Patch Tuesday was yesterday, so find out what's new! Plus, two of the best-ever Doom engine games are now available in remastered form (4K/120 FPS, new episodes, cross-play, multiplayer, more) on Game Pass, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox PC (Windows), PS4, PS5, Switch, Steam, GOG, and various cloud streaming services. It's a free update if you already own either game. Also, if you have a local library, you should use it. If only for Libby by Overdrive free audiobooks and free access to periodicals. But then be surprised by all the services they offer!

Windows 11

• Copilot+ PCs: Recall comes to the EU, Recall Reset, Click to Do improvements, AI agent in Settings
• All: Quick Machine Recovery, black screen of death, Snap layouts improvements, Gamepad layout for Windows Touch Keyboard
• Blender is now native on Windows 11 on Arm
• Search settings consolidation in Canary
• Mobile device companion sidebar for Start gets a new layout in Dev
• More Control Panel settings move to Settings app in Dev and Beta

Windows 10

• Consumer ESU licenses will support up to 10 PCs
• Microsoft will support Edge on Windows 10 through October 2028 (as expected)

AI

• OpenAI releases GPT-5 but not everyone loves it
• Quickly brought back GPT-4o
• And now the model picker is back, for now
• Microsoft is adding it everywhere, of course, and Apple says it will add to Apple Intelligence - And Bing just added support for GPT-4o image creation
• Perplexity makes unsolicited $34.5 billion bid for Google Chrome
• Comet - New tab page with Chat, can choose a Google Search as you type, Assistant in a sidebar, Summarize webpage/document, voice dictation, voice mode, big feature is website interactivity
• Microsoft Edge in Copilot Mode - most evolutionary update, new New Tab page, Quick assist with Copilot button location change, Simple task handoff (which needs work), Voice navigation
• But some bigger UI changes are on the way
• Dia (Mac only for now) - Also, there's a Pro subscription - New Tab page with chat and an attempt at orchestration, @mentions for tabs, Skills (built-in, can edit, can make you're own), and personalization
• Next up: Opera Neon - And what is Google doing with Chrome?
• Copilot 3D can turn images into 3D models - It's a "Creators Update"!
• Microsoft is EOLing the Lens app - use Microsoft Copilot 365 app instead

Microsoft/Surface

• GitHub CEO is leaving, Microsoft is rolling GitHub into its Core AI organization
• Surface Laptop 7 and Surface Pro 11 get firmware update to add battery charging modes

Xbox and games

• Sony sold 2.5 million PS5s in quarter, now over 80 million cumulatively
• Microsoft rumored to have sold only 21 to 29 million Xbox Series X|S consoles
• Big Windows 11 on Arm updates!
• Game downloading is coming to Xbox app on Windows 11 on Arm
• Epic Games and Qualcomm bring Easy Anti-Cheat to Windows 11 on Arm/Snapdragon X
• Apple and Google have illegal mobile app store monopolies in Australia, so Fortnite is coming back to the iPhone there via Epic Games Store
• Microsoft is updating Xbox Dashboard and app to show game trials and demos in "Free with Xbox" section
• Microsoft has paused the production of Contraband
• Steam for Chromebooks Beta will never leave beta, discontinuing in January instead

Tips & Picks

• Tip of the week: Go to the library
• App pick of the week: Heretic and Hexen

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Microsoft's fiscal year ended on a high note, assuming you didn't just get laid off. WinSAT's formal assessment will give you some interesting PC performance information, similar to the old WEI score from Windows Vista. And Proton finally makes a standalone authenticator app; How to transition from whatever you're currently using and why you'll need to keep using Microsoft Authenticator too.

Microsoft Earning

• Quarterly: net income of $27.2 billion on revenues of $76.4 billion. Those figures represent gains of 24 percent and 18 percent, respectively, year-over-year (YOY)
• Annual: a net income of $101.8 billion (up 16 percent YOY) on revenues of $281.7 billion (up 15 percent)
• Another look at layoffs, which are nothing new under Satya Nadella - Over 17,000 in CY 2025 so far, despite over $100 billion in profits in FY
• Headcount "unchanged" YOY
• Big announcements below were likely made to avoid Qs about layoffs and it almost worked
• AI spending in FY was about $85 billion, higher than promised
• AI spending in this quarter will jump to $30 billion (!!!!)
• Azure earned $75 billion in revenues in FY, its first-ever disclosure of this number - Fun with math, that means $56 billion in revenues in previous FY. How far back can we go?
• Microsoft's market cap exceeded $4 trillion after earnings release
• "Copilot" has over 100 million MAUs, really M365 Copilot, which even Nadella thinks is a new M365 tier
• GitHub Copilot has over 20 million MAUs, probably most are free
• HUGE gains in Microsoft Gaming/Xbox, discussed below

