On this episode, Paul Thurrott gets a bit better at unmuting! Mikah is back once again while Leo is away, and Richard features a classic single malt scotch. Wave 2 of Microsoft 365 Copilot kicks off, including an agent builder! Lenovo's got an everything-in-one ThinkBook, HP's got a Ryzen AI 300-based Copilot+ PC, and Netflix has a new series with Bill Gates.
Windows 11
- Microsoft comes clean on the schedule for Windows 11 version 24H2
- First AMD Zen 5-based Copilot+ PC in here (if here means "Paul's house")
- A few thoughts on where we're at with Copilot+ PCs, AI, etc
- Microsoft deprecates legacy DRM in Windows
- Google is bringing desktop windowing capabilities to Android
Microsoft 365 + AI/Dev
- Microsoft announces "Copilot Wave 2" with new Agent Builder, Pages experience, more
- Slack: Look at me, look at me! I have agents too!!
- Office LTSC 2024 is now available for businesses - consumer versions in "the coming weeks"
- Microsoft held its security summit with CrowdStrike, etc. There were no reports of a tarp on the floor
- Apple releases annual upgrades for all its hardware platforms and not an iota of AI in sight
- This is the end of an era. An era we will think back on as "the good old days"
- Microsoft issues .NET 9 RC1 ahead of November release. Clear to Paul that the WPF support in this release will never be updated again, which sucks
Hardware
- Intel finally has some good news: Foundry subsidiary spin-off, AWS expanded partnership, more CHIPS money
- Intel also has some bad news: It lost out on the PS6 contract to AMD, which made previous gen PS chips
- A Windows 11 2-in-1 (like Surface Book) in which the detachable display is a powerful, standalone Android tablet
Xbox
- Microsoft lays off 650 more Gaming division employees
- Microsoft realizes that some Xbox members do have friends, is bringing back Friends Requests
- Microsoft concludes September with three more Game Pass titles
- Bonus points: How many of these are Activision Blizzard titles?
- Bonus tip: If you play Overwatch 2 on Xbox, there are now some bonus perks for Game Pass members: Six hero skins, 30 Mythic prisms to spend on Mythic unlocks, a stackable XP boost, and access to Overwatch 2 Shop cosmetics from prior seasons
- Unity: Just kidding about that runtime fee, please stop harassing us now
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: How to spend your time and your money
- App pick of the week: ExplorerPatcher
- RunAs Radio this week: Asymmetric Encryption with Eli Holderness
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Talisker 10
Hosts: Paul Thurrott, Richard Campbell, and Mikah Sargent
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