Windows Weekly (Audio)

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October 16, 2024WW 903: Absolutely Seamless! - Swag store, x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group, Jameson
On this episode, Leo Laporte shows off his new Snapdragon Dev Kit to Paul Thurrott and Richard Campbell. He also tries setting it up, and the process is TOTALLY "seamless." AMD has revealed the Ryzen AI PRO 300 Series alongside Intel's launch of the Core Ultra 200S desktop processors. The FIDO Alliance has published new credential exchange specifications. Sarah Bond announces that Xbox games will be purchasable on Android. And Paul unveils his new "get rich" scheme... as he looks for some feedback.
x86's Last Stand?
Intel and AMD announce partnership that is clearly aimed at taking on Arm.

Intel was already working on simplifying the x86 architecture by removing older, unused bits

Don't worry, Intel and AMD will still compete. And AMD just released new AI processors, with Intel also announcing first Core Ultra chips for Desktop

Which raises a question: Why do the desktop chips not meet the Copilot+ PC spec?
Windows
Redmond, we have a quality problem: 24H2 is besieged by a curious number of issues despite several months of gestation and a shared feature set with 23H2.

Dev and Beta: Beta is minor, but Dev has some Taskbar updates

Release Preview: New builds for 23H2 and 24H2 hint at this month's Week D preview updates - since this announcement, some features have been delayed
Microsoft 365/Surfac
Google Workspace is adding a OneDrive (for Business) data migration capability

Is there some new cloud interoperability thing going on? We're seeing this in the consumer space too. Wondering if this is related to regulatory attention

A Lunar Lake Surface Laptop? Probably not
Passkeys Get Real
As expected, FIDO Alliance will standardize passkey portability

Two sides to this: Portability between devices but also import/export between password managers

Amazon has 175 million customers using passkeys - one year after initial unveil
Xbox
With Google antitrust loss, Microsoft vaguely reveals that Xbox games are coming to Android

Long-forgotten ability to stream games you purchased over Cloud Gaming is now coming soon

Microsoft settles BS "Gamers' lawsuit" for what we hope was a pittance

The only gamers with a case to sue Microsoft are Xbox fans - one year this week

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and more are headed to Game Pass if anyone still cares

Microsoft's Xbox Series X|S mid-season replacements are here, and they come with a fun surprise

New Xbox wireless headset is incoming

Microsoft to host Xbox Partner Preview tomorrow, October 17

Steam forced to communicate that you don't own anything you buy
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Check out the Thurrott swag

App pick of the week: Arc browser, now native on Windows 11 on Arm!

RunAs Radio this week: Pen Testing Yourself with Paula Januszkiewicz

Brown liquor pick of the week: Jameson Irish Whiskey

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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October 09, 2024WW 902: Nothing to Declare - Passkey providers, Halo Studios, "commodity"
Join Leo, Paul, and Richard on a potentially Spanish-adjacent episode! Patch Tuesday arrives and Microsoft finally admits that 24H2 is a thing. Plus, a discussion on Satya Nadella recently describing the LLMs behind Copilot and other AIs as a "commodity." In Xbox news, Microsoft finally reveals it's moving Halo to Unreal Engine, and it's renaming the tarnished 343 Industries after laying off much of that studio.
Windows 11
24H2 appears on the Microsoft Support site for the first time

22H2 gets its final cumulative update (same update as 23H2)

24H2 new features: Share local files from search results, Sign out moved to where it belongs, media controls on lock screen, Copilot Plus management in Settings > Account, etc. - 22H2/23H3 mostly the same

Paul is updating the Windows 11 Field Guide for 24H2 this month - the first several chapter updates are live

Dev and Beta: New builds right after 24H2 ships? Why not? And there are some interesting new features in the pipeline

New Canary build today as well

Passkeys are a joke in Windows 11 ... someday, they'll be less of a joke, but today is not that day.

Paul finally has a Lunar Lake laptop in-house. Or in-casa, one could say
Antitrust
Google is ordered to open up Android apps and the Google Play Store- Breathtaking.

DOJ is open to breaking up Google - even better

Web browser makers you've never heard of want the EU to add Microsoft Edge to the DMA list
Microsoft 365/AI/Dev
Microsoft announces major new features for OneDrive

Colored folders, yay, but will it fix the ensh*ttification?

