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

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