Windows 8.1<ul> 
<li> Microsoft to start nagging Windows 8.1 users in July about January 2023 end-of-support date</li> 
<li> The End of the Windows 8 Era? Hardly </li></ul> 
 
Windows 11<ul> 
<li>Windows 11 Insider Build 25151 is Out With More Bug Fixes</li></ul> 
 
Microsoft Edge<ul> 
<li>Microsoft Edge Version 103 is Now Available</li> 
<li>Microsoft turns on promised gaming features for its Edge browser</li> 
<li> Microsoft Announces Big Updates for Edge Collections</li> 
<li> Microsoft Brings Edge WebView2 to Windows 10</li> 
<li> Mozilla Releases Firefox 102</li> 
<li> Brave Reports Strong Growth in Search, Launches Goggles</li></ul> 
 
Xbox<ul> 
<li>Microsoft Reveals July 2022 Games with Gold Lineup</li></ul> 
 
Listener Q&amp;A<ul> 
<li>Windows Hello face authentication | Microsoft Docs</li></ul> 
 
Tips and Picks<ul> 
<li> Tip of the week: Set up Windows 11 22H2 with a local account</li> 
<li> App pick of the week: Brave</li> 
<li> Enterprise pick of the week: Get ready for Microsoft Inspire in July</li> 
<li> Codename pick of the week: Monad</li> 
<li> Beer pick of the week: Off Color Brewing Beer for Beaches</li></ul> 
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WW 783: We Have Nothing To Share... at This Time - Windows 8.1 Retires, Microsoft Edge Update, WebView2

Live animated widget notifications, Pixel 6a, Dev Box Preview 
Windows 11<ul> 
<li>Windows 11 version 22H2 arrives in September</li> 
<li>Windows 11 is getting widget notifications</li> 
<li>Camera app goes native on Arm, gets privacy shutter support </li> 
<li>Microsoft shuts down Windows Insider enterprise test bed</li></ul> 
Microsoft 365<ul> 
<li>Outlook for Windows moves the cheese. Predictably, no one is happy</li> 
<li>About those ads in Outlook Mobile...</li></ul> 
Dev<ul> 
<li>Microsoft makes Dev Box available in preview</li> 
<li>Microsoft, Canonical bring native .NET to Ubuntu Linux</li> 
<li>Microsoft launches a Markdown language server</li></ul> 
Mobile<ul> 
<li>Android 13 arrives a month early. Any other surprises?</li> 
<li>Paul reviews the Pixel 6a - It's terrific.</li></ul> 
Xbox<ul> 
<li>Microsoft only sold ~50 million Xbox Ones. Thanks, Kinect!</li> 
<li>Here is the second round of Game Pass titles for August</li> 
<li>Sony complains about Microsoft AB acquisition - but there's a simple fix for Sony's Microsoft/COD concerns</li> 
<li>Sony to make an even bigger push on PC gaming</li> 
<li>Google lets you launch cloud-streaming games from search results</li></ul> 
Tips &amp; Picks<ul> 
<li>Tip of the week: Pre-order Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II</li> 
<li>App pick of the week: Brave for iOS</li> 
<li>Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft still won't say what's happening with S4BS</li> 
<li>Codename pick of the week: LaTTe: Language Trajectory Transformer</li> 
<li>Beer pick of the week: Transmitter Brewing W4 Dry Hopped Gose</li></ul> 
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WW 790: Chub-Smuggling - Live animated widget notifications, Pixel 6a, Dev Box Preview

Mica Alt, USB4 Version 2.0, Teams Rooms Pro, Halo Infinite Co-op 
Windows 11<ul> 
<li>Windows 11 22H2 inches towards release with SDK, WDK/EWDK releases</li> 
<li>Windows 11 to get new visual effect</li> 
<li>Xbox subscription into coming to Settings in Windows 11</li></ul> 
PCs/hardware<ul> 
<li>PC sales will fall in 2022 and 2023 now</li> 
<li>AMD announces new naming convention for PC mobile chips</li> 
<li>Lenovo announces 16-inch ThinkPad X1 Fold</li> 
<li>Here comes USB4 Version 2.0 </li> 
<li>Army to get its first HoloLens delivery</li></ul> 
Microsoft 365<ul> 
<li>Microsoft splits Teams Rooms into free/paid tiers</li> 
<li>Microsoft is killing its Scheduler meeting coordination service</li></ul> 
Xbox<ul> 
<li>UK CDMA complains about Activision Blizzard acquisition, Microsoft makes concessions</li> 
<li>Microsoft announces Elite Controller Core ... which explains the white version rumors</li> 
<li>Good news/bad news for Halo Infinite</li> 
<li>Xbox Game Pass Friends &amp; Family is real. Just not here. </li> 
<li>Here are the first Game Pass titles for September</li> 
<li>Xbox party chat gets AI-based noise reduction</li></ul> 
Tips &amp; Picks<ul> 
<li>Tip of the week: Customize your Windows 11 privacy settings</li> 
<li>App pick of the week: PowerToys 0.62</li> 
<li>Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft Stream mobile app gets a do-over</li> 
<li>Enterprise pick No. 2 of the week: Microsoft eCDN</li> 
<li>Beer pick of the week: Apple2 (squared)</li></ul> 
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WW 793: AMD's Circular Slide Rule - Mica Alt, USB4 Version 2.0, Teams Rooms Pro, Halo Infinite Co-op

Windows <ul> 
<li>A quick update on Windows 11 22H2 update availability.</li> 
<li>Microsoft begins testing the new Photos app that will come with the October update.</li> 
<li>Edge team has a plan to make PWA more native ... and on Linux and Mac, too!</li> 
<li>Can Intel crack the code on Windows/iPhone interop? Dell did, but that app has been killed.</li> 
<li>Bye-bye, SwiftKey for iOS</li> 
<li>Intel announces 13th-Gen Core desktop chipsets. Guess what? more cores!</li></ul> 
Microsoft 365<ul> 
<li>The new unified Outlook app for Windows (project Monarch) is going out to more testers, getting some missing features.</li> 
<li>Study results show that Teams is an OS/platform and needs app store-like protections.</li> 
<li>Microsoft expands Viva.</li></ul> 
Surface<ul> 
<li>Surface Studio 3 shows up at FCC</li></ul> 
Xbox<ul> 
<li>Nadella "very confident" Activision/Blizzard deal will be OKd by regulators. As he should be.</li> 
<li>Logitech announces an Xbox Cloud Gaming handheld</li> 
<li>Microsoft may let Xbox users mute startup sounds</li> 
<li>E3 is coming back next for some reason</li> 
<li>Microsoft announces a new camo wireless controller with charging dock</li></ul> 
Tips and Picks<ul> 
<li>Tip of the week: Windows 11 Field Guide update</li> 
<li>App pick of the week: WindowBlinds 11 open beta</li> 
<li>Enterprise pick of the week: SharePoint Server Subscription Edition moves to a twice-yearly update schedule</li> 
<li>Codename pick of the week: Surface codename-palooza</li> 
<li>Beer pick of the week: Ayinger Celebrator</li></ul> 
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WW 796: Largely Pain-Free - Photos app update, Intel 13th Gen Core Desktop CPUs, Microsoft Viva expansion

