Leo, Richard, and Paul discuss Windows 11 24H2, new HP AI PCs, Three Mile Island, Microsoft SFI, AI, Qualcomm and Intel, Xbox, and much more.
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24H2 is following a now-familiar trajectory to release. Right, it’s chaos
The Windows App is now available on Windows, Mac, and iOS
HP announces two new flagship AI PCs, one AMD and one Intel. Plus a lower-cost 8-core Snapdragon model. This is officially a trend.
Related: A week after providing details about the September 2024 firmware update for Surface Laptop 7, Microsoft confirms it shipped the same update to Surface Pro 11. This has had a major negative effect on the device’s instant-on capabilities.
Microsoft is reviving Three Mile Island and other headlines I never thought I’d write
Google formally complains about alleged Microsoft antitrust abuses in the EU
LinkedIn is training AI with your data. You can turn it off because Microsoft loves opt-out
Microsoft issues a SFI progress report and they are doing GREAT, thank you very much
Apple Intelligence will hoover 4GB of drive space on iPhones to start, more later as more features are added
This week in the Intel drama
Arc just experienced its first major security incident and handled it really well
Raspberry Pi reports its first-ever earnings
Quick note: I’ve finished updating .NETpad for Windows 11 theming support in .NET 9, will put code up in GitHub after .NET ships in stable.
A new tell-all about Blizzard, Activision, and Xbox arrives October 8
Game Pass features are coming to Xbox mobile app where they belong – Also, Game Bar Compact mode as part of September Xbox Update
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is available for preorder and it will look a lot better and take up a lot less disk space
Xbox Ambassador’s Program is dead, Jim
Report: Xbox spends $1 billion per year to acquire Game Pass titles
Xbox figured out how to reduce its carbon emissions. You know, besides selling fewer consoles
Sony announces 30th anniversary PS5 collection
The NY Times is a disaster. So I was going to leave and they made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. We should all be doing this kind of thing more often.
Bonjourr + Pocket: You don’t need bookmarks. You need a clean New Tab page and a way to read things now or later without distractions. Those things are Bonjourr and Pocket.
AdGuard figured out Manifest V3 and has been transparent about this work for years.
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