Windows Weekly (Audio)

WW 908: Twenty-Six Boxes of Napoli - Microsoft Ignite 2024, Half-Life 2 turns 20, "Agentic"

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It's Microsoft Ignite and we are totally not there

  • One word summary: Agentic
  • A wave two for Copilot, essentially
  • Agents that work on your behalf autonomously
  • The Snapdragon Dev Box was such a success that Microsoft is offering more hardware
  • Copilot+ PCs are getting new AI capabilities. Eventually
  • Copilot Actions brings, um, actions to Microsoft 365

    • Windows 11

    • Microsoft FINALLY releases Windows 11 on Arm ISO - Here's some advice
    • When you think about Windows, we're guessing security and resiliency aren't what comes to mind. So why is Microsoft pushing this so hard at Ignite??
    • Google Drive is now available in Beta for Windows 11 on Arm. Paul's national nightmare is over!
    • Here's what's coming to Windows 11 SOON - a new Release Preview channel build shows that 24H2 was just the start of this coming year's updates
    • Canary: Mostly bug fixes, no clear vision for this channel we can see - new Canary build today with the new Hello experience, new Taskbar thumbnail previews
    • Beta: Jump list sharing and other features no one has ever, ever, ever asked for
    • Microsoft is shutting down Beta channel for Windows 10, just months after it revived it
    • Lenovo revenues surge, PC sales only up slightly but it sees big growth in the coming quarters

      • AI, antitrust, more

      • DOJ reportedly wants Google to sell off Chrome - How does this compare to the previous Microsoft breakup attempt?
      • Some thoughts about Uno Platform Studio and a re-do of last week's .NET news now that Richard is back
      • A WPF on .NET 9 update

        • Xbox

        • Phil Spencer speaks: Portable Xbox hardware, mobile store, more
        • Microsoft's new Xbox ad triggers PTSD or celebration, depending on your views
        • You can now play (50) games you own on Xbox Cloud Gaming!
        • It's been a while, but this is a killer month for Game Pass
        • Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is now available
        • Avowed is an Xbox console exclusive and it's coming in February
        • Warcraft 1 and 2 Remasters arrive alongside Warcraft 3: Reforged 2.0 - celebrating the 20th anniversary
        • Valve celebrates the 20th anniversary of Half-Life 2!
        • The OG Unreal and Unreal Tournament are now free, and they run on modern PCs too
        • Sony PlayStation Portal can now stream some PS Plus games

          • Tips and Picks

          • Tip of the week: Get 1 TB of additional Xbox storage for just $99
          • App pick of the week: ChatGPT for Windows and Mac
          • RunAs Radio this week: Testing Databases with Dan Mallott
          • Brown liquor pick of the week: Haavaldsen Sledgehammer 2024

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

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