Windows Weekly 858

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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• Transcripts: Windows Weekly 858 Transcript

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