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Windows Weekly is about more than Windows. Veteran Microsoft insiders Paul Thurrott and Richard Campbell join Leo for a deep dive into the most valuable company in the world. From consumer to enterprise, AI to Xbox, Windows Weekly is the only Microsoft podcast you'll ever need.
Records live every Wednesday at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 19:00 UTC.
Records live every Wednesday at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 19:00 UTC.
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Real-time translation, AI steak video, The Great Circle
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
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Recall impressions, Copilot Vision preview, x86's future
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
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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
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Spreading light, MSFS 2024 issues, Recall (Preview)
Windows
Recall and Click to Do arrive in Preview and the world doesn't implode. Sorry, haters
Snapdragon X Copilot+ PCs only - and dear God, please follow Paul's advice
Look at how facile the complaints are now
This week in 24H2, unreliability problems. Certain Ubisoft games are causing issues
Beta: New taskbar-based continuity features
Microsoft is getting rid of ONE OneDrive folder backup nag. The beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning?
HP and Dell earnings
The PC refresh cycle keeps getting delayed, now to second half of 2025
Google will reportedly merge Chrome OS into Android. Complexity won. Is this a good idea?
Microsoft 365
Big outage kept customers off Microsoft 365 for better part of a day this week
AI, antitrust, corporate
Microsoft debunks reports that it is using customer data in Microsoft 365 to train AI
This kind of thing keeps happening. There were reports a month ago about Microsoft secretly enabling Recall on PCs that was complete BS
Amazon expands Anthropic investment to $8 billion, or 73 percent of MSFT/OpenAI
Brave Search adds a chat mode to ask follow-ups to AI results
DOJ, Google make final arguments in Google ad monopoly case in US
Google testing changes to search to meet DMA needs
Intel secures $7.6 billion in CHIPS funding. Qualcomm is apparently no longer interested
Xbox
Flight Simulator 2024 is a cluster$%^@ so Xbox is issuing fixes
Microsoft is adding a mini Edge browser to Game Bar
Xbox gamers can make private Discord calls now
Microsoft is shutting down Xbox Avatar Editor because no one uses it
Like Microsoft, PlayStation is looking at mobile gaming hardware again, still years away
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: We live in a new era of misinformation
App pick of the week: Opera GX is almost all-new, Firefox goes to 133
RunAs Radio this week: Incident Response with Mandi Walls
Brown liquor pick of the week: Kavalan Solist Vinho Barrique
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
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It's Microsoft Ignite and we are totally not there
One word summary: Agentic
A wave two for Copilot, essentially
Agents that work on your behalf autonomously
The Snapdragon Dev Box was such a success that Microsoft is offering more hardware
Copilot+ PCs are getting new AI capabilities. Eventually
Copilot Actions brings, um, actions to Microsoft 365
Windows 11
Microsoft FINALLY releases Windows 11 on Arm ISO - Here's some advice
When you think about Windows, we're guessing security and resiliency aren't what comes to mind. So why is Microsoft pushing this so hard at Ignite??
Google Drive is now available in Beta for Windows 11 on Arm. Paul's national nightmare is over!
Here's what's coming to Windows 11 SOON - a new Release Preview channel build shows that 24H2 was just the start of this coming year's updates
Canary: Mostly bug fixes, no clear vision for this channel we can see - new Canary build today with the new Hello experience, new Taskbar thumbnail previews
Beta: Jump list sharing and other features no one has ever, ever, ever asked for
Microsoft is shutting down Beta channel for Windows 10, just months after it revived it
Lenovo revenues surge, PC sales only up slightly but it sees big growth in the coming quarters
AI, antitrust, more
DOJ reportedly wants Google to sell off Chrome - How does this compare to the previous Microsoft breakup attempt?
Some thoughts about Uno Platform Studio and a re-do of last week's .NET news now that Richard is back
A WPF on .NET 9 update
Xbox
Phil Spencer speaks: Portable Xbox hardware, mobile store, more
Microsoft's new Xbox ad triggers PTSD or celebration, depending on your views
You can now play (50) games you own on Xbox Cloud Gaming!
It's been a while, but this is a killer month for Game Pass
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is now available
Avowed is an Xbox console exclusive and it's coming in February
Warcraft 1 and 2 Remasters arrive alongside Warcraft 3: Reforged 2.0 - celebrating the 20th anniversary
Valve celebrates the 20th anniversary of Half-Life 2!
The OG Unreal and Unreal Tournament are now free, and they run on modern PCs too
Sony PlayStation Portal can now stream some PS Plus games
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Get 1 TB of additional Xbox storage for just $99
App pick of the week: ChatGPT for Windows and Mac
RunAs Radio this week: Testing Databases with Dan Mallott
Brown liquor pick of the week: Haavaldsen Sledgehammer 2024
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
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Edge's data trick, Outlook's AI Themes, .NET 9, and more!
Windows 11
The 24H2 quality issues continue, like a parade with no end.
Patch Tuesday arrives
Windows team says no Preview update in December... but what about November?
Reminder of the Canary build last week with Prism emulator improvements. WHERE ARE THE ARM ISOs???
