Multiple Types of Plastic Are Turned into Vinegar Using Sunlight-Powered Process Without Emissions: Researchers at the University of Waterloo have discovered a way to turn plastic waste into… @goodnewsnetwork.org #PlasticWaste #SustainableInnovation #GreenTechnology #ClimateAction #EcoFriendly

Channel9 Join the Agents League: A 2-Week AI Developer Challenge between Feb 16-27! 💥: Build, Battle, and Level Up. 🚀 Agents League is a 2-week developer challenge designed to push your AI skills to the limit across three unique tracks: 🎨 Creative Apps –… #AIAgents #GitHubCopilot #MicrosoftFoundry

These Koalas Bounced Back From the Brink of Local Extinction Extremely Fast. Surprisingly, So Did Their Genetic Resilience: Conservationists saved the fuzzy creatures in Victoria, Australia. Now, the animals are showing… @SmithsonianMag #Koalas #Conservation #Wildlife #GeneticResilience #Extinction

Microsoft Ignite 2025: Azure Storage and migration solutions: At Microsoft Ignite 2025, Azure Storage and migration solutions showcased how organizations can move, modernize, and scale data with confidence. This sizzle video highlights the… @Azure #MicrosoftIgnite #AzureStorage #DataMigration

Celebrating makers and innovation at Power Platform Community Conference 2025: Over 7,000 makers explored innovation with Microsoft Power Platform and Copilot Studio—building smarter, faster, and together. The post Celebrating makers and… @MSPowerPlat #PowerPlatform #Microsoft #Innovation

Marsupials Previously Thought Extinct for 6,000 Years Discovered: ‘A once-in-a-lifetime discovery’: GNN has reported a-plenty on animals that were last seen in the 20th century and believed extinct that… @goodnewsnetwork.org #Marsupials #ExtinctAnimals #Paleontology #WildlifeDiscovery #LazarusTaxa

Channel9 Robots! In Mr. Maeda's Cozy AI Kitchen: Welcome back to the Cozy AI Kitchen, where we stir up warm conversations about the coolest tech innovations. In this episode, host John Maeda welcomes Tim Chung, GM of Autonomy and Robotics at Microsoft, for an… #Robotics #AI #TechInnovation

Maia 200: The AI accelerator built for inference: Today, we’re proud to introduce Maia 200, a breakthrough inference accelerator engineered to dramatically improve the economics of AI token generation. The post Maia 200: The AI accelerator built… @Azure #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning

Take a Look at Uranus' Weird, Lopsided Upper Atmosphere Bespeckled with Auroras: A new 3D map of gas surrounding the planet will help researchers better understand the strange world @SmithsonianMag #Uranus #Astronomy #SpaceNews #PlanetaryScience #Auroras

Triceratops Had Huge Nose to Control its Body Temperature, Suggests Curious Scientist: Scientists wanted to know why the iconic triceratops had such an unusually large nose compared to most species—both past and… @goodnewsnetwork.org #Triceratops #Dinosaurs #Paleontology #ScienceNews #Fossils

Space Intelligence fuels climate action with Microsoft Foundry, and Planetary Computer: Space Intelligence significantly enhanced global forest mapping by leveraging Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Planetary Computer, and Microsoft Foundry, resulting… @Azure #ClimateAction #Sustainability #Deforestation

The Sweat of Tourists Has Covered Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Fresco in a White Film. Now, the 'Last Judgment' Is Getting a Much-Needed Cleaning: Patches of calcium lactate have dulled the colors of the… @SmithsonianMag #SistineChapel #Michelangelo #ArtRestoration #CulturalHeritage #LastJudgment

Channel9 Power Apps: Reimagine Human and Agent Collaboration: Autonomous agents are transforming work, but the gold is in the collaboration between people and agents. Instead of users handling every step, they’ll now supervise, review, and guide… #PowerApps #AutonomousAgents #Collaboration

Public preview: Power Apps MCP and enhanced agent feed for your business applications: The Power Apps MCP Server (Public Preview) introduces a new era of human‑agent collaboration, enabling AI agents to automate repetitive app tasks with built‑in human oversight.… @MSPowerPlat #PowerApps #MCP #AI

Yo-Yo Dieting May Actually be Good for You, Suggests New Study: A new study indicates that yo-yo dieting might actually be good for you. Also known as weight cycling, repeatedly losing weight through dieting, only to… @goodnewsnetwork.org #YoYoDieting #Dieting #HealthNews #WeightLoss #Nutrition

How to back up on-premises Windows VMs to Azure: A visual guide that shows you steps for backing up an on-premises Windows Server virtual machine (VM) with Azure Backup. Learn how to ensure resilient protection for on-premises Windows Server… @Azure #AzureBackup #CloudComputing #VirtualMachines

Channel9 Loading… Agents League | Feb 16–27 🥳: Agents League is coming between February 16-27! 🤖 Choose your track 🚀 Register: https://aka.ms/agent... 🏆 Submit your project and win amazing prizes! Join the community on Discord to learn from others:… #AgentsLeague #GamingCommunity #LiveBattles

