Windows Weekly 857

On this episode, Mikah, Paul, and Richard discuss the lean tiny11 2311 project, Windows 11 updates like the new Energy Saver feature, Amazon's AI chatbot for enterprises, and Netflix's gaming service additions like GTA. Other topics covered include Xbox console deals, DuckDuckGo vs Google Search, and European antitrust issues.

Windows

• Tiny11 2311 arrives, is even tinier and even 23H2er … or something
• Beta channel: Teams integration with Share (Entra ID only), new language support for Ink Anywhere
• Dev: Copilot icon moves (!), more Copilot, Share, Ink, Android in Nearby Sharing (!)
• Canary: Energy Saver (new feature), more
• Samsung brings its browser to the Microsoft Store

AI/Microsoft

• Microsoft and Meta reportedly receiving 3x as many NVIDIA GPUs for AI as Amazon
• Amazon introduces it’s own AI chatbot for the enterprise, and it does have one useful and unique feature
• Microsoft is retiring its Microsoft 365 browser extension
• Evernote is still a thing and now it wants to charge everyone
• Amazon takes a Fire TV Cube and turns it into a remote desktop thin client

Antitrust

• UK CMA provisionally rules against Adobe acquisition of Figma
• EU formally objects to Amazon acquisition of iRobot because the robot vacuum cleaner market is so important

Xbox

• Xbox Series X and S are still on sale. Just saying
• The November Update for Xbox is here with rewards redemption, Xbox app gets compact mode
• Microsoft is reportedly deprecating the Microsoft Rewards app on Xbox
• Netflix is bringing GTA trilogy to the service
• The current Call of Duty is awash in bad reviews, so let’s talk about the next Call of Duty!

Tips and Picks

• Tip of the week: Microsoft’s new ugly Christmas sweater is here
• App pick of the week: DuckDuckGo
• RunAs Radio this week: Zero Trust Adoption Guidance with Nicolas Blank
• Brown liquor pick of the week: Pendleton Rye 12 Year
   

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• Transcripts: Windows Weekly 857 Transcript

Links

• Tiny11 2311 Fully Supports Windows 11 Version 23H2, Is Even Smaller
• Microsoft Releases Windows 11 Insider Build 22635.2776 on the Beta Channel
• Microsoft Starts Testing Energy Saver Feature on Windows 11
• Samsung Internet Browser Comes to the Microsoft Store
• Report: Microsoft and Meta to Receive 3x as Many Nvidia GPUs as Google and Amazon By End of Year
• Amazon Announces Q, an AI Chatbot for the Enterprise
• Microsoft is Retiring its Microsoft 365 Browser Extension
• Evernote is Testing Drastic Changes to its Free Plan
• Amazon Turns its Fire TV Cube Into Business-Focused WorkSpaces Thin Client
• UK CMA Provisionally Rules Against Adobe’s Figma Acquisition
• EU Formally Objects to Amazon Acquisition of iRobot
• Cyber Monday: Xbox Series S Drops to $239.99, Series X to $439.99
• Microsoft Announces Xbox November Update and New Features for its Xbox App on PC
• Microsoft Rewards Xbox App is Reportedly Going Away
• Grand Theft Auto Trilogy is Coming to Netflix’s Games Library on December 14
• Next Year’s Call of Duty is Reportedly “Black Ops 6” With Gulf War Setting
• Microsoft’s New Windows Ugly Sweater Pays Homage to Windows XP’s Bliss Wallpaper
• I’ve Been Using DuckDuckGo Search for Two Weeks and the World Didn’t End (Premium)
• Zero Trust Adoption Guidance with Nicolas Blank
• 1910 RYE