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Obsolesce

@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Microsoft unveils Windows Terminal, a new command line app for Windows

For developers, developers, developers
Microsoft is launching a new command line app for Windows, dubbed Windows Terminal.

I wonder if it's a branch from their Azure Shell?

scottalanmiller

@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Microsoft unveils Windows Terminal, a new command line app for Windows

For developers, developers, developers
Microsoft is launching a new command line app for Windows, dubbed Windows Terminal.

Finally. This is huge. Their totally crap terminal app(s) have been one of the biggest things making the Windows desktop so painful to use. Not the shells in the terminals so much, it's been the actual terminals (many people associate the CMD terminal with the CMD shell incorrectly and it is often the terminal that they hate so much.) This is a huge leap forward for Windows.

DustinB3403

@scottalanmiller it's still a separate app, ie not included by default across all OS.

scottalanmiller

@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller it's still a separate app, ie not included by default across all OS.

It's a start, at least. Where do we get it?

DustinB3403

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller it's still a separate app, ie not included by default across all OS.

It's a start, at least. Where do we get it?

My guess would be the MS app store, so chocolatey may be an option.

DustinB3403

It's also not available until June.

mlnews

Microsoft is making Cortana better at holding conversations

Available for developers building virtual assistants
Microsoft’s digital assistant, Cortana, fell behind Google Assistant and Alexa in 2018.

DustinB3403

@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Microsoft is making Cortana better at holding conversations

Available for developers building virtual assistants
Microsoft’s digital assistant, Cortana, fell behind Google Assistant and Alexa in 2018.

Because of pissed off person needs someone who won't argue with them about the lane they're driving in.

mlnews

Microsoft wants to make the web more productive with its new Fluid Framework

Microsoft is unveiling a whole new Fluid Framework developer platform today at the company’s Build 2019 conference.
Fluid Framework is designed to let developers build more shared and interactive services and apps on the web.

mlnews

INSIDE MICROSOFT’S SURPRISE DECISION TO WORK WITH GOOGLE ON ITS EDGE BROWSER

Microsoft and Google engineers are now working closely together

Microsoft’s Edge web browser, released in 2015, hadn’t made much progress by the summer of 2017.

mlnews

Google updates Android Auto design with new default dark mode

A bunch of little changes that should make Android Auto easier to use
Android Auto is getting a little refresh, as Google announced a new version of its smartphone-powered infotainment system ahead of the company’s I/O developer conference this week

wrx7m

@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Microsoft unveils Windows Terminal, a new command line app for Windows

For developers, developers, developers
Microsoft is launching a new command line app for Windows, dubbed Windows Terminal.

I was going to post this lol

wrx7m

@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Google updates Android Auto design with new default dark mode

A bunch of little changes that should make Android Auto easier to use
Android Auto is getting a little refresh, as Google announced a new version of its smartphone-powered infotainment system ahead of the company’s I/O developer conference this week

I don't know if I want dark mode all the time, but it would be nice if Google maps (in Android Auto) would switch to dark mode when the headlights turn on.

mlnews

Samsung’s 512GB microSD is a huge storage upgrade that’s cheaper than ever

Add a half-terabyte of storage to your Nintendo Switch for $99
Samsung’s Evo Select 512GB microSD card is currently $99.99 at Amazon, which is its lowest price yet. If you own a Nintendo Switch

scottalanmiller

@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Samsung’s 512GB microSD is a huge storage upgrade that’s cheaper than ever

Add a half-terabyte of storage to your Nintendo Switch for $99
Samsung’s Evo Select 512GB microSD card is currently $99.99 at Amazon, which is its lowest price yet. If you own a Nintendo Switch

That would be awesome for my camera.

mlnews

Apple buys companies at the same rate you buy groceries

Chomp chomp chomp
Apple doesn’t always tell the world when it buys another company — but in reality, it’s quietly snapping up startups all the time.

scottalanmiller

@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Apple buys companies at the same rate you buy groceries

Chomp chomp chomp
Apple doesn’t always tell the world when it buys another company — but in reality, it’s quietly snapping up startups all the time.

That's common with giant companies. That's why the start up world is so large, someone has to be buying a lot of them or no one would do it.

DustinB3403

Hey Apple, if you're listening I'm starting a new business where I drink all day on a beach.

If you want to give me a few million for my business idea I can let you in on the "What I drink" and the "beach that I'm on".

Kelly

Some interesting updates to the Linux Subsystem: https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-is-getting-a-microsoft-built-linux-kernel/.

Obsolesce

@Kelly said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Some interesting updates to the Linux Subsystem: https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-is-getting-a-microsoft-built-linux-kernel/.

Now it'd be nice if you can boot to just a terminal shell without all the crap running.