This Week I Learned - Week #286

This Week I Learned -

* Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is a new resource type in SQL Database that streamlines the migration of SQL Server workloads and combines the best of SQL Server with all the benefits of a fully managed database service. The General Purpose service tier in Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is general available (GA) from October 1, 2018.

* The Microsoft Learn site has training content tailored for different Azure learning paths

* DynamoDB synchronously replicates data across three facilities in an AWS Region, giving you high availability and data durability. Amazon Aurora automatically maintains 6 copies of your data across 3 availability zones

Alan Turing's 1950 article Computing Machinery and Intelligence discussed conditions for considering a machine to be intelligent. He argued that if the machine could successfully pretend to be human to a knowledgeable observer then you certainly should consider it intelligent.

* Google is reportedly paying Apple a whopping $9 billion in 2018 to remain the default search engine for iPhone's Safari browser on iOS, the media reported. While Apple uses Google as the default search engine in Safari on iOS, the company also uses Bing in various other places such as searching the web via Siri - Business Standard

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