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SQLDay 2025 – Wrocław – Sessions
- The SQLDay conference in Wrocław began with a series of sessions covering cloud, DevOps, Microsoft Fabric, AI, and more.
- Morning Kick-Off: The day started with sponsors' presentation, acknowledging their support for the event.
- Key Sessions: Sessions included discussions on Composable AI, migrating SQL Server databases to Microsoft Azure, Fabric monitoring, DevOps in legacy teams, productivity solutions, and Azure SQL Managed Instance features.
- Insights: The sessions provided insights on integrating AI into enterprise architecture, best practices for database migration, monitoring tools for Microsoft Fabric, challenges of introducing DevOps in legacy systems, productivity solutions using AI, and updates on Azure SQL Managed Instance features.
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SQLDay 2025 – Wrocław – Workshops
- SQLDay 2025 in Wrocław featured pre-conference workshops on various Microsoft Data Platform topics.
- Workshop sessions included topics such as Advanced DAX, Execution Plans in Depth, Becoming an Azure SQL DBA, Enterprise Databots, Analytics Engineering with dbt, and more.
- Sessions catered to different professionals, ranging from experienced Power BI users to SQL Server professionals and those transitioning to cloud environments.
- SQLDay workshops offered valuable insights into Azure, Power BI, SQL Server, and data engineering, providing attendees with practical knowledge and hands-on experiences.
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Razer's new Blade 14 laptops are outfitted with RTX 5000 series cards
- Razer has introduced a refreshed version of the Blade 14 laptop, which is the thinnest 14-inch model in the company's history at 15.7mm and just over three pounds for on-the-go gaming.
- The Blade 14 laptops come with the new NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5000 series GPUs, with the option to customize up to the RTX 5070, paired with NVIDIA DLSS 4 tech for top-quality gaming experience.
- Featuring an AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 processor with up to 50 TOPS, the laptops offer AI applications like Copilot+, Recall, Live Captions, and Cocreate, while supporting up to 64GB of RAM and providing an 11-hour battery life.
- The Blade 14 also showcases a 3K OLED display with 120Hz refresh rate and 0.2ms response time, and includes features like multiple ports, wireless connectivity standards, a new ventilation system, and T6-grade aluminum exterior. Pricing starts at $2,300 with various configurations available.
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Microsoft employee interrupts CEO’s keynote with pro-Palestinian protest
- A Microsoft employee disrupted CEO's keynote with a pro-Palestinian protest at the Build conference.
- The employee confronted Satya Nadella, urging Microsoft to acknowledge Israeli war crimes and cease technological support for Israel.
- The protest was part of a worker-led group called No Azure for Apartheid, which opposes Microsoft's contracts with the Israeli military for AI and cloud computing.
- This protest follows similar incidents at Microsoft and Google, highlighting tech companies' involvement in Israeli military activities amidst growing unrest.
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The curious case of the missing Alexa+ users – many are still waiting for 'early access'
- Amazon introduced Alexa+ over six weeks ago with much fanfare, but the wider release seems to be delayed, as many Alexa users are still waiting for early access.
- There is little public evidence of Alexa+ usage among AI and voice assistant users, with reports suggesting technical issues and cost concerns might be causing the delay.
- Amazon claims that Alexa+ is already in use by hundreds of thousands of customers and will continue to roll out to millions in the coming month, dismissing claims of a slow introduction.
- Despite the assurance from Amazon, the delayed release of Alexa+ raises concerns about its performance and potential impact on Amazon's smart home strategy if it fails to deliver as expected.
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"How I Stopped Burning Money in the Cloud: A Dev’s Guide to FinOps (Without the Finance Headache)"
- The article provides a beginner-friendly developer's guide to FinOps, a practice that helps teams collaborate to understand cloud costs, optimize usage, and make cloud spending a strategic advantage.
- FinOps solves problems such as lack of visibility into cloud spend, communication gaps between engineers and finance teams, lack of ownership in cost optimization, and concerns about commitments like Reserved Instances.
- By implementing FinOps, teams can improve visibility, create a shared language between technical and financial teams, incentivize cost optimization, and make informed decisions about long-term commitments.
