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* New release Recommenders 1.2.0 💥💥 * updated news Signed-off-by: miguelgfierro <[email protected]> --------- Signed-off-by: miguelgfierro <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: miguelgfierro <[email protected]>
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 # What's New
 
+## Update May 2, 2024
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+We have a new release [Recommenders 1.2.0](https://github.com/microsoft/recommenders/releases/tag/1.2.0)!
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+So many changes since our last release. We have full tests on Python 3.8 to 3.11 (around 1800 tests), upgraded performance in many algorithms, reviewed notebooks, and many more improvements.
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 ## Update October 10, 2023
 
 We are pleased to announce that this repository (formerly known as Microsoft Recommenders, https://github.com/microsoft/recommenders), has joined the [Linux Foundation of AI and Data](https://lfaidata.foundation/) (LF AI & Data)! The new organization, `recommenders-team`, reflects this change.
 
 We hope this move makes it easy for anyone to contribute! Our objective continues to be building an ecosystem and a community to sustain open source innovations and collaborations in recommendation systems. 
 
+Now to access the repo, instead of going to https://github.com/microsoft/recommenders, you need to go to https://github.com/recommenders-team/recommenders. The old URL will still resolve to the new one, but we recommend that you update your bookmarks.
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 ## Update August 18, 2023
 
 We moved to a new organization! Now to access the repo, instead of going to https://github.com/microsoft/recommenders, you need to go to https://github.com/recommenders-team/recommenders. The old URL will still resolve to the new one, but we recommend you to update your bookmarks.

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 <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/recommenders-team/artwork/main/color/recommenders_color.svg" width="800">
 
-## What's New (October, 2023)
+## What's New (May, 2024)
 
-We are pleased to announce that this repository (formerly known as Microsoft Recommenders, https://github.com/microsoft/recommenders), has joined the [Linux Foundation of AI and Data](https://lfaidata.foundation/) (LF AI & Data)! The new organization, `recommenders-team`, reflects this change.
+We have a new release [Recommenders 1.2.0](https://github.com/microsoft/recommenders/releases/tag/1.2.0)!
 
-We hope this move makes it easy for anyone to contribute! Our objective continues to be building an ecosystem and a community to sustain open source innovations and collaborations in recommendation systems. 
-
-Now to access the repo, instead of going to https://github.com/microsoft/recommenders, you need to go to https://github.com/recommenders-team/recommenders. The old URL will still resolve to the new one, but we recommend that you update your bookmarks.
+So many changes since our last release. We have full tests on Python 3.8 to 3.11 (around 1800 tests), upgraded performance in many algorithms, reviewed notebooks, and many more improvements.
 
 ## Introduction
 

diff --git a/recommenders/__init__.py b/recommenders/__init__.py
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 # Licensed under the MIT License.
 
 __title__ = "Recommenders"
-__version__ = "1.1.1"
+__version__ = "1.2.0"
 __author__ = "Recommenders contributors"
 __license__ = "MIT"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright 2018-present Recommenders contributors."