May 15, 2024

Windows Weekly 881: Big Boy Teams

Listen Later

2 hours 46 minutes

Windows 11

Patch Tuesday

Windows 11 gets those stupid lock screen widgets

Snipping Tool is being updated with emojis and QR code scanning

Microsoft is testing widgets in the Windows 11 Start menu

New Dev and Beta builds

Dell PCs based on Snapdragon X leak

Microsoft 365

Microsoft Word gets a long-overdue overhaul to default paste

AI

OpenAI kicks off the week with its Spring Update

Google I/O follows up with a Microsoft-style keynote

Xbox

Microsoft to launch Xbox mobile games store in July

Xbox consoles will support game update pre-loads, finally

Microsoft discounts Xbox 360 titles ahead of Store closure

We have another round of Game Pass titles and you're never going to believe what we didn't get, again

Starfield May Update is here with 60 fps support on Series X

Xbox Cloud Gaming supports keyboard and mouse with 26 games

Xbox app gets more improvements tied to handheld gaming PCs

Sony has now sold almost 60 million PS5s, roughly even with PS4 at this point in

time

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Remote Desktop is another feature semi-broken by MSA sign-ins

App pick of the week: VMWare Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro are free

RunAs Radio this week: MLOps + DevOps + Kubernetes with Annie Talvasto

Brown liquor pick of the week: Lagavulin 16

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com

The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.

Sponsors:

HP.com - WW - https://bit.ly/4adilko

Melissa.com/twit

GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT - code TWIT30

...more

View all episodes

View all episodes

Download on the App Store

Download on the App Store

Get it on Google Play

Total Leo (Video)

By TWiT

3.5

1515 ratings

May 15, 2024

Windows Weekly 881: Big Boy Teams

Listen Later

2 hours 46 minutes

Windows 11

Patch Tuesday

Windows 11 gets those stupid lock screen widgets

Snipping Tool is being updated with emojis and QR code scanning

Microsoft is testing widgets in the Windows 11 Start menu

New Dev and Beta builds

Dell PCs based on Snapdragon X leak

Microsoft 365

Microsoft Word gets a long-overdue overhaul to default paste

AI

OpenAI kicks off the week with its Spring Update

Google I/O follows up with a Microsoft-style keynote

Xbox

Microsoft to launch Xbox mobile games store in July

Xbox consoles will support game update pre-loads, finally

Microsoft discounts Xbox 360 titles ahead of Store closure

We have another round of Game Pass titles and you're never going to believe what we didn't get, again

Starfield May Update is here with 60 fps support on Series X

Xbox Cloud Gaming supports keyboard and mouse with 26 games

Xbox app gets more improvements tied to handheld gaming PCs

Sony has now sold almost 60 million PS5s, roughly even with PS4 at this point in

time

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Remote Desktop is another feature semi-broken by MSA sign-ins

App pick of the week: VMWare Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro are free

RunAs Radio this week: MLOps + DevOps + Kubernetes with Annie Talvasto

Brown liquor pick of the week: Lagavulin 16

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com

The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.

Sponsors:

HP.com - WW - https://bit.ly/4adilko

Melissa.com/twit

GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT - code TWIT30

...more