Most recent episode of Run as Radio is worth discussing again here
Dev and Beta: Nice new "run as admin" shortcut in Dev, minor changes in Beta
Canary: Mostly bug fixes
Microsoft Edge is using a new trick to steal Chrome data
It's dead, Jim: Microsoft reminds world that Outlook will replace Mail, Calendar, People
If you pay for Copilot (dummy) you can make custom Outlook themes now for some reason
Quick laptop update: AMD Zen 5 vs. Intel Lunar Lake vs. Snapdragon X
Still more earnings
Arm: $844 million, but disappointing. Also, Qualcomm legal battle looms
Qualcomm: $10.24 billion in revenues, up 19 percent
AMD to lay off 4 percent of (26,000 employee) workforce globally, focus on AI
Dev
Microsoft releases .NET 9
That means WPF support for Windows 11 theming is live
But there's a surprise: Microsoft added one of the features we need
.NET Conf is happening as we speak - Thursday is third-party day, and I am curious about Avalon and Uno announcements
Qualcomm has a webinar tomorrow for AI developers and Snapdragon X
Xbox
Surprise! Death Stranding comes to Xbox three years later to the day
Phil Spencer talks PS5, mobile devices, more in a new interview
MAJOR NEW ACTIVISION RELEASE ON GAME PASS
Just kidding, it's some stupid purple dragon
Friend requests now available (again) to all Xbox users
Paying GeForce Now customers get monthly usage caps
NVIDIA app replaces GeForce Experience, no need to sign in anymore
Sony has sold 65 million PS5 consoles ... it needs 20+ million more to surpass PS3
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Quick Windows 11 Field Guide update
App pick of the week: Stardock DesktopGPT
App pick of the week #2: Quick Share
Cocktail of the week: Salmoncito
Ingredients
1 oz. tonic water, plus more for topping
1½ oz. London dry gin
¼ oz. Campari
¼ oz. fresh grapefruit juice
Grapefruit twist and grapefruit supreme (for serving)
Preparation
Fill a highball glass with ice. Add 1 oz. tonic water, then pour in 1½ oz. London dry gin, ¼ oz. Campari, and ¼ oz. fresh grapefruit juice. Top off with more tonic water and stir gently with a bar spoon. Express oil of a grapefruit twist over cocktail and discard. Garnish with a grapefruit supreme.
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott
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On Halloween, the last day of October, Microsoft delayed Recall again. It was supposed to preview in October, this is the third delay. No clear reason why. December now, supposedly. Plus, Paul gives an earnings recap that he didn't get to dive into much last week.
Windows
New 24H2 bug
More features coming to Prism emulator in Windows 11 on Arm (!)
New generative AI features are coming to Paint, Photos, and Notepad
Beta channel: Here's the new Windows Hello experience, with explicit references to passkeys
Proton VPN is native on Windows 11 on Arm
Windows Server 2025 is GA (and some are being mistakenly force-upgraded. This is what you get when you share a codebase with Windows 11, apparently)
Google shifts Android development cycle - Major update each Q2, minor update each Q4, monthly feature/quality updates
A Tale of 2 Chips
Paul reviewed the AMD Zen 5-based HP OmniBook Ultra, it's awesome. Paul is also reviewing an Intel Lunar Lake laptop, and it is not awesome
Early glee around Lunar Lake was misplaced
Laptop reviewers all report what Paul is seeing (for once), that the performance is horrific. You need to switch to "Best performance" power management mode for reasonable performance, but this hasn't solved all the issues
COD: Black Ops 6. Average FPS under Zen 5 is 90 to 120 at native resolution/medium graphics, single and multi-player. Lunar Lake? 40 FPS with all graphics settings on low/very low
Intel now says Lunar Lake is a one-off too (Meteor Lake was likewise a one-off, architecturally). It will no longer package RAM with processors because of margins. Lunar Lake rushed to market and was key contributor to recent financial issues
More Earnings Learnings
Amazon: $159 billion in revenues, $27.5 billion for AW
Apple: $95 billion in revenues, a small uptick in iPhone revenues
Microsoft 365/AI
Some curious/confusing moves with Microsoft 365 for consumers: subscribers in Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand are getting Copilot Pro credits with base subscription (Word, Excel, etc.), Designer, ... and the long-overdue and dreaded price increase
This must be a test for the U.S. and western Europe. Feels inevitable
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Search. This is not the Google Search replacement you're looking for
Xbox
It's November, so here's the incredible list of Activision Blizzard games now coming to Game Pass! Just kidding, but we are getting Flight Sim 2024
Microsoft introduced an AI-powered support virtual agent to Xbox because something something AI
Switch sales drop off a cliff, Nintendo will announce backward-compatible successor before the end of March
Sony launches the PS5 Pro to meh
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Windows 11 minus the MSA
App pick of the week: Docs in Proton Drive
RunAs Radio this week: Software-Defined Networking using Azure Firewall with Aidan Finn
Brown liquor MOVIE pick of the week: Whisky Galore
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Enjoy Leo's many hats in this fun and silly edition of Windows Weekly. Happy Halloween!