Windows 11

• But first, something completely different: Microsoft's "vision" for Windows in 2030
• David Weston a curious choice for this video, first in a series - he's in security
• Daily work life changes thanks to AI - less toil work, less eyes and more talking, multimodal interactions
• Security - customers want appliance-level security, "it just works" security -
• Degenerates into a general security discussion
• Back to AI, reclaiming our lives
• Windows 11 SE, RIP - We hardly knew you. Literally.
• Insider: Changes to Home view in File Explorer for Work and School sign-ins, Settings app changes in Dev (25H2) and Beta (24H2)

More earnings

• AMD - HUGE gains in its PC businesses!
• Qualcomm up 10%
• Apple up 9.6%
• Amazon up 13%

AI & dev

• OpenAI releases its first open-weight reasoning models and Microsoft gives them away for free
• Apple is trying to Sherlock ChatGPT
• Of course Alexa+ will get ads
• Dev: Microsoft has a native app problem on Windows
• Microsoft says it will fix Windows App SDK
• Paul just switched .NETpad to the Windows App SDK and can confirm it's a nightmare
• WPF is half-assed... and last year, it took Microsoft over 9 months to deliver the first Windows Copilot Runtime capabilities to devs, but you still can't use this in production. Also, it's not called that anymore

Xbox & games

• Microsoft Gaming has over 500 million MAUs - More fun with math
• COD has 50 million MAUs
• Microsoft has nearly 40 games in development
• Xbox Game Pass has $5 billion in revenues in FY, over 500 million hours played in FY
• Gaming Copilot (Beta) is available on Game Bar for Windows PC for Xbox Insiders enrolled in the PC Gaming Preview
• Assassin's Creed Mirage and more coming to Game Pass this month
• OG Switch models now cost more thanks to tariffs

Tips & Picks

• Tip of the week:

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Ten years ago yesterday, Microsoft released Windows 10, fixing the issues with Windows 8.x and giving Windows 7 users a solid upgrade. One historical curiosity: It was the first Windows release without a major launch event. In other news, Microsoft publishes a Nadella email to the troops about the layoffs, but he never really addresses the layoffs.

Windows 10 turns 10

• The Bad: Its legacy is mixed, as this is when the enshittification of Windows began, really
• Windows as a Service
• Ads, crapware, and telemetry — plus some made-up privacy issues
• Terry Myerson gaff about one billion users
• Universal apps/One Windows was a bust, with Windows Phone and HoloLens failures
• Windows 10's launch was a missed opportunity to make the Store matter
• The Good: Windows Subsystem for Linux was huge
• WinGet was also huge, but is underappreciated and underutilized to this day
• It did reverse the mistakes of Windows 8, and in time it got more stable as Microsoft figured out WaaS (and then went on to abuse it)
• Oh, and the Windows 10 Field Guide is free to celebrate the anniversary

Windows 11

• Microsoft is using Rust for Surface drivers, and it wants all Windows drivers to switch to Rust too
• The Link to Windows app is getting a nice upgrade on Android
• Dev (25H2) and Beta (24H2): Settings agent for x86, SCOOBE changes, Click to Do improvements, Windows Search improvements
• Canary: Just a couple of bug fixes (Actually, two builds, one today also with no features)
• Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition, and Media Encoder are Now Native on Windows 11 on Arm in beta
• Opera files antitrust case against Microsoft in Brazil for Windows 11/Edge behaviors
• Another app blocking Recall in a slow-drop of negative Recall-related AI privacy news for Microsoft.
• Rant: More importantly, Recall is boring and not useful given the hype around it.
• Intel earnings are flat, but more layoffs are on the way
• Lenovo rollable laptop in action! (ThinkBook Plus Gen 6)
• Lenovo makes a lot of weird laptops now (like the dual-screen Yoga Book 9i Paul reviewed last year) — apparently they didn't get the message after Microsoft cancelled the Surface Neo and Windows 10X.
• Does the average modern Windows laptop really need a touchscreen? Is this a relic of the Windows 8 era?

