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WW 990: Don't Be Nostalgic for Stupid - The Doom & Gloom Watch

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Windows 10's Extended Security Update program quietly gets extended for another year for consumers. Microsoft reportedly kills Surface Go products & is now selling 8 GB Surface Pro & Laptop models. And Xbox Series X & S prices are going to go up again.

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  • Microsoft quietly extends the Windows 10 Extended Security Update program one year to October 2027 for consumers

    • Windows Insider

    • Windows Update is transitioning to the new Windows Insider experience by default
    • Plus, five new builds across Beta, Experimental, Beta (26H1), Experimental (26H1), and Experimental (Future Platforms) — new Taskbar size setting is the much-needed new feature

      • Hardware

      • Apple raises prices on Macs, iPads, and more, easing pressure on PC makers
      • Microsoft quietly begins selling 8 GB Surface Pro/Laptop models
      • Microsoft reportedly kills Surface Go products right when we need them the most
      • The ASUS Zenbook A16 is nearly perfect, but it's unclear what you get with an X2 Elite Extreme chip

        • AI

        • HP partners with OpenAI for its agentic makeover
        • Anthropic seizes on the "good enough" AI movement with Sonnet 5
        • Proton Lumo 2.0 is here
        • Gemini personalized image creator is available for free in the US
        • Notion blames agentic AI for it killing Notion Mail

          • Xbox and Gaming

          The 2026 Doom and Gloom Watch

          • Xbox Series X|S prices to go up again, by $150, on August 1 - and the 2 TB X is going away
          • Undead Labs and Arkane Lyon possible victims of pending closures
          • Latest rumor: Microsoft to layoff 2.5 percent of workforce next week - that's 5,500 people, less than expected, but that's because of the earlier voluntary buyouts, which apparently met internal expectations
          • Minecraft Bedrock edition gets closed captions
          • Sony will stop selling PS physical media in 2028

            • Tips and Picks

            • Tip of the week: Help or get out of the way
            • People who just complain aren't solving problems, they're just making noise and distracting us from the real problems.

              • App Pick of the Week: Snapdragon Control Panel

              • If you have a Windows 11 on Arm PC on Snapdragon X or X2, you need this app to make games run as well as possible.
              • Plus - Settings > System > Display > Graphics for Auto SR and other settings and whatever is in each game

                • RunAs Radio this week: AI-Accelerated Supply Chain Attacks with Mackenzie Duncan

                Brown liquor pick of the week: Rupert's Exceptional Canadian Whisky

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