Windows 11
Yes, Windows 11 version 24H2 got its preview update for October too, a few days late as expected
24H2 was a surprisingly big platform shift - no enablement updates - faster updates going forward
Dev and Beta get new builds, minor changes in each
Microsoft 365/AI/dev
Teams is... getting weird
Microsoft 365 apps get Handoff support on Apple devices
Notion Mail - a light alternatives to Google Workspace and M365?
GitHub Copilot goes multi-LLM
Apple Intelligence wave one arrives, mostly to indifference. Wave two in December. EU is getting it in the Spring
New Macs this week with M4. But the big news? 16 GB of RAM, minimum. Finally.
The Browser Company can't realize its vision for the future with Arc
Earnings/Corporate
Microsoft and Google duke it out over Cloud licensing - This one is getting ugly
Google - $88.3 billion in revenues
AMD - OK, but dominated by Intel on PCs and NVIDIA in AI/datacenter
Xbox
More games, more people, more devices, Microsoft says
Less emphasis on console but what might a next-gen console look like? Arm? Mobile? Third-party hardware makers?
Cloud Gaming is limited to the most expensive Game Pass tier - that has to change, and what about a standalone tier?
Mobile app stores are coming - but what about native mobile games?
Call of Duty Black Ops 6 lands on PC Game Pass, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, and Cloud Gaming - Paul puts aside his grudge and gives it a shot
Microsoft previews new Home experience for Xbox app on Windows
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: It might be time to look at the Raspberry Pi again
App pick of the week: My God, it's full of web browsers
RunAs Radio this week: Updating Windows on ARM with Aria Hanson
Brown liquor pick of the week: Laird of the Fintry Black Label Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky
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In case you missed it
You didn't. But Qualcomm canceled that Snapdragon Dev Box, will refund customers
Qualcomm picked the wrong company for this
Also, there are plenty of Copilot+ PCs and does it make more sense to develop against the type of PC your customers will use?
Windows 11
23H2 gets a preview update, as expected
Copilot key customization, Gamepad for virtual keyboard, notification suggestions, etc.
Qualcomm and Microsoft solve Paul's only hardware issue with Arm, more
Qualcomm brings Oryon cores to the phone, comes out firing against Intel, and is sued by Arm
Dev channel: That Gamepad virtual kb thing
Canary: That Copilot key customization thing
Photos app gets Super Resolution feature - Microsoft says in preview, but Paul sees it in stable
Microsoft Store is getting "immersive trailers" because ADHD
Microsoft 365, AI, more
Report details mounting tensions between Microsoft and OpenAI. Worst partnership ever?
Several months after releasing Mac and iPhone ChatGPT apps, OpenAI delivers a comicly-named "early version" of it for Windows. Thanks guys, don't hurt yourselves.
Microsoft announces first AI agents for commercial space, DIY in AI Studio
AI in phases? Copilot is phase one, this thing that works beside you (app, essentially)
Agents is phase two, this thing that works on your behalf away from you (service, essentially)
Copilot comes to OneNote for Mac, iPad in beta
Two years behind in AI, Apple has figured out the right quips and marketing messages
As expected, Google gets a stay of execution (pardon the pun) in Epic case (also, pardon the pun)
WTF is happening with smartphones? Did Apple and Google look at the 2024 Windows 11 Mess and say, we want us some of that?
Apple Intelligence to roll out over at least four major iOS 18 updates and then forever
Google rushes Android 15 dev to meet new August deadline for Pixel 9 series, whiffs it, and then delivers it 2 months late ... But at least it's jam-packed with AI
Xbox
Age of Empires goes mobile
In the wake of Xbox/Halo adopting Unreal Engine, Unity ships Unity 6 Engine
Netflix shuts down AAA game studio - I could've saved you guys a lot of money
New Xbox Wireless Headset more battery, better Bluetooth, new voice isolation
Tips & Picks
Tip of the week: Scott and Mark, sitting in a tree...
App pick of the week: Affinity Photos 2.6 Beta
RunAs Radio this week: Securing Data using Azure Virtual Desktop with Jim Duffy
Brown liquor pick of the week: Glenmorangie Nectar D'Or
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On this episode, Leo Laporte shows off his new Snapdragon Dev Kit to Paul Thurrott and Richard Campbell. He also tries setting it up, and the process is TOTALLY "seamless." AMD has revealed the Ryzen AI PRO 300 Series alongside Intel's launch of the Core Ultra 200S desktop processors. The FIDO Alliance has published new credential exchange specifications. Sarah Bond announces that Xbox games will be purchasable on Android. And Paul unveils his new "get rich" scheme... as he looks for some feedback.
x86's Last Stand?
Intel and AMD announce partnership that is clearly aimed at taking on Arm.
Intel was already working on simplifying the x86 architecture by removing older, unused bits
Don't worry, Intel and AMD will still compete. And AMD just released new AI processors, with Intel also announcing first Core Ultra chips for Desktop
Which raises a question: Why do the desktop chips not meet the Copilot+ PC spec?
Windows
Redmond, we have a quality problem: 24H2 is besieged by a curious number of issues despite several months of gestation and a shared feature set with 23H2.