- The article emphasizes that understanding cloud costs is essential for developers as it impacts architecture decisions, team efficiency, and product pricing, making FinOps a valuable practice for everyone involved in cloud operations.
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Qualcomm isn’t giving us new Snapdragon chips at Computex - but there’s a surprise waiting in September
- At Computex 2025, Qualcomm did not announce new Snapdragon chips, with CEO Cristiano Amon highlighting the progress made with Snapdragon X Elite platform.
- Over 1,400 games are playable on Snapdragon laptops, showcasing Qualcomm’s influence in the Windows computing market.
- Amon teased that the next generation of Snapdragon X systems-on-a-chip (SoCs) will be unveiled at the Snapdragon Summit on September 23.
- The upcoming SoCs, possibly named Snapdragon X2, are expected to cater to premium and midrange laptop markets.
- Future launches may include Snapdragon X2 Elite and X2 Plus chips, targeting productivity laptop manufacturers like Dell, Asus, and Lenovo.
- Expectations are for a budget-friendly Snapdragon X2 chip to follow the initial launch, with rumors of a 2nd-gen Snapdragon X Elite chip for desktops.
- Qualcomm currently holds about 9% of the integrated processor market in the US and top 5 European markets, posing a significant challenge to competitors.
- The success of Snapdragon X Elite chips last year hints at Qualcomm's potential to revolutionize the Windows on Arm ecosystem and desktop computing.
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Amazon Inspector enhances container security by mapping Amazon ECR images to running containers
- Amazon Inspector now maps Amazon ECR images to running containers, allowing security teams to prioritize vulnerabilities based on active usage.
- The service extends vulnerability scanning to minimal base images and additional ecosystems for robust security in optimized container environments.
- It assists in detecting vulnerabilities in Amazon ECR images running on containers in AWS ECS and EKS.
- By continually monitoring images on containers, teams can focus on actively running container images, aiding in vulnerability management.
- Enhanced scanning and monitoring can be configured through the Amazon ECR and Amazon Inspector consoles.
- Amazon Inspector provides details on image usage, deployment across accounts, and vulnerability findings for prioritizing remediation efforts.
- The service offers monitoring based on container image lifecycle and comprehensive security coverage for traditional and minimal base images.
- Cross-account visibility is enhanced through delegated administrator capabilities, enabling security management across multiple AWS accounts.
- The new container mapping capabilities in Amazon Inspector are available in all AWS Regions at no additional cost.
- Users can refer to the AWS Inspector documentation for getting started and pricing details.
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AWS Weekly Roundup: Strands Agents, AWS Transform, Amazon Bedrock Guardrails, AWS CodeBuild, and more (May 19, 2025)
- Last week featured AI Week in Italy, and this week includes AWS Community Day in Zurich and AWS Cloud Infrastructure Day on May 22.
- Strands Agents SDK was introduced for building AI agents with ease, supporting various use cases and models.
- AWS Transform for .NET launched with new capabilities for modernizing .NET applications.
- Amazon Bedrock Guardrails now supports cross-Region inference for enhanced resilience during peak demand.
- AWS EC2 instances now support ENA queue allocation, optimizing network traffic management.
- New Amazon EC2 P6-B200 instances with NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs for AI training and HPC applications.
- AWS Control Tower introduces account-level reporting for baseline APIs.
- AWS CodeBuild introduces Docker Server capability for faster CI/CD pipelines.
- AWS CodePipeline now supports deploying to AWS Lambda with traffic shifting.
- Amazon Cognito introduces support for OIDC prompt parameter for user reauthentication.
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.NET Aspire 9.3 is here and enhanced with GitHub Copilot!
- The release of .NET Aspire 9.3 includes quality improvements, integration enhancements, and API updates.
- GitHub Copilot is now integrated into the .NET Aspire dashboard, providing AI debugging assistance.
- AI capabilities of GitHub Copilot help in identifying errors, highlighting performance issues, and explaining error codes.
- New context menu added to the Resource Graph view and improved visualization of outgoing calls on the Traces page in version 9.3.
- Quality-of-life improvements include resource filter state preservation, friendly resource names in console logs URL, and metrics collection warning notification.
- Integration updates for YARP, MySQL, Postgres, Redis, SQL Server, and Azure Blob Storage have been introduced in this release.