.NET 9 Release Candidate 2 lands on schedule, no new features

RIP, Surface Duo
Xbox
Finally, Microsoft makes a good decision for Halo fans

Flight Sim 2024 will get a technical alpha on PC

Red Dead Redemption is coming to the PC on October 29

Diablo IV to be first Microsoft game enhanced for PS5 Pro
Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Something for videogame fans to watch and read

App pick of the week: Multiplicity 4 (Beta 1 for now)

RunAs Radio this week: OpenAI for PowerShell with Doug Finke

Brown liquor pick of the week: Talisker 45-Year-Old Glacial Edge

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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2h 13min
October 02, 2024WW 901: 75% Corn - Copilot Vision, Office 2024 release, Bundeskartellamt
After a flurry of last-second pre-release activity, Microsoft shipped 24H2 a week earlier than expected! Copilot also gets a major update for individuals too, and Copilot+ PCs get more features.
24H2 is here!
Last week's Week D updates did finally go out, first to 22H2/23H2 and then to 24H2

That 22H2/23H2 preview update was apparently a hot mess Now Microsoft has issued a fix

Windows 11 version 24H2 is fully available. Arm64 ISOs are coming soon

The first LTSC version(s) of Windows 11 is now available - Windows 11 Enterprise Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) 24H2 + Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2024)

New Dev and Beta builds, not much new, but new Snipping Tools spreads further

Canary build today
Copilot
Copilot morphs into an AI companion or something

Copilot+ PCs are getting new features, including one with a serious Recall vibe

Microsoft is trying a different tact with the new AI features - explaining why they can be trusted. Can they be trusted?

Microsoft belatedly explains why you can trust Recall

As expected, Microsoft does a song and dance on changes to Recall, but notably never thanks the feedback it got from the security community. Good. But this is still a win-win, if just for opt-in and, now, uninstall

Google pushes Gemini more in ChromeOS
Microsoft 365, More
Microsoft finally kills HoloLens 2

Germany has a plan for regulating all of Microsoft, not just the products that fall under the DMA

Office 2024 is here for individuals too

Intel rejects buyout offer... from Arm?
Xbox
Xbox announces new games at Tokyo Game Show

First Game Pass titles of October reveal a bonanza of Activision titles, is what I wish we could discuss

Starfield expansion arrives on Xbox, PC

J Allard joins Amazon for some reason
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Get the 24H2, refresh your recovery drivers/setup media

App pick of the week: Adobe Photoshop and Premiere Elements 2025 are here

RunAs Radio this week: Data Security and Governance with Nikki Chapple

Brown liquor pick of the week: Russell's Reserve 10

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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2h 31min
September 25, 2024WW 900: The 8 Poles of Inaccessibility - LinkedIn AI training, Three Mile Island, Apollo's offer
Windows 11
24H2 is following a now-familiar trajectory to release. Right, it's chaos

Microsoft issues last-second updates to 22H2/23H2 and 24H2 in the Release Preview on Monday. Paul predicted these would turn into our Week D updates later in the week and that we'd get nothing on Tuesday

Dev and Beta channels got some interesting updates recently as well

The Windows App is now available on Windows, Mac, and iOS

HP announces two new flagship AI PCs, one AMD and one Intel. Plus a lower-cost 8-core Snapdragon model. This is officially a trend.

A week after providing details about the September 2024 firmware update for Surface Laptop 7, Microsoft confirmed it shipped the same update to Surface Pro 11. This has had a major negative effect on the device's instant-on capabilities
Microsoft 365, cloud, AI
Microsoft is reviving Three Mile Island and other headlines I never thought I'd write

Google formally complains about alleged Microsoft antitrust abuses in the EU

LinkedIn is training AI with your data. You can turn it off because Microsoft loves opt-out

Microsoft issues a SFI progress report and they are doing GREAT, thank you very much

Gemini comes to Workspace

Apple Intelligence will hoover 4GB of drive space on iPhones to start, more later as more features are added
More!
Qualcomm makes another offer to acquire Intel

Investment firm offers Intel a $5 billion lifeline

Arc just experienced its first major security incident and handled it really well

Raspberry Pi reports its first-ever earnings

Paul has finished updating .NETpad for Windows 11 theming support in .NET 9, will put code up in GitHub after .NET ships in stable
Xbox
A new tell-all about Blizzard, Activision, and Xbox arrives October 8

