Windows Weekly 881: Big Boy Teams

Leo, Richard, and Paul discuss Windows 11, Patch Tuesday, Open AI’s Spring Update, Google I/O, and a lot of Xbox and gaming news.

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Windows 11

Patch Tuesday arrives

  • Windows 11 gets those stupid lock screen widgets
  • So does Windows 10, plus account notifications in Start because we can’t have nice things

Windows Insider:

Dell PCs based on Snapdragon X leak, and it’s more good news

Related: Intel announces Thunderbolt Share

Microsoft 365

Microsoft Word gets a long-overdue overhaul to default paste

  • Here’s how to configure this feature

As threatened, EU to charge Microsoft with antitrust violations from Teams bundling. “Craig, it’s like riding a bike.”

AI

OpenAI kicks off the week with its Spring Update – clarity + awkwardness makes them more human, desperately needed

Google I/O follows up with a Microsoft-style keynote

Microsoft is next

And then Apple in June – Apple killed self-driving cars in part to focus on AI

Related: Arm revenues surge yet again, but the company isn’t focused enough on AI so now it is

Xbox

Microsoft to launch Xbox mobile games store in July. But on the web. And … what is this, exactly?

Xbox consoles will support game update pre-loads, finally

Microsoft discounts Xbox 360 titles ahead of Store closure

We have another round of Game Pass titles and you’re never going to believe what we didn’t get, again

Starfield May Update is here with 60 fps support on Series X

Xbox Cloud Gaming supports keyboard and mouse with 26 games

Xbox app gets more improvements tied to handheld gaming PCs

Sony has now sold almost 60 million PS5s, roughly even with PS4 at this point in time

Related: Sea of Thieves was the most-downloaded game in April. Well, in Europe. On the PS5.

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Remote Desktop is another feature semi-broken by MSA sign-ins

Here’s one fix. There are several.

App pick of the week: VMWare Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro are free

But can we trust this software? Broadcom is a stumbling block.

Plus: Opera gets AI-powered help me write feature in Developer channel – I’ve been digging on Opera this past week

RunAs Radio this week: MLOps + DevOps + Kubernetes with Annie Talvasto

https://runasradio.com/Shows/Show/932

Brown liquor pick of the week: Lagavulin 16

https://www.malts.com/en-us/products/lagavulin

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