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Windows Weekly (Video) episodes

  • WW 860: An Unexpected Visitor - Suno's AI music, Bobby Kotick's departure, predictions for Microsoft's 2024

    On the last episode of 2023, Richard Campbell, Paul Thurrott, and Leo Laporte are joined by a lovely guest to look back (and look ahead) on Microsoft's progress and accomplishments. Between a Teams milestone, Meteor Lake chipset's release, AI music creation in Copilot, Bobby Kotick's upcoming exit, and Microsoft's Countdown Sale, there's plenty of news left to digest at the end of this eventful year! Happy holidays, dozers!

    Windows 11/Microsoft 365

  • Microsoft will FINALLY fix the dumbest File Explorer bug of all - no, not that File Explorer bug
  • Microsoft is suddenly deprecating tons of Windows features
  • Windows Insider: Windows 11 Beta build 22635.2915 is the last Insider build of 2023. Nothing major: Voice access supports multiple displays, Windows 365 Boot and Windows 365 Switch from last week's Dev build, Notepad update with Notepad an "Edit with Notepad" item in the File Explorer context menu, and a character count display
  • Microsoft Teams now has 320 million users, 2,000 apps in the Teams store, and over 145,000 custom line-of-business (LOB) apps built by enterprises

    • AI

  • Microsoft partners with Suno to bring music creation to Copilot - OH AND THERE ARE PLUG-INS THERE NOW TOO
  • A few insider notes about this generation of Intel chips
  • Intel's Core Ultra chipset is coming to Chromebooks too

    • Look back/Look Ahead

  • What's left to say Copilots? There are lots (at least announced) and even more are coming
  • Is 2024 going to be the year of the AI PC? Or is this just another fad/bubble
  • "Windows 12" or whatever the vNext is called: Huzzah!
  • Ready or not, the new Outlook for Windows and new Teams are coming
  • How will Activision Blizzard impact Xbox?

    • Antitrust

  • Activision Blizzard settles 2021 class action lawsuit that triggered the acquisition by Microsoft
  • Bobby Kotick on the outs Dec 29
  • In wake of antitrust loss, Google also settles Play Store suit, will pay $700 million to victims
  • Adobe bails on Figma. Just kidding!

    • Xbox

  • Leak shows that Sony is very worried about Xbox now
  • Sony has sold 50 million PS5s, has outsold Xbox 3-to-1 in 2023
  • Google extends Stadia controller conversion timeline

    • Tips and picks

  • Tip of the week: Microsoft's Countdown sale brings big discounts to Xbox, Surface, more
  • App pick of the week: MediaSorter
  • RunAs Radio this week: Azure Arc Guest Configuration with Jodi Boone
  • Enterprise pick of the week: Directions on Microsoft's got some (free) resources worth checking out
  • Brown liquor pick of the week: The Spirit of Scotland 46 & Monkey Shoulder
  • Beer pick of the week: Back Home Beer Yalda Queen

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

    Guest: Mary Jo Foley

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      • 2 hr 42 min
    • WW 859: Taste the Darkness! - 2023's final Patch Tuesday, E3 officially dies, the future of NPUs

      Grab your favorite whisky and join Paul, Richard, and Leo as they meander through a delightfully geeky/tipsy conversation spanning Windows updates, AI advancements, Big Tech antitrust issues, and more!

      Windows 11

    • The final Patch Tuesday of 2023 arrives
    • Copilot now opens on the display where you click its Taskbar icon (or it will, thanks to CFR)
    • Copilot now appears in Alt + Tab (but not in Task view/WINKEY + Tab), oddly (Same deal)
    • Account notifications in Start and Settings (disable this nonsense in Settings > Privacy & security > General)
    • For Windows 10 users, Copilot is now available to everyone in preview with the Patch Tuesday update (CFR, need to manually download it). No Windows integration settings yet. A few other changes on Windows 10 too
    • Canary/Dev (Thursday): Copilot undocked mode, Widgets changes, Windows 365 Boot and Switch changes, Windows Share improvements (WhatsApp integration, curious), character count in Notepad (how cute)
    • Beta channel (Friday): Windows Share and Windows Store improvements
    • Dev channel (today): Transitioning Windows Speech Recognition (WSR) to voice access because WSR is being deprecated
    • Also Canary: New Windows Protected Print Mode
    • Clipchamp quietly added four new features recently, and you're never going to believe what happens next
    • AMD unveils Ryzen 8040 series mobile CPUs with a new NPU on select models
    • Intel's Meteor Lake is coming in hot

