WW 892: Capacious Chyrons - Microsoft's FY24 Q4, Xbox 360 Store closes, Skype ad-free

Paul is back from Berlin! Mikah Sargent subs in for Leo, while Richard brings a glass of Einar's whisky to the show! They talk about the latest from IFA 2024, including the state of Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm. Later, tune in for intriguing updates about Parallels Desktop, Windows 10's Photos app, and Apple's lineup of (currently) AI-less devices. IFA Part Deux More perspective from industry insiders on where Intel, AMD and Qualcomm are at now Why did Qualcomm launch lower-end Snapdragon X chips now? Intel bails on 20A manufacturing process to focus on 18A - making lemonade Intel lands a punch with Lunar Lake. Is it enough for a comeback? Qualcomm has reportedly been trying to buy Intel's chip design business for months Lenovo launches new PCs with Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm chips - Photo gallery Copilot+ PC-class PCs with AMD and Intel chips come with 24H2e Windows Patch Tuesday arrives - 22H2/23H2 and 24H2 all get updates - same as last month's preview updates, of course Microsoft still doesn't list 24H2 in Windows 11 Update History on the Support sit Parallels Desktop 20 will benefit from Microsoft's Prism emulator too Microsoft is updating Photos app in Windows 10 too It's not just macOS Sequoia, ChromeOS is copying Windows's Snap feature too Apple launches new devices but AI is not ready Apple launches iPhone 16 series without AI, plus new Apple Watch and AirPods 4 also without AI... and confirms next software updates, also without AI - AI is for later, sometimes much later This was a lackluster launch by any measure. But AI might make things more interesting in time Dashlane recommends skipping out on Apple Passwords Microsoft 365, AI, more Microsoft opens up Ignite 2024 registration Windows App set to replace various RDP apps Xbox Sony tips PS5 Pro for a November 7 launch at $699 Xbox Game Pass Standard launches Netflix allegedly saw 210 million game downloads Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Lose the bookmarks, gain a (free) New tab page Tip of the week #2: Amazon Prime Games has free games too RunAs Radio this week: Microsoft 365 and PowerShell with Tony Redmond Brown liquor pick of the week: Einar's Great Skua Single Malt Hosts: Paul Thurrott, Richard Campbell, and Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: veeam.com bigid.com/windowsweekly 1password.com/windowsweekly cachefly.com/twit

In this week's episode, Paul is in Germany in preparation for IFA 2024. Some of the big PC players have made timely hardware announcements, including Intel launching their Core Ultra 200V series processors, Qualcomm revealing an 8-core Snapdragon X Plus chip, and Dell listing a new XPS 13 laptop for preorder. Plus, does the Wall Street Journal have something for Intel? A suspiciously-timed gaming article might suggest so. Tune in for more news on all the related companies, from HP and NVIDIA to Proton and Google! IFA begins (just kidding) Microsoft comes clean on Copilot+ PC features on non-Snapdragon X PCs: Next-gen AMD and Intel systems will get Copilot+ PC features in November, but will not be called Copilot+ PCs Intel formally launches Lunar Lake as Core Ultra processor Series 2 Dell announces Lunar Lake-based XPS 13, pre-order now Qualcomm launches 8-core Snapdragon X Plus processor Google Drive is going native on Arm - And ExpressVPN and NordVPN are live on Arm now! Richard got an email from Arrow Electronics about his Snapdragon Dev Kit (and what happens next will shock you!) Surface Pro 11, Surface Pro 7 for Business - plus 5G coming to Surface Pro 10 for Business Is the recent WSJ piece an Intel hit job? Windows Windows 11 version 24H2 - Some clarity? Come on! Everyone announces that you'll be able to remove Recall from Windows 11. You won't New Canary and Beta builds (last week) - lots of things in both, for a change Vivaldi is fully optimized for Windows 11 on Arm HP earnings: Slim growth, thanks to PCs AI Copilot Wave 2 event is coming soon. The great rebrandening? UK CMA OK's Microsoft "acqui-hire" of Inflection. Oh, and it's a merger ChatGPT now has 200 million active users Firefox 130 offers third-party AI chatbots More Apple Intelligence in latest betas Proton Scribe is available to consumers now too Antitrust Microsoft complains to UK CMA about Apple App Store fees, licensing Plus, Apple keeps getting passive aggressive with those that complain about its business practices Yelp finally sues Google Intel is considering breaking itself up to survive - will likely take baby steps first NVIDIA seems to be OK, but next year will be interesting. Oh wait, the stock just cratered Xbox Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Early access is here More Game Pass titles appear, none from Activision Blizzard PlayStation 5 Pro design leaks Sony has its Redfall moment, launches and then kills Concord Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Looking for a cheap gaming laptop? App pick of the week: Windows App RunAs Radio this week: Evolving Generative AI with Alison Cossette Brown liquor pick of the week: Cley Whisky Palo Cortado Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: flashpoint.io 1password.com/windowsweekly Melissa.com/twit lookout.com