AI & Microsoft 365

• Perplexity Comet is real and it shows the way forward for AI web browsers
• Coincidentally, Microsoft suddenly launches Copilot mode for Microsoft Edge. (But I've played with Copilot Mode, and it's no Comet or Dia.)
• Copilot is getting real-time expressions. It's the return of Clippy!
• Microsoft's long-term Copilot plans are a lot wilder than you might expect
• Google earned $96.4 billion in one quarter. This shows that it has not been impacted by other AIs yet

Xbox & gaming

• Xbox is coming to Gamerscom in Germany in August, and it's bringing the ROG Xbox Ally handhelds
• The July Xbox Update is here and it's all about the PC
• Paul reviewed the Lenovo Legion Go S, and the Windows experience was so bad. Also, PC OEMs are having trouble competing with the Steam Deck's pricing on gaming handhelds.

Tips & picks

• Tips of the week: Chris and Paul are partnering on his new newsletter
• App pick of the week: Perplexity Pro
• Beer pick of the week: Alesong Rhino Suit

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Microsoft finally kills Movies & TV show service in the Microsoft Store. This was the final vestigial minder of Zune that remained. There was Groove Video and Xbox Video, too. Microsoft previously killed eBook (2019) and music (2017) sales. At this point, you would have to be insane to buy content from Microsoft, sorry... but you can get to some of your content on other services via Movies Anywhere - and use the Movies & TV app for now in Windows, which is no longer bundled.

Windows 11

• It's Week D and you can't tell your Copilot+ PC features from your Windows 11 features without a scorecard
• A peek at next month's Patch Tuesday - Also, preview updates for 23H2, Windows 10
• Copilot+ PCs only: Settings agent, Click to Do improvements, Photo relight in Photos app, Sticker generator and Object select in Paint
• Everyone: Copilot Vision (U.S. only) in Copilot, Edge Game Assist, Quick Machine Recovery
• Microsoft explains how PC transfer feature will work in Windows Backup later this year
• Describe image action for Click to Do (for AMD/Intel), image descriptions in Narrator (AMD/Intel), performance log improvements (!), Click to Do search bar test, Lock screen improvements, privacy improvements head to Dev and Beta channels
• Bug fixes in Canary, back to the usual waste of time
• Brave will automatically block Recall
• WhatsApp is going PWA, killing UWP app
• Focusrite finally releases drivers for Windows 11 on Arm/Snapdragon X, removing the final major compatibility issue on that platform
• Linux (sort of) crosses the 5 percent usage milestone

Surface/Copilot+ PC

• Copilot+ PC is a failure as a brand because Microsoft focused on negligible on-device AI features
• It should have pushed reliability, performance, efficiency and battery life
• All Copilot+ PC features should come to at least those with GPUs, but really all customers
• Microsoft failed at AI, and failed with consumers, and so now it's going to tell us what consumers want from AI - a comedy
• Microsoft announces Surface Laptop for Business with 5G but the real "with" is Intel Inside
• Intel layoffs are even worse than expected and more are coming
• Microsoft has a problem and it starts with "C" and ends with "opilot"
• Microsoft SharePoint has a notably bad security flaw
• DuckDuckGo adds some neat customization features to Duck.ai and DuckDuckGo lets you hide all AI from search

Xbox and gaming

• The Xbox platform unification continues: Xbox now testing cross-device play history - Not just console games on console, PC games on PC
• Just kidding! The Outer Worlds will cost $69.99, not $79.99

Tips & Picks

• Tip of the week: You hate Big Tech, but who can you trust?
• App pick of the week: Proton Lumo
• RunAs Radio this week: Copilot Studio with April Dunnam
• Brown liquor pick of the week: Benromach 10

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Microsoft just made a major change to the Windows 11 install media, and you're not going to believe what happens next! Plus, the AI spelling and grammar checking app/service that Paul relies on. And yes, he does pay for it.

Windows 11

• Copilot Vision gets full Desktop support, Voice integration across all Insider channels
• Click to Do gets a "Describe image" action, Administrator protection, App permission dialog changes in Dev (25H2) and Beta (24H2)
• Canary finally gets the features everyone else has had for a while now
• Also, Microsoft quietly killed the simplified date/time in the Windows 11 Taskbar because no one liked it
• PC sales grew 5 percent in Q2 but there is a BIG caveat
• Semi-related: Google is "combining" ChromeOS and Android
• ChromeOS will build on Android going forward, smart
• Even less related: HMD quietly pulls Nokia out of the U.S. market, the dream is over

