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Windows Weekly (Video) episodes

  • WW 850: Emotional Support Whiskey - Snapdragon X, Windows 23H2, Microsoft & Activision, Microsoft Back Taxes

    Leo, Paul, and Richard discuss Qualcomm's upcoming Snapdragon X — could we see a huge improvement to Windows on Arm? Then, the dynamic trio break down Patch Tuesday and Windows 11 Insider. Paul discusses Google's Passkey support and reminds listeners Microsoft has been doing passwordless logins for years. The team discusses GitHub Copilot losses, HP AI features, Adobe's Firefly updates, and Dropbox AI. Then, Paul briefly covers C# Dev Kit for Visual Studio Code. During Paul's Xbox Corner, a breaking news story hits; Leo shares news that Microsoft is contesting an IRS claim that the company owes $28.9 billion in back taxes. Leo, Paul, and Richard round things out with the tips and picks of the week.

    Windows 11

  • Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon X Series for the PC
  • Microsoft Releases October 2023 Patch Tuesday Updates
  • October 10, 2023—KB5031354 (OS Build 22621.2428) - Microsoft Support
  • Windows 11 Insider Preview Beta Channel Moves to a Single Build
  • Windows 11 Canary Build 25967 Brings New Scrollable View of Quick Settings

    • Microsoft 365
  • UK is Investigating Microsoft and Amazon's Cloud Practices
  • Google Makes Passkeys the Default Login Option for Personal Accounts
  • Microsoft Will No Longer Make Changes to OneDrive Photo Storage
  • Microsoft Redesigns the Microsoft Store Web App

    • AI
  • Report: GitHub Copilot Loses an Average of $20 Per User Per Month
  • HP: AI Will Transform the PC Into a Personal Companion
  • Can AI Save the PC Industry? (Premium)
  • Adobe Announces Major Advances for Firefly Generative AI
  • Dropbox Launches Redesigned Web App and Expands Access to New AI Features

    • Dev
  • C# Dev Kit is Now Available

    • Xbox
  • Activision Blizzard Says No Call of Duty or Diablo IV on Game Pass This Year
  • Microsoft Reportedly Aims to Close its Activision Blizzard Acquisition on October 13
  • Diablo IV is Coming to Steam on October 17
  • Forza Motorsport is Now Available on Xbox, PC, and Game Pass
  • Sony Announces Smaller PS5 With and Attachable Disc Drive
  • PS5 Cloud Streaming is Launching Later This Month

    • Tips & Picks
  • Tip of the week: Deal with OneDrive's forced folder backup push
  • App pick of the week: Microsoft Teams (New)
  • RunAs Radio this week: Security Chaos Engineering with Kelly Shortridge
  • Brown liquor pick of the week: Pappy Van Winkle

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

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      • 2 hr 59 min
    • WW 849: Back to Dumb - Bing's future, Windows Backup app, Chromebook Plus

      Leo, Paul, and Richard talk about the end of free Windows 7/8 to Windows 10/11 upgrades using retail product keys. They also examine Chromebook Plus, Google's new premium Chromebooks aimed at gaming via cloud streaming services. This highlights issues with Google's disjointed strategies after killing Stadia. Plus, insights from the Google antitrust lawsuit, including testimony from Microsoft and Apple executives on partnerships and search dominance. This sparks debate on whether a Bing improvement could ever rival Google. The episode explores concerns around growing subscription costs, ecosystem lock-in, and how technology often complicates rather than eases life today.

      Windows 11

    • Microsoft is killing free upgrades from Windows 7 and 8.x
    • And yes, that means those product keys will stop working
    • Windows 11 Insider Preview: Copilot comes to Alt + Tab, more File Explorer fixes
    • Windows 11 Field Guide is getting free updates for 23H2, of course
    • Join the Release Preview channel, you'll (probably) be upgraded to 23H2 and/or (most) new features
    • Windows Backup is already here. But what is it? And what might it become?
    • OneDrive is among the things getting worse in this release. And it's a problem
    • Google announces Chromebook Plus, New Material You design is available now to all

