Windows Weekly (Audio)

WW 816: I Have Been a Good Bing - Skype's annual revenue drop, Github layoffs, Viva Engage

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The AI morning after

  • A week after the irrational exuberance, reality sets in. It's still Bing. And it's still competing against Google
  • Microsoft shares an update on Bing AI rollout
  • Google employees were not amused at botched Bard announcement
  • Microsoft to add AI to Office in March
  • Everyone is doing AI now. Including Opera and Notion

    • Windows 11

    • New Windows 11 Dev build adds more live captions
    • IE was disabled in Windows 11 on Patch Tuesday. It's dead, Jim
    • 2FA is coming to Windows 11. It's all in the toast

      • Microsoft 365

      • Looks like Skype revenue has plummeted over the past decade
      • And full of "meet your new girlfriend" messages if you don't lock down from defaults
      • Microsoft finally retired the Yammer brand. And you're never going to believe what happened next

        • Corporate

        • GitHub lays off 10 percent of staff, going fully remote
        • More jobs cuts announced in Surface, HoloLens, Xbox

          • Xbox

          • Just kidding: Activision to release a major Call of Duty title this year
          • Xbox February update is now available with Google Home app integration

            • Tips & Picks

            • Tip of the week: Get started with the new Bing AI. Bing AI apparently has some "creator prompts" that will jumpstart certain types of tasks:

              • -Letter (Write a letter)

              -Code (Write code)
              -Movie (Write a script)
              -Story (Write a story)
              -Poem (Write a poem)
              -Summary (Write a summary)
              -Tweet (Write a tweet)
              -Blog post (Write a blog post)
              -Quiz (Write a quiz)
              -Joke (Write a joke)

              • App pick of the week: DALL-E
              • This Week on RunAs: Strengthening Security with Jess Dodson
              • Brown liquor pick of the week: Kvint Divin

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

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