Dec 6th 2023
Windows Weekly 858
Quaff and Nosh
Windows 10 Extended Security Updates, Richard's new PC, KB5032288
In this week's Windows Weekly, Paul, Leo, and Richard discuss the extension of Windows 10 support for 3 more years after 2025 for consumers and enterprises, updates on the AI features of Copilot, Google's new AI model Gemini, potential features coming in a future Windows release next year, and the cleanliness of ImageGlass 9.
Windows 10
- Yep! They're going to support Windows 10 for 3 more years with extended security update (ESU) program. But this time there’s a twist!
- Consumers are going to have the chance to pay annually for the ESU as well. Let the complaints begin
- Copilot expands to more Windows 10 users
Windows 11
- Report sees a major Windows release in 2024
- The November 2023 Preview Update for Windows 11 shipped on a Monday in December because Microsoft, adding new Copilot features, last preview CU for 2023
- Dell earnings - revenues fall 10 percent YOY because the PC market is still horrible
- Richard bought a computer. Can you guess which one?
AI
- Microsoft to get non-voting board representation at OpenAI
- Copilot is now GA. Unless you’re using Windows 11, apparently. Everyone gets free commercial data protection
- Copilot gets GPT-4 Turbo, new DALLE-3 model, and more
- Google goes live with Gemini, including a Nano version for Pixel 8 Pro
Microsoft 365/Cloud
- Microsoft finally releases Seeing AI on Android
- Evernote restricts free users to 1 notebook, 50 notes - time to switch!
Antitrust
- Federal judge orders Google and Epic to try and settle the case before the jury renders its verdict
- 30 more venture capital firms tell the FTC to stop harassing Microsoft for Activision Blizzard
- Google and Amazon have both weighed in on Microsoft’s cloud licensing with the UK CMA
Xbox
- Microsoft is betting on the DMA, will create mobile video game store with unnamed partners
- The first Game Pass titles for December
- Microsoft explains licensing pop-ups on console
- Rockstar issues first GTA VI trailer
- PlayStation reminds the world that no one owns the digital content they purchased
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Stuck on 22H2? You can still upgrade to 23H2
- App pick of the week: ImageGlass 9 (Microsoft Store)
- RunAs Radio this week: Modernizing using M365 with Sharon Weaver
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Glenfiddich 12
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Links
- Microsoft is Launching an Extended Security Update Program for Windows 10
- Windows 10 Extended Security Update Program is Coming to Consumers Too
- More Windows 10 Users Can Now Try Microsoft’s Copilot AI Assistant
- Report: Microsoft’s 2024 Windows Roadmap Includes Advanced Copilot And “Groundbreaking” AI Features
- Windows 11 Optional Update is Out With Copilot Improvements
- Dell Revenues Fell 10 Percent in Q3
- Altman Reveals Changes at OpenAI, with Microsoft Getting a Non-Voting Board Seat
- Microsoft Copilot is Now Generally Available with Free Commercial Data Protection
- Microsoft Copilot is Getting GPT-4 Turbo, New DALL-E 3 Model, And More
- Google Announces Gemini, Its Most Capable AI Model
- Google Announces New Pixel Feature Drop
- Microsoft Launches an Improved Seeing AI App on Android Too
- Evernote to Restrict Free Accounts to 50 Notes and One Notebook
- Federal Judge Orders Epic v. Google Settlement Talks, Plans New Google Investigation
- 30 Venture Capital Firms Tell the FTC to Back Off on Microsoft/Activision Blizzard
- Google Asks CMA to Take Action Against Microsoft for Cloud Licensing
- Amazon Complains to UK CMA About Microsoft Cloud Licensing Too
- Microsoft is Working on a Mobile Xbox Store with Partners
- Remnant II, Far Cry 6, and More Are Coming to Game Pass
- What’s that Pop Up? Your Activision Games Are On the Cloud
- Grand Theft Auto VI Gets a First Trailer Ahead of its 2025 Release
- PlayStation Users Will Soon Lose Access to All Purchased Discovery Content
- Still Stuck on Windows 11 Version 22H2? You Can Upgrade to 23H2
- ImageGlass 9 - Photo viewer
- artifact
- Modernizing using M365 with Sharon Weaver
- Glenfiddich 12