Game Pass features are coming to Xbox mobile app where they belong

Also, Game Bar Compact mode as part of September Xbox Update

New Indie Selects titles

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is available for preorder and it will look a lot better and take up a lot less disk space

Xbox Ambassador's Program is dead, Jim

Xbox spends $1 billion per year to acquire Game Pass titles

Xbox figured out how to reduce its carbon emissions. You know, besides selling fewer consoles

Sony announces 30th anniversary PS5 collection
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Stop paying so much for everything

App pick of the week: A week of browser-adjacent updates

RunAs Radio this week: Windows Server 2025 and Active Directory with Orin Thomas

Brown liquor pick of the week: Hatozaki Small Batch

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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2h 38min
September 18, 2024WW 899: Functional But Disturbing - Copilot agents, HP Omnibook Ultra, What's Next?
On this episode, Paul Thurrott gets a bit better at unmuting! Mikah is back once again while Leo is away, and Richard features a classic single malt scotch. Wave 2 of Microsoft 365 Copilot kicks off, including an agent builder! Lenovo's got an everything-in-one ThinkBook, HP's got a Ryzen AI 300-based Copilot+ PC, and Netflix has a new series with Bill Gates.
Windows 11
Microsoft comes clean on the schedule for Windows 11 version 24H2

First AMD Zen 5-based Copilot+ PC in here (if here means "Paul's house")

A few thoughts on where we're at with Copilot+ PCs, AI, etc

Microsoft deprecates legacy DRM in Windows

Google is bringing desktop windowing capabilities to Android
Microsoft 365 + AI/Dev
Microsoft announces "Copilot Wave 2" with new Agent Builder, Pages experience, more

Slack: Look at me, look at me! I have agents too!!

Office LTSC 2024 is now available for businesses - consumer versions in "the coming weeks"

Microsoft held its security summit with CrowdStrike, etc. There were no reports of a tarp on the floor

Apple releases annual upgrades for all its hardware platforms and not an iota of AI in sight

This is the end of an era. An era we will think back on as "the good old days"

Microsoft issues .NET 9 RC1 ahead of November release. Clear to Paul that the WPF support in this release will never be updated again, which sucks
Hardware
Intel finally has some good news: Foundry subsidiary spin-off, AWS expanded partnership, more CHIPS money

Intel also has some bad news: It lost out on the PS6 contract to AMD, which made previous gen PS chips

A Windows 11 2-in-1 (like Surface Book) in which the detachable display is a powerful, standalone Android tablet
Xbox
Microsoft lays off 650 more Gaming division employees

Microsoft realizes that some Xbox members do have friends, is bringing back Friends Requests

Microsoft concludes September with three more Game Pass titles

Bonus points: How many of these are Activision Blizzard titles?

Bonus tip: If you play Overwatch 2 on Xbox, there are now some bonus perks for Game Pass members: Six hero skins, 30 Mythic prisms to spend on Mythic unlocks, a stackable XP boost, and access to Overwatch 2 Shop cosmetics from prior seasons

Unity: Just kidding about that runtime fee, please stop harassing us now
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: How to spend your time and your money

App pick of the week: ExplorerPatcher

RunAs Radio this week: Asymmetric Encryption with Eli Holderness

Brown liquor pick of the week: Talisker 10

Hosts: Paul Thurrott, Richard Campbell, and Mikah Sargent

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2h 11min
September 11, 2024WW 898: It's Notable When It Works - IFA Berlin 2024, PS5 Pro, Bonjourr
Paul is back from Berlin! Mikah Sargent subs in for Leo, while Richard brings a glass of Einar's whisky to the show! They talk about the latest from IFA 2024, including the state of Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm. Later, tune in for intriguing updates about Parallels Desktop, Windows 10's Photos app, and Apple's lineup of (currently) AI-less devices.
IFA Part Deux
More perspective from industry insiders on where Intel, AMD and Qualcomm are at now

Why did Qualcomm launch lower-end Snapdragon X chips now?

Intel bails on 20A manufacturing process to focus on 18A - making lemonade

Intel lands a punch with Lunar Lake. Is it enough for a comeback?

