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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
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