      • Antitrust

    • UK CMA and US FTC are both investigating Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI
    • After failing to reach a settlement, Google loses Epic antitrust trial
    • Why it has so far done much better against Google than it has against Apple?
    • Apple to be punished for App Store business practices in the EU
    • Apple likely to open up NFC chipset in iPhone in response to EU concerns

      • AI

    • Microsoft reaches agreement with AFL/CIO on AI
    • Google Releases Gemini Pro to enterprises and developers
    • Google releases Gemini-powered NotebookLM in the U.S. Keep on steroids, basically

      • Xbox

    • An ad-supported Xbox Game Pass offering is likely on the way
    • Xbox Cloud Gaming is now on Meta Quest 2, Quest 3, and Quest Pro
    • Balder's Gate 3 lands on Xbox Series X|S
    • Microsoft reveals two new games at The Game Awards
    • E3, which has been dead for years, is now officially dead
    • The next Digital Eclipse interactive documentary looks about as amazing as the first

      • Tips and Picks

    • Tip of the week: Get your Xbox Year in Review
    • App pick of the week: Fences 5
    • RunAs Radio this week: SysAdmin Gifts with Joey Snow & Rick Claus
    • Brown liquor pick of the week: Balvenie Double Wood 12

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

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        • 2 hr 35 min
      • WW 858: Quaff and Nosh - Windows 10 Extended Security Updates, Richard's new PC, KB5032288

        In this week's Windows Weekly, Paul, Leo, and Richard discuss the extension of Windows 10 support for 3 more years after 2025 for consumers and enterprises, updates on the AI features of Copilot, Google's new AI model Gemini, potential features coming in a future Windows release next year, and the cleanliness of ImageGlass 9.

        Windows 10

      • Yep! They're going to support Windows 10 for 3 more years with extended security update (ESU) program. But this time there's a twist!
      • Consumers are going to have the chance to pay annually for the ESU as well. Let the complaints begin
      • Copilot expands to more Windows 10 users

        • Windows 11

      • Report sees a major Windows release in 2024
      • The November 2023 Preview Update for Windows 11 shipped on a Monday in December because Microsoft, adding new Copilot features, last preview CU for 2023
      • Dell earnings - revenues fall 10 percent YOY because the PC market is still horrible
      • Richard bought a computer. Can you guess which one?

        • AI

      • Microsoft to get non-voting board representation at OpenAI
      • Copilot is now GA. Unless you're using Windows 11, apparently. Everyone gets free commercial data protection
      • Copilot gets GPT-4 Turbo, new DALLE-3 model, and more
      • Google goes live with Gemini, including a Nano version for Pixel 8 Pro

        • Microsoft 365/Cloud

      • Microsoft finally releases Seeing AI on Android
      • Evernote restricts free users to 1 notebook, 50 notes - time to switch!

        • Antitrust

      • Federal judge orders Google and Epic to try and settle the case before the jury renders its verdict
      • 30 more venture capital firms tell the FTC to stop harassing Microsoft for Activision Blizzard
      • Google and Amazon have both weighed in on Microsoft's cloud licensing with the UK CMA

        • Xbox

      • Microsoft is betting on the DMA, will create mobile video game store with unnamed partners
      • The first Game Pass titles for December
      • Microsoft explains licensing pop-ups on console
      • Rockstar issues first GTA VI trailer
      • PlayStation reminds the world that no one owns the digital content they purchased

        • Tips and Picks

      • Tip of the week: Stuck on 22H2? You can still upgrade to 23H2
      • App pick of the week: ImageGlass 9 (Microsoft Store)
      • RunAs Radio this week: Modernizing using M365 with Sharon Weaver
      • Brown liquor pick of the week: Glenfiddich 12

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

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          • 2 hr 10 min
        • WW 857: SharePoint All the Way Down - Energy Saver, tiny11 2311, Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client

          On this episode, Mikah, Paul, and Richard discuss the lean tiny11 2311 project, Windows 11 updates like the new Energy Saver feature, Amazon's AI chatbot for enterprises, and Netflix's gaming service additions like GTA. Other topics covered include Xbox console deals, DuckDuckGo vs Google Search, and European antitrust issues.

