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Windows 11 version 24H2 is coming and you're not going to believe what happens next... and then again 6 months later

  • Microsoft reveals Windows 10 Extended Security Updates pricing
  • Paul reinstalled Windows 10 after three years on Windows 11. There's some good and some bad
  • Multiple sources have revealed a staggered release schedule for Windows 11 version 24H2

    • Insider Builds

    • Canary/Dev - Widgets improvements head out to more people
    • Canary/Dev (today) - New build today with minor changes, bug fixes (24H2 RTM-ish?). Canary/Dev switch is ending soon
    • Microsoft is moving Photos app to Windows App SDK (from UWP, presumably). Paul has theories
    • Microsoft will move the Widgets button in Windows 11 if you put the Start button on the left
    • Dropbox comes to the Microsoft Store in Windows 11. It only took 12 years

      • AI

      • Copilot for Microsoft 365 is getting many new features by the end of April
      • Copilot for Microsoft 365 picks up priority ChatGPT-4 Turbo and no more conversation limits
      • You can use ChatGPT without an account now, asterisk, asterisk
      • Amazon concludes its $4 billion investment in Anthropic
      • Opera is bringing local LLMs to Opera One web browser
      • Google: Just kidding, non-Pro Pixel 8 will get Gemini Nano too, and you can suck on the performance issues
      • Is Intel circling the drain?

        • Antitrust

        • The EU is predictably investigating Apple, Google, Meta, and Amazon—for not complying with the DMA.
        • Notably absent from that list? Microsoft. Which is unique among Big Tech in that it is being reasonable with DMA compliance and antitrust in general
        • Microsoft debundles Teams from Office. Too little too late?

          • Microsoft 365

          • Microsoft 365 Basic picks up some new features
          • A random Microsoft engineer found a backdoor lurking in a Linux utility and might have saved the world
          • LinkedIn isn't just getting games, it's getting TikTok-style videos too
          • .NET 7 EOL is coming. Is the .NET support schedule too aggressive?

            • Xbox

            • A MASSIVE LIST OF ACTIVISION GAMES ARE COMING TO GAME PASS! Just kidding, you're getting Shadow of the Tomb Raider, jerks
            • Xbox is getting an AI-powered support agent. Huh. Kind of like a personal assistant then. If only they had a name for this thing
            • Phil Spencer says he's open to rival games stores on Xbox
            • Take-Two is buying (most of) Gearbox for $460 million. A Grand Theft Auto and Duke Nukem cross-over is inevitable
            • Rumored white Xbox Series X emerges. White and discless? YOU'RE white and discless!

              • Tips & Picks

              • Tip of the week: You can still access legacy File Explorers in Windows 11
              • App pick of the week: Two for two
              • RunAs Radio this week: Microsoft Copilot for Security with George Coldham
              • Brown liquor pick of the week: Clonakilty Irish Whiskey

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

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