Chemists in England have created a gel that can repair and regenerate tooth enamel, opening up new possibilities for effective and long-lasting dental treatment. The gel can be rapidly applied to teeth in the same way dentists currently apply standard fluoride treatments. However, this new protein-based gel is fluoride-free and works by mimicking key features […] The post New Gel Regrows Dental Enamel–Which Humans Cannot Do–and Could Revolutionize Tooth Care appeared first on Good News Network.

Strengthen your security posture by moving groups and users from Active Directory to Microsoft Entra. This gives you seamless access for your teams, stronger authentication with MFA and passwordless options, and centralized visibility into risks across your environment. Simplify hybrid identity management by reducing dual overhead, prioritizing key groups, migrating users without disruption, and automating policies with Graph or PowerShell. Jeremy Chapman, Microsoft 365 Director, shows how to start minimizing your local directory and make Microsoft Entra your source of authority to protect access everywhere. ► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 - Minimize Active Directory with Microsoft Entra 00:34 - Build a Strong Identity Foundation 01:28 - Reduce Dual Management Overhead 02:06 - Begin with Groups 03:04 - Automate with Graph & Policy Controls 03:50 - Access packages 06:00 - Move user objects to be cloud-managed 07:03 - Automate using scripts or code 09:17 - Wrap up ► Link References Get started at https://aka.ms/CloudManagedIdentity Use SOA scenarios at https://aka.ms/usersoadocs Group SOA scenarios at https://aka.ms/groupsoadocs Guidance for IT Architects on benefits of SOA at https://aka.ms/SOAITArchitectsGuidance ► 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 #MicrosoftEntra #IdentitySecurity #ZeroTrust #HybridCloud

Over 7,000 makers explored innovation with Microsoft Power Platform and Copilot Studio—building smarter, faster, and together. The post Celebrating makers and innovation at Power Platform Community Conference 2025 appeared first on Microsoft Power Platform Blog.

When designing Business Process Flows (BPF) in Dataverse, we often want to make certain fields mandatory before users can move to the next stage. A common scenario is using a Boolean (Two-Option) field — for example, Approved? with values Yes and No. At first glance, it seems natural to mark this field as required in … Continue reading "Boolean Fields in Business Process Flows: Required Field Behavior Explained (Dataverse / Dynamics 365)"

Retired teacher Robert Beattie, now 82, has been digging up remnants of the past ever since he was a child

Announcing Azure Container Storage v2.0.0: Supercharge Kubernetes workloads with the fastest storage for AKS. Azure Container Storage brings the performance of local NVMe drives to workloads running on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). With this all-in-one storage orchestrator and volume provisioner, you can boost the speed and responsiveness of your database, analytics, and AI/ML workloads. Plus, we're removing all orchestration and service fees from Azure Container Storage for deployments of any size. You can even install Azure Container Storage as a standalone open-source driver! Key takeaways: • Scale Kubernetes workloads effortlessly with cloud-native storage. • Boost performance and reliability for containerized applications. • Simplify storage management across Azure services. • Modernize apps with trusted Kubernetes support on Azure. Run stateful Kubernetes on Azure with confidence and experience how Azure Container Storage makes managing storage for AKS fast, simple, and scalable. Read the blog: https://msft.it/6054sIdu2 Ready to experience the performance boost? Here are your next steps: New to Azure Container Storage? Start with our comprehensive documentation: https://msft.it/comprehensivedocumentation Deploying specific workloads? Check out our updated deployment guide for PostgreSQL: https://msft.it/PostgreSQL Want the open-source version? Visit our GitHub repository for installation instructions: https://msft.it/GitHubrepository #AzureContainerStorage #AzureStorage #AzureKubernetesService #AKS #Kubernetes #OpenSource #CloudStorage #FreeAzureService #Containers #Azure #AzureCloud #CloudNative #EnterpriseKubernetes #StatefulApplications

She’s got devil-like horns, but she ain’t after your soul: she’s only looking for pollen. She’s Megachile lucifer, a new species of solitary bee identified in Western Australia’s Goldfields region by a team of scientists inspecting a rare wildflower habitat. She’s also the first new bee species added to the genus in 20 years, making this resident […] The post Scientist Discovers New Bee Species with ‘Devil-like’ Horns–Names Her ‘Lucifer’ appeared first on Good News Network.

“AI agent” gets thrown around a lot—but what does it actually mean? Seth Juarez breaks it down as a new kind of control structure that turns plain language into real code execution. Learn more: https://msft.it/6059saiQt #OneDevQuestion

Researchers studied the combination of muscles and breaths that the tiny birds use as they strike trees with their beaks

A hockey-loving boy from a hockey-loving family is selling special hockey merch to help other hockey lovers—and he’s loving it. His family took a childhood utterance, as genius as it was random, and spun it into a line of merchandise with the proceeds going to charities that pay for gear, rink time, and team fees […] The post Boy’s Great Tagline Helps Raise Thousands For Underprivileged Kids to Afford Hockey appeared first on Good News Network.