Apple integrations, Surface Laptop 5, Microsoft Designer 
Microsoft Ignite 2022<ul> 
<li>Loop components news!</li> 
<li>Teams Premium Add-on, Mesh avatars in preview, more new features</li> 
<li>New/rebranded Microsoft 365 app for Windows, mobile devices, and the web</li> 
<li>Microsoft Places: A new app for coordinating hybrid work</li> 
<li>Microsoft Edge is getting a workspaces feature</li> 
<li>Dev Box in preview</li> 
<li>New Outlook features for hybrid work</li> 
<li>Microsoft Editor gets some AI updates</li></ul> 
Surface Event<ul> 
<li>Surface Laptop 5, Surface Pro 9, Surface Studio 2+ announced - all of it leaked already.</li> 
<li>Oddly, the new peripherals are more interesting. OK, not oddly...</li> 
<li>What exactly is Microsoft trying to accomplish with Surface?</li> 
<li>Microsoft: iCloud Photos, Apple TV and Apple Music are coming to Windows 11</li> 
<li>Microsoft Designer steals the show (and will be up next on "Killed by Microsoft")</li></ul> 
Windows 11<ul> 
<li>Let's talk 22H2, October update, and new features — there is some confusion</li> 
<li>New Dev build adds support for third-party widgets</li></ul> 
More Microsoft<ul> 
<li>Microsoft partners with Meta on the Metaverse ... productivity and games</li></ul> 
Xbox<ul> 
<li>Brazil OK's Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition</li> 
<li>Enthusiasts spy device on Phil Spencer's shelf, it's just an old prototype</li> 
<li>You can launch Xbox Cloud Gaming titles from Bing search results for some reason</li></ul> 
Tips and picks<ul> 
<li>Microsoft has a tip: disable security features to improve gaming on Windows 11!</li> 
<li>App pick of the week: Oracle VirtualBox 7.0</li> 
<li>Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft Syntex</li> 
<li>Codename pick of the week: Haven</li> 
<li>Beer pick of the week: Southern Tier Pumking</li></ul> 
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WW 798: Queued for Unenrollment - Apple integrations, Surface Laptop 5, Microsoft Designer

Halo engine switch, Intel Q4 2022 revenues, Ground News 
Windows 11<ul> 
<li>Skipping the Windows 11 upgrade? Microsoft will force-feed it to you soon</li> 
<li>Related: Microsoft is using dark patterns to get people to upgrade to 11</li> 
<li>Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25290 heads to Dev channel with new Spotify and Phone Link widgets, new Start menu "exploration"</li> 
<li>Screen recording in Snipping Tool rolls out to users in Windows Insider Beta channel</li></ul> 
More earnings<ul> 
<li>Since Microsoft's mixed earnings last week, a few more relevant firms have checked in on Q4 2022</li> 
<li>Intel earnings fall off a cliff: Cutting pay 5% rather than layoffs, VPs 10%, leadership 15%, CEO 25%</li> 
<li>AMD - not bad thanks to datacenter, but this quarter will be down 10 percent</li> 
<li>And it's not just the PC: IDC says smartphone sales declined 18.3 percent in Q4</li></ul> 
Dev<ul> 
<li>A quick look at .NET MAUI desktop app capabilities</li> 
<li>.NET MAUI gets a cross-platform media player control</li> 
<li>GitHub says it has over 100 million developers on the service. From what Google indicates, there are only ~27 million developers in the world</li></ul> 
Xbox<ul> 
<li>After layoffs at 343, a smaller team will start over with Unreal Engine</li> 
<li>Why not just disband the whole disaster and let Halo fly free?</li> 
<li>Microsoft announces Xbox Games with Gold for February... and new Game Pass titles for first half of February</li> 
<li>Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition comes to Xbox consoles</li> 
<li>Xbox Series X|S get a price hike in Japan</li> 
<li>Did Sony really halve PS VR2 production?</li> 
<li>VR is not having a good time right now... probably this whole year.</li> 
<li>Rumor: Microsoft will skip E3 along with Nintendo and Sony</li></ul> 
Tips &amp; Picks<ul> 
<li>Tip of the week: Complete your password manager switch</li> 
<li>Plus: Quick update on the new book</li> 
<li>App pick of the week: https://ground.news/</li> 
<li>Brown alcohol pick of the week: Crown Royal</li></ul> 
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WW 814: Dump Truck Fade - Halo engine switch, Intel Q4 2022 revenues, Ground News

OpenAI's GPT-4 released, KB5023706 update, YouTube Music 
Windows 11<ul> 
<li>Moment 2 is official; mostly a solid update</li> 
<li>The ensh*ttification of Windows/Microsoft 365 continues: Microsoft Word, Paint, Teams, and Edge</li></ul> 
AI all the things<ul> 
<li>One wonders, if everything is AI, is anything AI?</li> 
<li>OpenAI releases ChatGPT 4</li> 
<li>Microsoft "reveals" it was using an early version all along, duh</li> 
<li>BING CHATBOT IS OPEN TO EVERYONE</li> 
<li>Bing will move Chatbot responses to the top of search results</li> 
<li>Microsoft's LinkedIn is adding GPT AI to improve the writing of profiles and job postings</li> 
<li>Grammarly adds more AI</li> 
<li>Google Workspace is getting generative AI features, obviously... and it's raising prices (coincidentally!)</li> 
<li>Duolingo adds two new AI features at great cost</li></ul> 
Microsoft 365<ul> 
<li>Microsoft Word is getting two keyboard shortcuts it should have always had: "Paste as Text" &amp; Zoom</li></ul> 
Dev<ul> 
<li>Microsoft Build 2023 is May 23-25, live and remote</li> 
<li>GitHub starts rolling out its 2FA requirement for contributors</li></ul> 
Xbox<ul> 
<li>Microsoft announces two 10-year cloud gaming deals with companies not named Sony: Boosteroid &amp; Ubitus</li> 
<li>Epic Games takes a page from the Microsoft Store and will allow self-publishing</li></ul> 
Tips and Picks<ul> 
<li>Tip of the week: YouTube Premium member? Play some games</li> 
<li>App pick of the week: YouTube Music</li> 
<li>This week on RunAs: Incident Management with Hila Fish</li> 
<li>Brown liquor pick of the week: Springbank 10</li></ul> 
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WW 820: Mustard Can Solve Any Problem - OpenAI's GPT-4 released, KB5023706 update, YouTube Music

