Windows Weekly 865: You Don’t Drink the Bottle!

Leo, Richard, and Paul discuss the Microsoft email hack, Windows 11, Microsoft’s $3 trillion market cap, AI, web browser updates, Xbox, and much more.

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Microsoft was hacked

A Russia-backed hacker group infiltrated a legacy system and gained access to executive emails

  • A big deal, or nothing to see here?
  • This is triggering an escalation in Microsoft’s security makeover either way

Windows 11

Windows Insider Program

  • Beta channel: USB 80 Gbps/USB4 v2 support, bug fixes
  • Dev channel: Teams (commercial) meeting integration in Start, new mobile device management interface

Related: New Surface event rumored for March. Possibly two waves of Pro and Laptop releases.

Related: Microsoft Bing and Edge are obviously not dominant platforms, and will not be subject to EU DMA

Related: Microsoft Mesh is here for all your legless meeting needs

AI

Microsoft hits $3 trillion market cap on the strength of its AI moves

Paul used Copilot Pro and you’re never going to believe what happened next

Microsoft is bringing more AI to education. And so is Google.

Would you pay for an AI-infused Alexa? Hey, Alexa…

Web browsers, oh my

Xbox

Microsoft reveals several new games for 2024, key among them an Indiana Jones title

343 slows down Halo Infinite updates dramatically. Is this just about Halo or a hint at a looming new trend?

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Is it even possible to prevent online tracking?

And you thought Microsoft Outlook was bad. But there are no good answers for online tracking. NextDNS and Pi Hole-type solutions seem to be the best option for now.

App pick of the week: Arc browser

You have to sign up for a waitlist on Windows, but power users will be interested in this decidedly unique take on the web browser.

Bonus pick: Notion Calendar. But what we really need is Notion Email, ammirite?

RunAs Radio this week: AI for IT with Gil Pekelman

https://runasradio.com/Shows/Show/916

Brown liquor pick of the week: Hibiki Harmony

https://house.suntory.com/hibiki-whisky

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