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WW 811: The Angle of the Dangle - Fungible, rounded corners, Xbox Oreos, the AI wave

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Fungible, rounded corners, Xbox Oreos, the AI wave

  • Microsoft invested $1 billion in OpenAI in 2019
  • Surface Pro X, also from 2019, featured the first-ever NPU in a Surface product
  • Eye contact announced in 2020 - requires NPU
  • Windows Studio Effects announced at hybrid work event in April 2021 - adds Voice clarity, Voice focus, Automatic framing, Portrait blur, and Background blur to Eye contact
  • Windows Dev Kit 2023 (Volterra) arrives in late 2022 with NPU
  • Did Microsoft just soft announce Windows 12? Panos Panay awkwardly joins Lisa Su at AMD announcement at CES. Still, this is potentially huge
  • Let's not forget VALL-E
  • Now, Microsoft is reportedly seeking to expand its OpenAI partnership with $10 billion investment, could lead to 49 percent ownership stake

    • Windows 7 + Windows 8.1 are on a farm chasing rabbits

    • Microsoft issues the final Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 7 and 8.1. They're dead, Jim. And ... oddly, Microsoft added Secure Boot to Windows 7 at the last second
    • Windows 7 was beloved, Windows 8 was reviled, both were horribly misunderstood

      • More Windows

      • First Windows Insider builds of 2023 reveal more UI tinkering
      • Android 13 comes to WSA in the Insider Program
      • Preliminary results (from IDC) confirm what we knew about the PC industry in 2022

        • Surface + devices

        • After claiming that Surface Duo remained important, rumors of major Surface Duo developments, um, surface - Microsoft to move to folding display design, could add standalone phone
        • And let's not forget this little patent from 2017!
        • Microsoft launches shared device mode for frontline workers

          • Microsoft

          • Microsoft announces Microsoft 365 Basic - what used to be called OneDrive 100 GB Standalone plan
          • Microsoft acquires Fungible for $190 million (estimated)
          • There's a Microsoft education event coming in February

            • Tips and picks

            • Tip of the week: Install Windows Subsystem for Android correctly
            • App pick of the week: BitWarden
            • Enterprise pick of the week: Local Administrator Password Solution V2
            • Bourbon pick of the week: Angel's Envy

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

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