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.

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