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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