          Windows

        • Tiny11 2311 arrives, is even tinier and even 23H2er ... or something
        • Beta channel: Teams integration with Share (Entra ID only), new language support for Ink Anywhere
        • Dev: Copilot icon moves (!), more Copilot, Share, Ink, Android in Nearby Sharing (!)
        • Canary: Energy Saver (new feature), more
        • Samsung brings its browser to the Microsoft Store

          • AI/Microsoft

        • Microsoft and Meta reportedly receiving 3x as many NVIDIA GPUs for AI as Amazon
        • Amazon introduces it's own AI chatbot for the enterprise, and it does have one useful and unique feature
        • Microsoft is retiring its Microsoft 365 browser extension
        • Evernote is still a thing and now it wants to charge everyone
        • Amazon takes a Fire TV Cube and turns it into a remote desktop thin client

          • Antitrust

        • UK CMA provisionally rules against Adobe acquisition of Figma
        • EU formally objects to Amazon acquisition of iRobot because the robot vacuum cleaner market is so important

          • Xbox

        • Xbox Series X and S are still on sale. Just saying
        • The November Update for Xbox is here with rewards redemption, Xbox app gets compact mode
        • Microsoft is reportedly deprecating the Microsoft Rewards app on Xbox
        • Netflix is bringing GTA trilogy to the service
        • The current Call of Duty is awash in bad reviews, so let's talk about the next Call of Duty!

          • Tips and Picks

        • Tip of the week: Microsoft's new ugly Christmas sweater is here
        • App pick of the week: DuckDuckGo
        • RunAs Radio this week: Zero Trust Adoption Guidance with Nicolas Blank
        • Brown liquor pick of the week: Pendleton Rye 12 Year

          • Hosts: Paul Thurrott, Richard Campbell, and Mikah Sargent

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            • 1 hr 56 min
          • WW 856: Sunglasses For Your Whiskey - Altman returns to OpenAI, Windows Hello vulnerabilities, Half-Life turns 25

            On this episode of Windows Weekly, Leo, Paul, and Richard dive deep into the latest OpenAI/Microsoft partnership drama involving Sam Altman's position. They also discuss upcoming EU regulations and their impact on Microsoft products, evaluate NVIDIA's record-breaking Q3 earnings, and reminisce about the classic PC FPS Half-Life.


            And you thought AI was already controversial...

          • On Friday, OpenAI's board suddenly and unexpectedly fired CEO Sam Altman, kicking off several days of unprecedented high drama
          • OpenAI president and board chairman Greg Brockman announced that he was quitting in protest
          • Microsoft announced it had hired Altman and Brockman over the weekend
          • 95 percent of OpenAI employees threatened to quit if Altman did not come back
          • Altman began negotiating his return to OpenAI (and major governance changes)
          • Altman is once again CEO of OpenAI
          • Key takeaway: No matter what happens, Microsoft wins
          • Wrong takeaway: Nothing changed

            • Windows

          • Windows 11 is about to get awesome in the EEA
          • WHY IS WINDOWS 11 ONLY GOING TO BE AWESOME IN THE EEA???
          • Microsoft confirms that Copilot is coming to Windows 10 too. "No new features, my ass!"
          • Copilot begins rolling out to Windows 10 in Insider Program
          • Release Preview: Copilot in Alt + Tab and on other displays, limited Copilot with local account, DMA compliance, Windows Spotlight changes
          • Canary: Disable Phone Link in the Bluetooth settings, display Teams contacts in the Windows share window when signed in with a Microsoft Entra ID
          • Dev: Narrator improvements, File Explorer fixes (wait for it)
          • Redmond, we have a problem. With Windows Hello

            • Earnings learning

          • NVIDIA continues to soar on AI (Winner)
          • Zoom has settled back down to reality
          • HP stumbles through its fourth quarter and FY2023: AI PCS FTW in late 2024!
          • Lenovo stumbles too, but explicitly predicts industry recovery

            • Antitrust

          • Apple, ByteDance, and Meta contest their DMA gatekeeper designations

            • Xbox

          • Half-Life turned 25 last weekend and Valve finally remembered it exists
          • Nvidia's GeForce Now adds Microsoft Store, PC Game Pass, and Ubisoft+ integration - over 1700 games now
          • Amazon Luna comes to France, Italy, and Spain
          • Next Call of Duty leaks!

            • Tips and Picks

          • Tip of the week: Ignite's over, but the videos are forever
          • App pick of the week: Half-Lif
          • RunAs Radio this week: Azure Operator Nexus with Jennelle Crothers
          • Brown liquor pick of the week: Willett Wheated 8 Year Bourbon

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

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              • 2 hr 31 min
            • WW 855: Live From Ignite! - Microsoft is copiloting all the things! Big news from the show

              Paul and Richard are at Microsoft Ignite 2023 and just watched the keynote! Leo Laporte chats with them to discuss the clarified rebranding of Copilot, some new AI features in Windows 365, Microsoft Loop's availability, the release of .NET 8, two decades of Patch Tuesday, a neat Xbox Series bundle discount for Black Friday, and more!