Windows 11 bugs drive Paul crazy, Microsoft AI event coming, no Xbox mid-cycle refresh 
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WW 844: Friday Sweets - Windows 11 bugs drive Paul crazy, Microsoft AI event coming, no Xbox mid-cycle refresh

Paul and Richard are at Microsoft Ignite 2023 and just watched the keynote! Leo Laporte chats with them to discuss the clarified rebranding of Copilot, some new AI features in Windows 365, Microsoft Loop's availability, the release of .NET 8, two decades of Patch Tuesday, a neat Xbox Series bundle discount for Black Friday, and more! 
Microsoft Ignite<ul> 
<li>(Final) Copilot rebranding clarifies the naming changes announced in September</li> 
<li>Copilot for Microsoft 365 adds plug-in support, more</li> 
<li>Windows 11: Windows AI Studio announced, Dev Home and WSL are updated</li> 
<li>New AI capabilities in Windows 365</li> 
<li>Microsoft Loop is now available</li> 
<li>New Teams now GA, 320 million users - Mesh in Jan 2024</li> 
<li>Clipchamp and Microsoft Designer come to Microsoft 365 commercial</li> 
<li>Microsoft announces its first custom AI chipsets for the Azure datacenter</li></ul> 
Dev: .NET Conf<ul> 
<li>Microsoft releases .NET 8 with .NET Aspire</li></ul> 
Windows 11<ul> 
<li>Microsoft releases 23H2 for the fourth time?</li> 
<li>One tiny bit of OneDrive de-ensh*ttification does not address the bigger issues</li> 
<li>Patch Tuesday turns 20, Microsoft couldn't care less</li> 
<li>The new Outlook: People, we have a roadmap!</li> 
<li>Microsoft Store now lets you decide where to install games</li> 
<li>Copilot in Microsoft Shopping, AI review summaries come to Bing and Edge</li></ul> 
Microsoft, more AI<ul> 
<li>Microsoft will not challenge its gatekeeper designation in the EU</li> 
<li>Google brings generative AI search to 120+ new countries</li> 
<li>Google will ID AI-based videos in YouTube</li> 
<li>Google Photos gets some cool AI organizational features</li></ul> 
Xbox<ul> 
<li>Xbox Series X|S are discounted by $50 for Black Friday</li> 
<li>Halo Infinite goes retro too, adds Halo 3 playlist</li> 
<li>Here are more titles coming to Xbox Game Pass</li> 
<li>Here comes the OLED Steam Deck</li> 
<li>PS5 "Slim" is now available in the US - Sony unlikely to hit PS5 sales targets</li> 
<li>Amazon lays off gaming staff, will refine Prime Gaming perks</li></ul> 
Tips &amp; Picks<ul> 
<li>Tip of the week: Google's Black Friday sale looks solid</li> 
<li>App pick of the week: Microsoft Loop</li> 
<li>RunAs Radio this week: Microsoft Entra Security Service Edge with Richard Hicks</li> 
<li>Brown liquor pick of the week: Makers Mark Cellar Aged</li></ul> 
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WW 855: Live From Ignite! - Microsoft is copiloting all the things! Big news from the show

On this episode of Windows Weekly, Leo, Paul, and Richard dive deep into the latest OpenAI/Microsoft partnership drama involving Sam Altman's position. They also discuss upcoming EU regulations and their impact on Microsoft products, evaluate NVIDIA's record-breaking Q3 earnings, and reminisce about the classic PC FPS Half-Life. 
 
And you thought AI was already controversial...<ul> 
<li>On Friday, OpenAI's board suddenly and unexpectedly fired CEO Sam Altman, kicking off several days of unprecedented high drama</li> 
<li>OpenAI president and board chairman Greg Brockman announced that he was quitting in protest</li> 
<li>Microsoft announced it had hired Altman and Brockman over the weekend</li> 
<li>95 percent of OpenAI employees threatened to quit if Altman did not come back</li> 
<li>Altman began negotiating his return to OpenAI (and major governance changes)</li> 
<li>Altman is once again CEO of OpenAI</li> 
<li>Key takeaway: No matter what happens, Microsoft wins</li> 
<li>Wrong takeaway: Nothing changed</li></ul> 
Windows<ul> 
<li>Windows 11 is about to get awesome in the EEA</li> 
<li>WHY IS WINDOWS 11 ONLY GOING TO BE AWESOME IN THE EEA???</li> 
<li>Microsoft confirms that Copilot is coming to Windows 10 too. "No new features, my ass!"</li> 
<li>Copilot begins rolling out to Windows 10 in Insider Program</li> 
<li>Release Preview: Copilot in Alt + Tab and on other displays, limited Copilot with local account, DMA compliance, Windows Spotlight changes</li> 
<li>Canary: Disable Phone Link in the Bluetooth settings, display Teams contacts in the Windows share window when signed in with a Microsoft Entra ID</li> 
<li>Dev: Narrator improvements, File Explorer fixes (wait for it)</li> 
<li>Redmond, we have a problem. With Windows Hello</li></ul> 
Earnings learning<ul> 
<li>NVIDIA continues to soar on AI (Winner)</li> 
<li>Zoom has settled back down to reality</li> 
<li>HP stumbles through its fourth quarter and FY2023: AI PCS FTW in late 2024!</li> 
<li>Lenovo stumbles too, but explicitly predicts industry recovery</li></ul> 
Antitrust<ul> 
<li>Apple, ByteDance, and Meta contest their DMA gatekeeper designations</li></ul> 
Xbox<ul> 
<li>Half-Life turned 25 last weekend and Valve finally remembered it exists</li> 
<li>Nvidia's GeForce Now adds Microsoft Store, PC Game Pass, and Ubisoft+ integration - over 1700 games now</li> 
<li>Amazon Luna comes to France, Italy, and Spain</li> 
<li>Next Call of Duty leaks!</li></ul> 
Tips and Picks<ul> 
<li>Tip of the week: Ignite's over, but the videos are forever</li> 
<li>App pick of the week: Half-Lif</li> 
<li>RunAs Radio this week: Azure Operator Nexus with Jennelle Crothers</li> 
<li>Brown liquor pick of the week: Willett Wheated 8 Year Bourbon</li></ul> 
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WW 856: Sunglasses For Your Whiskey - Altman returns to OpenAI, Windows Hello vulnerabilities, Half-Life turns 25

