.Xbox isn't slowing down with the new sales this week!Following the Golden Week Sale that we highlighted a few days ago, we've also got a new Super Saver Sale, a Star Wars Sale and an Xbox Game Studios Sale to add to the mix.
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Now generally available: Microsoft 365 E7 and Agent 365
We're excited to announce the general availability of Microsoft 365 E7 and Agent 365!Microsoft 365 E7 is the Frontier Suite powered by Work IQ, designed for a human-led, agent-operated enterprise—turning human intent into AI action that functions securely and at scale. Microsoft 365 E7 bundles Microsoft 365 E5, Copilot, Agent 365, and more into a single integrated offer built for customers’ Frontier Transformation. Designed for organizations to move from AI experimentation to scale, it includes Microsoft Entra Suite and advanced Defender, Intune, and Purview capabilities, delivering comprehensive security across agents and employees. Agent 365 is the control plane for customers to observe, govern, and secure both Microsoft and third-party AI agents, grounded in shared intelligence and built with trust to protect the organization.
4 hours ago
Imax Dismisses Disney Infinity Vision as a 'Marketing Play' to Boost Avengers: Doomsday
Imax has responded to Disney's Infinity Vision unveiling, and dismissed the rival large theater format as simply an Avengers: Doomsday "marketing play", meant to distract from Dune 3's simultaneous and Imax-backed launch.
4 hours ago
Upcoming Blender Development Fund and AI Policies
An update after the latest Development Fund announcement.
4 hours ago
Barcelona FC to wear limited-edition Olivia Rodrigo kit at Real Madrid fixture
She is also playing a live show in Barcelona to celebrate the partnership, which she promises will be "so special”The post Barcelona FC to wear limited-edition Olivia Rodrigo kit at Real Madrid fixture appeared first on NME.
4 hours ago
Alas, you and I will never look and sound as good as Rebounder
I no longer have that albatross around my neck, because no matter how cool I get, I will never be cooler than Rebounder - "a precision platformer set in a four-ink, pulp-print world", created by ATOMIK devs Thirtythree Games, which makes me think of the Mega Drive's awesome Comix Zone.It casts you as a 2D astronaut who gets around by grabbing, hurling and 'rebounding' from explosive alien spores.Read more
4 hours ago
Total War: Warhammer 40,000 Devs Reveal Huge Battle Maps, Planets, and Region Scale
Creative Assembly has revealed more on its hotly anticipated strategy game, Total War: Warhammer 40,000, touching on the sheer scale of its battle maps and planets.
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‘Dances with Wolves’: The Bet Nobody Thought Would Pay Off
We may say that Hollywood “creates spectacles” and “sells dreams,” but at the end of the day, it’s still a business. It involves (not-so-dreamy) tasks such as extensive pre-production planning, market research, risk assess...