Feb 15th 2023
Windows Weekly 816
I Have Been a Good Bing
Skype's annual revenue drop, Github layoffs, Viva Engage
The AI morning after
- A week after the irrational exuberance, reality sets in. It’s still Bing. And it’s still competing against Google
- Microsoft shares an update on Bing AI rollout
- Google employees were not amused at botched Bard announcement
- Microsoft to add AI to Office in March
- Everyone is doing AI now. Including Opera and Notion
Windows 11
- New Windows 11 Dev build adds more live captions
- IE was disabled in Windows 11 on Patch Tuesday. It’s dead, Jim
- 2FA is coming to Windows 11. It’s all in the toast
Microsoft 365
- Looks like Skype revenue has plummeted over the past decade
- And full of “meet your new girlfriend” messages if you don’t lock down from defaults
- Microsoft finally retired the Yammer brand. And you’re never going to believe what happened next
Corporate
- GitHub lays off 10 percent of staff, going fully remote
- More jobs cuts announced in Surface, HoloLens, Xbox
Xbox
- Just kidding: Activision to release a major Call of Duty title this year
- Xbox February update is now available with Google Home app integration
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: Get started with the new Bing AI. Bing AI apparently has some “creator prompts” that will jumpstart certain types of tasks:
-Letter (Write a letter)
-Code (Write code)
-Movie (Write a script)
-Story (Write a story)
-Poem (Write a poem)
-Summary (Write a summary)
-Tweet (Write a tweet)
-Blog post (Write a blog post)
-Quiz (Write a quiz)
-Joke (Write a joke)
- App pick of the week: DALL-E
- This Week on RunAs: Strengthening Security with Jess Dodson
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Kvint Divin
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Links
- Proprietary
- Microsoft Shares an Update on its AI-Powered Bing Rollout
- Report Details Google’s Embarrassment Over AI Flub
- Microsoft Reportedly Plans to Unveil OpenAI-Powered Office Features in March
- Windows 11 Insider Build 25300 Adds More Live Captions Languages
- Microsoft is Disabling Internet Explorer on Windows 10 Today
- Opera to Integrate AI Into its Web Browsers
- Microsoft Tests Highlighting 2FA Codes in Windows 11 Notification Toasts
- Report: Skype’s Annual Revenue Dropped 74.5% in Almost 10 Years
- Microsoft’s Yammer Brand is Being Retired in Favor of Viva Engage
- GitHub is Laying Off 10 Percent of Staff, Going Fully Remote
- Report: Microsoft Job Cuts Hit Surface, Xbox, and HoloLens Teams
- Call of Duty Will Not Skip 2023
- New Xbox Update Brings Carbon Aware Downloads and Better Google Home Integration
- Strengthening Security with Jess Dodson
- Kvint Divin