              Microsoft Ignite

            • (Final) Copilot rebranding clarifies the naming changes announced in September
            • Copilot for Microsoft 365 adds plug-in support, more
            • Windows 11: Windows AI Studio announced, Dev Home and WSL are updated
            • New AI capabilities in Windows 365
            • Microsoft Loop is now available
            • New Teams now GA, 320 million users - Mesh in Jan 2024
            • Clipchamp and Microsoft Designer come to Microsoft 365 commercial
            • Microsoft announces its first custom AI chipsets for the Azure datacenter

              • Dev: .NET Conf

            • Microsoft releases .NET 8 with .NET Aspire

              • Windows 11

            • Microsoft releases 23H2 for the fourth time?
            • One tiny bit of OneDrive de-ensh*ttification does not address the bigger issues
            • Patch Tuesday turns 20, Microsoft couldn't care less
            • The new Outlook: People, we have a roadmap!
            • Microsoft Store now lets you decide where to install games
            • Copilot in Microsoft Shopping, AI review summaries come to Bing and Edge

              • Microsoft, more AI

            • Microsoft will not challenge its gatekeeper designation in the EU
            • Google brings generative AI search to 120+ new countries
            • Google will ID AI-based videos in YouTube
            • Google Photos gets some cool AI organizational features

              • Xbox

            • Xbox Series X|S are discounted by $50 for Black Friday
            • Halo Infinite goes retro too, adds Halo 3 playlist
            • Here are more titles coming to Xbox Game Pass
            • Here comes the OLED Steam Deck
            • PS5 "Slim" is now available in the US - Sony unlikely to hit PS5 sales targets
            • Amazon lays off gaming staff, will refine Prime Gaming perks

              • Tips & Picks

            • Tip of the week: Google's Black Friday sale looks solid
            • App pick of the week: Microsoft Loop
            • RunAs Radio this week: Microsoft Entra Security Service Edge with Richard Hicks
            • Brown liquor pick of the week: Makers Mark Cellar Aged

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

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                • 2 hr 14 min
              • WW 854: Dated, Insecure, and Unreliable - Copilot headed to Windows 10, Parallels Desktop on M3 Max, SFI

                Copilot headed to Windows 10,  Parallels Desktop on M3 Max, SFI

                Windows 11

              • Microsoft to bring Copilot to Windows 10 too. As predicted, actually.
              • Last week was hell trying to figure out how/where people could get 23H2. Turns out, there's a reason. Microsoft is terrible.
              • A Microsoft employee notably—offered some clarity on the 23H2 rollout. 23H2 is available via the ISO download or Installation Assistant, as Paul noted last week. 23H2 is NOT available via the Media Creation Tool, as Paul also observed — delayed two weeks.
              • Canary build today: SMB changes (Server Message Block, not small business).
              • Microsoft deprecated some features in Windows 11 version 23H2 but didn't remove any (yet?).
              • The Windows Tips app was just deprecated too.
              • Microsoft to remove two in-box apps from clean installs in the future.
              • The HP Spectre Folding PC is a compelling argument for the hybrid PCs of the future.

                • More Revenues

              • Apple: Flat with last year, still all iPhone.
              • Qualcomm: Terrible, but also sees a rebound looming.

                • Surface

              • Microsoft extended Surface support for firmware/drivers from 4 years to 6 for newer models.

                • Microsoft 365/AI

              • Microsoft Authenticator quietly rolled out "MFA Fatigue" relief. You will have noticed this.
              • Microsoft launches Trustworthy Computing 2.0: The Cloudening.
              • A look at the M365 competition: Google Workspace good (especially Drive), Slack bad. REALLY bad.
              • Microsoft Edge 119 arrives with a few UI changes.
              • OpenAI had a little show and is offering custom ChatGPT clients.
              • Because we all need more Elon Musk in our lives, here's Grok.
              • Microsoft partners with Inworld on generative AI game development.

                • Xbox

              • Call of Duty MWIII multiplayer/full game arrive Friday.
              • Nintendo revenues up nicely. EA is in great shape.
              • Epic is in court vs. Google, this time could be different.
              • Google paid Activision Blizzard $360 million in 2020 to keep its games in the Play Store.
              • Sony is killing Twitter integration on PS4/5.

