Windows Weekly 811: The Angle of the Dangle
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Fungible, rounded corners, Xbox Oreos, the AI wave Microsoft invested $1 billion in OpenAI in 2019 Surface Pro X, also from 2019, featured the first-ever NPU in a Surface product Eye contact announced in 2020 - requires NPU Windows Studio Effects announced at hybrid work event in April 2021 - adds Voice clarity, Voice focus, Automatic framing, Portrait blur, and Background blur to Eye contact Windows Dev Kit 2023 (Volterra) arrives in late 2022 with NPU Did Microsoft just soft announce Windows 12? Panos Panay awkwardly joins Lisa Su at AMD announcement at CES. Still, this is potentially huge Let's not forget VALL-E Now, Microsoft is reportedly seeking to expand its OpenAI partnership with $10 billion investment, could lead to 49 percent ownership stake Windows 7 + Windows 8.1 are on a farm chasing rabbits Microsoft issues the final Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 7 and 8.1. They're dead, Jim. And ... oddly, Microsoft added Secure Boot to Windows 7 at the last second Windows 7 was beloved, Windows 8 was reviled, both were horribly misunderstood More Windows First Windows Insider builds of 2023 reveal more UI tinkering Android 13 comes to WSA in the Insider Program Preliminary results (from IDC) confirm what we knew about the PC industry in 2022 Surface + devices After claiming that Surface Duo remained important, rumors of major Surface Duo developments, um, surface - Microsoft to move to folding display design, could add standalone phone And let's not forget this little patent from 2017! Microsoft launches shared device mode for frontline workers Microsoft Microsoft announces Microsoft 365 Basic - what used to be called OneDrive 100 GB Standalone plan Microsoft acquires Fungible for $190 million (estimated) There's a Microsoft education event coming in February Tips and picks Tip of the week: Install Windows Subsystem for Android correctly App pick of the week: BitWarden Enterprise pick of the week: Local Administrator Password Solution V2 Bourbon pick of the week: Angel's Envy Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsor: cachefly.com