Dev and Beta: Beta is minor, but Dev has some Taskbar updates
Release Preview: New builds for 23H2 and 24H2 hint at this month's Week D preview updates - since this announcement, some features have been delayed
Microsoft 365/Surfac
Google Workspace is adding a OneDrive (for Business) data migration capability
Is there some new cloud interoperability thing going on? We're seeing this in the consumer space too. Wondering if this is related to regulatory attention
A Lunar Lake Surface Laptop? Probably not
Passkeys Get Real
As expected, FIDO Alliance will standardize passkey portability
Two sides to this: Portability between devices but also import/export between password managers
Amazon has 175 million customers using passkeys - one year after initial unveil
Xbox
With Google antitrust loss, Microsoft vaguely reveals that Xbox games are coming to Android
Long-forgotten ability to stream games you purchased over Cloud Gaming is now coming soon
Microsoft settles BS "Gamers' lawsuit" for what we hope was a pittance
The only gamers with a case to sue Microsoft are Xbox fans - one year this week
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and more are headed to Game Pass if anyone still cares
Microsoft's Xbox Series X|S mid-season replacements are here, and they come with a fun surprise
New Xbox wireless headset is incoming
Microsoft to host Xbox Partner Preview tomorrow, October 17
Steam forced to communicate that you don't own anything you buy
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Check out the Thurrott swag
App pick of the week: Arc browser, now native on Windows 11 on Arm!
RunAs Radio this week: Pen Testing Yourself with Paula Januszkiewicz
Brown liquor pick of the week: Jameson Irish Whiskey
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Join Leo, Paul, and Richard on a potentially Spanish-adjacent episode! Patch Tuesday arrives and Microsoft finally admits that 24H2 is a thing. Plus, a discussion on Satya Nadella recently describing the LLMs behind Copilot and other AIs as a "commodity." In Xbox news, Microsoft finally reveals it's moving Halo to Unreal Engine, and it's renaming the tarnished 343 Industries after laying off much of that studio.
Windows 11
24H2 appears on the Microsoft Support site for the first time
22H2 gets its final cumulative update (same update as 23H2)
24H2 new features: Share local files from search results, Sign out moved to where it belongs, media controls on lock screen, Copilot Plus management in Settings > Account, etc. - 22H2/23H3 mostly the same
Paul is updating the Windows 11 Field Guide for 24H2 this month - the first several chapter updates are live
Dev and Beta: New builds right after 24H2 ships? Why not? And there are some interesting new features in the pipeline
New Canary build today as well
Passkeys are a joke in Windows 11 ... someday, they'll be less of a joke, but today is not that day.
Paul finally has a Lunar Lake laptop in-house. Or in-casa, one could say
Antitrust
Google is ordered to open up Android apps and the Google Play Store- Breathtaking.
DOJ is open to breaking up Google - even better
Web browser makers you've never heard of want the EU to add Microsoft Edge to the DMA list
Microsoft 365/AI/Dev
Microsoft announces major new features for OneDrive
Colored folders, yay, but will it fix the ensh*ttification?
.NET 9 Release Candidate 2 lands on schedule, no new features
RIP, Surface Duo
Xbox
Finally, Microsoft makes a good decision for Halo fans
Flight Sim 2024 will get a technical alpha on PC
Red Dead Redemption is coming to the PC on October 29
Diablo IV to be first Microsoft game enhanced for PS5 Pro
Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Something for videogame fans to watch and read
App pick of the week: Multiplicity 4 (Beta 1 for now)
RunAs Radio this week: OpenAI for PowerShell with Doug Finke
Brown liquor pick of the week: Talisker 45-Year-Old Glacial Edge
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After a flurry of last-second pre-release activity, Microsoft shipped 24H2 a week earlier than expected! Copilot also gets a major update for individuals too, and Copilot+ PCs get more features.
24H2 is here!
Last week's Week D updates did finally go out, first to 22H2/23H2 and then to 24H2
That 22H2/23H2 preview update was apparently a hot mess Now Microsoft has issued a fix
Windows 11 version 24H2 is fully available. Arm64 ISOs are coming soon
The first LTSC version(s) of Windows 11 is now available - Windows 11 Enterprise Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) 24H2 + Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2024)
New Dev and Beta builds, not much new, but new Snipping Tools spreads further
Canary build today
Copilot
Copilot morphs into an AI companion or something
Copilot+ PCs are getting new features, including one with a serious Recall vibe
Microsoft is trying a different tact with the new AI features - explaining why they can be trusted. Can they be trusted?
Microsoft belatedly explains why you can trust Recall
As expected, Microsoft does a song and dance on changes to Recall, but notably never thanks the feedback it got from the security community. Good. But this is still a win-win, if just for opt-in and, now, uninstall
Google pushes Gemini more in ChromeOS
Microsoft 365, More
Microsoft finally kills HoloLens 2
Germany has a plan for regulating all of Microsoft, not just the products that fall under the DMA
Office 2024 is here for individuals too
Intel rejects buyout offer... from Arm?