                • Tips and Picks

              • App pick of the week: Brave
              • App pick of the week #2: Start 11 v2... again
              • RunAs Radio this week: Large Language Models in Business with Ulrika Hedlund
              • Brown liquor pick of the week: Aberlour A'bunadh Alba

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

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                  • 2 hr 41 min
                • WW 853: Ten Outta Ten for the 404! - Windows 11 2023 Update, Surface replacement components, marketing leadership change

                  On this episode, Leo, Paul, and Richard discuss the big release of Windows 11 23H2, productivity in Macs vs PCs, Microsoft 365 Copilot arriving, changes in the Xbox and marketing divisions, iFixit support for Surface repair, and American rye whiskeys.

                  23H2

                • Surprise! Microsoft delivers the Windows 11 23H2 Update, which upgrades your Windows 11 version 22H2-based PC to version 23H2, much sooner than expected.
                • Technically, Microsoft NEVER delivered the so-called "Fall Update," since it was only made available in preview form (twice, for some reason). So 23H2 is actually the first public release of those 150+ new features.
                • The Windows 11 Media Creation Tool still installs 22H2. Because Microsoft. Workaround: Use the Windows 11 Installation Assistant. Which hilariously requires you to install the PC Health Check app.
                • We need to discuss Microsoft Teams in Windows 11. And then literally never discuss it again.
                • Microsoft is killing the Windows Insider MVP program. What exactly did it even mean to be an "MVP" in the Insider program?
                • Dev: From last Friday, adds one new feature, a "Recently added" folder (for apps) in Start (in Recommended)
                • Beta, from last Thursday: Two new features (gradual rollout): System components in Settings, Game Bar rebranding. Plus fixes.
                • Windows 11 now has 26 percent usage share vs. 69 percent for Windows 10.

                  • Whatever happened to Windows 12?

                • There have been overt clues about Windows 12 literally all year, including as recently as last week. But Microsoft has never, not once, uttered this phrase. What's happening?

                  • Microsoft 365/AI

                • Today's the day: Microsoft 365 Copilot arrives for commercial customers on E3 or higher.
                • OG Teams is retiring in March.
                • Microsoft Word turned 40 last week.
                • This was the gateway drug that lured Paul into the Microsoft ecosystem. But it's showing it's age. If Microsoft can't get spell- and grammar-checking right in Word, why will AI work?

                  • Earnings Learnings

                • Did Azure just make more money than AWS??
                • Intel stumbles but finally sees an end to the PC sales slide.

                  • Surface

                • iFixit now sells Surface replacement parts. And it is fascinating to see how much more you can replace/repair in newer models compared to the first "repairable" Surface, Surface Pro 7.

                  • Xbox

                • Microsoft reorgs Xbox in the wake of Activision Blizzard acquisition.
                • Chris Capossela is Leaving Microsoft.
                • Paul has a very mysterious announcement to make for our holiday show this year!
                • Xbox October Update arrives with keyboard mapping for Elite Series 2 and Adaptive controllers.
                • There are a lot more titles coming to Xbox Game Pass in early November.
                • Microsoft will now block unofficial controllers on Xbox consoles.
                • Atari acquires Digital Eclipse, the retro game company behind that amazing Karateka interactive documentary.

                  • Tips and Picks

                • Tip of the week: Windows 11 Field Guide gets its first 23H2 update
                • App pick of the week: Start11 v2 is here to chase your Start menu nightmares away
                • RunAs Radio this week: Green IT with Mike Halsey
                  • -Brown liquor pick of the week: Leopold Bros Maryland Rye 100 Proof

                  Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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                    • 2 hr 47 min
                  • WW 852: Carnival Barker Lifestyle - Snapdragon X Elite announced, FY24 Q1 earnings, Amazon passkeys

                    Leo, Paul, and Richard discuss Microsoft's latest earnings report, Qualcomm's new Snapdragon chip, Windows on Arm's future, passkey support for Amazon accounts, Dave Cutler's awesomeness, Stardock's 30th anniversary, Photoshop/Premiere Elements 2024, and more!