Windows<ul> 
<li>Tiny11 2311 arrives, is even tinier and even 23H2er ... or something</li> 
<li>Beta channel: Teams integration with Share (Entra ID only), new language support for Ink Anywhere</li> 
<li>Dev: Copilot icon moves (!), more Copilot, Share, Ink, Android in Nearby Sharing (!)</li> 
<li>Canary: Energy Saver (new feature), more</li> 
<li>Samsung brings its browser to the Microsoft Store</li></ul> 
AI/Microsoft<ul> 
<li>Microsoft and Meta reportedly receiving 3x as many NVIDIA GPUs for AI as Amazon</li> 
<li>Amazon introduces it's own AI chatbot for the enterprise, and it does have one useful and unique feature</li> 
<li>Microsoft is retiring its Microsoft 365 browser extension</li> 
<li>Evernote is still a thing and now it wants to charge everyone</li> 
<li>Amazon takes a Fire TV Cube and turns it into a remote desktop thin client</li></ul> 
Antitrust<ul> 
<li>UK CMA provisionally rules against Adobe acquisition of Figma</li> 
<li>EU formally objects to Amazon acquisition of iRobot because the robot vacuum cleaner market is so important</li></ul> 
Xbox<ul> 
<li>Xbox Series X and S are still on sale. Just saying</li> 
<li>The November Update for Xbox is here with rewards redemption, Xbox app gets compact mode</li> 
<li>Microsoft is reportedly deprecating the Microsoft Rewards app on Xbox</li> 
<li>Netflix is bringing GTA trilogy to the service</li> 
<li>The current Call of Duty is awash in bad reviews, so let's talk about the next Call of Duty!</li></ul> 
Tips and Picks<ul> 
<li>Tip of the week: Microsoft's new ugly Christmas sweater is here</li> 
<li>App pick of the week: DuckDuckGo</li> 
<li>RunAs Radio this week: Zero Trust Adoption Guidance with Nicolas Blank</li> 
<li>Brown liquor pick of the week: Pendleton Rye 12 Year 
</li></ul> 
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WW 857: SharePoint All the Way Down - Energy Saver, tiny11 2311, Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client

In this week's Windows Weekly, Paul, Leo, and Richard discuss the extension of Windows 10 support for 3 more years after 2025 for consumers and enterprises, updates on the AI features of Copilot, Google's new AI model Gemini, potential features coming in a future Windows release next year, and the cleanliness of ImageGlass 9. 
Windows 10<ul> 
<li>Yep! They're going to support Windows 10 for 3 more years with extended security update (ESU) program. But this time there's a twist!</li> 
<li>Consumers are going to have the chance to pay annually for the ESU as well. Let the complaints begin</li> 
<li>Copilot expands to more Windows 10 users</li></ul> 
Windows 11<ul> 
<li>Report sees a major Windows release in 2024</li> 
<li>The November 2023 Preview Update for Windows 11 shipped on a Monday in December because Microsoft, adding new Copilot features, last preview CU for 2023</li> 
<li>Dell earnings - revenues fall 10 percent YOY because the PC market is still horrible</li> 
<li>Richard bought a computer. Can you guess which one?</li></ul> 
AI<ul> 
<li>Microsoft to get non-voting board representation at OpenAI</li> 
<li>Copilot is now GA. Unless you're using Windows 11, apparently. Everyone gets free commercial data protection</li> 
<li>Copilot gets GPT-4 Turbo, new DALLE-3 model, and more</li> 
<li>Google goes live with Gemini, including a Nano version for Pixel 8 Pro</li></ul> 
Microsoft 365/Cloud<ul> 
<li>Microsoft finally releases Seeing AI on Android</li> 
<li>Evernote restricts free users to 1 notebook, 50 notes - time to switch!</li></ul> 
Antitrust<ul> 
<li>Federal judge orders Google and Epic to try and settle the case before the jury renders its verdict</li> 
<li>30 more venture capital firms tell the FTC to stop harassing Microsoft for Activision Blizzard</li> 
<li>Google and Amazon have both weighed in on Microsoft's cloud licensing with the UK CMA</li></ul> 
Xbox<ul> 
<li>Microsoft is betting on the DMA, will create mobile video game store with unnamed partners</li> 
<li>The first Game Pass titles for December</li> 
<li>Microsoft explains licensing pop-ups on console</li> 
<li>Rockstar issues first GTA VI trailer</li> 
<li>PlayStation reminds the world that no one owns the digital content they purchased</li></ul> 
Tips and Picks<ul> 
<li>Tip of the week: Stuck on 22H2? You can still upgrade to 23H2</li> 
<li>App pick of the week: ImageGlass 9 (Microsoft Store)</li> 
<li>RunAs Radio this week: Modernizing using M365 with Sharon Weaver</li> 
<li>Brown liquor pick of the week: Glenfiddich 12</li></ul> 
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WW 858: Quaff and Nosh - Windows 10 Extended Security Updates, Richard's new PC, KB5032288

Grab your favorite whisky and join Paul, Richard, and Leo as they meander through a delightfully geeky/tipsy conversation spanning Windows updates, AI advancements, Big Tech antitrust issues, and more! 
Windows 11<ul> 
<li>The final Patch Tuesday of 2023 arrives</li> 
<li>Copilot now opens on the display where you click its Taskbar icon (or it will, thanks to CFR)</li> 
<li>Copilot now appears in Alt + Tab (but not in Task view/WINKEY + Tab), oddly (Same deal)</li> 
<li>Account notifications in Start and Settings (disable this nonsense in Settings &gt; Privacy &amp; security &gt; General)</li> 
<li>For Windows 10 users, Copilot is now available to everyone in preview with the Patch Tuesday update (CFR, need to manually download it). No Windows integration settings yet. A few other changes on Windows 10 too</li> 
<li>Canary/Dev (Thursday): Copilot undocked mode, Widgets changes, Windows 365 Boot and Switch changes, Windows Share improvements (WhatsApp integration, curious), character count in Notepad (how cute)</li> 
<li>Beta channel (Friday): Windows Share and Windows Store improvements</li> 
<li>Dev channel (today): Transitioning Windows Speech Recognition (WSR) to voice access because WSR is being deprecated</li> 
<li>Also Canary: New Windows Protected Print Mode</li> 
<li>Clipchamp quietly added four new features recently, and you're never going to believe what happens next</li> 
<li>AMD unveils Ryzen 8040 series mobile CPUs with a new NPU on select models</li> 
<li>Intel's Meteor Lake is coming in hot</li></ul> 
Antitrust<ul> 
<li>UK CMA and US FTC are both investigating Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI</li> 
<li>After failing to reach a settlement, Google loses Epic antitrust trial</li> 
<li>Why it has so far done much better against Google than it has against Apple?</li> 
<li>Apple to be punished for App Store business practices in the EU</li> 
<li>Apple likely to open up NFC chipset in iPhone in response to EU concerns</li></ul> 
AI<ul> 
<li>Microsoft reaches agreement with AFL/CIO on AI</li> 
<li>Google Releases Gemini Pro to enterprises and developers</li> 
<li>Google releases Gemini-powered NotebookLM in the U.S. Keep on steroids, basically</li></ul> 
Xbox<ul> 
<li>An ad-supported Xbox Game Pass offering is likely on the way</li> 
<li>Xbox Cloud Gaming is now on Meta Quest 2, Quest 3, and Quest Pro</li> 
<li>Balder's Gate 3 lands on Xbox Series X|S</li> 
<li>Microsoft reveals two new games at The Game Awards</li> 
<li>E3, which has been dead for years, is now officially dead</li> 
<li>The next Digital Eclipse interactive documentary looks about as amazing as the first</li></ul> 
Tips and Picks<ul> 
<li>Tip of the week: Get your Xbox Year in Review</li> 
<li>App pick of the week: Fences 5</li> 
<li>RunAs Radio this week: SysAdmin Gifts with Joey Snow &amp; Rick Claus</li> 
<li>Brown liquor pick of the week: Balvenie Double Wood 12 
</li></ul> 
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WW 859: Taste the Darkness! - 2023's final Patch Tuesday, E3 officially dies, the future of NPUs