Qualcomm has reportedly been trying to buy Intel's chip design business for months

Lenovo launches new PCs with Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm chips - Photo gallery

Copilot+ PC-class PCs with AMD and Intel chips come with 24H2e
Windows
Patch Tuesday arrives - 22H2/23H2 and 24H2 all get updates - same as last month's preview updates, of course

Microsoft still doesn't list 24H2 in Windows 11 Update History on the Support sit

Parallels Desktop 20 will benefit from Microsoft's Prism emulator too

Microsoft is updating Photos app in Windows 10 too

It's not just macOS Sequoia, ChromeOS is copying Windows's Snap feature too
Apple launches new devices but AI is not ready
Apple launches iPhone 16 series without AI, plus new Apple Watch and AirPods 4 also without AI... and confirms next software updates, also without AI - AI is for later, sometimes much later

This was a lackluster launch by any measure. But AI might make things more interesting in time

Dashlane recommends skipping out on Apple Passwords
Microsoft 365, AI, more
Microsoft opens up Ignite 2024 registration

Windows App set to replace various RDP apps
Xbox
Sony tips PS5 Pro for a November 7 launch at $699

Xbox Game Pass Standard launches

Netflix allegedly saw 210 million game downloads
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Lose the bookmarks, gain a (free) New tab page

Tip of the week #2: Amazon Prime Games has free games too

RunAs Radio this week: Microsoft 365 and PowerShell with Tony Redmond

Brown liquor pick of the week: Einar's Great Skua Single Malt

Hosts: Paul Thurrott, Richard Campbell, and Mikah Sargent

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2h 23min
September 04, 2024WW 897: Not the Worst Currywurst - Lunar Lake launch, NVIDIA's Q2 FY25. weird WSJ piece
In this week's episode, Paul is in Germany in preparation for IFA 2024. Some of the big PC players have made timely hardware announcements, including Intel launching their Core Ultra 200V series processors, Qualcomm revealing an 8-core Snapdragon X Plus chip, and Dell listing a new XPS 13 laptop for preorder. Plus, does the Wall Street Journal have something for Intel? A suspiciously-timed gaming article might suggest so. Tune in for more news on all the related companies, from HP and NVIDIA to Proton and Google!
IFA begins (just kidding)
Microsoft comes clean on Copilot+ PC features on non-Snapdragon X PCs: Next-gen AMD and Intel systems will get Copilot+ PC features in November, but will not be called Copilot+ PCs

Intel formally launches Lunar Lake as Core Ultra processor Series 2

Dell announces Lunar Lake-based XPS 13, pre-order now

Qualcomm launches 8-core Snapdragon X Plus processor

Google Drive is going native on Arm - And ExpressVPN and NordVPN are live on Arm now!

Richard got an email from Arrow Electronics about his Snapdragon Dev Kit (and what happens next will shock you!)

Surface Pro 11, Surface Pro 7 for Business - plus 5G coming to Surface Pro 10 for Business

Is the recent WSJ piece an Intel hit job?
Windows
Windows 11 version 24H2 - Some clarity? Come on!

Everyone announces that you'll be able to remove Recall from Windows 11. You won't

New Canary and Beta builds (last week) - lots of things in both, for a change

Vivaldi is fully optimized for Windows 11 on Arm

HP earnings: Slim growth, thanks to PCs
AI
Copilot Wave 2 event is coming soon. The great rebrandening?

UK CMA OK's Microsoft "acqui-hire" of Inflection. Oh, and it's a merger

ChatGPT now has 200 million active users

Firefox 130 offers third-party AI chatbots

More Apple Intelligence in latest betas

Proton Scribe is available to consumers now too
Antitrust
Microsoft complains to UK CMA about Apple App Store fees, licensing

Plus, Apple keeps getting passive aggressive with those that complain about its business practices

Yelp finally sues Google

Intel is considering breaking itself up to survive - will likely take baby steps first

NVIDIA seems to be OK, but next year will be interesting. Oh wait, the stock just cratered
Xbox
Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Early access is here

More Game Pass titles appear, none from Activision Blizzard

PlayStation 5 Pro design leaks

Sony has its Redfall moment, launches and then kills Concord
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Looking for a cheap gaming laptop?