Microsoft 365, AI

• Microsoft layoffs directly attributed to AI
• Microsoft scuttled OpenAI's acquisition of Windsurf and all hell broke loose
• Google snapped up key execs and engineers and licensed Windsurf for $2.4 billion
• All's well that ends well: Cognition acquires Windsurf
• Microsoft keeps changing the terms of the deal: Microsoft 365 apps will be updated on Windows 10 only through August 2026
• Microsoft 365 Copilot is finally getting a Memory
• OpenAI is going to war with Microsoft and the world
• It's working on a web browser
• It's also working on an office productivity suite of sorts
• Google NotebookLM gets curated featured notebooks. This is emerging as one of the more useful AI tools

Xbox and Gaming

• Xbox app for Windows 11 gets "Stream your own game" functionality
• Grounded 2, more coming to Game Pass in second half of July
• Cyberpunk 2077 is coming to the Mac for some reason

Tips & Picks

• Tip of the week: Save big on PCs, go refurbished
• App pick of the week: LanguageTool for Desktop
• RunAs Radio this week: Fabric in 2025 with Arun Ulag
• Brown liquor pick of the week: Slane Triple Casked Blend

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It's been a big year for Windows 11 updates. This month is at least semi-manageable! Also, a few more bits from the layoffs. Plus, Amiga Forever 11 and C64 11 Forever help you live in the past!

Patch Tuesday

• Copilot+ PC only: Ask Copilot action for Click to Do
• 24H2 only: Show smaller Taskbar icons. Screen curtain feature in Narrator. Settings home page for commercial customer
• 23H2 and 24H2: Windows Share shows preview when sharing web content. Beginning of PC migration feature in Windows Backup. More changes for EU users to meet DMA requirements, mostly Edge related
• Windows 10: EU/DMA updates as above

More Windows 11

• WE DID IT! Windows 11 is now in use on more PCs than Windows 10. It's time for Windows 12!
• No new Insider features but some bug fixes in Canary
• Microsoft Edge keeps getting more responsive

Microsoft 365 and AI

• Teams gets threading in Channels about three years later than needed
• Google brought its Veo 3 video generation model to all AI Pro subscribers last week, and now it's bringing that and two other big AI features to Pixel
• Perplexity just launched its AI web browser

Xbox and gaming

• No, Phil Spencer is not retiring
• Romero Games forced to cancel Xbox shooter, lay off 100 employees
• Warcraft Rumble Mobile won't get any more updates
• Xbox angst in the wake of last week's layoffs is mostly undeserved
• Xbox fans keep finding new ways to complain - Most of the game/studio closures we know about were well-deserved. If anything, Microsoft let these things continue for too long with no viable deliverables
• But what is Xbox? Looking at the platform and what Microsoft has done under Phil Spencer paints a very different picture than all the moaning we see on social media
• Game Pass was key to getting Satya Nadella to keep Xbox going, but after the Activision acquisition, the day and date promise was unworkable. After the changes and price hikes, it's possible that Game Pass has peaked.
• Microsoft uploaded an out of date version of Call of Duty: WWII to the Store and hilarity ensues
• Sony to publish a game for Xbox for the first time
• Epic Games quietly settled with Samsung ahead of today's Unpacked event - but not with Google

Tips and picks

• Tip of the week: Office 365 for IT Pros 2026 Edition is now available
• App pick of the week: Microsoft Edge
• RunAs Radio this week: Building Real Software using PowerApps with Luise Freese
• Brown liquor pick of the week: Bolster Road Maple Rye Whiskey

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Microsoft's latest round of layoffs hits Xbox Gaming hard as the company cuts approximately 9,000 jobs despite record profits. This week, Paul Thurrott and Richard Campbell discuss the impact of these layoffs, Windows 11's new version naming, Microsoft Copilot coming to Mac, and dive deep into passkey security.

LAYOFFS

As expected, Microsoft began a massive round of layoffs across Xbox/Microsoft Gaming on Wednesday.

• The fiscal year started on Tuesday.
• These were originally going to happen a week or two earlier.
• 9,000 employees impacted across Microsoft - about 4 percent of workforce, Xbox/MSGaming was NOT hit hardest, Microsoft now says (on top of 6,000 in May).
• 10 percent of King being laid off.
• Carefully worded email from Phil Spencer requires some parsing.

It's Finally Official: 25H2 Is Next!

