WW 910: Intel Outside - Pat Gelsinger's exit, FTC investigation, Dia browser

Windows Weekly (Audio)

Leo Laporte

Paul Thurrott, News, Xbox, Richard Campbell, Technology, Windows, Microsoft, Tech News, Twit, Leo Laporte

4.4 • 928 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 164 minutes

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Summary

BLOCKBUSTER NEWS FROM INTEL

Intel announces Arc B-series GPUs!!!
CEO Pat Gelsinger "retires," but was really forced out by the board of directors
Why? Theories include too-slow progress, major partner bailing on foundry, disagreements over keeping x86 design and foundry, etc.

Windows

All Quiet on the Windows Front
No Insider builds last week. Thanks Thanksgiving! Today, a new Canary build with Win32 app updating in the Store
Patch Tuesday is next week - this will be a big one
The rest of December will be quiet too
Microsoft: TPM 2.0 is "non-negotiable" in Windows
And now, a long-threatened change: Watermark on the desktop of unsupported PCs
PC sales slid 1.5 percent in Q3 after two quarters of "growth"/flat sales
Samsung is killing DeX
Phone Link is the new Dex. Interesting, given the partnership with Microsoft
Plus, Google is FINALLY adding desktop capabilities to Android. This should have always come from the platform maker

AI, Cloud

FTC is investigating Microsoft for cloud licensing too - And about 16 other things apparently
Microsoft: SHE HIT ME FIRST!
Spotify Wrapped 2024 uses Notebook LM to create a personalized podcast for each customer
OpenAI is solving the biggest problem with AI... its lack of advertising!
The Browser Company's next browser is called Dia and it's all about AI. Does it have a chance?

Xbox

Xbox Year in Review is live
Indiana Jones and more is coming to Game Pass in the first half of December
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is getting big reliability updates. Hopefully, Boeing is helping out here
For some reason, Sony announces that it sold 160 million PlayStation 2 consoles

Tips and Picks

Tip of the week: Get out of the basement
App pick of the week: Google Drive
RunAs Radio this week: A SysAdmin Christmas with Rick Claus and Joey Snow
Brown liquor pick of the week: Dewar's 8 Year Old Caribbean Smooth Rum Cask Finish

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0:00.0	It's time for Windows Weekly. Paul Therod and Richard Campbell are here. What happened at Intel?
0:04.9	And what does the future hold? We'll talk about that. No insider builds last week, but Patch Tuesday is going to be a big one. Paul explains.
0:13.8	And then it's a trip down memory lane. Richard Campbell tells the story of doers, which involves Thomas Edison, the father of JFK, and more.
0:26.5	All of that coming up next on Windows Weekly.
0:31.8	Podcasts you love.
0:33.7	From people you trust.
0:36.2	This is Twitter.
0:43.7	This is Windows Weekly with Paul Theron and Richard Campbell.
0:47.3	Episode 910, recorded Wednesday, December 4th, 2024.
0:53.0	Intel Outside.
0:57.3	It's time for Windows Weekly, the show we cover the latest news from Microsoft episode one after 909, featuring Mr. Paul Therot at Therot.com.
1:05.8	Hello, Paul. Hello, Leo. Hello, Paul. And Richard Campbell from runas radio.com.
1:12.9	He's joining us from his home in Madera Park, where it is a beautiful day on the lake.
1:18.3	It's not true.
1:19.1	It's foggy.
1:19.7	It's very foggy.
1:20.8	Oh, it's misty.
1:21.8	You know, there's a Vision Pro background that looks like that.
1:26.8	Oh, is it?
1:27.3	Yeah, you should take it.
1:28.4	They stole it from my place.
1:32.8	You've been Sherlocked.
	...

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