A new decade-long study tracked 37 penguin colonies and found that the birds are breeding earlier. The shift marks one way among many that climate change is transforming life at the bottom of the world

Join us for an epic journey through decades of Microsoft history. In this nostalgic look back, three longtime Microsoft veterans - KC Lemson (27 years, retired), Raymond Chen (33 years), and Larry Osterman (41 years) - share their favorite stories—from the early days of MS-DOS and Windows 95 to quirky product features, Easter eggs, and viral icons like Ninja Cat. You’ll hear about: The infamous Windows 95 launch and its “Special Edition” box How a tiny Snipping Tool feature became a top Windows 10 favorite Debugging the Pinball game running at 1 million FPS Bedlam DL3: The original “Reply All” storm Ninja Cat’s rise from a slide deck to a global phenomenon T-shirt contests, goat horns, and even a horse named Hanson at the Kentucky Derby If you love tech history, engineering war stories, and the human side of building iconic products, this is the ultimate throwback. 00:00 - Opening Slide and Introductions 02:06 - Badge Stories: IBM & Dos Vader 05:22 - Lan Manager Team & The Legendary 18-Wheeler Slushie Run 07:09 - Moments of Pride: Snipping Tool Feature in Windows 10 08:43 - Pinball Game Bug: From 1M FPS to Smooth Performance 11:39 - Windows Volume Control Flicker Fix 13:50 - Windows 95 Launch: Special Edition & Behind-the-Scenes Stories 19:49 - Birth of Microsoft Product Blogs & Exchange Blog Origins 27:03 - Bedlam Card Game: From Idea to Online Version 30:34 - T-Shirt Memories 41:09 - Dress Code Fun: Make Raymond Wear Normal Clothes Day 44:35 - Goat Horns & Hawaiian Shirt of Shame 47:03 - Windows Phone Sponsorship at the Kentucky Derby 48:43 - Ninja Cat Phenomenon & Hackathon Fire-Breathing Statue 51:04 - Closing: Nerdiest Game Show & Final Thoughts ✅ Hashtags #MicrosoftHistory #Windows95 #NinjaCat #MSDOS #ExchangeServer #TechStories #DeveloperLife #Windows10 #Azure #MicrosoftDeveloper ##Bedlam #PinballGame #CloudComputing #SoftwareEngineering

We've been testing a bunch of ereaders and writing tablets, especially since Amazon just released the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft this month. Which one looks best to you so far?

Like many elderly folks in the midwest whose families used stoneware crocks for sauerkraut, Lois Jurgens held onto one for 40 years. It sat on her porch weathering decades of harsh Nebraska winters until early this month when she was planning for a yard sale. She had a notion the heavy crock might be worth […] The post Crock Sitting on Her Porch for 40 Years Fetches $32k After She Hoped for $100 on her Birthday appeared first on Good News Network.

Hands on with the RayNeo X3 Pro AR Smart Glasses. If you really, really want to try AR smart glasses like right now, I have some advice. Are you ready? Here it is… you should wait. AR smart glasses might technically be a thing in the here and now, but if there’s one thing that using the $1,100 RayNeo X3 Pro taught me, it’s that the here and now may be enticing, but it can also be one, big, huge, Android-filled headache. Tap our link in bio to read the full review. Reviewed by James Pero Video: James Pero & Adriano Contreras Photo: Ray Wong #smartglasses #android #augmentedreality #mobile #gadgets #tech We come from the future. https://gizmodo.com Follow us. https://twitter.com/gizmodo https://instagram.com/gizmodo https://facebook.com/gizmodo

Officials have proposed building a mini-Sphere in Maryland's National Harbor. One-third the size of the original, the structure would cost about $1 billion

How do we write fast quantum programs and build systems that run them efficiently? In Lecture 4, Dr. Matthias Troyer explores how many of the challenges in quantum computing mirror those long solved in classical high performance computing (HPC). He shows how instruction set architectures, optimized kernels, auto tuning, and multiple levels of parallelism can guide the design of scalable, high performance quantum systems. Watch now and follow the series: https://msft.it/6059tmmK1 #Microsoft #MicrosoftAzure #MicrosoftQuantum

The heartwarming ceremony begins when the garage door opens and a class of teenage students present a newly-refurbished car with a big red bow to a single mother. For eight years, the presentation, delivered with a round of applause, has been repeated 4-5 times each year at Louisa County High School in Mineral, Virginia. The […] The post High School Students Repair Cars and Give Them to Single Moms: ‘You’re Really Making a Change in the World’ appeared first on Good News Network.