      • AI/Microsoft 365

    • Satya Nadella admits under oath that AI-powered Bing has not improved its usage share in the slightest
    • Also, Microsoft tried to sell Bing to Apple
    • Apple never seriously considered switching to, let alone buying, Bing
    • Microsoft announces the next generation OneDrive across businesses and consumers
    • Microsoft Lists for consumers comes to mobile, finally
    • Bing Image Creator gets a big DALL-E 3 update. And it is amazing

      • Surface

    • Surface Laptop Studio 2 and Laptop Go 3 are now available

      • Xbox

    • Here are the first Xbox Game Pass titles for October
    • Sony PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan is retiring
    • Layoffs at Epic

      • Tips and Picks

    • Tip of the week: The great ensh*ttification reset
    • App pick of the week: ScanSpeeder
    • RunAs Radio this week: Episode 900!
    • Brown liquor pick of the week: Upshot

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

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        • 2 hr 53 min
      • WW 848: The Era of a Grinning Paul - Microsoft September Event, Meteor Lake, Windows 11 2023 Update

        In this episode of Windows Weekly, Mikah Sargent is joined by Paul and Richard to discuss the latest Microsoft updates, news, and products. Paul chimes in on his experience at Microsoft's recent AI event, changes to Windows 11's confusing updates, last week's Xbox leaks, antitrust lawsuits against tech companies like Microsoft and Amazon, and more!

        Microsoft Special Event: Blockbuster... or blockluster?

      • Paul went to his first in-person Microsoft event in almost four years. You're not going to believe what happened next!
      • Ahead of the event, everyone was calling this a "Surface event" and some still are. But it was an AI event, period. Were our expectations met?
      • Copilot "rebrand" was in many ways the biggest news
      • Microsoft 365 Commercial arrives November 1 - And Microsoft 365 consumer is a thing
      • Microsoft announced two Surface PCs at event, one with an NPU. And then two other Surface PCs/devices. Most of these do not matter

        • WTF is happening with Windows 11 23H2?

      • We had a confusing several days, the perfect end-cap to a confusing year when it comes to Windows updating. But now we have the answers.
      • At special event, Microsoft reveals it will ship "next major Windows 11 update" September 26. It's 23H2! It's not 23H2!
      • One day after the event, Release Preview gets Fall Update
      • Paul attempted to achieve some clarity ahead of John Cable's post
      • Microsoft releases the Fall Update (in preview form)
      • Is Windows 11 finally where it needed to be when Microsoft shipped v1 two years ago?

        • Follow-ups to last week's blockbuster news 

      • Panos Panay will succeed Dave Limp at Amazon
      • Further examination of the leaked Xbox documents
      • Microsoft's reaction to the PS5 specs reveal is sort of clueless in retrospect
      • Microsoft wanted to buy Nintendo. No, really. And it considered lots of companies

        • Antitrust

      • UK CMA provisionally approves of Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard
      • So of course the FTC revives its lost battle against Microsoft/AB. You can't make this stuff
      • FTC sues Amazon for monopoly abuse. Paul has questions. Lots of questions

        • Dev and AI

      • Intel announced its Meteor Lake chipset BEFORE Microsoft event.
      • Amazon buys Anthropic for $4 billion
      • Amazon announces generative AI features for Alexa at its hardware event
      • Google Studio Bot expands worldwide in preview
      • Microsoft is moving Windows device driver development to Rust
      • Unity: JUST KIDDING GUYS SERIOUSLY
      • GitHub Passkeys are GA

        • Xbox

      • Cuphead anniversary update is on the way, Xbox only
      • Microsoft tweaks how Xbox/OneDrive integration works in a "bonus Xbox update for September"

        • Tips and picks

      • Tip of the week: Install the update, check the store
      • App pick of the week: Amazon adBlocker
      • RunAs Radio this week: SharePoint Online Features On-Prem with Sandy Ussia
      • Brown liquor pick of the week: Pokeno Whisky

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

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          • 2 hr 41 min
        • WW 847: JUSHED! - Panos Panay's abrupt departure, leaked Xbox documents, AI event preview

          It's a BIG news episode this week, as Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott discuss the sudden departure of Panos Panay from Microsoft to Amazon. Did he jump or get pushed out of the company? Leo and Paul also dive into a massive leaked memo about Microsoft's Xbox roadmap and plans over the next 10 years. Other topics include Microsoft's upcoming event focused on AI integration across products like Windows, Office 365, and Surface, as well as online account consolidation and Google's Takeout service.

