August 28, 2024

Windows Weekly 896: A Very Buxom Seal

2 hours 3 minutes

It's Week D. Do you know where your preview updates are?

Windows 11

Windows 11 version 22H2/23H2 get the same update

Windows 11 version 24H2 gets a different update, but at least it's on time

Beta: Media controls on the Lock screen, more

Windows security update borks small number of Linux bootloaders, is perfect example of misplaced and faux outrage

Right-click doesn't work correctly with Windows and a touchpad. It's not you

M$FT

Microsoft took Paul's advice. Instead of just blaming the EU, it's holding a security summit with CrowdStrike and other partners to solve the problems highlighted by the botched update outage. (Which it said it would do back in July.)

Microsoft shuffles the decks below its three primary business units

Microsoft: It's all about transparency!

Paul: Nope

Hardware

Lenovo ThinkPad T14s is the best business-class Snapdragon X Copilot+ PC yet

ThinkPad X12 Detachable Gen 2 is the last gasp of the Surface Pro-alikes

Paul got a Pixel 9 Pro XL - Eerily iPhone Pro-like design, crazy AI features - The combination of hardware and software here is nuts

Pixel 9 series is shipping with Android 14. Google planned to ship Android 14 earlier than ever before this year. Users with Pixel 9 series phones can enroll in Android 15 Beta now. But Android 15 was quietly delayed to October, the normal release time frame

Mark Gurman leaks all the iPhone 16 things

Apple announces launch event

Some navel-gazing about Apple's place in our lives

Magic of Software

Microsoft announces Loop 2.0 on Twitter, no one has it yet

LibreOffice is now native on Windows on Arm!

Google Essentials app will be bundled with some new PCs, starting with HP

Proton Drive for Business now available standalone, and with sale pricing (and more storage)

Brave gets major privacy updates on desktop and mobile

Apple makes further DMA concessions, will let iPhone users change default apps for phone, messaging, more

Threads is testing posts that are as ephemeral as your facts

Paid version of Alexa will allegedly launch in October

Google Meet gets auto PIP for all and AI meeting notes for some

Xbox

Xbox August Update starts rolling out with those new Discord features

Raven labor union files complaint against Microsoft

Microsoft brings Xbox Cloud Gaming to more Fire TV devices

Tips and Picks

Tip of the week: You can still upgrade to 24H2 right now

App pick of the week: Win11Debloat

RunAs Radio this week: The Security Risks of AI with Steve Poole

Brown liquor pick of the week: Mosgaard Moscatel Single Malt

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.

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August 28, 2024

Windows Weekly 896: A Very Buxom Seal

2 hours 3 minutes

It's Week D. Do you know where your preview updates are?

Windows 11

Windows 11 version 22H2/23H2 get the same update

Windows 11 version 24H2 gets a different update, but at least it's on time

Beta: Media controls on the Lock screen, more

Windows security update borks small number of Linux bootloaders, is perfect example of misplaced and faux outrage

Right-click doesn't work correctly with Windows and a touchpad. It's not you

M$FT

Microsoft shuffles the decks below its three primary business units

Microsoft: It's all about transparency!

Paul: Nope

Hardware

Lenovo ThinkPad T14s is the best business-class Snapdragon X Copilot+ PC yet

ThinkPad X12 Detachable Gen 2 is the last gasp of the Surface Pro-alikes

Paul got a Pixel 9 Pro XL - Eerily iPhone Pro-like design, crazy AI features - The combination of hardware and software here is nuts

Mark Gurman leaks all the iPhone 16 things

Apple announces launch event

Some navel-gazing about Apple's place in our lives

Magic of Software

Microsoft announces Loop 2.0 on Twitter, no one has it yet

LibreOffice is now native on Windows on Arm!

Google Essentials app will be bundled with some new PCs, starting with HP

Proton Drive for Business now available standalone, and with sale pricing (and more storage)

Brave gets major privacy updates on desktop and mobile

Apple makes further DMA concessions, will let iPhone users change default apps for phone, messaging, more

Threads is testing posts that are as ephemeral as your facts

Paid version of Alexa will allegedly launch in October

Google Meet gets auto PIP for all and AI meeting notes for some

Xbox

Xbox August Update starts rolling out with those new Discord features

Raven labor union files complaint against Microsoft

Microsoft brings Xbox Cloud Gaming to more Fire TV devices

Tips and Picks

Tip of the week: You can still upgrade to 24H2 right now

App pick of the week: Win11Debloat

RunAs Radio this week: The Security Risks of AI with Steve Poole

Brown liquor pick of the week: Mosgaard Moscatel Single Malt

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:

bigid.com/windows

e-e.com/twit

1password.com/windowsweekly

Melissa.com/twit

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