August 07, 2024

Windows Weekly 893: The WordStar Look

2 hours 46 minutes

It's the last Windows Weekly in the TWiT Eastside Studio! The Week D mystery continues in this episode. And Windows Insider has had a relatively quiet week. Intel is in trouble, with stock price dropping over 25 percent! WordStar is back, but the big news here is the documentation archive. Also, Paul thinks the improved Reader mode in Firefox 129 is pretty sweet.

Windows 11

Last week, Microsoft issued Week D update for 22H2/23H2 late

Last week, Microsoft issued 24H2 build to the Release Preview channel but nothing for Week D. Paul speculated this would replace the Weed D update, head to stable in August

Since then, Microsoft quietly issued Week D update for 24H2 one week late (on last day of July)

Speculation was correct: These are all the same thing, with the same new features, most CFRs

Microsoft's release schedule gets even more chaotic. It's been missing the Week D Tuesday release schedule more often than not in recent months

BIG update to the Microsoft Store in Canary and Dev today

Hardware

Snapdragon X is a huge leap forward for the PC, but Apple/MacBook Air still have big advantages

AMD's new chips are getting rave reviews

Intel is on track for Lunar Lake in September

Intel earnings crater, with layoffs, cost reductions

Stock price drop second worst in corporate history

Intel extends Core processor Gen 13/14 warranty by 2 years (PC bundles only)

Core processor warranty is extended to retail sales

Surface Laptop 7, Surface Pro 11 for Business available for preorder

Microsoft 365

The new Outlook is now generally available and the Microsoft community celebrates in the streets

Antitrust/Corporate

Google found guilty of abusing its Search monopoly

Big point: Google's revenue share deals with Apple, etc. Could this kill Mozilla?

Microsoft and Bing come up over 500 times (!) in the ruling. Obsessed much?

Apple would like to have its antitrust case dismissed. Good luck with that

Context: The paradox of antitrust

Thanks to Manifest V3, ad- and tracker- blocking in Chrome is going to get less effective

Microsoft: We are STILL serious about security. No, really

Arm revenues up 39 percent to $939 million

Qualcomm up 11 precent to $9.4 billion

Apple up 4.9 percent to 85.8 billion in revenues

Amazon up 10 percent to $148 billion

Xbox

Microsoft promises over 50 playable games at Gamerscom this month in Germany, ahead of IFA

Valorant is a free-to-play shooter now available on Xbox Series X|S

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, more comes to Xbox Game Pass

Sony sold 2.4 million PS5s in the quarter, total at 61.7 million

Nintendo sold 2.1 million Switch consoles, total at 143.42 million

Tips and Picks

Tip of the week: You can experience WordStar for MS-DOS again

App pick of the week: Web browser updates

RunAs Radio this week: Optimizing Cloud Recovery Costs with Natalie Serebryakova

Brown liquor pick of the week: Legent Bourbon

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.

Sponsor:

1password.com/windowsweekly

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August 07, 2024

Windows Weekly 893: The WordStar Look

2 hours 46 minutes

Windows 11

Last week, Microsoft issued Week D update for 22H2/23H2 late

Last week, Microsoft issued 24H2 build to the Release Preview channel but nothing for Week D. Paul speculated this would replace the Weed D update, head to stable in August

Since then, Microsoft quietly issued Week D update for 24H2 one week late (on last day of July)

Speculation was correct: These are all the same thing, with the same new features, most CFRs

Microsoft's release schedule gets even more chaotic. It's been missing the Week D Tuesday release schedule more often than not in recent months

BIG update to the Microsoft Store in Canary and Dev today

Hardware

Snapdragon X is a huge leap forward for the PC, but Apple/MacBook Air still have big advantages

AMD's new chips are getting rave reviews

Intel is on track for Lunar Lake in September

Intel earnings crater, with layoffs, cost reductions

Stock price drop second worst in corporate history

Intel extends Core processor Gen 13/14 warranty by 2 years (PC bundles only)

Core processor warranty is extended to retail sales

Surface Laptop 7, Surface Pro 11 for Business available for preorder

Microsoft 365

The new Outlook is now generally available and the Microsoft community celebrates in the streets

Antitrust/Corporate

Google found guilty of abusing its Search monopoly

Big point: Google's revenue share deals with Apple, etc. Could this kill Mozilla?

Microsoft and Bing come up over 500 times (!) in the ruling. Obsessed much?

Apple would like to have its antitrust case dismissed. Good luck with that

Context: The paradox of antitrust

Thanks to Manifest V3, ad- and tracker- blocking in Chrome is going to get less effective

Microsoft: We are STILL serious about security. No, really

Arm revenues up 39 percent to $939 million

Qualcomm up 11 precent to $9.4 billion

Apple up 4.9 percent to 85.8 billion in revenues

Amazon up 10 percent to $148 billion

Xbox

Microsoft promises over 50 playable games at Gamerscom this month in Germany, ahead of IFA

Valorant is a free-to-play shooter now available on Xbox Series X|S

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, more comes to Xbox Game Pass

Sony sold 2.4 million PS5s in the quarter, total at 61.7 million

Nintendo sold 2.1 million Switch consoles, total at 143.42 million

Tips and Picks

Tip of the week: You can experience WordStar for MS-DOS again

App pick of the week: Web browser updates

RunAs Radio this week: Optimizing Cloud Recovery Costs with Natalie Serebryakova

Brown liquor pick of the week: Legent Bourbon

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.

Sponsor:

1password.com/windowsweekly

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