          We're down a Panay

        • After his curiously off-kilter performance at Build 2023 this past May, Microsoft reveals that it is parting ways with Panos Panay. Are these things related?
        • He's landing at Amazon devices, which makes sense given David Limp is retiring
        • Multiple Microsoft executives and employees have reached out privately about this
        • Comparisons to Terry Myerson's exit

          • Blockbuster Xbox leak

        • Major Xbox leak reveals Xbox Series X|S mid-season upgrades, next-gen console, new controller, and more
        • This is one of the top three Microsoft leaks that's happened in Paul's nearly 30 years of covering this company
        • An analysis of just one of the documents in this leak reveals an incredible amount of strategy information for the next 10 years
        • And one about the reaction to the PS5 reveal

          • Microsoft's upcoming AI event

        • Expectations for this event, the kick-off for Microsoft's full-on client AI push
        • Sub-analysis: This could be Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott's "Ray Ozzie moment." There's a profile of this mostly unknown in the WSJ
        • Intel announces NPU-powered Core Ultra CPUs - off schedule? Related to the MSFT event?
        • Bing Chat gains two new mobile integrations
        • Paint keeps getting AI features. Remember when Paint was the laughing stock of Windows 11 apps?

          • Windows

        • No new builds (of substance, there was an RP build).
        • Windows Photos, Snipping Tool, and Phone Link are all getting new features in Insider. Is Microsoft finally taking its in-box apps seriously (again)?
        • Google extends the support lifecycle for ChromeOS, solving the single biggest criticism of this platform. This is problematic for Microsoft

          • Microsoft 365

        • EU will reject Microsoft's offer to unbundle Teams from Microsoft 365

          • Surface

        • Surface Laptop Studio 2 and Laptop Go 3 leak. They will likely be announced at the special event

          • Xbox

        • Microsoft announces more Xbox Game Pass titles for September
        • Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls VI will be an Xbox exclusive.

          • Tips and picks

        • Tip of the week: Consolidate and organize your online accounts
        • App pick of the week: Google Takeout

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

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            • 2 hr 25 min
          • WW 846: Purple is for Jazz Hands - Enhanced Windows 365 App Experience, Paint's random new feature, Xbox Mastercard

            The latest updates to Windows 11, including the removal of legacy troubleshooting tools. Paul, Richard, and Mikah also discuss Windows 365 integration with Android phones, the new iPhone models, and Qualcomm supplying 5G modems to Apple. Plus, the full Game Pass Core library, the announcement of the Xbox Mastercard, an update on .NET 8 nearing its release, and opinions on Unity's new Runtime Fee for game installations.

            Windows 11

          • New Insider Preview builds
          • Patch Tuesday arrives and the latest Windows 11 update is a non-event
          • Microsoft Paint is getting a background removal tool
          • Microsoft is removing the legacy troubleshooters from Windows 11 and killing third-party printer drivers

            • Mobile

          • Microsoft announces Enhanced Windows 365 App Experience for Android. Yes, that's the name. Yes, it's a cloud-based version of Samsung Dex
          • Qualcomm extends wireless partnership with Apple for three more years
          • Intel announces Thunderbolt 5 branding, surprising no one

            • Microsoft 365, Antitrust, & AI

          • PowerPoint co-creator Dennis Austin passes away
          • Apple's new iPhones have USB-C ports to meet the needs of a new EU law
          • United States vs. Google kicks off
          • Day 1: Yes, Google pays Apple $10 billion per year to be the default search on iPhone
          • Adobe's Firefly generative AI is now generally available

            • Dev

          • .NET 8 hits release candidate
          • Unity might have just jumped the shark

            • Xbox

          • Microsoft reveals the full Xbox Game Pass Core library. This new offering replaces Xbox Live Gold. A moment of silence, please
          • Apple envy? Microsoft announces an Xbox credit card for some reason
          • Minecraft Live is coming back, but it's not in-person

            • Tips and Picks

          • Tip of the week: Google rolls out privacy sandbox. Seriously, use a different browser
          • App pick of the week: WizTree
          • RunAs Radio this week: Doing More with Less with Sonia Cuff
          • Brown liquor pick of the week: Chivas Regal

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

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              • 2 hr 6 min
            • WW 845: My NAS is Out of Date - End of WordPad, OneDrive album storage, Lenovo Legion Go

              Leo, Paul, and Richard discuss issues with the reliability of File Explorer (is XAML the root cause?), Microsoft's decision to retire WordPad, antitrust lawsuits and investigations into Big Tech companies, Microsoft's upcoming Surface(?) event, automatic OneDrive uploads for Xbox captures, the launch of Bethesda's Starfield, digital decluttering tools, and more!

