Windows Weekly 980: Running Outta Tolkiens

Leo, Richard, and Paul discuss a bogus Recall vulnerability, Snapdragon X2, Microsoft 365, Surface, AI, Xbox, and more.

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Windows 11

Reports of a Recall security vulnerability are, once again, bogus, Microsoft says

Windows Insider Program

Hands-on with two Snapdragon X2 laptops!

Microsoft 365, Surface, more

OneDrive now supports Markdown natively

Report: New Surface PCs with Intel chips coming soon

Microsoft is making changes to its Rewards program

AI

GitHub Copilot moves to token-based billing in a sign of the true cost of AI

Claude Design democratizes visual design on the heels of Claude Opus 4.7

OpenAI Codex moves into productivity

OpenAI releases ChatGPT Images 2.0

Chrome AI Mode gets a big update

Mozilla announces Thunderbolt, sovereign AI for businesses

Google brings vibe coding to Android apps with Android CLI

Xbox and gaming

Microsoft drops Xbox Game Pass prices (!), but also drops Call of Duty from Day One

More Game Pass titles for April: Kiln, Vampire Crawlers, more

Xbox April Update is here with that Quick Resume feature we all want

There’s an ID@Xbox event on April 23 to highlight indie games

Xbox is selling Forza Horizon 6 limited edition controller and headsets

Starfield is coming to the Nintendo Switch 2

A Call of Duty movie will finally arrive in 2028

Related tip: Try out the Modern Warfare remake on Game Pass, it’s a reminder of COD’s gritty past

PS5 Digital is down to its $399 launch price temporarily

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Just make it

AI is democratizing the making of things, from bespoke/custom apps to websites, designs of all kinds, and everything else you might imagine. It’s a new world, and it’s time to create.

App pick of the week: Helium

Helium is a new Chromium-based web browser that’s completely open source, lightweight, secure, and private. There’s a native version for Windows 11 on Arm, too.

Also: Firefox 150 arrives with over 270 security fixes (!)

RunAs Radio this week: The Life and Death of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit with Michael Niehaus

https://runasradio.com/Shows/Show/1033

Brown liquor pick of the week: Ned Australian Whisky

https://nedwhisky.com.au/collections/whisky/products/ned-australian-whisky-700ml

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