as in to redesign
to adapt to modern needs, taste, or usage
the movie is basically a retelling of the tried-and-true Cinderella story, updated for today's hipper audiences
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Editor's Note: This story has been updated to include comment from Microsoft.
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Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
Since the breaches, Snowflake has updated its systems to require multifactor authentication to be turned on by default.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
Its dashboard doesn’t separate numbers by state, or break down how many people were monitored through visits with health officials, daily updates via text, or from a single call with a busy farm owner distracted as cows fall sick.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
Correction: This story has been updated to correct the size of HSBC’s share buyback in one instance.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
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Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
Since the breaches, Snowflake has updated its systems to require multifactor authentication to be turned on by default.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
Its dashboard doesn’t separate numbers by state, or break down how many people were monitored through visits with health officials, daily updates via text, or from a single call with a busy farm owner distracted as cows fall sick.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
Correction: This story has been updated to correct the size of HSBC’s share buyback in one instance.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
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What’s more, some new or fully redesigned vehicles may not have yet been put through their paces; ratings are updated on an ongoing basis.Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Millennial parents will especially love their child's affinity for this adorable blast from the past that's been redesigned to capture the hearts of a new generation.Kelsey Legg, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Real-world impact Fed up with the stonewalling, state and federal agencies have sued San Francisco in hopes of forcing the city to modernize its wastewater system.Tom Philp, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Even Burgess acknowledges how badly the state needed to modernize its voter registration system.Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2024
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The series streamlines much of the larger historical context and can feel claustrophobic as a result — in excluding a full picture of what British occupation materially meant in the day-to-day of West Belfast, the series fails to communicate the scale of what this history means to the region.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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Sensei announced a plan to reduce operating expenses and streamline operations by closing its Rockville, Maryland research site and reducing its workforce by approximately 46%.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Neptune is a world that’s constantly remaking itself and enthralling its observers.Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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Robert Zemeckis, the director and co-creator of Back to the Future, is shutting down the idea of remaking or creating a sequel to the franchise.Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Update.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/update. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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