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Microsoft's latest build for Windows 11 offers slew of new features

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Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26040 to the Canary Channel. The beta has several changes, including AI-enhanced audio, select support for USB 80Gbps, and new photo editing functionality when using the snipping tool.

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GeekWire Podcast: Experiments in AI with software engineer Kevin Leneway of Pioneer Square Labs

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Kevin Leneway, principal software engineer at Pioneer Square Labs. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Over the holidays, my daughter and I experimented with creating custom nametag stickers for the family members we were traveling with using a cheap portable black-and-white thermal printer and Microsoft’s Bing AI image generator. When I posted about this on LinkedIn , one of the people who commented was Kevin Leneway , a principal software engineer at the Pioneer Square Labs startup incubator

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Russia managed to illegally import $1.7B worth of US and European chips last year

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Despite sanctions and export controls put in place to prevent Russian President Vladimir Putin from obtaining technology from the West that would help advance the war in Ukraine, the country still managed to import more than $1.7 billion of advanced US and European chips last year, according to classified Russian.

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Zin Boats resurfaces after the pandemic to put a fresh charge into Seattle’s electric boating scene

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Zin Boats President and COO David Donovick, left, and founder and CEO Piotr Zin with the company’s first electric boat in their headquarters space in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Pandemic-fueled shutdowns, labor shortages, supply-chain issues, and more managed to rock and nearly sink Zin Boats. Riding a wave of enthusiasm nearly four years ago for its high-performance electric speed boat, the Seattle-based company was poised to get to work filling orders for its proof-of-conc

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Moonquakes and Lunar Landslides could endanger astronauts on the moon's south pole

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A NASA-funded study warns that one of the landing zones the agency is considering for a crewed lunar mission could suffer from quakes and landslides. It's still unclear how the revelations will affect NASA's plans.

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