EU's Big Tech gatekeepers, AI-powered shopping tools, Windows Copilot Preview
The EU officially identified the first Big Tech "gatekeepers" that will be held to a higher regulatory standard, and...

Microsoft/FTC hearings reveal numerous details about the Xbox business
The FTC's economist could not explain how the acquisition would actually harm competition
The FTC bungled its questioning of...

Microsoft squares off against the FTC
On Thursday, Microsoft will face off against the FTC in its bid to acquire Activision Blizzard. But the FTC has proven that it does not understand its role as...

Microsoft & Activision Blizzard, Windows 11 22H2, OpenAI, Xbox Updates
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
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Cortana's Windows death, 3 months with no Xbox, thoughts on WWDC23
Developer Story
As the developer conference season winds down with WWDC, a look at how Apple, Google, and Microsoft are both...

One more look back at Build 
Microsoft talked a lot about what's coming to Windows, was vague on the timing. Speaking of vague, Microsoft gave the impression that there were "1 billion" Windows 11...

Build 2023 key(note) takeaways, Neeva shutting down, Leo updates to Moment 3
Microsoft Build 2023
Microsoft's keynotes are a combination of marketing and developer talk and that stands in sharp...

Windows 11: We're having another moment!
After hitting Release Preview last week, Moment 3 will arrive in preview form next week (Week D) or the following week and then head to stable on June 13...

Windows 11
Patch Tuesday: Windows 11 gets that one new feature that Microsoft was awfully quiet about.
New builds last week across Canary, Dev, and Beta - Nothing in Canary, lots in Dev, two...

Windows 11 LTSC, PC peripheral consolidation, CFRs
WE GOT ROADMAPS
Microsoft updated the Windows roadmap. And there are two takeaways
Windows 11 LTSC will finally arrive in the second half of...

CMA blocks Activision Blizzard deal, FY23 Q3 earnings, Mad Dogs Hot Dogs
Microsoft earnings
Microsoft announced that it earned a net income of $18.3 billion on revenues of $52.9 billion for the...

Gallery in File Explorer, Bing in SwiftKey, Ubisoft+ Multi Access
Bing/AI
Samsung allegedly is considering replacing Google Search with Bing. Can they even do that?
Bing chatbot comes to...

KB5025239, Build 2023 session catalog, Xbox April update
Microsoft brings more new features to Windows 11 on Patch Tuesday. It's a mini moment!
Windows 11 is coming to HoloLens 2! The platform is...

File Explorer access keys, Edge Workspaces public preview, Xbox Remix Special Edition Controller 
Happy birthday, Microsoft
Microsoft turned 48 this week (April 4). It took a wrong left turn in...

Week D production-quality updates, revamped widgets board, Microsoft Teams redesign
Windows 11
Microsoft debuts new Windows 11 features in Preview. And now we have a new updating schedule!...

Microsoft Loop preview FINALLY arrives
Microsoft Loop web app launches in public preview for MSA and work/school accounts - Yeah, it's a Notion rip-off. Alarmingly so.
Windows 11
Now, Microsoft...

OpenAI's GPT-4 released, KB5023706 update, YouTube Music
Windows 11
Moment 2 is official; mostly a solid update
The ensh*ttification of Windows/Microsoft 365 continues: Microsoft Word, Paint,...

Microsoft adds Windows 12 to the Insider Program
Last week's feature release shows you how these Insider channels map to the next release, which is sometimes a Moment now and not just a formal...

New features in KB5022913 update, Microsoft's defense of Activision Blizzard bid
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
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Microsoft FINALLY brings Windows 11 on Arm support to Apple Silicon Macs
A new Release Preview build shows us what the next Moment update will look like
New Beta channe builds are a bit less...