- Updates in App Model and Publishers sections offer enhanced customization options and support for Docker Compose, Kubernetes, Azure services, and KeyVault in Aspire projects.
- Work is in progress to bring .NET Aspire solutions to Azure App Service with a preview of tools for publishing applications.
- The .NET Aspire CLI has seen stability fixes, improved error handling, and changes in the publish process for better user experience.
- .NET Aspire 9.3 brings significant enhancements, including GitHub Copilot integration, making it easier to debug and improve applications directly from the dashboard.
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Burn Cloud Costs, Not Cash: How the 30-Day Challenge Is Making AWS Leaner in 2025
- AWS bills continue to rise for companies globally, despite existing optimization efforts, due to overlooked savings opportunities.
- CloudKeeper's 30-Day Cloud Fitness Challenge uncovers inefficiencies in AWS deployments, delivering significant savings within a month based on data from 400+ customer analyses.
- CloudKeeper Tuner, at the core of the challenge, is an automated platform that analyzes real-time usage patterns and provides recommendations for optimization in three key areas.
- The 30-Day Challenge has demonstrated that continuous monitoring and smarter resource alignment, not static strategies, are essential for cost optimization in dynamic cloud environments.
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Dell stuffed an enterprise-grade NPU into its new Pro Max Plus laptop
- Dell announced the new Pro Max Plus laptop with an enterprise-grade NPU for on-device AI applications.
- The laptop features the Qualcomm AI 100 PC Inference Card, making it the first mobile workstation with a discrete NPU for AI tasks.
- It is designed for AI engineers and data scientists and expected to be costly due to advanced specifications.
- Dell also introduced a new cooling system for servers, the PowerCool Enclosed Rear Door Heat Exchanger, which can reduce cooling energy costs by up to 60%.
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HP is changing the game with its new laptops – the OmniBook 5 Series combines OLED displays, big battery claims, and temptingly affordable price tags
- HP has introduced the OmniBook 5 Series, using Qualcomm's Snapdragon processors.
- Both the OmniBook 5 14 and OmniBook 5 16 feature OLED displays.
- They're both expected to be available in July.
- HP claims the new series has 'the world's longest battery life in a consumer AI PC notebook', with up to 34 hours of battery life and HP Fast Charge.
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Microsoft announces over 50 AI tools to build the ‘agentic web’ at Build 2025
- Microsoft introduced a strategy at Build conference to create AI tools for the 'agentic web' for autonomous systems.
- The focus is on AI agents that can work independently, make decisions, and handle complex tasks with minimal human intervention.
- This shift includes improving reasoning, memory capabilities, and enabling agents to interact more proactively with users and technologies.
- Memory-related technologies like RAG are helping AI systems recall information effectively.
- GitHub Copilot coding agent can autonomously refactor code, collaborate with other agents, and solve programming tasks.
- Azure AI Foundry updates support multi-agent systems, enhancing reliability and maintainability.
- Microsoft also emphasizes local, on-device AI development with Windows AI Foundry for Windows 11 and MacOS.
- New capabilities address security, governance, and compliance in AI deployments to prevent 'agent sprawl.'
- Microsoft Discovery platform accelerates scientific research, showcasing rapid results in areas like data center cooling.
- Open standards like MCP and projects like NLWeb support agent interoperability and conversational interfaces.
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Quordle hints and answers for Tuesday, May 20 (game #1212)
- Quordle is a popular Wordle alternative game that continues to be challenging even after more than 1,100 games.
- Hints and answers for Quordle game #1212 on Tuesday, May 20 were provided, including details on vowels, repeated letters, and uncommon letters.
- The answers for game #1212 were DECOY, SHAKE, MAPLE, PURER, while the Daily Sequence answers were WALTZ, REMIT, BEADY, STING.
- Players use strategies like employing 'educated guesses' and marking uncertain spots with X's when solving words like DECOY, according to the article.
- No words in the answers contained the uncommon letters Q, Z, X, or J, enhancing the challenge for players.
- Quordle game #1211 featured the answers LINK, HANDY, DITCH, WAIVE, while previous games showcased various word combinations.
- Quordle enthusiasts can engage in daily puzzles that test their word-guessing skills and offer a mental workout.
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