<p>Week D - If a preview update falls in the woods and no one downloads it, did it really happen? Plus, what is going on with AI for free? Isn't this stuff expensive?</p> <p>Windows</p><ul> <li>23H2/24H2: Taskbar share, Spotlight updates, Windows Backup snooze in File Explorer, etc.</li> <li>Dev and Beta - Semantic search adds OneDrive photo search to Search (was in File Explorer previously), plus the Recall reboot no one is explaining. And Trim comes to Snipping Tool (Canary and Dev)</li> <li>Beta (23H2) - Share gets a drag tray and Start All apps gets new Grid and Category views</li> <li>Lenovo revenues surge 20 percent</li> <li>Framework announces Ryzen AI-based Laptop 13, plus Laptop 12 and Desktop</li> <li>Opera adds Bluesky, Discord, and Slack to the sidebar</li></ul> <p>Microsoft 365</p><ul> <li>Microsoft confuses us with a test of a free, ad-supported core Office suite for Windows</li> <li>Amazon kills Chime, will use Zoom, Teams, and more</li> <li>Amazon kills Appstore for Android</li> <li>Google to drop SMS-based 2FA, move to QR codes</li> <li>Paul continues with his SSO removals, an update on whether this impacts account availability</li></ul> <p>AI/Dev</p><ul> <li>Following up the previous discussion with an interesting way to use an AI chatbot</li> <li>Alexa enters the AI era</li> <li>OpenAI now has 400 million weekly active users</li> <li>Microsoft cancels some AI datacenter leases, but it's not done spending billions on AI</li> <li>Anthropic releases first reasoning model, with a twist</li> <li>Gemini Code Assist is now free for individuals!</li> <li>ThinkDeeper and Voice in Copilot no longer have usage restrictions</li> <li>OpenAI makes Deep Research available to all paid customers</li> <li>Apple delays biggest Siri advances past iOS 18.4 - Math is hard, but AI is even harder</li> <li>Spotify expands into AI-narrated audiobooks</li> <li>NVIDIA partners to bring free ASL training to everyone</li> <li>.NET 10 Preview 1 arrives with the promise of LTS and not much else</li></ul> <p>Xbox</p><ul> <li>Xbox Cloud Gaming gets its first update in a while, and it's a big one</li> <li>Microsoft delays <em>Fable </em>reboot to 2026</li></ul> <p>Tips and Picks</p><ul> <li>Tip of the week: You can view the source code for the oldest machine-readable version of Unix</li> <li>App pick of the week: Adobe Photoshop for iPhone</li> <li>RunAs Radio this week: Exchange Server in 2025 with Michel de Rooij</li> <li>Brown liquor pick of the week: Glenrothes 15</li></ul> <p><strong>Hosts:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a>, <a href="https://twit.tv/people/paul-thurrott">Paul Thurrott</a>, and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/richard-campbell">Richard Campbell</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to <em>Windows Weekly</em> at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly">https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly</a></p> <p>Check out Paul's blog at <a href="https://www.thurrott.com/" target="_blank">thurrott.com</a></p> <p>The <em>Windows Weekly</em> theme music is courtesy of <a href="https://twitter.com/carlfranklin" target="_blank">Carl Franklin</a>.</p> <p><strong>Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!</strong><br /> Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: <a href="https://twit.tv/clubtwit" rel="payment">https://twit.tv/clubtwit</a></p> <p><strong>Sponsors:</strong><ul> <li><a href="http://1password.com/windowsweekly" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">1password.com/windowsweekly</a></li> <li><a href="https://cachefly.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">cachefly.com/twit</a></li> </ul></p>
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Published: 2025-02-26 17:25:12