Microsoft finally admits that the Dev channel is testing Windows 11 version 25H2, which will arrive, as expected, around October

• This news came as part of another set of commingled Dev and Beta channel builds.
• 25H2 will be delivered as an enablement package, so it's a minor release technically.
• Dev and Beta are linked because 25H2 and 24H2 are linked: Each will get the same features, as started with 22H2/23H2 in late 2023.

Windows 11

Last week was Week D, but we didn't get preview updates per usual before WW

• That finally happened last Thursday - new preview updates for 24H2 and 23H2/22H2
• 24H2: Click to Do improvements, start of PC migration in Windows Backup, small icons in Taskbar, more.
• Windows Insider Preview: Those Dev/Beta builds noted above have the first implementation of third-party passkey. Microsoft Edge 138 is a pretty big update, with AI-enhanced history search and Copilot integration into the search box and new tab page.

AI

• Microsoft 365 Copilot is available on the Mac.
• Apple may cave and adopt Anthropic Claude and/or OpenAI ChatGPT for Apple Intelligence.
• After Coda's acquisition and $1 billion in funding, Grammarly acquires Superhuman to build an "AI-native" productivity suite that will take on Big Tech (Microsoft, Google) and Little Tech (Notion, Proton) alike.

Xbox and Gaming

• Xbox 360 dashboard is getting its first update in years.
• Halo Studios teases an October tease of the next Halo from the studio.
• New Game Pass titles for the first half of July - plus, COD: WWII turns up in Game Pass for the first time.
• Cursor sort of comes to the web and mobile - like Adobe Firefly on mobile, but for devs when "the mood strikes".

Tips and Picks

• Tip/App picks of the week: Cure Mac envy.
• The Mac is about to get even prettier. But Windows 11 can rise to this challenge.
  • The PC matters: Paul recommends Surface Laptop 7 as a MacBook Air alternative.
• Software? It's all free.
  • Full screen apps: Hide the Taskbar and touchpad gestures - also, use DS Clock if you need to see the time.
  • Transparent system menu? You can make the Taskbar transparent too.
  • Want Spotlight? No problem, we have Command Palette (an updated, more extensible PowerToys Run) in PowerToys.
• Bonus app pick: Inoreader for RSS feeds (and read later if you want).
• RunAs Radio This Week: More Azure Innovations with Mark Russinovich
• Brown Liquor Pick of the Week: Alberta Distillers 23 Year Old Rare Batch No. 1

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Windows 10 EOL update

• Microsoft confirms that Windows 10 EOL is a go for October. But...
• Consumers can now get a free year of extra security updates instead of paying(!)
• Businesses can now enroll in extended security updates program
• Microsoft 365 apps on Windows 10 to get security updates through October 2028

Windows 11

• A few new features via the Insider Program
• Recall gets a new home page and some nice updates to hardware indicators in Dev and Beta
• We know there's a Settings AI agent coming to Windows 11. Apparently, it needs its own local AI model. And why this might be problematic
• Canary gets features we've seen elsewhere, plus an ISO - plus a new 24H2 build in Release Preview with features we can expect on June 8, Patch Tuesday
• Microsoft launches AI-powered learning app for Copilot+ PCs
• First Arm-based Chromebook Plus arrives with 50+ TOPS NPU, local AI features - using the chip that would make for a nice Copilot+ PC. But what's going on with Chrome OS?

Microsoft 365

• Microsoft Ignite registration is open
• Android users can now open shared Office documents without a Microsoft account

AI

• Copilot is struggling against ChatGPT, even in the enterprise
• Alexa+ is now available to over one million testers in the U.S. - but have you met even one of them?
• Android Studio gets Gemini-based Agent Mode in preview

Xbox and games

• First, the bad news: Yes, there are massive layoffs coming to Xbox next week - this is in addition to the sales org-related layoffs that are also coming, and probably more
• It's happening! Microsoft begins testing Steam integration with the Xbox app on Windows 11
• AMD expands a bit on the news that it's working with Microsoft on next-gen Xbox silicon
• June Xbox update arrives with more home screen customization, more mouse and keyboard support for more games, more "Stream your own games" titles (over 200 now)
• There's a limited edition Meta Quest 3S Xbox Edition - move quick if you want one
• Hellblade II: Senua's Saga Enhanced arrives on PlayStation on August 12 - but there's more going on here, including "Xbox on PC" language

Tips and Picks

• Tip of the week: Don't pay for Windows 10 extended security
• App pick of the week: Discord for Windows 11 on Arm
• RunAs Radio this week: Getting More from GitHub with April Yoho
• Brown liquor pick of the week: Drayman's Highveld

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No, it's not you. Windows Hello doesn't work in the dark anymore. For reasons. Say "Hello" to the Windows Hello controversy of the month!