On the last episode of 2023, Richard Campbell, Paul Thurrott, and Leo Laporte are joined by a lovely guest to look back (and look ahead) on Microsoft's progress and accomplishments. Between a Teams milestone, Meteor Lake chipset's release, AI music creation in Copilot, Bobby Kotick's upcoming exit, and Microsoft's Countdown Sale, there's plenty of news left to digest at the end of this eventful year! Happy holidays, dozers!  
Windows 11/Microsoft 365<ul> 
<li>Microsoft will FINALLY fix the dumbest File Explorer bug of all - no, not that File Explorer bug</li> 
<li>Microsoft is suddenly deprecating tons of Windows features</li> 
<li>Windows Insider: Windows 11 Beta build 22635.2915 is the last Insider build of 2023. Nothing major: Voice access supports multiple displays, Windows 365 Boot and Windows 365 Switch from last week's Dev build, Notepad update with Notepad an "Edit with Notepad" item in the File Explorer context menu, and a character count display</li> 
<li>Microsoft Teams now has 320 million users, 2,000 apps in the Teams store, and over 145,000 custom line-of-business (LOB) apps built by enterprises</li></ul> 
AI<ul> 
<li>Microsoft partners with Suno to bring music creation to Copilot - OH AND THERE ARE PLUG-INS THERE NOW TOO</li> 
<li>A few insider notes about this generation of Intel chips</li> 
<li>Intel's Core Ultra chipset is coming to Chromebooks too</li></ul> 
Look back/Look Ahead<ul> 
<li>What's left to say Copilots? There are lots (at least announced) and even more are coming</li> 
<li>Is 2024 going to be the year of the AI PC? Or is this just another fad/bubble</li> 
<li>"Windows 12" or whatever the vNext is called: Huzzah!</li> 
<li>Ready or not, the new Outlook for Windows and new Teams are coming</li> 
<li>How will Activision Blizzard impact Xbox?</li></ul> 
Antitrust<ul> 
<li>Activision Blizzard settles 2021 class action lawsuit that triggered the acquisition by Microsoft</li> 
<li>Bobby Kotick on the outs Dec 29</li> 
<li>In wake of antitrust loss, Google also settles Play Store suit, will pay $700 million to victims</li> 
<li>Adobe bails on Figma. Just kidding!</li></ul> 
Xbox<ul> 
<li>Leak shows that Sony is very worried about Xbox now</li> 
<li>Sony has sold 50 million PS5s, has outsold Xbox 3-to-1 in 2023</li> 
<li>Google extends Stadia controller conversion timeline</li></ul> 
Tips and picks<ul> 
<li>Tip of the week: Microsoft's Countdown sale brings big discounts to Xbox, Surface, more</li> 
<li>App pick of the week: MediaSorter</li> 
<li>RunAs Radio this week: Azure Arc Guest Configuration with Jodi Boone</li> 
<li>Enterprise pick of the week: Directions on Microsoft's got some (free) resources worth checking out</li> 
<li>Brown liquor pick of the week: The Spirit of Scotland 46 &amp; Monkey Shoulder</li> 
<li>Beer pick of the week: Back Home Beer Yalda Queen 
</li></ul> 
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WW 860: An Unexpected Visitor - Suno's AI music, Bobby Kotick's departure, predictions for Microsoft's 2024

Looking back at Windows Weekly's best moments from 2023<ul> 
<li>Welcoming Richard aboard, and setting the table for an AI-filled year</li> 
<li>"I have been a good Bing" and other chatbot awkwardness</li> 
<li>Leo's Parallels 18 for Mac demonstration</li> 
<li>UK CMA blocks the Activision Blizzard deal, and it makes no sense</li> 
<li>Build 2023 was a great showing for Steven Pathiche, but a strange showing for Panos Panay</li> 
<li>Microsoft beats the Federal Trade Commission in court, inching a step closer to their acquisition</li> 
<li>Discord chat with Sean, a sign language interpreter and CODA!</li> 
<li>Panos Pany leaves Microsoft, but did he jump or get pushed?</li> 
<li>Giant Xbox leak reveals new console refreshes, a controller, and a roadmap for the future</li> 
<li>Impressions from the AI September event, including the sweeping Copilot rebrand.</li> 
<li>Activision Blizzard is finally acquired after much struggle</li> 
<li>A token Thurrant about OneDrive and its near-endless push to back up Paul's folders</li> 
<li>A classic beer pick from the one and only Mary Jo Foley!</li></ul> 
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WW 861: Our Best of 2023 - An eventful year in Microsoft news

