Windows Weekly (Audio)

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

Listen Later

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

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

            Download or subscribe to Windows Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly

            Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

            Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com

            The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.

            Sponsors:

            • 1password.com/windowsweekly
            • Melissa.com/twit
            • veeam.com
            • uscloud.com

              • ...more
              View all episodesView all episodes
              Download on the App Store
              Windows Weekly (Audio)By TWiT
              • 5
              • 5
              • 5
              • 5
              • 5

              5

              1 ratings

              More shows like Windows Weekly (Audio)

              View all
              This Week in Tech (Audio) by TWiT

              This Week in Tech (Audio)

              2,975 Listeners

              Security Now (Audio) by TWiT

              Security Now (Audio)

              1,952 Listeners

              RunAs Radio by Richard Campbell

              RunAs Radio

              82 Listeners

              No Agenda Show by Adam Curry & John C. Dvorak

              No Agenda Show

              5,967 Listeners

              Tech News Weekly (Audio) by TWiT

              Tech News Weekly (Audio)

              1,061 Listeners

              Security Now (Audio) by TWiT

              Security Now (Audio)

              2 Listeners

              MacBreak Weekly (Audio) by TWiT

              MacBreak Weekly (Audio)

              8 Listeners

              The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart by Comedy Central

              The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

              9,759 Listeners