Description
Microsoft’s AI investments reveal a bizarre financial loop where billions pour into infrastructure, yet profits remain elusive. The hosts break down why the industry’s most hyped tech might just be a high-stakes game of circular accounting. Plus, a developer has resurrected Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a to run natively on Windows 11! Lastly, Stardock’s latest utility replaces Alt + Tab for $7.99.
Windows
• 25H2: new touchpad gestures, Windows Hello ESS improvements, Widgets improvements, Windows Search improvements, more
• 26H1: Windows Update calendar-based pausing, Picture Password EOL, Point in time restore, multi-camera support, user folder customization in Setup, etc.
• Over 420 bug fixes, but that’s over 200 less than last month
• Follow-up on Microsoft’s AI spending. It’s much worse than we knew - And also much worse than we know now
• Yes, Microsoft Edge is going all-in on Manifest V3
• Proton Drive - Now with a CLI and business features, and it’s coming soon to Linux
• A developer ported Word for Windows 1.1 to x64
AI
• Gemini now has one billion users. But how many pay? - Plus the new Pixel phones are one step sideways, one step back
• OpenAI brings ChatGPT to Linux (!)
Xbox and gaming
• A new Xbox Elite Series 3 controller leak shows it will have a mini display
• Microsoft tests new console features with Xbox Insiders
• Id Software brings a new episode to Quake to mark 30th anniversary!
• Minecraft is coming to Switch 2
• Here comes GTA VI
• A Valve partner was hacked, Steam Machine customers warned
• Nintendo revenues decline 9.5 percent to ¥518 billion
Tips and picks
• Tip of the week: View Git status directly in File Explorer
• App pick of the week: AltTabby
• RunAs Radio this week: The Content Management System Landscape with Matt Garrepy
• Brown liquor pick of the week: Sideshow Lincoln Straight Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Windows Weekly episode 996
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