Microsoft finally kills Windows Mixed Reality<ul> 
<li>Just in time for Christmas, Microsoft revealed that its long-dead WMR platform is now officially dead</li></ul> 
Windows 11<ul> 
<li>Moment 5 is allegedly coming in February</li> 
<li>Microsoft quietly reissues Windows 11 version 23H2 installation media</li> 
<li>Microsoft kills install from web capabilities in Windows App Installer (MSIX)</li> 
<li>Dev (today): Richer weather experience on Lock, more Voice access improvements</li> 
<li>Canary (today): Same Voice access changes, no more WordPad or People in a clean install, Steps Recorder deprecated, new Energy Saver icon in the system tray, Nearby Sharing can name your PC</li></ul> 
Surface<ul> 
<li>New Surface Pro 6 and Laptop 6 are expected in Spring 2024 with Intel and Qualcomm chipsets.</li> 
<li>Microsoft's first "real" AI PCs. FU, Surface Laptop Studio 2 buyers!</li></ul> 
Microsoft 365<ul> 
<li>Something to consider for 2024: Have Microsoft's core platforms gotten too complex? And when/if this will drive away customers?</li> 
<li>Standalone Copilot app launches on Android ... and then, days later, on iPhone and iPad - And it offers a ChatGPT4 mode, interestingly</li></ul> 
AI<ul> 
<li>New York Times sues Microsoft, OpenAI for massive copyright infringement</li> 
<li>GitHub Copilot Chat is now GA. Requires $10/month GitHub Copilot sub, but it may be the single best example of how AI can improve our lives so far</li></ul> 
Xbox<ul> 
<li>New Xbox Game Pass titles for early January: Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Resident Evil 2 remake, more</li> 
<li>Does something smell better around here? Bobby Kotick has left the building</li> 
<li>PlayStation: Just kidding, you can keep your stupid Discovery shows</li> 
<li>Meta Quest 2 gets a permanent price cut</li> 
<li>Steam no longer supports Windows 7 or 8.1</li></ul> 
Tips and Picks<ul> 
<li>Tip of the week: Properly secure your Microsoft account</li> 
<li>App pick of the week: MSEdgeRedirect</li> 
<li>Bonus pick: MediaSorter</li> 
<li>RunAs Radio this week: Doing More with Less in 2024 with Erin Chapple</li> 
<li>Brown liquor pick of the week: Elijah Craig Small Batch 
</li></ul> 
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WW 862: One Click to Malware - Windows Mixed Reality deprecated, NY Times sues Microsoft & OpenAI, malicious MSIX packages

It's CES, so let's observe a moment of silence for all the stupid #*$% our colleagues are covering right now! But there is some wheat in the chaff, of course<ul> 
<li>Intel announces 14th Gen Core desktop and mobile chips. But wasn't Meteor Lake was mobile only?</li> 
<li>PC makers announce a lot of Meteor Lake PCs: Acer, Acer again, HP, Lenovo, Samsung, more, plus the MSI Claw mobile gaming handheld and the first ASUS NUC!</li> 
<li>Paul's been using an HP Spectre x360 14 for the past month, what's the AI stuff really like?</li> 
<li>It's not just Intel: NVIDIA goes nuts on AI and AMD has new AI-powered CPUs</li> 
<li>Google announces improvements across the Android ecosystem - Quick Share</li> 
<li>Amazon adopts Matter Casting - and now we have too many of these things - what about Microsoft?</li> 
<li>Thread will finally fix networking and thus Matter</li></ul> 
Windows 11<ul> 
<li>Microsoft announces a Copilot new key for Windows keyboards - settle down, everyone</li> 
<li>Beta channel (last Thursday): Bug fixes - after the Dev/Canary updates of last Wednesday</li> 
<li>Quick Windows 11 Field Guide update - 160 pages of new 23H2 content in two months, now 1058 pages long, so download the latest version</li> 
<li>Microsoft is reportedly looking to add AI writing assistance to Notepad. For some reason</li></ul> 
Microsoft 365<ul> 
<li>Awesome! Microsoft PC hardware to be sold now by Incase</li> 
<li>Almost four years later, it looks like Microsoft will finally make Teams (free) an actual Teams client</li> 
<li>Apple tries to stamp down the CES hype, announces Apple Vision Pro launch date</li></ul> 
AI<ul> 
<li>OpenAI responds to the NYT and... yikes. Did AI write this? It admits that ChatGPT does what the NYT claimed</li> 
<li>Has met with "dozens" of news orgs but can only cite four actual partnerships, and licensing costs are confidential</li> 
<li>Emphatically cites the fair use argument, which is an open discussion and not clear-cut</li> 
<li>Offers an opt-out for news publishers, but only since August, so after it used all the NYT content</li> 
<li>Says the NYT is not telling the full story. Right, it's telling its side of the story. Just like OpenAI</li> 
<li>Interesting details about negotiations between the two</li> 
<li>Seeks constructive partnership in a final olive leaf</li> 
<li>EU is investigating the Microsoft/OpenAI partnership, following U.S. FTC and UK CMA</li> 
<li>Pennsylvania adopts OpenAI's ChatGPT Enterprise</li> 
<li>OpenAI launches GPT Store for ChatGPT Plus, Team and Enterprise users</li> 
<li>Now we know which Microsoft executive is sort of on the OpenAI board</li> 
<li>Duolingo lays off staff because AI is so good</li></ul> 
Xbox<ul> 
<li>Microsoft could be bringing Xbox exclusives to PlayStation</li> 
<li>Microsoft is bringing back the Xbox Developer_Direct event on January 18</li> 
<li>Minecraft Legends, RIP</li> 
<li>Big changes to GeForce Now: New Xbox titles, day passes, more</li> 
<li>Layoffs at Twitch</li> 
<li>After its failed coup of the userbase, Unity lays off 25 percent of its workforce</li></ul> 
Tips and Picks<ul> 
<li>Tip of the week: We need to talk about password managers</li> 
<li>App pick of the week: Alternative web browsers</li> 
<li>RunAs Radio this week: Hardening Active Directory with Jerry Devore</li> 
<li>Brown liquor pick of the week: Bearface Triple Oak</li></ul> 
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WW 863: Full of Corn - CES 2024 announcements, Incase Designed by Microsoft, passkey support

