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WW 931: The Eaglet Has Landed - New Surface Copilot+ PCs, Xbox raises prices

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Microsoft announces big changes to Windows 11: New Start menu, Phone Companion on Start, AI actions in File Explorer, Notepad and other updates. Plus, new Copilot+ PC features: Click to Do actions, AI agent in Search for some reason, new Photos, Paint, and Snipping Tool features, and more.

Windows 11

  • Microsoft announces new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop models after teasing the announcement last week
  • Recall improvements, Taskbar improvements, HDR improvements, more come to Beta and Dev
  • Windows 11 Enterprise 24H2 to start on hotpatching, same schedule as Windows Server 2025
  • A moment of silence for Skype, we didn't know what we had until you ensh*ttified and then killed it
  • Google is secretly working on two major changes for Android 16+ - We need something like this for 25H2

    • Antitrust

    • Apple is slapped down hard by Judge in Epic v. Apple
    • Spotify, Amazon, Proton and many other change apps to avoid Apple Tax
    • The walls are finally tumbling down for Big Tech
    • US v. Google (ads) has a remedy hearing set for September, that should go well

      • AI

      • Open AI: just kidding about that for-profit thing. Did Microsoft squelch this plan?
      • Google's Little Language Lessons looks like a neat use of AI
      • GitHub Copilot now has over 15 million users

        • Xbox & gaming

        • FTC may have suffered its final defeat in trying to end Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard
        • Xbox/ASUS portable gaming device leaks
        • Good news! Xbox consoles are more expensive now! Wait.
        • New DOOM game and more are coming to Game Pass this month
        • Gears of War Remastered coming to Xbox, PS5, PC, Game Pass in August
        • Minecraft drops VR/MR support
        • GTA VI delayed until 2026
        • Backbone Pro works with phones directly but also tablets, PCs, and more wirelessly

          • Tips and Picks

          • Tip of the week: Go passwordless
          • App pick of the week: Microsoft Authenticator
          • RunAs Radio this week: Building a Career in Cybersecurity with Yuri Diogenes
          • Brown liquor pick of the week: Jura 10

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