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WW 910: Intel Outside - Pat Gelsinger's exit, FTC investigation, Dia browser

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BLOCKBUSTER NEWS FROM INTEL

  • Intel announces Arc B-series GPUs!!!
  • CEO Pat Gelsinger "retires," but was really forced out by the board of directors
  • Why? Theories include too-slow progress, major partner bailing on foundry, disagreements over keeping x86 design and foundry, etc.

    • Windows

    • All Quiet on the Windows Front
    • No Insider builds last week. Thanks Thanksgiving! Today, a new Canary build with Win32 app updating in the Store
    • Patch Tuesday is next week - this will be a big one
    • The rest of December will be quiet too
    • Microsoft: TPM 2.0 is "non-negotiable" in Windows
    • And now, a long-threatened change: Watermark on the desktop of unsupported PCs
    • PC sales slid 1.5 percent in Q3 after two quarters of "growth"/flat sales
    • Samsung is killing DeX
    • Phone Link is the new Dex. Interesting, given the partnership with Microsoft
    • Plus, Google is FINALLY adding desktop capabilities to Android. This should have always come from the platform maker

      • AI, Cloud

      • FTC is investigating Microsoft for cloud licensing too - And about 16 other things apparently
      • Microsoft: SHE HIT ME FIRST!
      • Spotify Wrapped 2024 uses Notebook LM to create a personalized podcast for each customer
      • OpenAI is solving the biggest problem with AI... its lack of advertising!
      • The Browser Company's next browser is called Dia and it's all about AI. Does it have a chance?

        • Xbox

        • Xbox Year in Review is live
        • Indiana Jones and more is coming to Game Pass in the first half of December
        • Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is getting big reliability updates. Hopefully, Boeing is helping out here
        • For some reason, Sony announces that it sold 160 million PlayStation 2 consoles

          • Tips and Picks

          • Tip of the week: Get out of the basement
          • App pick of the week: Google Drive
          • RunAs Radio this week: A SysAdmin Christmas with Rick Claus and Joey Snow
          • Brown liquor pick of the week: Dewar's 8 Year Old Caribbean Smooth Rum Cask Finish

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