The Insider News

Bleeping Computer[^]:

When enabled, Tamper Protection prevents Windows Security and Windows Defender settings from being changed by programs, Windows command line tools, Registry changes, or group policies.

InfoQ[^]:

Continuing the effort to decouple Microsoft products from .NET Core itself, Microsoft is spinning off their SQL Server drivers into a separate deployment stream.

I Programmer[^]:

No, it's not a story about food poisoning or any thing at all to do with it. A new paper suggests that with the right encouragement and understanding the IoT crowd could change their hardware from silicon to bacteria.

ZDNet[^]:

Microsoft acknowledges Start menu critical-error warnings and says the issue will be fixed later this month.

ZDNet[^]:

Automate all the easy things, and what's left for people to do? The hard things.

Popular Mechanics[^]:

Although clients rejected da Vinci's work at the time, over 500 years later, the researchers have proven that his bridge would have worked.

ZDNet[^]:

Boeing says its premium flying vehicle work with Porsche is about a "safe and efficient new mobility ecosystem".

Bleeping Computer[^]:

Windows 10 version 1703, otherwise known as the Creators Update, has now reached end of service and will no longer receive any future security or quality updates.

CA Security Council[^]:

Using the web is like playing a game of Russian roulette these days — both require luck.

MS Power User[^]:

We yesterday reported that Microsoft is adding finishing touches to the upcoming major update of Windows 10 codenamed Windows 10 19H2. Microsoft has now officially named this update as “Windows 10 November 2019 Update”.

Facebook Engineering[^]:

Hydra is a lightweight framework that simplifies the development of Python applications, especially complex ones, by introducing the ability to compose and override configurations.

Futurism[^]:

Pitchfork reported that a material shortage has thrown a roadblock into the production of cassette tapes.