              Windows

            • Canary: some changes to the Dynamic refresh rate feature, no more Power & Battery page in Settings, etc
            • Dev: Bug fixes
            • Beta: File Explorer fixes (INTERESTING, given last week's rant)
            • A moment of silence, please: WordPad will be retired
            • The secret life of WordPad via its source code release and it being an example for developers (over time) of MFC, open Word document format support, the ribbon, and more
            • The future is open plain text: embrace Markdown
            • Notepad and Snipping Tool are getting new features
            • Microsoft is changing how it counts your OneDrive storage usage

              • Events

            • We forgot the Amazon devices event, which is September 20
            • Microsoft will host a OneDrive/AI event on October 3
            • Ignite registration just opened up - November 14-17 in Seattle

              • Antitrust

            • Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and others are all gatekeepers, EU says
            • Bing: Hold my beer
            • Zoom would like the FTC to unbundle Teams/M365 in the US
            • Google is heading into an antitrust trial against the DOJ next week.
            • Microsoft's approach to antitrust has changed a bit
            • Margrethe Vestager is stepping aside to bid on a new job
            • Google has tentatively settled a US Play Store class action antitrust lawsuit brought by over 30 states; the settlement is subject to the court's approval, according to a legal filing
            • FTC to file antitrust lawsuit against Amazon after firm made no concessions, may seek to break up the company

              • Xbox

            • Microsoft to add auto OneDrive upload to Xbox game clips
            • Xbox September Update is here with Discord game streaming
            • New Game Pass titles for early September - Starfield among them
            • Your Xbox Series S has arrived, Mr. Vader
            • Lenovo has a Steam Deck competitor

              • Tips & Picks

            • Tip/app pick of the week: Digital decluttering
            • RunAs Radio this week: Breach Reporting with Troy Hunt
            • Brown liquor pick of the week: Old Perth 23

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

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              2 hr 32 min
            • WW 843: The Drawer of Broken Dreams - UK CMA stubbornness, Parallels Desktop 19, Atari 2600+

              This week on Windows Weekly, Leo, Paul, and Richard dive deep into Microsoft's prolonged acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview builds, the launch of Edge for Business, and the Mixed Reality collaboration between Microsoft, Qualcomm, and Magic Leap.

              CMA: F&$% you, common sense!

            • Despite appearing to step back from the wrong decision it made about Activision Blizzard, the CMA has instead rejected the deal again... because cloud gaming
            • So Microsoft has offered to give Ubisoft (non-exclusive) rights to cloud streaming all AB games (except in the EU)

            • Now the EU is wondering how/if this impacts its own agreement with Microsoft - a close reading of the Microsoft and Ubisoft announcements provides some clues that all is well

              • Windows 11

            • It's Week D, so we just got the preview versions of next month's Patch Tuesday CU
            • And it's August, so Microsoft has probably finalized 23H2 and could ship it in preview form in September's Week D
            • Perhaps not coincidentally, Microsoft has scheduled an in-person Surface/Windows event in NYC for the following week
            • Insider: we got new Dev and Beta builds last week
            • Dev: rich thumbnail previews in Start, new Cast flyout, never-combine Taskbar mode
            • Beta (23H2): native support for RAR and other archive formats, never-combined Taskbar mode, rich thumbnail previews in Start, Snipping Tool update with links to Paint and Clipchamp, new app defaults behavior (that one is in the preview update above)
            • Edge for Business is now available
            • Microsoft sets Windows Mixed Reality Toolkit free because AI is the new AR

