I Have Been a Good Bing - Skype's annual revenue drop, Github layoffs, Viva Engage
Description
The AI morning after
A week after the irrational exuberance, reality sets in. It's still Bing. And it's still competing against Google
Microsoft shares an update on Bing AI rollout
Google employees were not amused at botched Bard announcement
Microsoft to add AI to Office in March
Everyone is doing AI now. Including Opera and Notion
Windows 11
New Windows 11 Dev build adds more live captions
IE was disabled in Windows 11 on Patch Tuesday. It's dead, Jim
2FA is coming to Windows 11. It's all in the toast
Microsoft 365
Looks like Skype revenue has plummeted over the past decade
And full of "meet your new girlfriend" messages if you don't lock down from defaults
Microsoft finally retired the Yammer brand. And you're never going to believe what happened next
Corporate
GitHub lays off 10 percent of staff, going fully remote
More jobs cuts announced in Surface, HoloLens, Xbox
Xbox
Just kidding: Activision to release a major Call of Duty title this year
Xbox February update is now available with Google Home app integration
Tips & Picks
Tip of the week: Get started with the new Bing AI. Bing AI apparently has some "creator prompts" that will jumpstart certain types of tasks:
-Letter (Write a letter)
-Code (Write code)
-Movie (Write a script)
-Story (Write a story)
-Poem (Write a poem)
-Summary (Write a summary)
-Tweet (Write a tweet)
-Blog post (Write a blog post)
-Quiz (Write a quiz)
-Joke (Write a joke)
App pick of the week: DALL-E
This Week on RunAs: Strengthening Security with Jess Dodson
Brown liquor pick of the week: Kvint Divin
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
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