Outlook, privacy, and the terribleness of Big Tech<ul> 
<li>New Outlook Decried as a "Surveillance Tool for Targeted Advertising</li> 
<li>One perspective: How terrible are other companies like Google and Meta?</li> 
<li>But also, how terrible are Windows 11, Teams, Microsoft Edge, etc?</li> 
<li>Supreme Court refuses to hear Epic v. Apple appeals</li> 
<li>So, Epic wins on one important count, being able to communicate to their own customers</li> 
<li>But Apple is still being terrible because it can be. Will the EU finally take care of this?</li> 
<li>Google unlinking its services in the EU, Apple removing pulse ox from Watch in the US, Google comes clean on Incognito, and Microsoft Cloud lets EU customers keep data locally, it just keeps coming</li></ul> 
Copilot all the things<ul> 
<li>Richard correctly predicted that 2024 would be the year that Microsoft stopped talking about AI and started implementing AI. But who could have predicted THIS in the first two weeks (!) of the year?</li> 
<li>Copilot Pro for consumers, Copilot for Microsoft 365 for all commercial customers with no baseline, Copilot on mobile, Copilot in Microsoft 365 mobile, Copilot GPT Builder on the way</li> 
<li>But there's a real vulnerability for Microsoft and its AI aims here - Too soon, too little may be a mistake</li> 
<li>Microsoft and Vodafone, sitting in a tree</li> 
<li>Plus: No Copilot AI (SLM) on the Galaxy S24 family? Interesting. Is Google trying to undermine that partnership and bring Samsung back into the fold?</li></ul> 
Windows 11<ul> 
<li>PC sales for 2023: Good news, bad news. OK, it's just bad news</li> 
<li>They're doing it again: After almost literally no testing, Microsoft launches new Weather experience on the lock screen and makes it the default</li> 
<li>Store app install notifications are in stable now too</li> 
<li>Dev: USB 80 Gbps support, auto-start Copilot on 27-inch+ displays, Windows Share (as below) improvements, fixes</li> 
<li>Beta: More Windows Share improvements (WhatsApp, Gmail, X, Facebook, and LinkedIn URL sharing), Weather experience on Lock, Microsoft Store with instant arcade games and app install notifications</li> 
<li>Release Preview: New KB update gives us our second near-final peek at Moment 5, with more "Ink Everywhere," eye control system support, 7-ZIP support improvements, other fixes</li> 
<li>Microsoft will reportedly bring back the Windows Insider Program's Beta Channel for Windows 10 because they were just kidding about that whole "no new features" thing</li> 
<li>Dev Home comes to Windows 10</li></ul> 
Xbox<ul> 
<li>January's Game Pass titles, still no Activision Blizzard</li> 
<li>Xbox fixes Baldur's Gate save bug</li> 
<li>Ubisoft mixes up its Ubisoft+ subscriptions</li></ul> 
Tips &amp; Picks<ul> 
<li>Tip of the week: Maybe this is the year of NextDNS</li> 
<li>App pick of the week: Brave</li> 
<li>RunAs Radio this week: Copilots for Power Platform with April Dunnam</li> 
<li>Brown liquor pick of the week: Writer's Tears 
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WW 864: Word Doesn't Respect Me - Outlook & advertising, Copilot Pro announced, Galaxy S24 + Google's AI

<img src="http://twit.cachefly.net/coverart/ww/ww144audio.jpg" align="right" hspace="20" vspace="20" border="0" title="Windows Weekly" alt="Windows Weekly"/>Satya's 'State of the Union',  two new builds of Windows 10 preview this week, flight of the Windows 10 dev tools and SDK, new Windows 10 Mobile test build, Visual Studio 2015 to RTM on July 20th, new Surface 3 and Surface Pro 3 models, new Skype for Business services, and more.
 
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WW 420: Satya Nadella is Batman

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Microsoft pushes Windows 10 even harder than before, Surface Pro 4 &amp; Book get updates, Band 2 consensus, Cortana coming to iOS, and more!
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WW 438: 0118 999 881 999 119 7253

<img src="https://elroy.twit.tv/sites/default/files/styles/twit_album_art_2048x2048/public/images/shows/windows_weekly/album_art/audio/ww_albumart_mask.jpg?itok=IOPHIBIu" align="right" hspace="20" vspace="20" border="0" width="300" height="300" title="Windows Weekly (Audio)" alt="Windows Weekly (Audio)"/><ul><li>Leo and the Duo</li><li>One week in (almost), what's his take on the Surface Duo?</li><li>MJF's review: Nice hardware, confusing software</li><li>Overall, the reviews are very negative.</li></ul> <ul><li>The TikTok clock has stopped for Microsoft</li><li> A bullet dodged</li><li> Good luck, Oracle</li><li>This is the last time we ever talk about this. LET'S HOPE!</li></ul> <ul><li>Windows 10: Where are we now?</li><li> Windows 10 20H2 should be released any day now</li><li> Windows 10 build 20215 (Dev) hit today with one new feature</li><li>When will testers start getting 10X builds, given it's expected to debut in spring 2021? Will they get 10X builds?</li><li>Plus... Microsoft is working to make update blocker messages better</li><li> Your Phone's App feature is on more Samsung phones .. But not Surface Duo</li></ul> <ul><li>Subscription bundles: The future?</li><li> Apple launched several AppleOne service bundles yesterday (all for consumers)</li><li> But don't forget the antitrust concerns!</li><li>Microsoft has a lot of work and home subscription bundles, too, but so far, no crossover bundles.</li><li> Maybe MetaOS signals a change is coming</li></ul> <ul><li>Xbox</li><li>Project xCloud Cloud Gaming is here</li><li> Apple says FU to Microsoft and Cloud Gaming</li><li> Microsoft gets a bit more transparent about data collection on Xbox</li><li> Xbox One S launch video leaks</li><li>Win an Xbox One X at Taco Bell</li></ul> <ul><li> Tip of the week: Change your browser, email app defaults on iOS to Microsoft apps. The latest beta versions of Microsoft Edge and Microsoft Outlook now work with iOS 14.</li><li> App pick of the week: Visual Studio Code. Visual Studio Code has emerged as the go-to developer editor on all platforms, including Linux. Part of the appeal is its extensibility. This week, Microsoft shipped its C++ extension.</li><li> Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft Ignite is next week. Ignite 2020 a 2 day virtual event kicking off on Tuesday. The (partial?) session list is up for those who register. Expect lots of cloud, hybrid, Power Platform, M365 but also some Project Reunion stuff, possibly. MJF and Paul will banter live right after WW next week with the Patch &amp; Switch guys.</li><li>Codename pick of the week: Project OneFuzz</li></ul> 
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WW 690: The Smurface Duo - Surface Duo Review, Cloud Gaming, Bye Bye TikTok

<ul><li>Microsoft's fall hardware launch: more evolution than revolution</li>
<li>As expected, the new small Surface Laptop, christened Surface Laptop Go</li>
<li>Updated models of Surface Pro X</li>
<li>New accessories</li>
<li>And that's it. No refreshes on the Surface Pro, Surface Book, Surface Studio, Surface Go</li>
<li>This is nothing short of a strategy do-over for Surface. Granted it's been unfolding for years.</li>
<li>Related: Some more impressive PCs were announced this week too</li>
<li>Related: New Win 10 test build for Dev Channel adds a new optional customization page, file-association management</li>
</ul> 
<ul><li>Let the antitrust games begin for FAMA</li>
<li>Big tech companies are abusive monopolies that need breaking up or regulating, says the U.S. House Judiciary committee</li>
<li>Microsoft isn't on the guilty list this time around. Why? Outside gaming, not much consumer impact. And it's not a monopoly any more in any market.</li>
</ul> 
<ul><li>Not a great week for the Microsoft cloud</li>
<li>Back to back (to back) Outlook problems this past week, starting with this one</li>
<li>And today, we're back to admin portal issues for M365/O365. Sigh</li>
<li>A post-mortem on the big Azure AD outage: Definitely the perfect storm</li>
<li>Related: Greece is the word (for a new MS datacenter region... someday in the future)</li>
</ul> 
<ul><li>Bing is rebranded to Microsoft Bing. This is huge!</li>
<li>Microsoft celebrates the best-ever year for Xbox Game Studios</li>
</ul> 
<ul><li>Tips and picks</li>
<li>Tip of the week: Display file extensions. It came from the Twitters: Power users are confused about why Windows doesn't display file extensions by default. Power users should know better.</li>
<li>App pick of the week: Visual Studio Code. Everyone's doing it! And now you can access Edge Dev Tools right in the editor</li>
<li>Dev picks of the week: DConf: Microsoft's first Java dev conf for the community. Free reg, Oct. 27 to 29. Learn JavaScript for free with Microsoft's new course</li>
<li>Codename pick of the week: A bevy of Surface-related codenames. Nora, Wakita and Wolfe, Canon, Silas and Goma (thanks Aggoramenti Lumia)</li>
<li>Whiskey pick of the week: Screwball Whiskey. Like peanut butter? Then this is too dangerous to drink. It's unbelievable. Now I need to pair it with a grape jelly vodka :)</li>
</ul> 
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WW 693: Greece is the Word - MS Fall Hardware Launch, Antitrust in Congress

