<p>YOU ARE THE PRODUCT! But... are you? In Russia, Windows 11 uses you! Plus, something happened to Paul on the way to dual-booting Ubuntu 25.04 on Surface Laptop 7, but all is well! Also, you should be using Brave. But if you don't like/trust Chromium, Firefox 138 finally added profile management support.</p> <p>Windows</p><ul> <li>Windows 11 24H2 preview update for April finally arrives</li> <li>Now we know why Microsoft waited: It wanted to announce the "general availability" of Recall, Click to Do, and "improved Windows Search" (we're still struggling with a name for that one)</li> <li>Dev and Beta (24H2) builds add a profanity filter, a Pen shortcut for Click to Do, improved Windows Search for work and school accounts, Accessibility flyout in Quick settings</li> <li>Microsoft (sort of) explains why Windows Insider Preview channels don't follow a logical order anymore</li> <li>Microsoft deprecates Map app in Windows 11</li> <li>That makes sense. But also VBS Enclaves in pre-24H2 versions, which is interesting</li></ul> <p>Corporate</p><ul> <li>Microsoft says it will defend EU companies against US government</li> <li>Alphabet/Google is doing just great, thanks</li> <li>Intel earnings are flat, and that's as good as that news gets</li> <li>Samsung posts record revenues on strong S25 series sales</li></ul> <p>Dev</p><ul> <li>Build and Google I/O are coming in hot</li> <li>Google is holding a separate Android event for the first time, ahead of I/O</li> <li>What about Surface? At Build last year, the company announced Copilot+ PC</li></ul> <p>AI</p><ul> <li>Microsoft has an OpenAI problem - duh and/or hello</li> <li>Microsoft is part of an AI unholy quaternity on new Moto phones</li> <li>Duolingo announces controversial "AI first" strategy - And then announces 148 new AI-based courses</li> <li>Apple on Apple Intelligence: Just kidding!</li> <li>OpenAI on GPT-4o: Just kidding!</li> <li>ChatGPT goes shopping and OpenAI improves Deep Research</li> <li>Google updates NotebookLM audio overviews with support for over 50 languages</li> <li>YouTube starts testing AI overviews for videos - and Spotify is using AI for playlists</li> <li>Adobe updates Firefly models, adds third party support</li> <li>DuckDuckGo's Duck.ai now supports real-time model switching</li> <li>Meta launches a standalone AI app that no one should want</li></ul> <p>Xbox</p><ul> <li>Xbox-exclusive game <em>Towerborne </em>is here in preview on Xbox, PC, and Game Pass</li></ul> <p>Tips and Picks</p><ul> <li>Tip of the week: Be prepared</li> <li>App pick of the week: Firefox 138</li> <li>RunAs Radio this week: Modern Work in 2025 with Karoliina Kettukari</li> <li>Brown liquor pick of the week: Highwayman Whisky Abbey 2024</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://uscloud.com" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">uscloud.com</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: 2025-04-30 13:32:04