It's Week D. Do you know where your preview updates are? Windows 11 Windows 11 version 22H2/23H2 get the same update Windows 11 version 24H2 gets a different update, but at least it's on time Beta: Media controls on the Lock screen, more Windows security update borks small number of Linux bootloaders, is perfect example of misplaced and faux outrage Right-click doesn't work correctly with Windows and a touchpad. It's not you M$FT Microsoft took Paul's advice. Instead of just blaming the EU, it's holding a security summit with CrowdStrike and other partners to solve the problems highlighted by the botched update outage. (Which it said it would do back in July.) Microsoft shuffles the decks below its three primary business units Microsoft: It's all about transparency! Paul: Nope Hardware Lenovo ThinkPad T14s is the best business-class Snapdragon X Copilot+ PC yet ThinkPad X12 Detachable Gen 2 is the last gasp of the Surface Pro-alikes Paul got a Pixel 9 Pro XL - Eerily iPhone Pro-like design, crazy AI features - The combination of hardware and software here is nuts Pixel 9 series is shipping with Android 14. Google planned to ship Android 14 earlier than ever before this year. Users with Pixel 9 series phones can enroll in Android 15 Beta now. But Android 15 was quietly delayed to October, the normal release time frame Mark Gurman leaks all the iPhone 16 things Apple announces launch event Some navel-gazing about Apple's place in our lives Magic of Software Microsoft announces Loop 2.0 on Twitter, no one has it yet LibreOffice is now native on Windows on Arm! Google Essentials app will be bundled with some new PCs, starting with HP Proton Drive for Business now available standalone, and with sale pricing (and more storage) Brave gets major privacy updates on desktop and mobile Apple makes further DMA concessions, will let iPhone users change default apps for phone, messaging, more Threads is testing posts that are as ephemeral as your facts Paid version of Alexa will allegedly launch in October Google Meet gets auto PIP for all and AI meeting notes for some Xbox Xbox August Update starts rolling out with those new Discord features Raven labor union files complaint against Microsoft Microsoft brings Xbox Cloud Gaming to more Fire TV devices Tips and Picks Tip of the week: You can still upgrade to 24H2 right now App pick of the week: Win11Debloat RunAs Radio this week: The Security Risks of AI with Steve Poole Brown liquor pick of the week: Mosgaard Moscatel Single Malt Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: bigid.com/windowsweekly e-e.com/twit 1password.com/windowsweekly Melissa.com/twit

This episode of Windows Weekly has Paul, Richard, and Leo chatting about everything from Microsoft Recall's upcoming availability to AMD's move to acquire ZT Systems. Paul reviews a new Meteor Lake-equipped laptop from HP, and Leo shows off his Diablo skills on iPad. The group also takes a look at gamescom news, including a trailer for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (which has a release date!) and an awesome Xbox Adaptive Joystick for accessibility. Windows 11 Recall will ship with Windows 11 24H2 in preview in October Canary (last week) - New Sandbox, FAT32 improvements, more Dev and Beta - One new feature, one removed feature Lenovo revenues point to ongoing PC market rebound HP's efforts to overcome Meteor Lake problems are about as successful as they can be Microsoft 365 Unified Teams client is now available Supposedly Loop 2.0 is out and/or coming soon as well Proton shifts ownership to non-profit foundation AI/Hardware Paul: I will not pay for AI AMD tries to acquire its way into being an Nvidia competitor There's a cheaper new Raspberry 5 Antitrust Judge in Epic v. Google: Oh, Google is going to pay Dev Quick follow-up to last week's VS 2022 releases Microsoft didn't document an important change to how Windows 11 theming works in .NET 9 Preview, all hell broke loose Continued work on WPF app modernization—dialogs, custom title bar area—and a long chat with Rafael uncovers the serious problems remaining here Xbox Xbox Insiders can test Game Pass Standard for $1 Microsoft shows off lots of Xbox games and one PS5 game at gamescom Phil Spencer defends this strategy at the show Microsoft's Xbox Series X|S refreshes are available for preorder, ship in October Microsoft announces new Xbox accessibility accessories New Game Pass titles to include early access to COD: Black Ops 6 Nvidia GeForce Now adds auto sign in to Xbox Epic Games Store launches on Android and iOS It's not just regular laptops that are getting better at gaming: AAA mobile gaming is real New Atari 7800 Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Windows on Arm - Then and Now App pick of the week: Start11 RunAs Radio this week: Threat Modeling in the Cloud with Romina Druta & Daniela Cruzes Brown liquor pick of the week: Armorik Sherry Cask Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT 1password.com/windowsweekly bigid.com/windowsweekly betterhelp.com/WINDOWS

Windows 11 Synchronicity achieved! Patch Tuesday updates put 22H2, 23H2, and 24H2 on the same page, as expected Dev and Beta channels (last week) - simplified system tray is back, new jump list behavior is optional Clipchamp is getting two new AI features soon, for free AI/Developer Security researcher (and ex-Microsoftie) demonstrates several Copilot flaws. He at least did the right thing and disclosed them to Microsoft first Intel delays Innovation event to 2025. And innovation to 2028, presumably. But we kid Google's Pixel event was really about Gemini AI. But it was also really about Pixel Paul bought a Pixel 9 Pro XL. Yes, he may have a problem. But it kind of pays for itself, too iPhone 16 series to be minor update. All phones are minor updates now UK CMA investigating Amazon + Anthropic partnership Visual Studio something something VS 2022 17.11 is here VS 2022 17.12 is in preview, will be the release with .NET 9 .NET 9 preview 7 is here, no WPF improvements Antitrust U.S. government is weighing a Google breakup - This isn't as out there as it may seem After changing App Store rules that violate the DMA to new rules that also violate the DMA, Apple finally lets Spotify communicate with its own customers! Apple sets a date for opening up NFC, and it will be worldwide Xbox There's a BIG QuakeCon sale on Bethesda games you need to check out - and a "new" OG DOOM/DOOM II bundle Microsoft starts testing a Compact Mode for Game Bar Next Flight Simulator will let gamers walk around the world as well Microsoft might be working on a new mixed reality something for some reason Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Proton offers a Duo plan App pick of the week: More web browsers RunAs Radio this week: Implementing Passkeys with Tarek Dawoud Brown liquor pick of the week: Bowmore 15 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: 1password.com/windowsweekly Melissa.com/twit lookout.com cachefly.com/twit