Azure Developer Newsletter丨A list of developer events in August

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.NET August Update Rollup

Welcome to the .NET August 2022 Update, this time with security and non-security improvements. You can download .NET 6.0.8 and .NET Core 3.1.28 for Windows, macOS and Linux.
Security Update: Announcement of information on vulnerabilities in .NET 6 and .NET Core 3.1. This advisory also provides guidance on what developers can do to update their applications to eliminate this vulnerability.
Visual Studio Compatibility:
• .NET Core 3.1 requires Visual Studio 2019 16.9 or higher to take advantage of all its features • You need Visual Studio 17.2 or higher to use .NET 6.0 on Windows
• C# extension for Visual Studio Code supports .NET 6 and C# 10
.NET Core 3.1 will end support on December 13 this year.
Tip: If you haven't deployed the most recent .NET update, your application may be vulnerable.

NuGet 6.3

NuGet 6.3 is included with Visual Studio 2022 and .NET 6 out of the box for Windows, macOS, and Linux, where users can download NuGet 6.3 as a standalone executable. Version 6.3 brings you many new features. Our NuGet tool helps developers discover new .NET packages for their .NET applications, while simplifying package management during day-to-day development.

Highlights of this NuGet 6.3 release include:

• Using pdbs files from PackageReference's packages
• View transitive dependencies in Visual Studio
• New warning for duplicate PackageReference, PackageVersion or PackageDownload found
• Install package with custom floating version in Visual Studio
• Re-enable signed package verification by default on Linux
• HTTPS is everywhere

TypeScript 4.8 RC

We are happy to announce the Release Candidate (RC) of TypeScript 4.8! Since our beta release, RC now supports which files to exclude from auto-import, and more.
• Improved Interaction, Union, and Narrowing performance and compatibility • Improved infer type inference for template string types • --build, --watch, and --incremental performance improvements Improvements • Error when comparing object and array literals • Choose a type from binding mode for better reasoning • Fixes to file watching (especially across git checkouts)
• Find-All-References performance improvements • Exclude specific files from automatic import

How does Azure Speech transform game development with AI?

With Azure Cognitive Services for Speech, customers can confidently and quickly build speech-enabled applications using the Speech SDK. Over the past few years, we have been inspired by innovations in the gaming industry, especially when it comes to artificial intelligence. Learn 3 examples of how Azure Speech is transforming game development with AI:
• Prototype game dialogue using text-to-speech. Reduce time spent on product, save costs, and accelerate time-to-market for games • Greater accessibility through transcription, translation, and text-to-speech. Make games more accessible and add functionality through a single interface • Extensible NPC voices and text-to-speech interactions. Easily create high-quality branded voice characters with a consistent speaking style

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