Big Tech's Big Earnings Week, "Sun Valley" UI Refresh 
<ul><li>Windows</li>
<li>Microsoft moves the Windows Insider Dev channel to a new build branch. What does this mean?</li>
<li>Another build for Dev Channel today from the Fe branch</li>
<li>Any reports of problems with 20H2?</li>
</ul> 
<ul><li>More earnings learnings</li>
<li>In the wake of Microsoft's earnings announcement, Amazon, Apple, and Google all announced their own earnings. Key takeaways: Amazon earnings are more than Microsoft and Google combined. And Google outpaced Microsoft.</li>
<li>Also: IT on-premises spending is showing cracks</li>
</ul> 
<ul><li>Microsoft 365</li>
<li>Teams is getting multi-user sign-in.</li>
<li>Microsoft is giving Excel database-like capabilities. What's next?</li>
<li>Microsoft's Cloud for Healthcare builds on Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and the Power Platform.</li>
</ul> 
<ul><li>Xbox</li>
<li>New Xbox reviews are coming soon.</li>
<li>New Xbox consoles are arriving early for some customers</li>
<li>Apple is going to hold a virtual Mac event on the day the Xbox Series X|S launches... but you can watch the Xbox launch instead!</li>
<li>343 botched the launch of Halo Infinite.</li>
</ul> 
<ul><li>Tips and picks</li>
<li>Tip of the week: Download any version of Windows 10</li>
<li>App pick of the week: Xbox app for Android and iOS</li>
<li>Enterprise pick of the week: Get a year free of basic call-in conferencing for Teams</li>
<li>Codename pick of the week: Aquila</li>
<li>Beer pick of the week: Evil Twin's "IT'S 'BAILEY'S IRISH CREAM COFFEE' NOT 'BAILEY'S, IRISH CREAM, &amp; COFFEE'"</li>
</ul> 
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WW 697: Think of the TikTok-ers - Big Tech's Big Earnings Week, "Sun Valley" UI Refresh

<ul><li>Microsoft CMO Chris Capossela</li>
<li>Chris has some hidden gems, and we have some questions.</li>
</ul> 
<ul><li>Windows 10</li>
<li>Microsoft brings x64 emulation to Windows 10 on ARM (in Insider)</li>
<li>Paul tested it</li>
</ul> 
<ul><li>Microsoft 365</li>
<li>Microsoft converts most Office apps to M1-compatible universal binaries on Mac</li>
<li>OneDrive and Teams are notably absent</li>
<li>Google Workspace user? You can now edit Office documents natively when sent as attachments</li>
<li>This follows a few years of updates bringing native Office capabilities to Docs, etc.</li>
<li>Semi-related: Google buys Neverware, which will formally support Chrome OS on any PC.</li>
</ul> 
<ul><li>Surface</li>
<li>Surface Duo is coming to four more countries in 2021.</li>
</ul> 
<ul><li>Xbox</li>
<li>PS5 destroyed Xbox Series X|S in November, at least in the US</li>
<li>Microsoft piles on the games in Game Pass this month</li>
<li>Flight Simulator to come to Xbox Series X|S — but not Xbox One — in 2021</li>
<li>You can get Master Chief in Fortnite now</li>
<li>EA Play for Xbox Game Pass for PC is delayed to 2021</li>
<li>Call of Duty BO CW Season One arrives</li>
</ul> 
<ul><li>Tips and picks</li>
<li>Tip of the week: Microsoft Authenticator</li>
<li>App pick of the week: Brave newsreader, Amazon Luna on Android and the web, Firefox on M1 Macs.</li>
<li>Enterprise picks of the week: Studio Alpha, Microsoft certifications getting free renewals</li>
<li>Cocktail pick of the holidays: If Nana Only Knew</li>
</ul> 
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WW 703: A Capossela Christmas - Microsoft's Chris Capossela shares his hidden gems!

SolarWinds hackers viewed MS source code, 21H1 and the future of Windows 10, and Xbox Series X|S shortages. 
<ul><li>The future of Windows 10 (and lack of information): Microsoft tests 'news and interests' feature in the taskbar, and rumor is testers should move soon if they want to keep testing 21H1.</li>
<li>Microsoft mulligans: New 'Sun Valley' Windows 10 UX for version 2021, 'One Outlook' to unify desktop and web-based clients, and history/tabs sync is coming to Edge.</li>
<li>Cloud: More on Microsoft's Azure-in-a-shipping-container MDC</li>
<li>More SolarWinds fallout: Microsoft says hackers viewed some of its source code but didn't try to attack the corporate domain.</li>
<li>Xbox: Microsoft to address Series X|S shortages, RIP Minecraft Earth, the first Game Pass titles of 2021, and Bloomberg's piece on Xbox's creation and 20-year history.</li>
</ul> 
Tips and picks 
<ul><li>Tip of the week: Paul's OCD file management tips </li>
<li>App pick of the week: Newsfeed apps The Old Reader and NewsBlur</li>
<li>Developer pick of the week: Learn web dev on GitHub</li>
<li>Enterprise pick of the week: Azure AD is going to four nines</li>
<li>Beer pick of the week: Threes Brewing Volition</li>
</ul> 
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WW 706: Carpe Per Diem - Hackers Viewed MS Source Code, Azure Modular Datacenters, Xbox Shortages

A weekly look at all things Microsoft, including Windows, Windows Phone, Office, Xbox, and more, from two of the foremost Windows watchers in the world, Paul Thurrott of Thurrott.com and Mary Jo Foley of All About Microsoft.
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