Description
On Halloween, the last day of October, Microsoft delayed Recall again. It was supposed to preview in October, this is the third delay. No clear reason why. December now, supposedly. Plus, Paul gives an earnings recap that he didn't get to dive into much last week.
Windows
New 24H2 bug
More features coming to Prism emulator in Windows 11 on Arm (!)
New generative AI features are coming to Paint, Photos, and Notepad
Beta channel: Here's the new Windows Hello experience, with explicit references to passkeys
Proton VPN is native on Windows 11 on Arm
Windows Server 2025 is GA (and some are being mistakenly force-upgraded. This is what you get when you share a codebase with Windows 11, apparently)
Google shifts Android development cycle - Major update each Q2, minor update each Q4, monthly feature/quality updates
A Tale of 2 Chips
Paul reviewed the AMD Zen 5-based HP OmniBook Ultra, it's awesome. Paul is also reviewing an Intel Lunar Lake laptop, and it is not awesome
Early glee around Lunar Lake was misplaced
Laptop reviewers all report what Paul is seeing (for once), that the performance is horrific. You need to switch to "Best performance" power management mode for reasonable performance, but this hasn't solved all the issues
COD: Black Ops 6. Average FPS under Zen 5 is 90 to 120 at native resolution/medium graphics, single and multi-player. Lunar Lake? 40 FPS with all graphics settings on low/very low
Intel now says Lunar Lake is a one-off too (Meteor Lake was likewise a one-off, architecturally). It will no longer package RAM with processors because of margins. Lunar Lake rushed to market and was key contributor to recent financial issues
More Earnings Learnings
Amazon: $159 billion in revenues, $27.5 billion for AW
Apple: $95 billion in revenues, a small uptick in iPhone revenues
Microsoft 365/AI
Some curious/confusing moves with Microsoft 365 for consumers: subscribers in Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand are getting Copilot Pro credits with base subscription (Word, Excel, etc.), Designer, ... and the long-overdue and dreaded price increase
This must be a test for the U.S. and western Europe. Feels inevitable
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Search. This is not the Google Search replacement you're looking for
Xbox
It's November, so here's the incredible list of Activision Blizzard games now coming to Game Pass! Just kidding, but we are getting Flight Sim 2024
Microsoft introduced an AI-powered support virtual agent to Xbox because something something AI
Switch sales drop off a cliff, Nintendo will announce backward-compatible successor before the end of March
Sony launches the PS5 Pro to meh
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Windows 11 minus the MSA
App pick of the week: Docs in Proton Drive
RunAs Radio this week: Software-Defined Networking using Azure Firewall with Aidan Finn
Brown liquor MOVIE pick of the week: Whisky Galore
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott
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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
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Published 12/04/24
Spreading light, MSFS 2024 issues, Recall (Preview)
Windows
Recall and Click to Do arrive in Preview and the world doesn't implode. Sorry, haters
Snapdragon X Copilot+ PCs only - and dear God, please follow Paul's advice
Look at how facile the complaints are now
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Published 11/27/24