Xbox
Xbox announces new games at Tokyo Game Show
First Game Pass titles of October reveal a bonanza of Activision titles, is what I wish we could discuss
Starfield expansion arrives on Xbox, PC
J Allard joins Amazon for some reason
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Get the 24H2, refresh your recovery drivers/setup media
App pick of the week: Adobe Photoshop and Premiere Elements 2025 are here
RunAs Radio this week: Data Security and Governance with Nikki Chapple
Brown liquor pick of the week: Russell's Reserve 10
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Windows 11
24H2 is following a now-familiar trajectory to release. Right, it's chaos
Microsoft issues last-second updates to 22H2/23H2 and 24H2 in the Release Preview on Monday. Paul predicted these would turn into our Week D updates later in the week and that we'd get nothing on Tuesday
Dev and Beta channels got some interesting updates recently as well
The Windows App is now available on Windows, Mac, and iOS
HP announces two new flagship AI PCs, one AMD and one Intel. Plus a lower-cost 8-core Snapdragon model. This is officially a trend.
A week after providing details about the September 2024 firmware update for Surface Laptop 7, Microsoft confirmed it shipped the same update to Surface Pro 11. This has had a major negative effect on the device's instant-on capabilities
Microsoft 365, cloud, AI
Microsoft is reviving Three Mile Island and other headlines I never thought I'd write
Google formally complains about alleged Microsoft antitrust abuses in the EU
LinkedIn is training AI with your data. You can turn it off because Microsoft loves opt-out
Microsoft issues a SFI progress report and they are doing GREAT, thank you very much
Gemini comes to Workspace
Apple Intelligence will hoover 4GB of drive space on iPhones to start, more later as more features are added
More!
Qualcomm makes another offer to acquire Intel
Investment firm offers Intel a $5 billion lifeline
Arc just experienced its first major security incident and handled it really well
Raspberry Pi reports its first-ever earnings
Paul has finished updating .NETpad for Windows 11 theming support in .NET 9, will put code up in GitHub after .NET ships in stable
Xbox
A new tell-all about Blizzard, Activision, and Xbox arrives October 8
Game Pass features are coming to Xbox mobile app where they belong
Also, Game Bar Compact mode as part of September Xbox Update
New Indie Selects titles
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is available for preorder and it will look a lot better and take up a lot less disk space
Xbox Ambassador's Program is dead, Jim
Xbox spends $1 billion per year to acquire Game Pass titles
Xbox figured out how to reduce its carbon emissions. You know, besides selling fewer consoles
Sony announces 30th anniversary PS5 collection
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Stop paying so much for everything
App pick of the week: A week of browser-adjacent updates
RunAs Radio this week: Windows Server 2025 and Active Directory with Orin Thomas
Brown liquor pick of the week: Hatozaki Small Batch
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On this episode, Paul Thurrott gets a bit better at unmuting! Mikah is back once again while Leo is away, and Richard features a classic single malt scotch. Wave 2 of Microsoft 365 Copilot kicks off, including an agent builder! Lenovo's got an everything-in-one ThinkBook, HP's got a Ryzen AI 300-based Copilot+ PC, and Netflix has a new series with Bill Gates.
Windows 11
Microsoft comes clean on the schedule for Windows 11 version 24H2
First AMD Zen 5-based Copilot+ PC in here (if here means "Paul's house")
A few thoughts on where we're at with Copilot+ PCs, AI, etc
Microsoft deprecates legacy DRM in Windows
Google is bringing desktop windowing capabilities to Android
Microsoft 365 + AI/Dev
Microsoft announces "Copilot Wave 2" with new Agent Builder, Pages experience, more
Slack: Look at me, look at me! I have agents too!!
Office LTSC 2024 is now available for businesses - consumer versions in "the coming weeks"
Microsoft held its security summit with CrowdStrike, etc. There were no reports of a tarp on the floor
Apple releases annual upgrades for all its hardware platforms and not an iota of AI in sight
This is the end of an era. An era we will think back on as "the good old days"
Microsoft issues .NET 9 RC1 ahead of November release. Clear to Paul that the WPF support in this release will never be updated again, which sucks
Hardware
Intel finally has some good news: Foundry subsidiary spin-off, AWS expanded partnership, more CHIPS money
Intel also has some bad news: It lost out on the PS6 contract to AMD, which made previous gen PS chips
A Windows 11 2-in-1 (like Surface Book) in which the detachable display is a powerful, standalone Android tablet
Xbox
Microsoft lays off 650 more Gaming division employees
Microsoft realizes that some Xbox members do have friends, is bringing back Friends Requests
Microsoft concludes September with three more Game Pass titles
Bonus points: How many of these are Activision Blizzard titles?
Bonus tip: If you play Overwatch 2 on Xbox, there are now some bonus perks for Game Pass members: Six hero skins, 30 Mythic prisms to spend on Mythic unlocks, a stackable XP boost, and access to Overwatch 2 Shop cosmetics from prior seasons
Unity: Just kidding about that runtime fee, please stop harassing us now
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: How to spend your time and your money
App pick of the week: ExplorerPatcher
RunAs Radio this week: Asymmetric Encryption with Eli Holderness
Brown liquor pick of the week: Talisker 10
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Paul is back from Berlin! Mikah Sargent subs in for Leo, while Richard brings a glass of Einar's whisky to the show! They talk about the latest from IFA 2024, including the state of Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm. Later, tune in for intriguing updates about Parallels Desktop, Windows 10's Photos app, and Apple's lineup of (currently) AI-less devices.
