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Beginning on September 27, 2020, Zoom will require that all meetings have either a Passcode (password to enter a meeting) or have Waiting Room enabled for all paid accounts. Meeting passcodes were already enforced for all free accounts enabled back on May 9th. Meeting passcodes or Waiting Rooms will be required for Zoom Government customers beginning on October 18.

The Weather Channel has had their live stream page under construction for a very long time. This is incredibly frustrating for cord cutters like myself.

The ASP.NET team is beginning to review the backlog for items that they should include in version 6.0.

Since Microsoft Edge version 83, Microsoft has included the game Surf in its browser. Not long ago my connection dropped. I hadn’t realized until I refreshed a browser tab in the new Microsoft Edge and found the error message You’re not connected.

Earlier this week, Microsoft resumed their Partner Tech Talks. These events feature technical experts from Microsoft and help to enable partners with information to assist their customers. The talks will focus on Azure, Modern Work & Security, and Business Applications. Within the next two weeks, there are two Azure events that will take place:

I had a need to create a CSS animation that showed a “beacon” using CSS. Basically, I was dropping an animation showing where someone was located on a map. So, I was setting a background image of a container to an image and then placing a “bursting” dot within the container based on the location. Instead of using an animated gif like the one showing below:

In Angular 10, the Angular team announced a strict mode that would perform build-time optimizations and help to deliver a faster application. However, it is not enabled by default as they’re still accepting feedback on which trade-offs you are willing to accept.

With in-person technical events being cancelled across the world, DevIntersection is hosting a virtual workshop event. Attend a workshop for $199 and attend a keynote for free.

Microsoft Press has Introducing Machine Learning on sale at 50% off this week for only $13.99. This book is aimed at professionals who are looking to build machine learning applications and is applicable for developers looking to improve data science skills or data scientists who are looking for relevant programming skills. Published on January 31st this year, this 400 page book covers the following topics:

During the #POWERfulDEVs conference in July this year, the Power Platform influencers and Cloud Advocates talked about tackling problems in low code environments using Azure and the Power Platform. Charles Lamanna wrapped up the event with a talk about fusion dev teams. Starting at 11:55am EDT (8:55am PDT) today, he’ll be available for an Ask Me Anything session. You can register for the event and sign-in by visiting jasong.us/2Yy8weW.