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Richard Hay @winobs.com · 12m

Shared: Nvidia has produced the first Blackwell wafer entirely on US soil ift.tt/B13lrHk
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Nvidia has produced the first Blackwell wafer entirely on US soil

The start of an era?

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Richard Hay @winobs.com · 1h

Shared: Thermal throttling is more common than you think ift.tt/MVT5p9Q
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Thermal throttling is more common than you think

Your CPU and GPU aren't the only components that get hot

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Fr. Matthew Mary Bartow @frmatthewmary.bsky.social · 5h

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United States Conference of Catholic Bishops @usccbofficial.bsky.social · 5h

Today, on World Mission Sunday, Pope Leo XIV canonized seven new saints during Mass in St. Peter’s Square.

We give thanks for these new saints, witnesses of missionary faith and hope for the whole Church.

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Richard Hay @winobs.com · 6h

Venus and the crescent Moon this morning.

Richard Hay @winobs.com · 6h

Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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#MorningPrayer
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Almighty and ever-living God, our source of power and inspiration, give us strength and joy in serving you as followers of Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

A Liturgy of the Hours prayer book open in a church.

Richard Hay @winobs.com · 12h

Shared: The next PC platform shift? Ed Bott on Microsoft’s big Windows AI bet ift.tt/eBsR0HU
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Richard Hay @winobs.com · 14h

Shared: Operation SSD Swap is a Success ⭐ ift.tt/rwW7HsF
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Operation SSD Swap is a Success ⭐

This week, I replaced the 256 GB SSD in my HP OmniBook 5 16 with a larger-capacity 1 TB SSD. Here's how it went.

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Richard Hay @winobs.com · 15h

Shared: What Samsung Wallet gets right that Google Wallet doesn't ift.tt/YjATHeo
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What Samsung Wallet gets right that Google Wallet doesn't

The edge Samsung Wallet holds

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Richard Hay @winobs.com · 16h

Shared: "Hey Copilot" brings back memories of Cortana ift.tt/dxhvqB2
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Richard Hay @winobs.com · 1d

Shared: Amazon's Twitch begins testing livestream shopping ads allowing users to buy products "in real time", starting with e.l.f. Cosmetics (Peter Adams/Marketing Dive) ift.tt/KSgT8nf
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Amazon's Twitch begins testing livestream shopping ads allowing users to buy products “in real time”, starting with e.l.f. Cosmetics

By Peter Adams / Marketing Dive. View the full context on Mediagazer.

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Richard Hay @winobs.com · 1d

Shared: Samsung is pausing the Galaxy S24's One UI 8 update ift.tt/yH49oY6
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Samsung is pausing the Galaxy S24's One UI 8 update

But not everywhere

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Richard Hay @winobs.com · 1d

Shared: Apple and Formula One announce a five-year US media rights deal for all races starting in 2026; sources: Apple is paying $140M/year, up from ESPN's ~$85M/year (Alex Sherman/CNBC) ift.tt/yAJXR45
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Apple and Formula One announce a five-year US media rights deal for all races starting in 2026; sources: Apple is paying $140M/year, up from ESPN's ~$85M/year

By Alex Sherman / CNBC. View the full context on Mediagazer.

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Richard Hay @winobs.com · 1d

Shared: Streamlined Setup, Stronger Guardrails for Microsoft Dev Box ift.tt/3uySgKp
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Streamlined Setup, Stronger Guardrails for Microsoft Dev Box | Develop from the cloud

We’re excited to introduce a new capability that simplifies Dev Box setup—enabling platform engineers and project admins to specify images and SKUs directly when configuring Dev Box pools, without...

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Richard Hay @winobs.com · 1d

Shared: Google Maps wants to save you some taps with real-time home ETA ift.tt/dpbqfyv
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Google Maps wants to save you some taps with real-time home ETA

Traffic insights at a glance

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Richard Hay @winobs.com · 1d

Shared: Startup Radar: Seattle founders use AI to tackle healthcare insurance, math education, cloud ops ift.tt/lomB1uc
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Richard Hay @winobs.com · 1d

Is it just me or is Bing and some other Microsoft services (like Store) down right now?

Richard Hay @winobs.com · 2d

Shared: Can't sign up for Windows 10 security updates? Here's the fix ift.tt/JLmbPG4
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Can't sign up for Windows 10 security updates? Here's the fix

Microsoft will continue to provide security updates for Windows 10 through its ESU program, but signing up isn't always easy.

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Richard Hay @winobs.com · 2d

Shared: I’m using Microsoft Loop as a team wiki and it’s 10x faster than Notion and Obsidian ift.tt/kiom7S8
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I’m using Microsoft Loop as a team wiki and it’s 10x faster than Notion and Obsidian

A team wiki that doesn’t make you wait

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Richard Hay @winobs.com · 2d

Shared: Microsoft to exit manufacturing from China amid geopolitical tensions ift.tt/V4RPQgS
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Richard Hay @winobs.com · 2d

Shared: Making every Windows 11 PC an AI PC ift.tt/Ak3Y4Ue
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Making every Windows 11 PC an AI PC

New Copilot and agentic experiences make powerful AI easy on Windows 11 Today, we’re taking an exciting step forward with a new wave of updates that make every Windows 11 PC an AI PC – with Copilot...

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Richard Hay @winobs.com · 2d

Shared: Securing AI agents on Windows ift.tt/wqXFbO7
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Securing AI agents on Windows

As AI-powered agents become integral to how we work and create, Windows is committed to making these experiences more productive and secure for individuals and enterprises. Today, we

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Richard Hay @winobs.com · 2d

Endeavour is the only shuttle I have not seen post-retirement and that has been on purpose - waiting for this new facility to be completed. Seeing the shuttle in launch configuration will be something else.

Looks like a trip to California is on the not-too-distant horizon.

Derek Newsome @derekdotspace.bsky.social · 2d

An update on the in progress Samuel Oschin air and Space museum! The Museum is nearing completion ahead of an opening expected next year.

The Space Shuttle Endeavour will be displayed in a launch configuration with flown SRBs and a leftover External Tank.
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EndeavourLA - Join The Mission

YouTube video by California Science Center

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Richard Hay @winobs.com · 2d

Shared: New experiences currently rolling out for Windows 11 ift.tt/BbRdQUq
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New experiences currently rolling out for Windows 11

Today, we announced some new Copilot and agentic experiences that make every Windows 11 PC an AI PC with Copilot at the center. You can read all about these new experiences. We are a

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Richard Hay @winobs.com · 2d

Shared: Your Windows 11 PC just got 4 big Copilot upgrades - it can hear you and see now ift.tt/8R3NKIb
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Your Windows 11 PC just got 4 big Copilot upgrades - it can hear you and see now

Microsoft's new agentic AI capabilities for Copilot mark a leap forward in its capabilities, but security questions remain top of mind.

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