                    Microsoft earnings

                  • Microsoft announced that it earned a net income of $22.3 billion on revenues of $56.5 billion in the quarter ending September 30, 2023. Those figures are up 27 percent and 13 percent, respectively, year-over-year (YOY)
                  • Analysis: Activision Blizzard, Windows, Surface, Xbox and gaming, Office and Microsoft 365, and the evolving impact of AI
                  • Google earnings: net income of $19.7 billion on revenues of $76.7 billion, ads are 71 percent of total revenues, Google Cloud disappoints

                    • Windows on Arm

                  • Qualcomm announces Snapdragon Elite X for Windows on Arm PCs
                  • Promises, promises, but if this fails again, it's over... for Qualcomm
                  • Qualcomm's WOA deal expires next year and NVIDIA and AMD are on the way

                    • Windows

                  • Dave Cutler sat down for a THREE HOUR interview. This is a must watch. Some key points here
                  • Beta build last week with three changes (gradual rollout): system components in All apps display a System badge, Xbox Game Bar is just Game Bar now, the improved casting experience
                  • New Canary build today adds Copilot??
                  • Windows 11 Field Guide: the 23H2 update has begun with 9 chapters done so far
                  • OneDrive: just when you thought it was safe to go back in the cloud storage
                  • Windows 7/8.x products key don't work in Windows 10 either, sorry
                  • Celebrate Stardock's 30 years of making Windows better - by buying some of its products
                  • Satya Nadella said he regretted killing Windows Phone? Not exactly

                    • Xbox

                  • Microsoft revives the "Power Your Dreams" ad campaign for the holidays

                    • Tips and Picks

                  • Tip of the week: Add passkeys to your Amazon account right now
                  • App pick of the week: Adobe Photoshop Elements 2024 and Premiere Elements 2024
                  • RunAs Radio this week: Choosing Azure Data Storage Solutions with Nicole Stevens
                  • Brown liquor pick of the week: Burgas 63 Barrel

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

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                      • 2 hr 29 min
                    • WW 851: Between 2 Ferns - Activision Blizzard acquired, Windows 11 active devices, Jibarito

                      In this episode of Windows Weekly, Leo, Richard, and Paul discuss the successful acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the questionable success of Windows 11 adoption, new Windows Insider program builds, and updates on AI integration in Microsoft/Google products.

                      Microsoft acquires Activision Blizzard

                    • This came in the wake of the UK CMA accepting the Microsoft concessions
                    • The FTC is still being a sore loser despite facts and logic
                    • No AB titles on Game Pass until 2024, Phil Spencer says
                    • Bethesda's Pete Hines is leaving the company

                      • Windows 11

                    • Microsoft leak reveals that there are 400 million PCs running Windows 11
                    • This tells us a few things. That there are 1 billion PCs still running Windows 10
                    • What did Windows 10 adoption look like at 2 years? What different factors impact both adoption rates? What will happen when Microsoft retires Windows 10 in two years? Why was Microsoft so transparent about Windows 10 adoption and so non-transparent about Windows 11 adoption?
                    • New Beta build landed last Friday with some more interesting news for Europe
                    • Back on October 12, a new Release Preview channel build arrived with a quiet change we never noticed or discussed. There is a new System Components section in Settings > System
                    • New Dev build today: Copilot support for multimon, more File Explorer relability fixes
                    • New Canary build today: Mail and Calendar no longer installed on clean install, Bluetooth LE support for hearing aids, new location functionality
                    • It's official: Windows 7/8 keys can no longer activate Windows 11
                    • There are THREE new Dave Cutler interviews on YouTube!

                      • Microsoft

                    • Microsoft owes $29 billion in back taxes

                      • AI

                    • Google releases new smartphones and all the mainstream press can talk about is faux nonsense worries about photo editing altering reality. Let's be more sophisticated here, please
                    • Microsoft Edge 118 adds an AI-powered Find on Page feature
                    • Google will also indemnify users for AI
                    • Google Search Generative Experience can now generate images

                      • Xbox

                    • More Game Pass titles for October
                    • Microsoft announces new accessibility features for Xbox
                    • Xbox Series S starter bundle is just Xbox Series S + 3 mos of Game Pass

                      • Tips & Picks

                    • App pick of the week: DuckDuckGo browser
                    • App pick of the week: AllDup
                    • RunAs Radio this week: Large Language Models for IT Pros with Seth Juarez
                    • Brown liquor pick of the week: Quinta do Portal 20 year Tawny Port

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

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                        • 2 hr 31 min

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                      Windows Weekly is about more than Windows. Veteran Microsoft insiders Paul Thurrott and Richard Campbell join Leo for a deep dive into the most valuable company in the world. From consumer to enterprise, AI to Xbox, Windows Weekly is the only Microsoft podcast you'll ever need.

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