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...

The AI morning after
A week after the irrational exuberance, reality sets in. It's still Bing. And it's still competing against Google
Microsoft shares an update on Bing AI rollout
Google...

 WORLD WAR AI
OpenAI announces ChatGPT Plus
Google responds to ChatGPT with Bard
Microsoft announces AI-powered Bing and Edge.
Google hosted its own AI event and it announced multi-search, Maps...

Halo engine switch, Intel Q4 2022 revenues, Ground News
Windows 11
Skipping the Windows 11 upgrade? Microsoft will force-feed it to you soon
Related: Microsoft is using dark patterns to get...

F23Q2 analysis, the subscription future, Microsoft 365 Insider program
Microsoft announced a net income of $16.4 billion on revenues of $52.7 billion for the quarter ending December 31. Net income...

AI for the consumer client side, HoloLens request rejected, Azure DevOps
Layoffs
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella informs employees of 10,000 layoffs
Is Surface on the cutting block?
Amazon to...

Fungible, rounded corners, Xbox Oreos, the AI wave
Microsoft invested $1 billion in OpenAI in 2019
Surface Pro X, also from 2019, featured the first-ever NPU in a Surface product
Eye contact...

Notepad tabs, Stack Overflow 2022 developer survey, LastPass alternatives
Windows
Microsoft's next Moment for Windows 11 is on the way
Microsoft is testing tabs in Notepad internally
This is...

Looking back on the year in Microsoft, from Paul's rants to Mary Jo's beer! The world of Windows has had one wild 2022!
Activision Blizzard acquisition begins
Autocorrect/autocomplete baffles...

Microsoft in 2022: the good, the bad, the meh
Activision Blizzard. It's the gift that keeps on giving. I mean, Brazil OKed the deal. COME ON
Microsoft Teams turned 5. Is it unstoppable? (Stack is...

FTC sues to block Activision Blizzard acquisition
FTC goes after Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard
The FTC's action against Microsoft is ridiculous given the real-world abuses by...

There have been major moves in the Activision Blizzard drama this week
Brad Smith publicly lays out Microsoft's argument for the acquisition
Smith compares Sony to Blockbuster
He complains about...

New Microsoft 365 additions, Reset this PC, Revolver: Special Edition
Windows 11
A quick look at "moments" and what it means for the future of Windows. The October/November update was a moment....

Slippery slope
Ten years of advertising in Windows, and it's about to get even worse
Windows 11
Dev channel: Windows 11 build 25247
The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now generally available in...

Surface Pro 9 Liberty Special Edition, Xbox Transparency Report, Task Manager Improvements Windows 11
Beta channel: Microsoft starts testing Task Manager improvements
Photos app integration with...

"Hey, Github!" voice coding, KB5019980 update, Control Freak Windows 11
Why Windows 11 usage is down so low and what Microsoft could do to fix that
Microsoft ships the "November update for...

New Dev & Beta builds, Phone Link update, Joe Belfiore, Modern Warfare II
Windows 11
New Dev build today: Build 25236 feature a minor change to the Windows 11 search experience and a Store UX...

Q1 FY23 Earnings, Q2 pessimism, Sinofsky reflects on Windows 8
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
For full show notes, visit...

Windows 11
Microsoft rolls out optional October update for Windows 11 22H2, adding tabbed File Explorer
New to the Dev channel: Some stack orchestrator and other minor updates
New to the Beta...

Apple integrations, Surface Laptop 5, Microsoft Designer
Microsoft Ignite 2022
Loop components news!
Teams Premium Add-on, Mesh avatars in preview, more new features
New/rebranded Microsoft 365...