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WW 815: It's Your Foot! - AI riskiness, Zoom layoffs, HBO's The Last of Us, Skype on Apple Silicon

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  • OpenAI announces ChatGPT Plus
  • Google responds to ChatGPT with Bard
  • Microsoft announces AI-powered Bing and Edge.
  • Google hosted its own AI event and it announced multi-search, Maps improvements, and Translate improvements, and discussed how AI can make life better
  • Semi-related: Paul was let into the Notion AI beta

    • Windows

    • Paul has some thoughts about Windows 12 and what an AI-based Windows could look like
    • Ads are coming to the Microsoft Store. FINALLY
    • New Insider build for the Beta channel. No new features, but a new policy that lets IT admins customize how Search looks on the Windows 11 Taskbar
    • Microsoft is integrating Adobe Acrobat PDF with Microsoft Edge, but only on Windows 10 and 11 for now

      • Microsoft 365

      • Native Apple Silicon version of Skype is 3X faster. What took so long?

        • Hardware

        • Microsoft says it's still committed to HoloLens 2 and MR, tries not to laugh
        • Samsung is working on XR hardware with Qualcomm and Google.

          • Dev

          • Microsoft updates its .NET language strategy. Nothing has changed, other than they way they document their .NET language strategy

            • More Big Tech Earnings

            • Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Meta earnings
            • Zoom just showed us the way to handle layoffs

              • Xbox

              • Sony is fighting Microsoft subpoena in AB case. It's fighting the FTC subpoena, too
              • UK CMA says AB deal is "anti-competitive" but would accept some concessions
              • New Game Pass titles announced for the middle of February
              • Sony says the PS5 is immune to the downturn
              • Nintendo says Switch is not immune to the downturn, but it's still dominating

                • Tips & Picks

                • Tip of the week: Protect your privacy in Windows 11
                • App pick of the week: Microsoft Edge Dev
                • Brown Liquor of the week: Mackmyra

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