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May 26, 2021WW 726: Quake Mode - Here's what happened at Microsoft Build 2021
Here's what happened at Microsoft Build 2021
Microsoft Build 2021 Keynote
Build 2021: Windows 10
Windows 10 Throwback: January 21, 2015 (Premium)
Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon Developer Kit for Windows 10 on ARM
Microsoft support for Linux GUI apps on Windows 10 coming later this year
The Windows Developer's Guide to Microsoft Build 2021 - Windows Developer Blog

Power Platform/AI
Microsoft to make coding 'in plain English' easier with PowerFx and GPT-3 AI model
Teams and Office365, Microsoft 365
Microsoft adds more developer hooks into Teams, Microsoft 365
Build 2021: Microsoft Teams

Azure
Microsoft takes another stab at a Blockchain-powered ledger service
Microsoft enables more Azure services to run anywhere via Azure Arc
Windows (not Build-related)
Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 21390 | Windows Insider Blog
Microsoft Previews a Math Solver for Edge

Hardware
USB-C 2.1 to Support 240 Watts of Power
Arm Announces Armv9 Architecture

Xbox
Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase: Sunday, June 13
Microsoft Announces Games with Gold Titles for June
Xbox Cloud Gaming Now Supports Touch Controls for Dual-Screen Devices

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
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2 hr 23 min
May 19, 2021WW 725: Leveraging Learnings - Microsoft Build preview
Microsoft officially acknowledges Windows 10X isn't happening
Microsoft Confirms 10X Death, Will Bring Some Features to Windows 10
Windows 10 Version 21H1 is Now Available
Microsoft Details Deprecated and Removed Features in Windows 10 Version 21H1
Microsoft shares more on what's coming in Windows Server 2022
Microsoft is planning a big refresh to the Windows 10 UI with 'Sun Valley' in 21H2: Report
Here's why we think it's time Microsoft made a Windows 11

More Windows
Microsoft is dropping support for IE on many versions of Windows 10 on June 15, 2022
Adobe Photoshop is Now Native on Windows 10 on ARM
Notebook PC Sales Almost Doubled in Q1

Google I/O
Google Announces Android 12 Beta
Google Maps is About to Get a Lot More Useful
Google beefs up Workspace security with these new features
Microsoft to open source Fluid Framework; previews end-user experience
Google I/O 2021: A peek into 3D video chat booth Project Starline
Google Announces Flutter 2.2

Microsoft Build
Microsoft Build: MyBuild
Microsoft's Visual Studio 2022 is moving to 64-bit
MyBuild - Your home for Microsoft Build

Teams 'Personal' features are live
Microsoft makes Teams consumer features generally available
Xbox
Microsoft Announces Game Pass Titles for the Rest of May
Tips and picks
Tip of the week: HD and lossless audio is coming, deal with it correctly
App pick of the week: Windows 10 version 21H1
Codename picks of the week: Nickel, Cherry Hill
Beer pick of the week: Jack's Abby Post-Shift Pilsner

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
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2 hr 16 min
May 12, 2021WW 724: Maine Grapefruit - Windows 10X delayed once again
Windows 10X delayed once again
Microsoft drops Windows 10X before it ever launched
The Way Forward for Windows

More Windows
HP Elite Folio First Impressions
Intel Launches 11th-Generation Core-H Processors for Mobile
Google Says it Will Move Towards No Passwords
What's new in Windows Holographic Version 21H1
All Windows 10 upgrade safeguards have been lifted

Microsoft 365
Microsoft starts rolling out its Webinars feature in Teams
Microsoft Brings Webinar Capabilities to Teams
The Pentagon May Cancel Microsoft's JEDI Contract
Microsoft Fixes Outlook Email Bug
Microsoft to Allow EU Customers to Store All Data in the EU

Linux
Microsoft brings Threat and Vulnerability Management capability to Linux
Porting Linux's eBPF to Windows 10 and Windows Server

Xbox
Microsoft Doesn't Make a Profit on Xbox Consoles
Xbox Introduces a Console Purchase Pilot
Sony Now Expects PS5 Shortages Through 2022
Nintendo Switch Hits 85 Million Units Sold
Microsoft Announces the May Xbox Update(s)

Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Jump on the "no passwords" train
App pick of the week: Call of Duty Mobile
Enterprise pick of the week: Bye, bye Azure Blockchain
Codename pick of the week: Santorini
Beer pick of the week: Deciduous Lollipop Forest

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
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2 hr 37 min
May 05, 2021WW 723: Save the Date - Goodbye Flash, Windows 10 21H1, Halo Infinite
Windows 10
Microsoft Gets Ready for Windows 10 Version 21H1
Microsoft to Remove Flash from Windows in July
Linux
Microsoft buys Flatcar Container Linux creator Kinvolk
Microsoft's new open-source tool could stop your AI from getting hacked

