Aug 16th 2023
Windows Weekly 842
Eight Strikes and You're Out
Live listener questions, Edge for Business, subscription fatigue
Records live every Wednesday at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 19:00 UTC.
This fun episode of Windows Weekly features Paul and Richard answering questions from listeners in the Club TWiT Discord! Plus, they chat about minor Windows Insider updates, strategies for saving money on streaming services, new gaming releases like the enhanced Quake II, and more.
Windows
- New Canary build JUST released - Nothing major; the wait for 12 continues
- Dev Home Preview 0.4 JUST released - accessibility and other improvements
- Windows 365 Switch comes to the Windows Insider Dev and Beta channels
- Here comes Edge for Business
Microsoft 365
- Microsoft is releasing a new default theme for Office
Mobile + AI
- Google Photos gets a new AI-powered Memories view
- Opera brings Aria AI to its iOS browser
- Google brings more features to its generative AI search service
- Amazon adds more AI-generated review summaries on mobile
- Google to add Audio Magic Eraser feature with Pixel 8 series
- Apple to finally pay its victims for Batterygate
Xbox
- Overview of Microsoft’s new system to suspend toxic players on Xbox via strikes
- Now Netflix is testing a cloud gaming solution
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: Dealing with subscription fatigue
- App pick of the week: Quake II Remaster
- RunAs Radio this week: PowerShellGet in 2023 with Sydney Smith
- Brown liquor pick of the week: EH Taylor Small Batch
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Links
- Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25931 (Canary Channel)
- Dev Home Preview 0.4 Release
- Windows 365 Switch Comes to the Windows Insider Dev and Beta Channels
- Microsoft Edge for Business to Launch This Month
- Microsoft’s Office Apps Are Getting a New Default Theme in September
- Google Photos Starts Rolling Out AI-Powered Memory View
- Opera Brings Aria AI to its Browser on iPhone
- Google Adds More Generative AI Capabilities to Search
- Amazon Expands AI-Generated Review Summaries to More Mobile Users
- New Pixel 8 Series Leak Reveals Audio Magic Eraser, Light Blue Device Color
- Apple to Pay Out $500 Million to Users in Batterygate Settlement
- Microsoft Debuts New Xbox Enforcement Strike System
- Microsoft Details New Game Pass Games Coming in August
- Netflix Launches Cloud Gaming Beta on TVs
- Quake II Remaster Launches on All Platforms Today
- PowerShellGet in 2023 with Sydney Smith
- E.H. TAYLOR, JR. SMALL BATCH
- Ozone Art Foundry (Joe Esposito's site)