Work efficiently using Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, now available directly in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote for everyone with an Office 365 or Microsoft 365 subscription. Summarize long email threads, generate bullet-point executive summaries, create charts, and update presentations—all without leaving your familiar apps. Copilot understands your context, remembers your preferences, and helps you reuse content seamlessly across Microsoft 365. IT admins stay in control while you boost productivity. Enterprise-grade protections, Microsoft Purview, and the Copilot Control System ensure your data stays secure. Jeremy Chapman, Microsoft 365 Director, shares how with premium features like intelligent data retrieval, meeting facilitation, and specialized agents, you can automate routine tasks, generate insights, and stay in the flow without leaving your apps. ► 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 #Microsoft365 #Copilot #ProductivityAI #Office365

Generative pages in Microsoft Power Apps are now generally available, enabling AI-driven app creation with GPT-5, Fluent UI controls, and solution-aware components for faster, smarter development. The post Generative pages in Power Apps is now generally available appeared first on Microsoft Power Platform Blog.

A new exhibition at London's Wiener Holocaust Library spotlights the unique challenges faced by European Jews who were over the age of 55 during World War II

Recently, while trying to copy an environment, we got the following issue – Something happened, and we couldn’t copy to this environment. Please retry. If the issue continues, go to the Help + support tab. Include this correlation ID: 5e294f10-a784-4cda-881f-37799a37ddbc At first glance, this seemed serious, especially because it mentioned a correlation ID and hinted … Continue reading "Troubleshoot “Something happened, and we couldn’t copy to this environment” error – Dataverse /Dynamics 365 "

Learn how to organize Power BI measures into tables and folders for a cleaner, more structured model. Improve report usability and team collaboration.

There’s something truly wonderful about the sympathy we humans have for dogs—such that when a rambunctious stray grinds traffic to a halt in a Massachusetts tunnel, the reaction is just that—to stop and wait for police to rescue it. The wrong-way rover was spotted foxtrotting along the side of the Ted Williams Tunnel in Boston […] The post Dog Rescued from Boston Tunnel During Rush Hour After Playing ‘Will I Won’t I’ with Police – WATCH appeared first on Good News Network.

After 25 years of fighting vulnerabilities, has the industry actually made progress? Michael Howard says yes—but the bugs we’re left with are the harder ones, and they may force us to rethink languages like C and C++. https://msft.it/6055sx1wW #OneDevQuestion

Studying the ways that magenta and yellow flowers intermingle paints a vibrant picture of how the plants exchange genetic information—and what keeps each color variety unique

Noemi Oberhauser was never a fan of soccer despite living in the country that invented it. And she never had any intention of falling in love with the global game either, even after she toured a $1,550-a-month apartment in West London and marveled at the almost complete view of a Premier League stadium pitch from […] The post Woman Who Never Watched Football Loves New Condo with Epic View Inside Stadium appeared first on Good News Network.

Google announced its Google Home Speaker which isn't just a surface refresh of its smart speaker. According to Google, the Home Speaker comes with “custom processing to handle Gemini’s advanced AI for faster, more fluid interactions." Gemini Live, the next generation of Google voice assistance in the home, will support more casual conversations and nuanced commands to help with real-time tasks. Older Google speakers can use Gemini Live but the new Home Speaker will be optimized for it, according to Google. Now, you just have to wait until the spring of next year to see if it's any good. Tap our link in bio to learn more about Google's announcement. Reporter: Ray Wong #google #googlehome #heygoogle #googlegemini #speakers #tech We come from the future. https://gizmodo.com Follow us. https://twitter.com/gizmodo https://instagram.com/gizmodo https://facebook.com/gizmodo

Brazil’s Lake Tefé reached 105.8 degrees Fahrenheit during the severe drought and heat wave

Take control of security operations and act fast on high priority threats with Microsoft Security Copilot agents. Automate phishing triage, prioritize alerts, streamline access reviews, and close policy gaps while keeping full control through natural language feedback and recommendations. Reduce repetitive work, cut through alert noise, and focus on the most critical risks facing your organization. Stay ahead of vulnerabilities and evolving threats by proactively identifying at-risk devices, deploying patches, and optimizing access policies as your environment changes. Build custom agents tailored to your workflows, connecting tools and data to automate your most time-consuming security tasks. Dilip Radhakrishnan, Microsoft Security Copilot Partner Director, shares how to keep your organization protected with Security Copilot agents. ► 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 #copilot #threatdetection #microsoftsecurity #microsoft365

When we working with Power BI, we often want to control what data we see. Think of it like looking at the world through different glasses. Some glasses show everything, some show only specific things, and some block everything else except one thing. That’s exactly what DAX filter functions do, they ...

Governments and conservation NGOs celebrated the passing of a resolution to create the world’s most ambitious marine sanctuary. Cleverly-named “Macronesia,” the area in the northeastern Atlantic would protect 32 species of whales and dolphins, making it one of the most significant migratory routes on Earth. The announcement followed a resolution made at the International Union […] The post ‘Macronesia’ Sanctuary to Protect Waters of 4 Atlantic Islands and Critical Habitat for Whales appeared first on Good News Network.

The Amazon Kindle Scribe Colorsoft is a beautiful new tablet that adds color to the notetaking e-reader–and for a hefty price of $630. Like the other Kindle Scribes, it weighs 400g and has a thickness of 5.4mm. Amazon says it will be available later this year alongside the Kindle Scribe with front light. Tap our link in bio for more on Amazon's product announcements. Reporter: Ray Wong #amazon #amazonkindle #ereader #tablets #tech #kindlescribe We come from the future. https://gizmodo.com Follow us. https://twitter.com/gizmodo https://instagram.com/gizmodo https://facebook.com/gizmodo