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Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Take command of the squigglies

Building off of last week’s tip, Microsoft’s auto-correct feature works differently in different apps. It’s up to you to figure it out.

App pick of the week: .NETpad (WinForms)

This week, we’re wrapping up the WinForms version of .NETpad. Here’s what changed.

Enterprise pick of the week:  Microsoft Defender for Cloud now supports GCP and AWS

After announcing AWS support for Defender for Cloud, Microsoft is now adding GCP support with the product – which was formerly known as Azure Defender/Azure Security Center.

Codename pick of the week: Singularity – there is NOT just one

Microsoft is building a new AI infrastructure as a service offering codenamed Singularity. The original Microsoft Singularity was a microkernel OS, not based on Windows, developed inside Microsoft. It was manifested in a number of subsequent, non commercial products like Midori, Barrelfish, Helios, Drawbridge and more.

Beer pick of the week: Magic Hat Brewing: Sour #9

You can teach an old beer dog new tricks. Hermit Thrush, which makes amazing sours, partnered with Magic Hat to try updating the old Magic Hat #9 beer. They foudre barrel soured it, used their yeast and it is really good!