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- Visual Studio for Mac Retirement Announcement — Today we are announcing the retirement of the Visual Studio for Mac IDE. Visual Studio for Mac 17.6 will continue to be supported for another 12 months, until August 31st, 2024
- Microsoft blames outage on small staff, automation failures — Just three people were on duty in Australia when 'power sag' struck and software failures left them blind
- Apple Claims Vision Pro SDK Downloads Exceeded Expectations Amid Developer Lab Attendance Concerns — The affirmation comes on the heels of concerns highlighted by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman last month claiming that the developer labs have been "under-filled with small amounts of developers."
- Apple's Vision Pro Developer Labs Not Drawing Many Attendees — Any developer can apply to attend a developer lab, but Apple is not reimbursing for travel, and developers located on the east coast of the United States will have to fund cross-country travel to get to the lab.
- Elon Musk wants to turn X into a LinkedIn competitor — All in the name of turning X into an "everything app."
- Elon Musk's X obtains required license for crypto payments — Notably, Rhode Island approved a requested license by Twitter Payments LLC — X’s payment branch — on August 28, according to data from NMLS. The “Currency Transmitter” license also includes different crypto-related service providers, such as crypto exchanges, wallets, and payment processors.
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