Microsoft 365, Office 365
Microsoft to add 'Reading Progress' tool to Teams for Education
Microsoft: It's 90 days until the end of Skype for Business Online, here's what to expect
Show Changes is Now Available in Excel for the Web
Xbox
Microsoft Eases Fees for PC Game Developers
Microsoft's Store Fee Change Could Come to Xbox Too
Halo Infinite to Support Cross-Play and Cross-Progression
Epic Won't Release Fortnite on Xbox Cloud Gaming
Nearly 100 Xbox Titles now Support FPS Boost
Microsoft Announces First Game Pass Titles for May
Sony Partners with Discord
Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Get Windows 10 version 21H1 right now
App pick of the week: Vivaldi 3.8
Enterprise pick of the week: Goals!
Enterprise pick of the week, 2: Windows Server 2022
Cocktail pick of the week: Pink Paloma

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
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2 hr 23 min
April 28, 2021WW 722: Everyone's Drinkin' at Home - Learning from Microsoft's Q3 earnings
MSFT Q3 FY21 earnings
Paul Thurrott's Short Takes: Microsoft Earnings Special Edition
Microsoft Posts Huge Numbers in Latest Quarter
Microsoft says Windows 10 now on 1.3 billion monthly active devices
Microsoft: Teams is now at 145 million daily active users
Sony Has Sold Almost 8 Million PlayStation 5 Consoles
Microsoft: LinkedIn topped $3 billion in ad revenue in last year, outpacing Snap and Pinterest
Spotify Now Has 356 Million Users
Intel Reports Flat Revenues Despite PC Boom
AMD's Datacenter Revenues More Than Doubled in Quarter
Alphabet Announces Quarterly Results

Fun
Microsoft Wants a New Font
MyBuild
Yusuf Mehdi | Twitter

Windows 10
Windows 10 Version 20H2 Hits 40 Percent Usage Share
Releasing Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.3740.0 to the Beta & Release Preview Channels
Microsoft to bring News and Interests feature to Windows 10 users running 1909 and above

Microsoft 365
Microsoft makes previews available of its non-subscription Office products
Amazon Announces New Fire HD 10 Tablets
Viva Learning Enters Public Preview
Microsoft Classroom Pen 2 Arrives Next Week

Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Games with Gold
App pick of the week: Xbox Cloud Gaming Beta
Enterprise pick of the week: Cheat sheet: How to join Teams meetings from work conference rooms
Codename pick of the week: Alexandria
Beer pick of the week: Evil Twin Stay Home (version 3, the Royal Treatment)

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
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1 hr 59 min
April 21, 2021WW 721: Verbs Don't Sell - Microsoft Cloud PC, Linux GUI apps on WSL, Edge 90
Microsoft Cloud PC, Linux GUI apps on WSL, Edge 90
What's new in Windows
Microsoft marches toward launching its 'Cloud PC' service, possibly this summer
New Windows 10 test build adds first preview of Linux GUI apps on WSL
News and Interests Flyout Comes to Beta and Release Preview Rings
Microsoft is (Probably) Killing Timeline Now, Too
Microsoft is building a new app store for Windows 10 in major revitalization effort
Microsoft wants to close the UWP, Win32 divide with 'Windows Apps'

Edging along ...
Microsoft rolls out Edge 90, with new history search, Kids Mode, to mainstream users
Microsoft Edge 90 Launches with Password Monitor, More
Microsoft takes a step toward unifying its Edge codebase across all platforms
You Can Test the Unified Microsoft Edge Codebase on Android
Microsoft Doesn't Commit to Blocking FLoC

Dev
Microsoft's Visual Studio 2022 is moving to 64-bit
Microsoft Announces ID@Azure

Xbox
Microsoft talks with Discord end with no buy for now: Report
Microsoft Brings Cloud Gaming to iOS and the PC in Beta
Microsoft Partnered with Rainway on Xbox Cloud Gaming
Microsoft Announces More Xbox Game Pass Titles for April
April Updates for Xbox Bring Changes to Console, Mobile

Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Use OneDrive's Known Folder Backup
App pick of the week: Stardock Multiplicity KVM
Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft has big datacenter build-out plans
Codename pick of the week: Santa Cruz
Beer pick of the week: Brewing Ectogasm

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
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2 hr 26 min
April 14, 2021WW 720: FLoC Blockers - Microsoft buys Nuance, new Surface devices, Patch Tuesday
Microsoft buys Nuance, new Surface devices, Patch Tuesday
The nuances of Microsoft's $19.7b Nuance acquisition
Microsoft makes its second-largest acquisition with Nuance for $19.7 billion
Nadella's acquisitions: How Nuance stacks up

New Surfi, peripherals debut
Surface Laptop 4 Prices, Specs Leak
Microsoft rolls out Surface Laptop 4 alongside new headsets, a webcam, and a speaker
Baby Steps Don't Win the Race
Dell Updates Inspiron Laptops, Adds OLED Option to XPS 13

