Windows 11 and the Copilot+ PC
- Microsoft announces Copilot+ PC and our world collapses
- Microsoft announces new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop 13/15 as expected
- What the heck is this new bifurcation of features in Windows? Why?
- Paul ordered a Surface Laptop 15 the second Yusuf Mehdi said he could
- The other shoe finally drops: Every Copilot+ Pro PC has a fan. Is this a problem?
- Sorry, Chicken Little, Microsoft Recall is not a privacy concern
- Windows 11 is getting a lot of new security features
- Qualcomm is offering a $899 Copilot+ PC Mini and it looks awesome
- Windows 11 24H2 just entered the Release Preview channel
Inside baseball
- Everyone is mad at Microsoft about Monday's event
- Intel had people on-site to attend and present, Microsoft took their badges away and asked them to leave (AMD seemingly placated by Build keynote mentions). Intel countered with its own pissy announcement
- Qualcomm, the darling of the event, would like to know why it took Microsoft 40 minutes to say the word "Snapdragon"
- PC makers were told they would get equal billing with Surface, but they were afterthoughts during the event and at the showcase
Microsoft 365
- Microsoft Announces Team Copilot
- Microsoft adds new features to Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft Edge is getting a real-time translation feature
AI
- Microsoft adds a multimodal model to its Phi family of on-device SLMs
- Microsoft brings Copilots to developers, updates Power Platform
- Microsoft partners with Khan Academy on AI training
Dev
- Microsoft announces Windows Copilot runtime, but it's not a runtime
- Also, WTFF WPF is BACK with WinUI support too!
- Visual Studio 2022 17.10 adds integrated GitHub Copilot
- Plus some .NET 9 updates in pre-release
- Windows 11 24H2 is getting a bunch of new features for developers
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the Week: Windows 11 Security Book & Surface Laptop Report
- RunAs Radio This Week: The End of Windows 10 with Paul Thurrott
- Brown Liquor: Eagle Rare 10
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