              • AI + Dev

            • As predicted, the addition of AI-based Bing Chat has not helped Bing usage share in the slightest: "Bing AI is cute, but not a game changer". Microsoft is not happy.
            • AI-generated Microsoft travel guide recommended a food bank in Canada to those with "empty stomachs"
            • Brave is bringing a safe and private AI assistant to Brave because of course it is
            • Quick hands-on with Project IDX. Yep, it's Visual Studio Code on the web

              • Xbox

            • The end of an era: Xbox 360 store to shut down in one year
            • Age of Empires IV is now available on Xbox and Xbox Game Pass
            • PC Game Pass has arrived on NVIDIA GeForce Now
            • Sony's PlayStation Portal Remote Player is launching later this tear at $199.99
            • The nostalgia keeps coming: Atari announces the 2600+ console

              • Tips & Picks

            • Tip of the week: Enjoy my video archive on YouTube
            • App pick of the week: Parallels Desktop 19
            • RunAs Radio this week: Microsoft Fabric with Andrew Snodgrass
            • Brown liquor pick of the week: Oban 14

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

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                • 2 hr 32 min
              • WW 842: Eight Strikes and You're Out - Live listener questions, Edge for Business, subscription fatigue

                This fun episode of Windows Weekly features Paul and Richard answering questions from listeners in the Club TWiT Discord! Plus, they chat about minor Windows Insider updates, strategies for saving money on streaming services, new gaming releases like the enhanced Quake II, and more.

                Windows

              • New Canary build JUST released - Nothing major; the wait for 12 continues
              • Dev Home Preview 0.4 JUST released - accessibility and other improvements
              • Windows 365 Switch comes to the Windows Insider Dev and Beta channels
              • Here comes Edge for Business

                • Microsoft 365

              • Microsoft is releasing a new default theme for Office

                • Mobile + AI

              • Google Photos gets a new AI-powered Memories view
              • Opera brings Aria AI to its iOS browser
              • Google brings more features to its generative AI search service
              • Amazon adds more AI-generated review summaries on mobile
              • Google to add Audio Magic Eraser feature with Pixel 8 series
              • Apple to finally pay its victims for Batterygate

                • Xbox

              • Overview of Microsoft's new system to suspend toxic players on Xbox via strikes
              • Now Netflix is testing a cloud gaming solution

                • Tips & Picks

              • Tip of the week: Dealing with subscription fatigue
              • App pick of the week: Quake II Remaster
              • RunAs Radio this week: PowerShellGet in 2023 with Sydney Smith
              • Brown liquor pick of the week: EH Taylor Small Batch

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

                Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly

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                  • 2 hr 16 min
                • WW 841: You've Been Tennified - Windows 365 Switch public preview, Project IDX, digital decluttering

                  Windows 365 Switch public preview, Project IDX, digital decluttering

                  Windows 11

                • Patch Tuesday arrives - nothing to see here, first PT this year with no new Windows 11 22H2 features
                • New Canary build today: Two features from Dev, one new feature, plus a few minor fixes
                • Windows 365 Switch is now available in public preview

                  • More Earnings Learnings

                • Amazon revenues up 11 percent, but we have lots of AWS info
                • Apple revenues flat as smartphone market slide continues - but services

                  • Microsoft 365, AI, etc

                • Bing Chat comes to (some) third-party mobile browsers
                • Slack is getting a major UI refresh

                  • Dev

                • Microsoft issues final .NET 8 preview, RC next
                • Google uses VS Code to make its new AI-based code editor in the browser
                • GitHub Copilot adds a beta code referencing tool

                  • Xbox

                • New Zealand OK's Activision Blizzard acquisition
                • Microsoft, er, Activision announces Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III
                • Sony revenues soared 33 percent in the previous quarter, with PlayStation 5 unit sales up 38 percent to 3.3 million
                • PS5 Cloud Streaming goes live for some (requires PS Plus)

                  • Tips and Picks

                • Tip of the week: One strategy for digital decluttering
                • Tip of the week #2: Back-to-school sale at the Microsoft Store
                • Tip of the week #3: Subscribe to Thurrott Premium, Windows Intelligence newsletter, and Club TWiT
                • Podcast pick of the week: Azure Innovations with Mark Russinovich
                • Brown liquor pick of the week: Port Askaig 100 Proof

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

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                    • 2 hr 37 min

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