Patch Tuesday tidbits
MS Patch Tuesday: NSA Reports New Critical Exchange Flaws
FBI cleans up infected Exchange servers
Microsoft details its legacy Edge browser phase-out strategy

More Windows
Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 21359
Microsoft is (Probably) Killing Timeline Now Too
OneDrive for Windows is Finally Going 64-Bit

Xbox
New Flight Simulator World Update Targets Europe
Amazon Launches New Feature for the Xbox Skill for Alexa

Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Block Google FLoC
App pick of the week: Parallels Desktop 16.5 for Mac
Enterprise pick of the week: WVD finally gets a much-touted feature
Codename pick of the week: Bari
Beer pick of the week: Torch & Crown Bat Flip

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
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1 hr 44 min
April 07, 2021WW 719: Project Sous Vide - OpenJDK, Paint in the Windows Store, Azure outages, Azure immersion cooling
OpenJDK, Paint in the Windows Store, Azure outages, Azure immersion cooling
Microsoft rolls out a preview of OpenJDK
mikMicrosoft rolls out its OpenJDK preview release
Sun vs. Microsoft battle over Java drags on
Programming Windows: Hello, Visual J++
Google Wins Java Copyright Case
Android Now Supports Rust for Low-Level Code

Windows 10
Microsoft Paint is Finally Available in the Microsoft Store, Sort Of
Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 21354

Surface
Here Comes Surface Laptop 4
Cloud
Microsoft Cloud services were down for some users
Microsoft: Here's what caused our Azure cloud-computing outage
Microsoft gets two-phase immersion cooling running in an Azure data center

Corporate
Microsoft pushes back 'full' Redmond campus reopening to September 7
It's official: Microsoft Build will be May 25 to 27

Xbox
More Games Are Coming to Xbox Game Pass This Month
MLB The Show 21 is Coming to Xbox Game Pass on Day One

Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Kensington's VeriMark Windows Hello fingerprint reader
App pick of the week: Parallels Toolbox 4.5 for Windows and Mac
Enterprise pick of the week: How to use Word/Teams as a teleprompter in presentations
(Fake) Codename pick of the week: Boa
Beer pick of the week: Grimm Black Forest

Hosts: Mary Jo Foley, Paul Thurrott, and Mikah Sargent
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1 hr 33 min
March 31, 2021WW 718: If Only Nana Knew - Discord acquisition, Project Reunion, Cortana mobile.
Discord acquisition, Project Reunion, Cortana mobile.
LinkedIn
Microsoft's push to join the 'creators' bandwagon now extends to LinkedIn
Discord
Report: Microsoft in "Exclusive" Talks with Discord
Developer
Microsoft's 'Project Reunion' hits the 0.5 milestone
Microsoft 365
Windows 10 Version 20H2 Hits 30 Percent Usage Share
Kensington Announces a Windows Hello Fingerprint Reader
Microsoft Kills Cortana on Mobile
Immersive Reader Comes to PowerPoint for the Web, OneDrive, More

Xbox
Backward Compatible Games Come to Xbox Cloud Gaming
Microsoft Announces Games with Gold for April
Microsoft Highlights 60 Indie Games Coming to Xbox
Bang & Olufsen Xbox Headset Arrives in April for $500
Microsoft Introduces Two New Xbox Wireless Controllers

Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Save big at the Microsoft Store
Tip of the week: Stop web tracking for good
Enterprise pick of the week: Azure ACS is now generally available
Enterprise pick of the week: More courses for the 10 most popular digital skilling jobs for FREE
Cocktail pick of the week: Peter Rabbit's Downfall

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
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1 hr 45 min
March 24, 2021WW 717: Grovian Culture - Microsoft might buy Discord, Intel's U.S.-based fabs, Xbox Live renamed
Microsoft might buy Discord, Intel's U.S.-based fabs, Xbox Live renamed.
Corporate
Microsoft to Soft Open its Headquarters on March 29
Microsoft to partially reopen its Redmond campus March 29 and possibly fully reopen on July 6
Microsoft creates 15,000-member 'Digital Transformation Platform Group' in latest reorg
An update on Exchange hacks
Intel to Build Two U.S.-Based Fabs

Windows 10
New Windows Insider Dev Build Brings New Explorer Icons, More
Windows 10 21H1 now available for 'commercial pre-release validation'

Web browsers
Microsoft and Google Partner on Web Browser Compatibility
Google Brings Live Captioning to Google Chrome
Vivaldi 3.7 Makes Massive Performance Gains

Xbox
Microsoft May Buy Discord for $10+ Billion
Microsoft Renames Xbox Live
Microsoft Partners with Twitch on Indie Games Showcase
First Impressions: Xbox Wireless Headset
GeForce NOW Raises Prices, But Not for Founders

Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Convert a Word document to a PowerPoint presentation
App pick of the week: Microsoft Edge Dev
Enterprise picks of the week: Microsoft Workplace Index 2021
Codename pick of the week: Narya
Beer pick of the week: Great Notion Afterglow

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
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1 hr 56 min

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