Windows Weekly 973: Bob’s Rumor Store

Mikah Sargent, Richard, and Paul discuss Windows 11, industry earnings, AI, dev, and Xbox and gaming news.

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Windows 11

Shenanigans? If you use a third-party AI client in Edge Canary … you will not be amused.

Bitwarden is (the first?) third-party password manager to support passkey sign-ins on Windows 11

Windows Insider Program

ASUS and Dell will soon sell Windows 365 Cloud PCs

Google is moving Chrome to a two-week dev schedule, should we assume Microsoft will follow suit with Edge?

Semi-related: More earnings

AI/dev

OpenAI closes $110 billion funding round as the AI circle jerk continues

Microsoft brings Copilot Tasks to consumer Copilot

Nano Banana 2 is here

Google introduces AppFunctions for Android, it’s way to make mobile apps work like MCP (be semantic), similar to what Microsoft is doing in Windows

Windows App Development CLI updated to 0.02 with Store CLI integration and .NET project support

Build 2026 is in San Francisco, as expected, but in June – overlap with WWDC?

Xbox and gaming

Here come the first Game Pass titles of March

Microsoft highlights some indie games to consider – official link

Xbox ROG Ally gets AI-based game recaps

Legion Go Fold is the star of the new PCs at MWC

Sony might be backtracking on its PC games plans

Developing: Epic/Google settlement was approvedearlier report and commentary

Tips and picks

App pick of the week: Resident Evil: Requiem

I’ve been trying to playing different games and different types of games. This one is better (to me) than Silent Hill f and Silent Hill 2 remake, if you want a horror game.

Tip of the week: Secure your Windows 11 PC

“I don’t use BitLocker,” a reader told me while I cried over this stupidity. If you keep to the defaults, Windows 11 is secure. Copilot+ PC is even more secure. But you can take additional steps to secure it either way and should.

Also: There’s a cheaper new Audible plan thanks to Spotify

RunAs Radio this week: Hiring in 2026 with Suzi Edwards-Alexander

https://runasradio.com/Shows/Show/1026

Brown liquor pick of the week: St. Augustine Florida Straight Bourbon

https://www.staugustinedistillery.com/florida-straight-bourbon

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