WW 924: No One Wants To Be Plumbing - Copilot for Gaming, Files, .NET Preview 2
Did Copilot uninstall from your computer recently? You're not alone. At least Microsoft is working on a fix. Plus, Satya Nadella has created a new Office of Strategy and Transformation to meet the rapidly evolving needs of the AI era. Discord finally has a Social SDK now, Copilot for Gaming is preparing for mobile testing, and a Call of Duty franchise sale that brings savings up to 67 percent off. Lastly, Paul's app pick is a free, open source, third-party File Explorer replacement that is beautiful and highly customizable. And it never badgers you to backup to OneDrive.
Windows
- March security update hilariously removes Copilot app from Windows 11
- New Canary build today
- Release Preview (today): 24H2 ahead of Week D
- Release Preview: 23H2 and Windows 10 ahead of Week D
- Dev, Beta, Beta (23H3) - Voice access suggestions, File Explorer fix
- Paint is getting new Cocreator features
- New Notepad and Snipping Tool features for all
Microsoft
- Microsoft announces vague transformation that could be important
- FTC to move forward with Microsoft antitrust probe
- Microsoft no longer includes power supply with Surface PCs sold in Europe
AI/Dev
- Gemini adds Canvas and Audio Overview features
- Plus, Gemini is replacing Assistant in Android (and Chromebook)
- Zoom AI Companion is going agentic
- Meta claims one billion downloads of Llama AI models
- Microsoft ships .NET 10 Preview 2
Xbox
- Microsoft is bringing Copilot to Xbox
- Xbox Adaptive Joystick is now available for $29.99
- Here are the new games heading to Game Pass in second half of March
- Epic Games and Qualcomm partner on bringing games to WOA
- Discord has an SDK now
- Google Play Games for PC is adding native games
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Call of Duty titles are on sale in the Microsoft Store
- App pick of the week: Files
- RunAs Radio this week: Managing AI Costs with Sonia Cuff
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Toki Suntory Whisky
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