Week D - If a preview update falls in the woods and no one downloads it, did it really happen? Plus, what is going on with AI for free? Isn't this stuff expensive?
23H2/24H2: Taskbar share, Spotlight updates, Windows Backup snooze in File Explorer, etc.Dev and Beta - Semantic search adds OneDrive photo search to Search (was in File Explorer previously), plus the Recall reboot no one is explaining. And Trim comes to Snipping Tool (Canary and Dev)Beta (23H2) - Share gets a drag tray and Start All apps gets new Grid and Category viewsLenovo revenues surge 20 percentFramework announces Ryzen AI-based Laptop 13, plus Laptop 12 and DesktopOpera adds Bluesky, Discord, and Slack to the sidebarMicrosoft confuses us with a test of a free, ad-supported core Office suite for WindowsAmazon kills Chime, will use Zoom, Teams, and moreAmazon kills Appstore for AndroidGoogle to drop SMS-based 2FA, move to QR codesPaul continues with his SSO removals, an update on whether this impacts account availabilityFollowing up the previous discussion with an interesting way to use an AI chatbotAlexa enters the AI eraOpenAI now has 400 million weekly active usersMicrosoft cancels some AI datacenter leases, but it's not done spending billions on AIAnthropic releases first reasoning model, with a twistGemini Code Assist is now free for individuals!ThinkDeeper and Voice in Copilot no longer have usage restrictionsOpenAI makes Deep Research available to all paid customersApple delays biggest Siri advances past iOS 18.4 - Math is hard, but AI is even harderSpotify expands into AI-narrated audiobooksNVIDIA partners to bring free ASL training to everyone.NET 10 Preview 1 arrives with the promise of LTS and not much elseXbox Cloud Gaming gets its first update in a while, and it's a big oneMicrosoft delays Fable reboot to 2026Tip of the week: You can view the source code for the oldest machine-readable version of UnixApp pick of the week: Adobe Photoshop for iPhoneRunAs Radio this week: Exchange Server in 2025 with Michel de RooijBrown liquor pick of the week: Glenrothes 15Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
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