Windows

• AI agent in Settings and Recall export experience in Dev/Beta channels - plus the old clock is back, baby
• July Patch Tuesday preview: App defaults (EEA only), Share images with visual preview, and some fixes for Windows 11 (The first one is coming to Windows 10 too - tied to the DMA news from last week.)
• Commentary: What Apple gets right in macOS 26 (and otherwise)

Surface

• One year with Surface Laptop 7
• Microsoft issues its first firmware updates for Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7 in several months, sort of

Microsoft 365

• BBB complains about how Microsoft promotes Microsoft 365; Microsoft disagrees but will change the way it communicates about these features

AI

• OpenAI, Microsoft, and... the nuclear option??
• The Open AI Files provides an insider view of the company and finds it lacking
• Copilot Vision is GA in the United States - It's also free to try on mobile
• The Browser Company starts explaining Dia, finally

Xbox and Games

• Microsoft announces (extends?) partnership with AMD on future Xbox hardware - a one minute video with plenty to parse
• Next-gen hardware
• Multi-year partnership with AMD on Xbox consoles and gaming handhelds
• Compatibility with existing game libraries
• Working closely with the Windows team, ensure Windows is the number one games platform
• Microsoft shares Xbox Ally details with devs, a hint at the coming Windows-based Xbox platform requirements?
• More Game Pass titles for June, including an old favorite
• Minecraft gets three great updates
• Steam will run natively on Apple Silicon soon. Unlike all the games.

Tips and Picks

• Tip of the week: Don't give in
• App pick of the week: Camtasia online
• RunAs Radio this week: SQL Server 2025 with Bob Ward
• Brown liquor pick of the week: The Macallan 18 Sherry Oak Cask

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Get to know Microsoft's latest Patch Tuesday updates and new features in Windows 11, such as improvements to the Start menu, File Explorer, and Copilot integration. They also cover new AI features coming to the Photos app for Copilot+ PCs and updates to the Microsoft Store. The discussion then shifts to developer conferences like Google I/O and Apple's WWDC, with a focus on their respective AI advancements and product strategies. Plus, the controversy surrounding Microsoft's decision to no longer host its Build conference in Seattle. Don't miss the discussion on the evolving role of the iPad as a potential threat to Surface devices due to recent software enhancements!

Windows 11

• June Patch Tuesday is here! Big changes for Windows 11 versions 22H2, 23H2, and 24H2
• New Start menu finally debuts in Dev and Beta - synchronized again for some reason
• Copilot+ PCs get Relight feature and natural language search in the Photos app
• The Microsoft Store gets a major update in the Beta channel
• And Canary is still a thing, no one knows why

Developer conference season draws to a close

• Build: Protests, problems, and more problems
• Microsoft pulls out of Seattle permanently
• Google I/O: Stunning array of AI announcements. But Android 16 is on a weird slow boil after a truncated development cycle
• Apple WWDC: Apple Intelligence? Look, Liquid Glass! Also, some actual advances across its newly unified platforms
• Look out Surface: The iPad is a real computer now - And it only took 15 years
• Microsoft, Google, and Apple all played to their strengths
• Between Windows 11 2xH2, Android 16, and iOS whatever - do the platform makers even know how to ship software anymore?

Xbox

• Microsoft unveils the first Xbox-branded third-party gaming handheld as part of its Xbox Games Showcase 2025 event - a few interesting things there as well - COD: BO7, Gears remake, Gears v.next delayed to 2026
• This heavily modified/optimized version of Windows 11 is coming to more gaming handhelds
• Looking to the future: What if this is literally the model for future Xbox console hardware? What if the next Xbox was a NUC?
• More Game Pass titles across platforms for the second half of June
• You can add 4 TB of storage to your Xbox, but it will cost you dearly
• Apple loses again in Epic v. Apple, Fortnite can stay in the App Store and developers can stop getting robbed by Apple
• The Nintendo Switch 2 launched this past week and is apparently the best-selling console of all time at launch
• PS5 controllers to support multiple Bluetooth connections

Tips and Picks

• Tip of the week: Share Feature, image crunching
• App pick of the week: Dia Browser
• RunAs Radio this week: The Case for Telemetry with Liz Fong-Jones
• Brown liquor pick of the week: Glenlossie 26

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