The seventh edition of the triennial Outwin Boochever contest showcases contemporary artists’ novel approaches to their subjects

It’s never been easier to build, optimize, and govern AI apps and agents that understand your business context and deliver business impact. Our unified, interoperable AI platform enables developers to build faster and smarter, while organizations gain fleetwide security and governance in a unified portal. Yina Arenas, Microsoft Foundry CVP, shares how to keep your development and operations teams coordinated, ensuring productivity, governance, and visibility across all your AI projects. Learn more in this Microsoft Mechanics demo, and start building with Microsoft Foundry at ai.azure.com ► Unfamiliar with Microsoft Mechanics? As Microsoft's official video series for IT, you can watch and share valuable content and demos of current and upcoming tech from the people who build it at Microsoft. • Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MicrosoftMechanicsSeries • Talk with other IT Pros, join us on the Microsoft Tech Community: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-mechanics-blog/bg-p/MicrosoftMechanicsBlog • Watch or listen from anywhere, subscribe to our podcast: https://microsoftmechanics.libsyn.com/podcast ► Keep getting this insider knowledge, join us on social: • Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MSFTMechanics • Share knowledge on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft-mechanics/ • Enjoy us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/msftmechanics/ • Loosen up with us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@msftmechanics Formerly Azure AI Foundry and Azure Cognitive Services #Foundry #AIAgents #AgenticAI #AzureAI

Join Gwen and Marlene from Python on Azure for an end-of-year conversation with Microsoft's entire Python advocacy team! We discuss: ✨ Favorite Python trends and changes from 2025 📚 Learning resources that helped us grow this year 🤔 How we actually learn and stay current 🎯 What we're excited to explore in 2026 Perfect for: Python developers, cloud engineers, and anyone reflecting on their 2025 learning journey or planning for 2026. ⌚ Chapters: 00:00 Welcome and Intros 06:47 On today's episode 07:10 Favorite Python trends of 2025 10:58 Biggest hurdles 16:12 AI wins for 2025 18:52 Favorite learning resources 29:25 What are we looking forward to for 2026 aka "nerd hobbies" 😄 37:54 Thank you for joining! 38:14 Wrap 🔗 Links: https://www.fluentpython.com/ https://effectivepython.com/ https://huyenchip.com/books/ https://aka.ms/pythonai/resources https://pycoders.com/ https://hamel.dev/ https://simonwillison.net/ https://talkpython.fm/ https://www.anthropic.com/engineering https://www.pragmaticengineer.com/ 🎙️ Featuring: Gwyneth Peña-Siguenza, Marlene Mhangami, Pamela Fox, Sara Kaiser, Renee Noble, Anthony Shaw

Wild American chestnut trees, deemed “functionally extinct” decades ago, may already be quietly mounting an unexpected comeback in the northern forests of the US. Thousands of naturally thriving, wild trees in Maine contradict decades of assumptions about the species’ extinction—and how genetic engineering is the only solution. Ever since the accidental importation of an Asian […] The post Once Wiped Out by Blight, Thousands of American Chestnut Trees are Thriving on Biologist’s Land in Maine appeared first on Good News Network.

As we reach the end of 2025, it's time to look back at some of the highlights (and lowlights) of the past year. In this episode, Engadget Managing Editor Cherlynn Low returns to chat about her thoughts about the state of the tech world. We'll also look ahead at what we're expecting from CES 2026. There will be new TVs and the usual set of gadgetry at the show, but hopefully we'll see a few surprises too. SUBSCRIBE to the Engadget Podcast: https://engadget-podcast.simplecast.com Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/Engadget Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/engadget Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/engadget Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/engadget Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@engadget Read more: http://www.engadget.com

Researchers found an association between increased activity in a reward region of the brain—primarily stimulated by hopeful thinking—and heightened levels of protective antibodies after receiving a vaccine

Struggling to decide whether a transformation belongs in Power Query or DAX? In this practical guide, we break down when and why to use each tool, with clear decision rules, real scenarios, performance considerations, and best practices every Power BI author should know.

An exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston features paintings by Kahlo, works by artists she inspired and consumer products featuring her self-portraits

Leveraging recent breakthroughs in agentic AI, the new system delivers answers that are more relevant, contextual, and accurate to your specific business data. Think of it as an intelligent assistant that not only understands your question but figures out the best way to answer it using an adaptive reasoning process. The post Beyond Retrieval: How an Agentic Approach Transforms Microsoft Dataverse Search  appeared first on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Blog.

The MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code continues to evolve, bringing new capabilities that help developers build AI-ready applications faster. In this episode, we explore what is new in the latest release, including the in-product changelog experience, Edit Data enhancements, and GitHub Copilot reaching general availability. We take a closer look at GitHub Copilot in both Ask and Agent modes, showing how improved context awareness helps developers work more intuitively with their databases, even when starting without an active connection. From understanding schemas to guiding next steps, Copilot helps reduce friction and accelerate everyday SQL workflows. To wrap up, we demonstrate how to evolve a traditional SQL schema into an AI-ready one using vector data types in SQL Server 2025. By combining GitHub Copilot, Python, and semantic search, we show how modern SQL and VS Code come together to power intelligent applications. Learn how GitHub Copilot at GA helps you build smarter SQL applications in Visual Studio Code in this episode of Data Exposed. ✅ Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:00 GitHub Copilot Release Review 2:50 Demo ✅ Resources: Install: https://aka.ms/vscode-mssql Demos: https://aka.ms/vscode-mssql-demos Blogs: https://aka.ms/vscode-mssql-blogs Documentation: https://aka.ms/vscode-mssql-docs 📌 Let's connect: Twitter - Anna Hoffman, https://twitter.com/analyticanna LinkedIn - Carlos Robles, https://twitter.com/croblesm Twitter - Carlos Robles, https://www.linkedin.com/in/croblesm Twitter - AzureSQL, https://aka.ms/azuresqltw 🔴 Watch even more Data Exposed episodes: https://aka.ms/dataexposedyt 🔔 Subscribe to our channels for even more SQL tips: Microsoft Azure SQL: https://aka.ms/msazuresqlyt Microsoft SQL Server: https://aka.ms/mssqlserveryt Microsoft Developer: https://aka.ms/microsoftdeveloperyt #AzureSQL #SQL #LearnSQL

Colorado wildlife authorities have introduced a plan to reintroduce the wolverine, one of the largest members of the weasel family, back into the state where it’s been absent for a century. Hunted to extinction, small populations of this solitary scavenger survived in Idaho, Montana, Washington, and Canada, from where they’ve gradually moved south to Utah […] The post Colorado Begins Planning Return of Wolverine Across its Parks, Absent for More Than 100 Years appeared first on Good News Network.

Astro Bot is now spinning rust. Seagate's 5TB limited edition game disc is a HDD (hard disc drive) built for gaming on PS5 or PC. You may be looking at it for those awesome vibes taken straight out of one of 2024's best games or because memory prices are going insane lately. The limited edition drive starts at $160, which is around $20 more expensive than Seagate's similar HDDs for PS5 or Xbox. Its read and write speeds may not be enough for high-end PC gaming, but it's good enough to store some of your less intensive titles. For PlayStation, you need to remember that no external HDD will let you play PS5 games directly. Instead, you need to load them on the console. That may be faster than downloading, and its still great for your PS4 games. It will be good in some cases but don't buy it just because memory prices are going insane right now. Tap our link in bio to read more about the memory shortages and rise in storage costs. Story: Kyle Barr Video: Kyle Barr & Adriano Contreras #astrobot #ps5 #playstation #seagate #gadgets #tech We come from the future. https://gizmodo.com Follow us. https://twitter.com/gizmodo https://instagram.com/gizmodo https://facebook.com/gizmodo

While the birth is sparking joy, infant mountain gorillas are vulnerable, and twins can be twice as hard for a mother to take care of

Discover how Dynamics 365 empowers businesses to capture untapped SMB revenue using Sales Close Agent. See how this agent handles sales advisory, objection handling, and deal closure at scale. Learn how it may accelerate deal velocity and drive growth in the with SMB leads and opportunities. Learn more at https://msft.it/6053sAhc9 #Microsoft #Dynamics365 #Copilot

Strengthen your daily security workflow, focus on real risks, act faster, and stay ahead of emerging threats with new agents in Microsoft Purview. Use the Data Security Triage Agent to cut through alert overload, eliminate false positives, and immediately understand which Insider Risk or DLP incidents need your attention. Stay in control with automated user outreach and clear, contextual reasoning behind every alert. Use the Data Security Posture Agent to uncover risks that hide behind context with natural-language queries. When issues are found, apply labels and trigger security policies right from the insight, helping you proactively prevent data loss. Powered by Security Copilot, these agents give you a faster, smarter, more efficient way to manage data security. ► Unfamiliar with Microsoft Mechanics? As Microsoft's official video series for IT, you can watch and share valuable content and demos of current and upcoming tech from the people who build it at Microsoft. • Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MicrosoftMechanicsSeries • Talk with other IT Pros, join us on the Microsoft Tech Community: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-mechanics-blog/bg-p/MicrosoftMechanicsBlog • Watch or listen from anywhere, subscribe to our podcast: https://microsoftmechanics.libsyn.com/podcast ► Keep getting this insider knowledge, join us on social: • Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MSFTMechanics • Share knowledge on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft-mechanics/ • Enjoy us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/msftmechanics/ • Loosen up with us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@msftmechanics #AIAgents #DataSecurity #DLP #MicrosoftPurview

In what is being called a major milestone in American cancer research and treatment, 5-year survival rates averaged across all cancers have never been higher, with 7-in-10 cancer patients living past 5 years post-diagnosis. This average was pumped up by large survival rate increases in leukemia (20%), non-Hodgkin lymphoma (18%), and ovarian cancer (9%) over […] The post Incredible Results from 20 Years of Cancer Research Boost National Survival Rates to 7 in 10 appeared first on Good News Network.

At Convergence 2025, December 9–12, we’ll explore how organizations can build an AI-first autonomous enterprise powered by data, copilots, and agents working together across Microsoft Dynamics 365 and the Microsoft Cloud. The post The era of agentic business applications arrives at Convergence 2025 appeared first on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Blog.