The Ten Best Books to Complement Your Viewing of This Year’s Oscar-Nominated Movies: Ahead of the 2026 Academy Awards, take a look at the titles that have been adapted into some of the recognized films, and… @SmithsonianMag #OscarNominated #AcademyAwards #BooksAndMovies #FilmAdaptations #MustRead

He Earns More in an Hour as Spider-Man Than a Full Day at his Old Supermarket Job: A 19-year-old who gave up his supermarket job for a side hustle as Spider-Man now earns in one hour what he used to make in a… @goodnewsnetwork.org #SpiderMan #SideHustle #JobSwitch #Entrepreneurship #SuperheroLife

New AirTags, the (almost) $3000 Samsung foldable, Tesla shifts from old EVs to robots | Engadget TMA: Engadget’s TMA is a weekly video series with Mat Smith, making sure you're up to speed on what's happening in the world of technology. Read the full… @engadget #AirTags #SamsungGalaxy #FoldablePhone

Asteroid 2024 YR4 Won't Slam Into the Moon, According to NASA: Both Earth and the moon will be dodging the infamous space rock in 2032 @SmithsonianMag #Asteroid2024YR4 #NASA #SpaceNews #Astronomy #Moon

Streamlining Conditional Formatting in Power BI: DAX Workarounds & The Case for Global Rules: Tired of applying conditional formatting visual by visual? In this post, I share a practical DAX strategy to… @PowerBI #PowerBI #DAX #DataVisualization #ConditionalFormatting #BusinessIntelligence

Channel9 Understand How Microsoft Purview Secures and Governs Your Entire Data Estate: In this episode of the Azure Essentials Show, Thomas and Darren from Microsoft Azure discuss the growing importance of data security and governance as organizations… #DataSecurity #DataGovernance #MicrosoftPurview

Why You Feel Rejected When Nothing is Happening: How to Stop Catastrophizing if Someone Doesn’t Text You Back: (Featured photo by Valeriia Miller / Unsplash+)  The Lesson: Have you ever texted someone and… @goodnewsnetwork.org #MentalHealth #NegativityBias #Catastrophizing #SelfCare #Relationships

Beyond boundaries: The future of Azure Storage in 2026: 2025 was a pivotal year in Azure Storage, and we’re heading into 2026 with a clear focus on helping customers turn AI into real impact. The post Beyond boundaries: The future of Azure Storage… @Azure #AzureStorage #CloudComputing #Kubernetes

The Iconic House From 'The Brady Bunch' Is Now an Official Historic Landmark in Los Angeles: Viewers saw the house in shots of the Brady home's exterior, though interior scenes were filmed in a studio. A few years… @SmithsonianMag #BradyBunch #HistoricLandmark #LosAngeles #TVHistory #IconicHomes

Wife Used ‘Find My iPhone’ to Locate Husband Buried in an Avalanche for Over 4 Hours: A wife used her “Find My iPhone” feature to guide search and rescue to the location of her husband who had been buried in an… @goodnewsnetwork.org #FindMyiPhone #AvalancheRescue #GoodNews #LoveAndSupport #Skiing

Microsoft for Consumer Goods: Connect your brands, employees, and consumers: With Microsoft for Consumer Goods, learn how you can use AI-powered data and insights to drive brand equity and build brands people love through a more holistic understanding of… @Azure #Microsoft #ConsumerGoods #AIPowered

You Can Buy Salvador Dalí's Largest Painting, a 100-Foot-Long Artwork Made for a Ballet in 1939: The Surrealist artist created the massive piece for a production called "Bacchanale." It's expected to fetch up to… @SmithsonianMag #SalvadorDali #ArtAuction #Surrealism #Bacchanale #ArtCollectors

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Uber is literally in the driver’s seat when it comes to AV bets: Self-driving truck startup Waabi’s billion-dollar fundraise isn’t just about trucks.   The deal, for $750 million up front plus another $250 million from Uber tied to deployment… @TechCrunch #Uber #SelfDriving #AutonomousVehicles

Dutch Woman Finds 35 Rembrandt Etchings Hidden in Her Home: ‘You can only dream about it’: It will never cease to be surprising how often it occurs that the works of master painters turn up in people’s attics,… @goodnewsnetwork.org #Rembrandt #ArtDiscovery #HiddenGems #GoodNews #ArtHistory

🏆 Announcing the results of round 1 of the Power BI Dataviz World Champs!: The winner(s) of round 1 of the 2026 Power BI dataviz world champs are here! Read the article to learn more. @PowerBI #PowerBI #DataViz #DataVisualization #DataAnalytics #BusinessIntelligence

Thirty-Four Years Ago, a British Museum Staffer Stole 350 Prints in Broad Daylight. A New Book Chronicles the Thefts and Their Fallout: While seemingly unreported at the time, the pilfering was uncovered… @SmithsonianMag #BritishMuseum #ArtTheft #HistoricalResearch #AfricanTreasures #BarnabyPhillips