IFA Part Deux
More perspective from industry insiders on where Intel, AMD and Qualcomm are at now
Why did Qualcomm launch lower-end Snapdragon X chips now?
Intel bails on 20A manufacturing process to focus on 18A - making lemonade
Intel lands a punch with Lunar Lake. Is it enough for a comeback?
Qualcomm has reportedly been trying to buy Intel's chip design business for months
Lenovo launches new PCs with Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm chips - Photo gallery
Copilot+ PC-class PCs with AMD and Intel chips come with 24H2e
Windows
Patch Tuesday arrives - 22H2/23H2 and 24H2 all get updates - same as last month's preview updates, of course
Microsoft still doesn't list 24H2 in Windows 11 Update History on the Support sit
Parallels Desktop 20 will benefit from Microsoft's Prism emulator too
Microsoft is updating Photos app in Windows 10 too
It's not just macOS Sequoia, ChromeOS is copying Windows's Snap feature too
Apple launches new devices but AI is not ready
Apple launches iPhone 16 series without AI, plus new Apple Watch and AirPods 4 also without AI... and confirms next software updates, also without AI - AI is for later, sometimes much later
This was a lackluster launch by any measure. But AI might make things more interesting in time
Dashlane recommends skipping out on Apple Passwords
Microsoft 365, AI, more
Microsoft opens up Ignite 2024 registration
Windows App set to replace various RDP apps
Xbox
Sony tips PS5 Pro for a November 7 launch at $699
Xbox Game Pass Standard launches
Netflix allegedly saw 210 million game downloads
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Lose the bookmarks, gain a (free) New tab page
Tip of the week #2: Amazon Prime Games has free games too
RunAs Radio this week: Microsoft 365 and PowerShell with Tony Redmond
Brown liquor pick of the week: Einar's Great Skua Single Malt
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In this week's episode, Paul is in Germany in preparation for IFA 2024. Some of the big PC players have made timely hardware announcements, including Intel launching their Core Ultra 200V series processors, Qualcomm revealing an 8-core Snapdragon X Plus chip, and Dell listing a new XPS 13 laptop for preorder. Plus, does the Wall Street Journal have something for Intel? A suspiciously-timed gaming article might suggest so. Tune in for more news on all the related companies, from HP and NVIDIA to Proton and Google!
IFA begins (just kidding)
Microsoft comes clean on Copilot+ PC features on non-Snapdragon X PCs: Next-gen AMD and Intel systems will get Copilot+ PC features in November, but will not be called Copilot+ PCs
Intel formally launches Lunar Lake as Core Ultra processor Series 2
Dell announces Lunar Lake-based XPS 13, pre-order now
Qualcomm launches 8-core Snapdragon X Plus processor
Google Drive is going native on Arm - And ExpressVPN and NordVPN are live on Arm now!
Richard got an email from Arrow Electronics about his Snapdragon Dev Kit (and what happens next will shock you!)
Surface Pro 11, Surface Pro 7 for Business - plus 5G coming to Surface Pro 10 for Business
Is the recent WSJ piece an Intel hit job?
Windows
Windows 11 version 24H2 - Some clarity? Come on!
Everyone announces that you'll be able to remove Recall from Windows 11. You won't
New Canary and Beta builds (last week) - lots of things in both, for a change
Vivaldi is fully optimized for Windows 11 on Arm
HP earnings: Slim growth, thanks to PCs
AI
Copilot Wave 2 event is coming soon. The great rebrandening?
UK CMA OK's Microsoft "acqui-hire" of Inflection. Oh, and it's a merger
ChatGPT now has 200 million active users
Firefox 130 offers third-party AI chatbots
More Apple Intelligence in latest betas
Proton Scribe is available to consumers now too
Antitrust
Microsoft complains to UK CMA about Apple App Store fees, licensing
Plus, Apple keeps getting passive aggressive with those that complain about its business practices
Yelp finally sues Google
Intel is considering breaking itself up to survive - will likely take baby steps first
NVIDIA seems to be OK, but next year will be interesting. Oh wait, the stock just cratered
Xbox
Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Early access is here
More Game Pass titles appear, none from Activision Blizzard
PlayStation 5 Pro design leaks
Sony has its Redfall moment, launches and then kills Concord
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Looking for a cheap gaming laptop?
App pick of the week: Windows App
RunAs Radio this week: Evolving Generative AI with Alison Cossette
Brown liquor pick of the week: Cley Whisky Palo Cortado
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It's Week D. Do you know where your preview updates are?
Windows 11
Windows 11 version 22H2/23H2 get the same update
Windows 11 version 24H2 gets a different update, but at least it's on time
Beta: Media controls on the Lock screen, more
Windows security update borks small number of Linux bootloaders, is perfect example of misplaced and faux outrage
Right-click doesn't work correctly with Windows and a touchpad. It's not you
M$FT
Microsoft took Paul's advice. Instead of just blaming the EU, it's holding a security summit with CrowdStrike and other partners to solve the problems highlighted by the botched update outage. (Which it said it would do back in July.)
Microsoft shuffles the decks below its three primary business units
Microsoft: It's all about transparency!
