Windows Weekly 905: Regulated Goods Content

Leo, Richard, and Paul discuss a 24H2 preview update, Microsoft 365, AI, dev, Google and AMD earnings, Xbox, and more.

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Windows 11

Yes, Windows 11 version 24H2 got its preview update for October too, a few days late as expected

24H2 was a surprisingly big platform shift – no enablement updates – faster updates going forward

Windows Insider Program

Microsoft 365/AI/dev

Teams is … getting weird

Microsoft 365 apps get Handoff support on Apple devices

Notion has, well, Notion … and Calendar … and soon, Mail – a light alternatives to Google Workspace and M365?

GitHub Copilot goes multi-LLM – future of all Copilots? (And what Satya said about these models being commodities)

Apple Intelligence wave one arrives, mostly to indifference – Wave two in December – EU is getting it in the Spring

The Browser Company can’t realize its vision for the future with Arc – will keep that going, start something new, AI-based and simpler

Earnings/Corporate

Microsoft and Google duke it out over Cloud licensing – This one is getting ugly

MSFT to report earnings today (after the show, it looks like)

Google – $88.3 billion in revenues

AMD – OK, but dominated by Intel on PCs and NVIDIA in AI/datacenter

Apple on Thursday

Xbox

The future of Xbox is … ?

  • More games, more people, more devices, Microsoft says
  • Less emphasis on console but … what might a next-gen console look like? Arm? Mobile? Third-party hardware makers?
  • Cloud Gaming is limited to the most expensive Game Pass tier – that has to change, and what about a standalone tier?
  • Mobile app stores are coming – but what about native mobile games?

Call of Duty Black Ops 6 lands on PC Game Pass, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, and Cloud Gaming – Paul puts aside his grudge and gives it a shot

Microsoft previews new Home experience for Xbox app on Windows

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: It might be time to look at the Raspberry Pi again

Raspberry Pi 5 got SSDs and a faster AI hat this past week. This is like the “home computer” era all over again, and I miss it

App pick of the week: My God, it’s full of web browsers

So much happening this week in apps

Browsers: Chrome, Vivaldi 7, Opera for iOS and Android, Firefox 132

Adobe Fresco is totally free for all

Proton VPN for Apple TV arrives

Fantastical Calendar for Windows, I guess

RunAs Radio this week: Updating Windows on ARM with Aria Hanson

https://runasradio.com/Shows/Show/956

Brown liquor pick of the week: Laird of the Fintry Black Label Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky

https://okanaganspirits.com/products/whisky/single-malt/2024-laird-of-fintry-black-label-cask-strength-single-malt-whisky/

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