Generally available: host and run code apps in Power Apps: We’re excited to announce that code apps in Power Apps are now generally available, empowering developers and IT alike at a moment when organizations are building more custom… @MSPowerPlat #PowerApps #CodeApps #MicrosoftPowerPlatform

Fossil Remains of ‘Weird’ Creature with Twisted jaw and Sideways Teeth Discovered: The fossilized remains of a creature with a twisted jaw and sideways-facing teeth have been discovered in the Amazon… @goodnewsnetwork.org #FossilDiscovery #Paleontology #AncientCreatures #Tanyka #LivingFossils

Channel9 Build an Inventory Manager for Free!: 🚀Visit the Repo: https://aka.ms/budge... 🚀Get started for FREE: https://aka.ms/budge.../freeoffer Frustrated by food waste and budget overruns, forgetting what’s in the fridge or buying duplicates?… #InventoryManagement #FoodWaste #SmartShopping

Anime, Manga and Traditional Japanese Art Come Together at an Upcoming Auction—From Hokusai's 'The Great Wave' to Miyazaki's 'My Neighbor Totoro': The sale places pop culture artifacts in conversation with Japan's rich visual… @SmithsonianMag #Anime #Manga #JapaneseArt #Hokusai #MyNeighborTotoro

What do betting markets cost us? + TikTok US stumbles | Engadget Podcast: Somehow, we live in a world where people can bet on practically anything using sites like Polymarket and Kalshi. In this episode, Devindra and Engadget Senior Reporter Karissa… @engadget #BettingMarkets #Polymarket #Kalshi

Silicon to Systems: What powers Microsoft's AI Infrastructure: What happens the moment you ask Copilot a question or join a Teams call? Behind every AI interaction is an invisible stack of purpose‑built infrastructure designed by Microsoft from the ground up.… @Azure #Microsoft #MicrosoftAzure #AI

Scientists Successfully Mine Meteorites for Precious Metals on International Space Station: Last week, GNN reported that fungi were being trailed by scientists in Austria for their potential… @goodnewsnetwork.org #SpaceMining #MeteoriteMining #PreciousMetals #MicrobeMining #InternationalSpaceStation

SpaceX is coming to the public markets, and secondaries are already on fire: paceX is reportedly lining up four major Wall Street banks for a 2026 IPO that could provide the reset the market needs.  The company just completed a tender offer at an $800 billion… @TechCrunch #SpaceX #IPO #TechCrunch

These Clownfish Lose Their Baby Stripes in Response to Peer Pressure, New Research Suggests: Tomato clownfish perform a dramatic underwater wardrobe change based on the social dynamics of their environment @SmithsonianMag #Clownfish #MarineBiology #PeerPressure #OceanLife #WildlifeResearch

What’s new in Power Platform: February 2026 feature update: Apps, agents and Copilot Public preview: M365 Copilot chat in model-driven apps Copilot chat is now available directly inside apps built with Power Apps, bringing the intelligence of… @MSPowerPlat #PowerPlatform #Microsoft365 #PowerApps

Power BI Security: A practical guide to RLS, OLS and Masking: Row-Level Security (RLS) is great, but it cannot hide sensitive columns completely. When you try to use Object-Level Security (OLS) instead,… @PowerBI #PowerBI #DataSecurity #RowLevelSecurity #ObjectLevelSecurity #BusinessIntelligence

You've Seen Jackson Pollock's Dizzying Drip Paintings. But His Wife, Lee Krasner, Was Also a Major Player in the Abstract Expressionist Movement: Titled "Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous,"… @SmithsonianMag #JacksonPollock #LeeKrasner #AbstractExpressionism #ArtExhibition #MetropolitanMuseumOfArt

Channel9 Speed up Oracle to SQL Server Migrations with AI and Copilot | Data Exposed: This episode provides an overview of Copilot in SSMA for Oracle, showcasing how AI improves code conversion accuracy, reduces manual effort, and guides users through complex… #Oracle #SQLServer #DataExposed

Instant Access Snapshots for Azure Ultra Disk & Premium SSD v2 | Technical Demo: Currently in public preview, this demo showcases Instant Access Snapshots for Azure Ultra Disk and Premium SSD v2, enabling near-instant restores and scalable disk operations for… @Azure #Azure #CloudComputing #TechDemo

Thousands of Starlings Rise in Murmuration Under Brilliant ‘Worm’ Moon: These stunning photos show the moment a huge murmuration of starlings flew in unison across March’s full moon. Remarkable pictures show a flock… @goodnewsnetwork.org #Starlings #Murmuration #WormMoon #FullMoon #NaturePhotography

Power BI: The Hidden Meaning of Percent Option in Rules Based Conditional Formatting: Do you know what the Percent option really means in Power BI rule based conditional formatting? It does not work the… @PowerBI #PowerBI #DataVisualization #BusinessIntelligence #DataAnalysis #ConditionalFormatting