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Windows Weekly 896: A Very Buxom Seal
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TWiT TV
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Publication Date |
Aug 28, 2024
Episode Duration |
02:03:09

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

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