App pick of the week: Windows App

RunAs Radio this week: Evolving Generative AI with Alison Cossette

Brown liquor pick of the week: Cley Whisky Palo Cortado

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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2h 39min
August 28, 2024WW 896: A Very Buxom Seal - Touchpad right-clicking, Pixel 9 XL, Win11Debloat
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

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2h 4min
August 21, 2024WW 895: I'm Done Transitioning - Recall for Insiders, Loop 2.0, gamescom 2024
This episode of Windows Weekly has Paul, Richard, and Leo chatting about everything from Microsoft Recall's upcoming availability to AMD's move to acquire ZT Systems. Paul reviews a new Meteor Lake-equipped laptop from HP, and Leo shows off his Diablo skills on iPad. The group also takes a look at gamescom news, including a trailer for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (which has a release date!) and an awesome Xbox Adaptive Joystick for accessibility.
Windows 11
Recall will ship with Windows 11 24H2 in preview in October

Canary (last week) - New Sandbox, FAT32 improvements, more

Dev and Beta - One new feature, one removed feature

Lenovo revenues point to ongoing PC market rebound

HP's efforts to overcome Meteor Lake problems are about as successful as they can be
Microsoft 365
Unified Teams client is now available

Supposedly Loop 2.0 is out and/or coming soon as well

Proton shifts ownership to non-profit foundation
AI/Hardware
Paul: I will not pay for AI

AMD tries to acquire its way into being an Nvidia competitor

There's a cheaper new Raspberry 5
Antitrust
Judge in Epic v. Google: Oh, Google is going to pay
Dev
Quick follow-up to last week's VS 2022 releases

Microsoft didn't document an important change to how Windows 11 theming works in .NET 9 Preview, all hell broke loose

Continued work on WPF app modernization—dialogs, custom title bar area—and a long chat with Rafael uncovers the serious problems remaining here
Xbox
Xbox Insiders can test Game Pass Standard for $1

Microsoft shows off lots of Xbox games and one PS5 game at gamescom

Phil Spencer defends this strategy at the show

Microsoft's Xbox Series X|S refreshes are available for preorder, ship in October

Microsoft announces new Xbox accessibility accessories

New Game Pass titles to include early access to COD: Black Ops 6

Nvidia GeForce Now adds auto sign in to Xbox

Epic Games Store launches on Android and iOS

It's not just regular laptops that are getting better at gaming: AAA mobile gaming is real

New Atari 7800
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Windows on Arm - Then and Now

App pick of the week: Start11

RunAs Radio this week: Threat Modeling in the Cloud with Romina Druta & Daniela Cruzes

Brown liquor pick of the week: Armorik Sherry Cask

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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2h 37min
August 14, 2024WW 894: This Isn't the Airport Jail! - Intel Innovation delay, QuakeCon 2024, Compact Mode
Windows 11
Synchronicity achieved! Patch Tuesday updates put 22H2, 23H2, and 24H2 on the same page, as expected

Dev and Beta channels (last week) - simplified system tray is back, new jump list behavior is optional

Clipchamp is getting two new AI features soon, for free
AI/Developer
Security researcher (and ex-Microsoftie) demonstrates several Copilot flaws. He at least did the right thing and disclosed them to Microsoft first

Intel delays Innovation event to 2025. And innovation to 2028, presumably. But we kid

Google's Pixel event was really about Gemini AI. But it was also really about Pixel

Paul bought a Pixel 9 Pro XL. Yes, he may have a problem. But it kind of pays for itself, too

iPhone 16 series to be minor update. All phones are minor updates now

UK CMA investigating Amazon + Anthropic partnership

Visual Studio something something

VS 2022 17.11 is here

VS 2022 17.12 is in preview, will be the release with .NET 9

.NET 9 preview 7 is here, no WPF improvements
Antitrust
U.S. government is weighing a Google breakup - This isn't as out there as it may seem

After changing App Store rules that violate the DMA to new rules that also violate the DMA, Apple finally lets Spotify communicate with its own customers!

Apple sets a date for opening up NFC, and it will be worldwide
Xbox
There's a BIG QuakeCon sale on Bethesda games you need to check out - and a "new" OG DOOM/DOOM II bundle

Microsoft starts testing a Compact Mode for Game Bar

Next Flight Simulator will let gamers walk around the world as well

Microsoft might be working on a new mixed reality something for some reason
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Proton offers a Duo plan

App pick of the week: More web browsers

RunAs Radio this week: Implementing Passkeys with Tarek Dawoud

Brown liquor pick of the week: Bowmore 15

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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2h 28min

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