WW 920: Celebrity Condiments - Quantum Processing Unit, Edge 132, Rust

Windows Weekly (Audio)

Leo Laporte

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

4.4 • 928 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 162 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, Paul Thurrott, Leo Laporte, and Richard Campbell explore the Windows KB5052086 update, the new Linux kernel drama, quantum computing, and more. Microsoft has announced the very first QPU, powered by topological qubits! Can the hosts possibly comprehend how this works? Later, Paul strongly emphasizes how AI can save users lots of time. Finally, Richard features a whisky that was recently brought to his 30th wedding anniversary!

Windows

Dev channel: "Important" update because of the coming change to Recall soon, so here's an update that will wipe out all your data. One guess about what that means. Plus, a nice change to the Recall pop-up
Release Preview (24H2): A preview of the preview that we'll preview next time
Release Preview (23H2): Basically the same features as above, keeping the two aligned
Microsoft deprecates location history in Windows 11 - depreciation junction, what's your function?
Microsoft Edge gets more WebUI 2-based performance improvements
Clipchamp just keeps getting better

Microsoft 365

Microsoft: Just kidding about that MSA and Entra ID sign-in experience change
Outlook mobile is getting a new font picker, a recall email feature (finally), and a minimize email message feature.
ExpressVPN (TWiT sponsor) rewrote its VPN protocol in Rust

Microsoft announces a Quantum computing breakthrough, first quantum processor
Flareup in Linux kernel management maps directly to what we see with AI - Two extremes but a clear middle ground
Long story short, AI is all about saving you time - this is the "many small things, not one big thing" argument
Copilot gets new voice capabilities
In case you were worried, OpenAI formally rejects buyout offer
OpenAI will also simplify its model offerings
Google Gemini now remembers what you said, unlike your husband
xAI launches Grok3 model but only for X Premium subscribers

Xbox

Avowed launches, with many other Game Pass titles coming through the end of February
Microsoft announced a generative AI model for video games
Sony just had its best-ever PS5 sales quarter

Tips and Picks

Tip of the week: Find your AI "ah-ha" moment
App pick of the week: Notion. And iA Writer 2 for Windows is here
RunAs Radio this week: Managed DevOps Pools with Eliza Tarasila
Brown liquor pick of the week: Signal Hill

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0:00.0	It's time from Windows Weekly. Paul Thoradz here. Richard Campbell's here. We're going to talk about
0:04.0	a couple of new versions of Windows, both the Dev Channel and the release preview, some small
0:10.2	changes. We'll also talk about AI, and Microsoft has made an announcement a big breakthrough in
0:17.4	quantum computing. It's the next big thing.
0:21.1	Coming up next on Windows Weekly.
0:25.4	Podcasts you love.
0:27.2	From people you trust.
0:29.7	This is Twitter.
0:37.2	This is Windows Weekly with Paul Therat and Richard Campbell, episode 920,
0:42.8	recorded Wednesday, February 19th, 2025, Celebrity Condiments.
0:49.4	It's time for Windows Weekly.
0:51.8	Hello, you winners and you dozers. Yes, I'm back and so is Paul Therot and Richard
0:59.6	Campbell. Hello, gentlemen. Hello, gentlemen. Paul Therot, Therot.com, leanpub.com, Richard Campbell,
1:14.1	run his radio.com. Wonderful to see you. I missed you guys last week.
1:20.7	Yeah, we missed you too. Spent the week with the rocks in Tucson. How was your crystal experience? Was it great?
1:28.6	I feel energized, washed in the, in the baysed, in the mineral vibes. That might just be silicosis, but okay.
1:30.7	I've never seen anything like it.
1:32.3	I have gold flakes on my soul.
1:36.5	So we went to the convention center, which is, you know, like the Las Vegas convention center and the whole floor is filled.
1:37.9	And we thought, wow, this is nice.
1:40.2	This is nice.
1:41.1	And then I asked the person on the rock committee, is there anyone else to go?
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