WW 910: Intel Outside - Pat Gelsinger's exit, FTC investigation, Dia browser
BLOCKBUSTER NEWS FROM INTEL
- Intel announces Arc B-series GPUs!!!
- CEO Pat Gelsinger "retires," but was really forced out by the board of directors
- Why? Theories include too-slow progress, major partner bailing on foundry, disagreements over keeping x86 design and foundry, etc.
Windows
- All Quiet on the Windows Front
- No Insider builds last week. Thanks Thanksgiving! Today, a new Canary build with Win32 app updating in the Store
- Patch Tuesday is next week - this will be a big one
- The rest of December will be quiet too
- Microsoft: TPM 2.0 is "non-negotiable" in Windows
- And now, a long-threatened change: Watermark on the desktop of unsupported PCs
- PC sales slid 1.5 percent in Q3 after two quarters of "growth"/flat sales
- Samsung is killing DeX
- Phone Link is the new Dex. Interesting, given the partnership with Microsoft
- Plus, Google is FINALLY adding desktop capabilities to Android. This should have always come from the platform maker
AI, Cloud
- FTC is investigating Microsoft for cloud licensing too - And about 16 other things apparently
- Microsoft: SHE HIT ME FIRST!
- Spotify Wrapped 2024 uses Notebook LM to create a personalized podcast for each customer
- OpenAI is solving the biggest problem with AI... its lack of advertising!
- The Browser Company's next browser is called Dia and it's all about AI. Does it have a chance?
Xbox
- Xbox Year in Review is live
- Indiana Jones and more is coming to Game Pass in the first half of December
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is getting big reliability updates. Hopefully, Boeing is helping out here
- For some reason, Sony announces that it sold 160 million PlayStation 2 consoles
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Get out of the basement
- App pick of the week: Google Drive
- RunAs Radio this week: A SysAdmin Christmas with Rick Claus and Joey Snow
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Dewar's 8 Year Old Caribbean Smooth Rum Cask Finish
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