Windows Weekly 915: Magic Tricks for Cats

Leo, Richard, and Paul discuss the first Patch Tuesday of 2025, Windows 10 EOL, AI, Microsoft 365, Surface, Xbox, and much more.

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Windows

The first Patch Tuesday of 2025 brings temporary but sweet relief

  • There were no preview updates last month, so this month is just security/bug fixes
  • Ah, the good old days … of 2021

Windows Insider Program

Will Microsoft back down from its Windows 10 EOL line in the sand? It appears not

Related: Parallels Desktop for Mac now supports running x86 Windows VMs … very slowly

AI, Microsoft 365

New business models for AI emerge in 2025. Pay as you go vs. pay or no pay

Massive reorg of Microsoft’s engineering groups is all about AI – There are PM-level layoffs happening now all over Microsoft

OpenAI adds tasks in beta to ChatGPT

Microsoft Excel in Windows will soon support dark mode. Wait, what?

Surface, hardware

Surface teases a big announcement on January 30

AMD surges on incredible new x86 chips and Intel’s epic fail

Former Surface design lead Ralf Groene joins Panos at Amazon. Why?

Arm Holdings plans massive licensing price hikes. Everyone needs to settle the F down.

There’s a 16 GB Raspberry Pi 5 now. But at this price, a low-end NUC is the better choice for most.

Dev

.NET 9.0.1 arrives – and with it, the fix for the app-crashing WPF/Windows 11 theming bug

Paul tried GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio. It is MAGIC.

Xbox and games

Microsoft is clearly planning something big for gaming handhelds. Windows or Xbox? Or both?

Happy New Year, Xbox fans! Microsoft to bring more Xbox exclusives to PS, Switch

Xbox to host a Developer Direct event next week

Microsoft introduces new Xbox repair options

The Nintendo Switch 2 is leaking all over the place, and there were prototypes at CES. It could be announced as soon as tomorrow

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: New Year’s resolutions? I have a better idea. Maybe

Think about making micro changes each month or quarter instead of huge, sweeping changes one a year.

App pick of the week: Start11 v2.5

The latest version lets you put the taskbar on the sides of the screen like God intended.

RunAs Radio this week: DevOpsDocs with Mattias Karlsson

https://runasradio.com/Shows/Show/967

Brown liquor pick of the week: Buchanan’s Deluxe 12

https://www.buchananswhisky.com/en-us/our-whiskies/buchanans-12-deluxe

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