Paul: Nope
Hardware
Lenovo ThinkPad T14s is the best business-class Snapdragon X Copilot+ PC yet
ThinkPad X12 Detachable Gen 2 is the last gasp of the Surface Pro-alikes
Paul got a Pixel 9 Pro XL - Eerily iPhone Pro-like design, crazy AI features - The combination of hardware and software here is nuts
Pixel 9 series is shipping with Android 14. Google planned to ship Android 14 earlier than ever before this year. Users with Pixel 9 series phones can enroll in Android 15 Beta now. But Android 15 was quietly delayed to October, the normal release time frame
Mark Gurman leaks all the iPhone 16 things
Apple announces launch event
Some navel-gazing about Apple's place in our lives
Magic of Software
Microsoft announces Loop 2.0 on Twitter, no one has it yet
LibreOffice is now native on Windows on Arm!
Google Essentials app will be bundled with some new PCs, starting with HP
Proton Drive for Business now available standalone, and with sale pricing (and more storage)
Brave gets major privacy updates on desktop and mobile
Apple makes further DMA concessions, will let iPhone users change default apps for phone, messaging, more
Threads is testing posts that are as ephemeral as your facts
Paid version of Alexa will allegedly launch in October
Google Meet gets auto PIP for all and AI meeting notes for some
Xbox
Xbox August Update starts rolling out with those new Discord features
Raven labor union files complaint against Microsoft
Microsoft brings Xbox Cloud Gaming to more Fire TV devices
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: You can still upgrade to 24H2 right now
App pick of the week: Win11Debloat
RunAs Radio this week: The Security Risks of AI with Steve Poole
Brown liquor pick of the week: Mosgaard Moscatel Single Malt
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This episode of Windows Weekly has Paul, Richard, and Leo chatting about everything from Microsoft Recall's upcoming availability to AMD's move to acquire ZT Systems. Paul reviews a new Meteor Lake-equipped laptop from HP, and Leo shows off his Diablo skills on iPad. The group also takes a look at gamescom news, including a trailer for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (which has a release date!) and an awesome Xbox Adaptive Joystick for accessibility.
Windows 11
Recall will ship with Windows 11 24H2 in preview in October
Canary (last week) - New Sandbox, FAT32 improvements, more
Dev and Beta - One new feature, one removed feature
Lenovo revenues point to ongoing PC market rebound
HP's efforts to overcome Meteor Lake problems are about as successful as they can be
Microsoft 365
Unified Teams client is now available
Supposedly Loop 2.0 is out and/or coming soon as well
Proton shifts ownership to non-profit foundation
AI/Hardware
Paul: I will not pay for AI
AMD tries to acquire its way into being an Nvidia competitor
There's a cheaper new Raspberry 5
Antitrust
Judge in Epic v. Google: Oh, Google is going to pay
Dev
Quick follow-up to last week's VS 2022 releases
Microsoft didn't document an important change to how Windows 11 theming works in .NET 9 Preview, all hell broke loose
Continued work on WPF app modernization—dialogs, custom title bar area—and a long chat with Rafael uncovers the serious problems remaining here
Xbox
Xbox Insiders can test Game Pass Standard for $1
Microsoft shows off lots of Xbox games and one PS5 game at gamescom
Phil Spencer defends this strategy at the show
Microsoft's Xbox Series X|S refreshes are available for preorder, ship in October
Microsoft announces new Xbox accessibility accessories
New Game Pass titles to include early access to COD: Black Ops 6
Nvidia GeForce Now adds auto sign in to Xbox
Epic Games Store launches on Android and iOS
It's not just regular laptops that are getting better at gaming: AAA mobile gaming is real
New Atari 7800
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Windows on Arm - Then and Now
App pick of the week: Start11
RunAs Radio this week: Threat Modeling in the Cloud with Romina Druta & Daniela Cruzes
Brown liquor pick of the week: Armorik Sherry Cask
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Windows 11
Synchronicity achieved! Patch Tuesday updates put 22H2, 23H2, and 24H2 on the same page, as expected
Dev and Beta channels (last week) - simplified system tray is back, new jump list behavior is optional
Clipchamp is getting two new AI features soon, for free
AI/Developer
Security researcher (and ex-Microsoftie) demonstrates several Copilot flaws. He at least did the right thing and disclosed them to Microsoft first
Intel delays Innovation event to 2025. And innovation to 2028, presumably. But we kid
Google's Pixel event was really about Gemini AI. But it was also really about Pixel
Paul bought a Pixel 9 Pro XL. Yes, he may have a problem. But it kind of pays for itself, too
iPhone 16 series to be minor update. All phones are minor updates now
UK CMA investigating Amazon + Anthropic partnership
Visual Studio something something
VS 2022 17.11 is here
VS 2022 17.12 is in preview, will be the release with .NET 9
.NET 9 preview 7 is here, no WPF improvements
Antitrust
U.S. government is weighing a Google breakup - This isn't as out there as it may seem
After changing App Store rules that violate the DMA to new rules that also violate the DMA, Apple finally lets Spotify communicate with its own customers!
