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Windows Weekly 980: Running Outta Tolkiens

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AI is democratizing the making of things, from bespoke/custom apps to websites, designs of all kinds, and everything else you might imagine. It's a new world, and it's time to create. Plus, Helium is a new Chromium-based web browser that's completely open source, lightweight, secure, and private. There's a native version for Windows 11 on Arm, too. Also, Firefox 150 arrives with over 270 security fixes!

Windows 11

  • Reports of a Recall security vulnerability are, once again, bogus, Microsoft says
  • New builds on all channels, still on the old system
  • Xbox Mode is now available in all channels
  • Release Preview shows us the May Patch Tuesday updates: Xbox Mode, File Explorer improvements, Haptic improvements, Drop Tray renaming, Agents on the Taskbar
  • Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x - Snapdragon X2 Elite, 14-inch display impressions
  • Lenovo IdeaPad 5x - Snapdragon X2 Plus, 15.3-inch display impressions

    • Microsoft 365, Surface, more

    • OneDrive now supports Markdown natively
    • New Surface PCs with Intel chips coming soon
    • Microsoft is making changes to its Rewards program

      • AI

      • GitHub Copilot moves to token-based billing in a sign of the true cost of AI
      • Claude Design democratizes visual design on the heels of Claude Opus 4.7
      • OpenAI Codex moves into productivity
      • OpenAI releases ChatGPT Images 2.0
      • Chrome AI Mode gets a big update
      • Mozilla announces Thunderbolt, sovereign AI for businesses
      • Google brings vibe coding to Android apps with Android CLI

        • Xbox and gaming

        • Microsoft drops Xbox Game Pass prices (!), but also drops Call of Duty from Day One
        • Plus, Xbox teases a Game Pass Discord perk
        • More Game Pass titles for April: Kiln, Vampire Crawlers, more
        • Xbox April Update is here with that Quick Resume feature we all want
        • There's an ID@Xbox event on April 23 to highlight indie games
        • Xbox is selling Forza Horizon 6 limited edition controller and headsets
        • Starfield is coming to the Nintendo Switch 2
        • A Call of Duty movie will finally arrive in 2028
        • Try out the Modern Warfare remake on Game Pass, it's a reminder of COD's gritty past
        • PS5 Digital is down to its $399 launch price temporarily

          • Tips and picks

          • Tip of the week: Just make it
          • App pick of the week: Helium
          • RunAs Radio this week: The Life and Death of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit with Michael Niehaus
          • Brown liquor pick of the week: Ned Australian Whisky

            • Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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