Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing 20H2 Build 19042.962 (KB5001391) to the Release Preview Channel for those Insiders who are on 20H2 (Windows 10 October 2020 Update). This update includes the following improvements: We are rolling out news and interests on the Windows taskbar to Beta and Release Preview rings. This has been available in…
Month: April 2021
Preparing and upskilling auto workers for the EV revolution
Apprentices applying hands-on skills during the apprenticeship program. The Volkswagen Academy is making electrifying additions to its curriculum. With the recent introduction of the new all-electric ID.4, the Volkswagen Academy at the Chattanooga plant is transforming its vocational training program to include new courses on EV technology – from working with high voltage batteries to…
Building a privacy-first future for web advertising
Conversion measurementChrome has proposed a number of technologies within the Privacy Sandbox that would allow marketers, and partners working on their behalf, to measure campaign performance without third-party cookies. These proposals protect consumer privacy while supporting key advertiser requirements, such as event-level reporting that enables bidding models to recognize patterns in the data, and aggregate-level…
Amazon CodeGuru Reviewer Updates: New Predictable Pricing Model Up To 90% Lower and Python Support Moves to GA
Amazon CodeGuru helps you automate code reviews and improve code quality with recommendations powered by machine learning and automated reasoning. You can use CodeGuru Reviewer to detect potential defects and bugs that are hard to find, and CodeGuru Profiler to fine-tune the performance of your applications based on live data. The service has been generally…
Liverpool target completes medical checks
Ibrahima Konate has already completed some of his medical tests ahead of his proposed move to Liverpool this summer, according to reports in France. Earlier this week, reports claimed that the Premier League champions were on the verge of agreeing a deal for the 21-year-old, who has a £34 million release clause. Liverpool’s campaign has…
Architecting resiliency in supply chains with Microsoft Dynamics 365
Major shocks to supply and demand over the course of the pandemic have exposed the fragility and vulnerabilities of the global supply chain. One silver lining is the realization, across industries, that a more agile approach is needed. To stabilize supply chains, whether localized or on a global scale, every organization must architect resiliency into…
The story of the one-off Toyota Picnic Sport Turbo
Sometimes, there’s no greater reason for doing something than ‘For the hell of it’, and that’s exactly what Toyota GB’s PR and Social department thought in 1997, when we turned an example of the sensible six-seater Toyota Picnic MPV into the barnstorming Picnic Sport Turbo.Registered in 1996 as P593 APF, the Lucerne Silver Picnic started…
Preparing our partners for Apple’s iOS 14 policy updates
How we’re complying with ATTWhen Apple’s policy goes into effect, we will no longer use information (such as IDFA) that falls under ATT for the handful of our iOS apps that currently use it for advertising purposes. As such, we will not show the ATT prompt on those apps, in line with Apple’s guidance. We…
AQUA (Advanced Query Accelerator) – A Speed Boost for Your Amazon Redshift Queries
Amazon Redshift already provides up to 3x better price-performance at any scale than any other cloud data warehouse. We do this by designing our own hardware and by using Machine Learning (ML). For example, we launched the SSD-based RA3 nodes for Amazon Redshift at the end of 2019 (Amazon Redshift Update – Next-Generation Compute Instances…
Ibrahima Konate ‘undergoes medical checks to advance Liverpool move’
Ibrahima Konate has reportedly undertaken a number of medical checks ahead of finalising a switch to Liverpool. Sportsmail reported on Monday that the Reds are looking to wrap up a £33million deal for the talented RB Leipzig defender. The Bundesliga side pushed back on talk that a deal was done but a report by RMC…