Windows Weekly (Audio)

WW 816: I Have Been a Good Bing - Skype's annual revenue drop, Github layoffs, Viva Engage

Listen Later

The AI morning after

  • A week after the irrational exuberance, reality sets in. It's still Bing. And it's still competing against Google
  • Microsoft shares an update on Bing AI rollout
  • Google employees were not amused at botched Bard announcement
  • Microsoft to add AI to Office in March
  • Everyone is doing AI now. Including Opera and Notion

    • Windows 11

    • New Windows 11 Dev build adds more live captions
    • IE was disabled in Windows 11 on Patch Tuesday. It's dead, Jim
    • 2FA is coming to Windows 11. It's all in the toast

      • Microsoft 365

      • Looks like Skype revenue has plummeted over the past decade
      • And full of "meet your new girlfriend" messages if you don't lock down from defaults
      • Microsoft finally retired the Yammer brand. And you're never going to believe what happened next

        • Corporate

        • GitHub lays off 10 percent of staff, going fully remote
        • More jobs cuts announced in Surface, HoloLens, Xbox

          • Xbox

          • Just kidding: Activision to release a major Call of Duty title this year
          • Xbox February update is now available with Google Home app integration

            • Tips & Picks

            • Tip of the week: Get started with the new Bing AI. Bing AI apparently has some "creator prompts" that will jumpstart certain types of tasks:

              • -Letter (Write a letter)

              -Code (Write code)
              -Movie (Write a script)
              -Story (Write a story)
              -Poem (Write a poem)
              -Summary (Write a summary)
              -Tweet (Write a tweet)
              -Blog post (Write a blog post)
              -Quiz (Write a quiz)
              -Joke (Write a joke)

              • App pick of the week: DALL-E
              • This Week on RunAs: Strengthening Security with Jess Dodson
              • Brown liquor pick of the week: Kvint Divin

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

                Download or subscribe to this show 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.

                Sponsor:

                • cachefly.com

                  • ...more
                  View all episodesView all episodes
                  Download on the App Store
                  Windows Weekly (Audio)By TWiT
                  • 4.3
                  • 4.3
                  • 4.3
                  • 4.3
                  • 4.3

                  4.3

                  860 ratings

                  More shows like Windows Weekly (Audio)

                  View all
                  This Week in Tech (Audio) by TWiT

                  This Week in Tech (Audio)

                  3,002 Listeners

                  Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting by Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson

                  Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

                  825 Listeners

                  Hands-On Tech (Audio) by TWiT

                  Hands-On Tech (Audio)

                  1,965 Listeners

                  Security Now (Audio) by TWiT

                  Security Now (Audio)

                  1,960 Listeners

                  MacBreak Weekly (Audio) by TWiT

                  MacBreak Weekly (Audio)

                  2,012 Listeners

                  Intelligent Machines (Audio) by TWiT

                  Intelligent Machines (Audio)

                  680 Listeners

                  Tech News Weekly (Audio) by TWiT

                  Tech News Weekly (Audio)

                  1,064 Listeners

                  iOS Today (Audio) by TWiT

                  iOS Today (Audio)

                  547 Listeners

                  This Week in Tech (Video) by TWiT

                  This Week in Tech (Video)

                  255 Listeners

                  MacBreak Weekly (Video) by TWiT

                  MacBreak Weekly (Video)

                  331 Listeners

                  Macworld Podcast by Foundry

                  Macworld Podcast

                  304 Listeners

                  9to5Mac Happy Hour by 9to5Mac

                  9to5Mac Happy Hour

                  716 Listeners

                  Daily Tech News Show by Tom Merritt

                  Daily Tech News Show

                  1,381 Listeners

                  Upgrade by Relay

                  Upgrade

                  1,192 Listeners

                  AppleInsider Podcast by AppleInsider

                  AppleInsider Podcast

                  957 Listeners