Twenty-Six Boxes of Napoli - Microsoft Ignite 2024, Half-Life 2 turns 20, "Agentic"

Windows Weekly (Audio)

It's Microsoft Ignite and we are totally not there

  • One word summary: Agentic
  • A wave two for Copilot, essentially
  • Agents that work on your behalf autonomously
  • The Snapdragon Dev Box was such a success that Microsoft is offering more hardware
  • Copilot+ PCs are getting new AI capabilities. Eventually
  • Copilot Actions brings, um, actions to Microsoft 365

Windows 11

  • Microsoft FINALLY releases Windows 11 on Arm ISO - Here's some advice
  • When you think about Windows, we're guessing security and resiliency aren't what comes to mind. So why is Microsoft pushing this so hard at Ignite??
  • Google Drive is now available in Beta for Windows 11 on Arm. Paul's national nightmare is over!
  • Here's what's coming to Windows 11 SOON - a new Release Preview channel build shows that 24H2 was just the start of this coming year's updates
  • Canary: Mostly bug fixes, no clear vision for this channel we can see - new Canary build today with the new Hello experience, new Taskbar thumbnail previews
  • Beta: Jump list sharing and other features no one has ever, ever, ever asked for
  • Microsoft is shutting down Beta channel for Windows 10, just months after it revived it
  • Lenovo revenues surge, PC sales only up slightly but it sees big growth in the coming quarters

AI, antitrust, more

  • DOJ reportedly wants Google to sell off Chrome - How does this compare to the previous Microsoft breakup attempt?
  • Some thoughts about Uno Platform Studio and a re-do of last week's .NET news now that Richard is back
  • A WPF on .NET 9 update

Xbox

  • Phil Spencer speaks: Portable Xbox hardware, mobile store, more
  • Microsoft's new Xbox ad triggers PTSD or celebration, depending on your views
  • You can now play (50) games you own on Xbox Cloud Gaming!
  • It's been a while, but this is a killer month for Game Pass
  • Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is now available
  • Avowed is an Xbox console exclusive and it's coming in February
  • Warcraft 1 and 2 Remasters arrive alongside Warcraft 3: Reforged 2.0 - celebrating the 20th anniversary
  • Valve celebrates the 20th anniversary of Half-Life 2!
  • The OG Unreal and Unreal Tournament are now free, and they run on modern PCs too
  • Sony PlayStation Portal can now stream some PS Plus games

Tips and Picks

  • Tip of the week: Get 1 TB of additional Xbox storage for just $99
  • App pick of the week: ChatGPT for Windows and Mac
  • RunAs Radio this week: Testing Databases with Dan Mallott
  • Brown liquor pick of the week: Haavaldsen Sledgehammer 2024

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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