Windows Weekly 941: K… and Q

Leo, Richard, and Paul discuss Windows 11, PC sales, Microsoft 365, OpenAI vs. Microsoft, Xbox and gaming, and much more.

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Windows 11

Microsoft just made a major change to the Windows 11 install media and you’re not going to believe what happens next

Windows Insider Program

Also: Microsoft quietly killed the simplified date/time in the Windows 11 Taskbar because no one liked it

PC sales grew 5 percent in Q2 but there is a BIG caveat

Semi-related: Google is “combining” ChromeOS and Android

Even less related: HMD quietly pulls Nokia out of the U.S. market, the dream is over

Microsoft 365, AI

Microsoft layoffs directly attributed to AI

Microsoft scuttled OpenAI’s acquisition of Windsurf and all hell broke loose

Microsoft keeps changing the terms of the deal: Microsoft 365 apps will be updated on Windows 10 only through August 2026

Microsoft 365 Copilot is finally getting a Memory

OpenAI is going to war with Microsoft and the world

Google NotebookLM gets curated featured notebooks

  • This is emerging as one of the more useful AI tools

Xbox and gaming

Xbox app for Windows 11 gets “Stream your own game” functionality

Grounded 2, more coming to Game Pass in second half of July

Cyberpunk 2077 is coming to the Mac for some reason

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Save big on PCs, go refurbished

Apple famous for this but

and many others. This is a great way to pick up a never-used, nearly new PC for less

App pick of the week: LanguageTool for Desktop

This is the AI spelling and grammar checking app/service that I rely on. And yes, I do pay for it.

RunAs Radio this week: Fabric in 2025 with Arun Ulag

https://runasradio.com/Shows/Show/993

Brown liquor pick of the week: Slane Triple Casked Blend

https://www.slaneirishwhiskey.com/whiskey/

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