Apple sets a date for opening up NFC, and it will be worldwide
Xbox
There's a BIG QuakeCon sale on Bethesda games you need to check out - and a "new" OG DOOM/DOOM II bundle
Microsoft starts testing a Compact Mode for Game Bar
Next Flight Simulator will let gamers walk around the world as well
Microsoft might be working on a new mixed reality something for some reason
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Proton offers a Duo plan
App pick of the week: More web browsers
RunAs Radio this week: Implementing Passkeys with Tarek Dawoud
Brown liquor pick of the week: Bowmore 15
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It's the last Windows Weekly in the TWiT Eastside Studio! The Week D mystery continues in this episode. And Windows Insider has had a relatively quiet week. Intel is in trouble, with stock price dropping over 25 percent! WordStar is back, but the big news here is the documentation archive. Also, Paul thinks the improved Reader mode in Firefox 129 is pretty sweet.
Windows 11
Last week, Microsoft issued Week D update for 22H2/23H2 late
Last week, Microsoft issued 24H2 build to the Release Preview channel but nothing for Week D. Paul speculated this would replace the Weed D update, head to stable in August
Since then, Microsoft quietly issued Week D update for 24H2 one week late (on last day of July)
Speculation was correct: These are all the same thing, with the same new features, most CFRs
Microsoft's release schedule gets even more chaotic. It's been missing the Week D Tuesday release schedule more often than not in recent months
BIG update to the Microsoft Store in Canary and Dev today
Hardware
Snapdragon X is a huge leap forward for the PC, but Apple/MacBook Air still have big advantages
AMD's new chips are getting rave reviews
Intel is on track for Lunar Lake in September
Intel earnings crater, with layoffs, cost reductions
Stock price drop second worst in corporate history
Intel extends Core processor Gen 13/14 warranty by 2 years (PC bundles only)
Core processor warranty is extended to retail sales
Surface Laptop 7, Surface Pro 11 for Business available for preorder
Microsoft 365
The new Outlook is now generally available and the Microsoft community celebrates in the streets
Antitrust/Corporate
Google found guilty of abusing its Search monopoly
Big point: Google's revenue share deals with Apple, etc. Could this kill Mozilla?
Microsoft and Bing come up over 500 times (!) in the ruling. Obsessed much?
Apple would like to have its antitrust case dismissed. Good luck with that
Context: The paradox of antitrust
Thanks to Manifest V3, ad- and tracker- blocking in Chrome is going to get less effective
Microsoft: We are STILL serious about security. No, really
Arm revenues up 39 percent to $939 million
Qualcomm up 11 precent to $9.4 billion
Apple up 4.9 percent to 85.8 billion in revenues
Amazon up 10 percent to $148 billion
Xbox
Microsoft promises over 50 playable games at Gamerscom this month in Germany, ahead of IFA
Valorant is a free-to-play shooter now available on Xbox Series X|S
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, more comes to Xbox Game Pass
Sony sold 2.4 million PS5s in the quarter, total at 61.7 million
Nintendo sold 2.1 million Switch consoles, total at 143.42 million
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: You can experience WordStar for MS-DOS again
App pick of the week: Web browser updates
RunAs Radio this week: Optimizing Cloud Recovery Costs with Natalie Serebryakova
Brown liquor pick of the week: Legent Bourbon
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Good episode as always. Gotta say though, when the alcohol talk starts, that is the end of the podcast for me. The booze chat is super boring and pretentious.
This and Security Now are the best shows on TWIT in my opinion. Been listening to Leo and Paul for far too long to openly admit (better for all of us that way), and I highly recommend these guys for making sense of modern Windows.
Richard Campbell needs to do a podcast on brown liquor.
always sensible, sometimes informative, usually enjoyable, always well informed. suffers a bit from limited subject matter. often entertaining.
Re OneNote for win 10,they said it won't be built in but more interesting is they backed the original Office OneNote 2016 the other week,saying it will get new features, carry on being supported. So maybe they'll kill of the Win 10 version completely and just make a PWA version?
I've been listening for a number of years now, and it's never failed to entertain me. A TERRIFIC show. And I used to work at Microsoft.
great content every week
I enjoy the content of the podcast, and think that Paul does a great job of stating honest opinions and backing them up. He also takes great care to tailor the content of this podcast to the proper audience, and avoids spinning off into discussions of subjects that should be held elsewhere. Simply stated, the problem is that Leo just talks too much. He should act more as a facilitator, rather than interrupting Paul whenever he is in the middle of saying something interesting. I am a big fan of the Security Now! podcast, and Leo is guilty of the same crime over there. I understand that he is adding "color commentary", but he interrupts too frequently.
During the Win 7 RC days I hung on every word but since the public release. the show went off a cliff, less and less Windows info and more and more pining about the old days and lame jokes. Last weeks show went on for 20 minutes before the first windows info and that was about a law suit. not what I'm looking for. Where does a geek go now a days to get the old stile of Call for Help or Screen Savers type info... not from any TWIT I'm afraid.... Still love you Leo...and wish you all the best but your business model for pod casting empire is not what I'm looking for. If I'm looking for a laugh with no geek content I'll listen to car talk, or Frosty Heidi and Frank
I really enjoyed the Windows Weekly podcast-- Leo and Paul have good chemistry, and Paul is exceptionally well informed in all matters Windows.