Windows Weekly 848: The Era of a Grinning Paul

In this episode of Windows Weekly, Mikah Sargent is joined by Paul and Richard to discuss the latest Microsoft updates, news, and products. Paul chimes in on his experience at Microsoft's recent AI event, changes to Windows 11's confusing updates, last week's Xbox leaks, antitrust lawsuits against tech companies like Microsoft and Amazon, and more!

Microsoft Special Event: Blockbuster... or blockluster?

Paul went to his first in-person Microsoft event in almost four years. You're not going to believe what happened next!
Ahead of the event, everyone was calling this a "Surface event" and some still are. But it was an AI event, period. Were our expectations met?
Copilot "rebrand" was in many ways the biggest news
Microsoft 365 Commercial arrives November 1 - And Microsoft 365 consumer is a thing
Microsoft announced two Surface PCs at event, one with an NPU. And then two other Surface PCs/devices. Most of these do not matter

WTF is happening with Windows 11 23H2?

We had a confusing several days, the perfect end-cap to a confusing year when it comes to Windows updating. But now we have the answers.
At special event, Microsoft reveals it will ship "next major Windows 11 update" September 26. It's 23H2! It's not 23H2!
One day after the event, Release Preview gets Fall Update
Paul attempted to achieve some clarity ahead of John Cable's post
Microsoft releases the Fall Update (in preview form)
Is Windows 11 finally where it needed to be when Microsoft shipped v1 two years ago?

Follow-ups to last week's blockbuster news 

Panos Panay will succeed Dave Limp at Amazon
Further examination of the leaked Xbox documents
Microsoft's reaction to the PS5 specs reveal is sort of clueless in retrospect
Microsoft wanted to buy Nintendo. No, really. And it considered lots of companies

Antitrust

UK CMA provisionally approves of Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard
So of course the FTC revives its lost battle against Microsoft/AB. You can't make this stuff
FTC sues Amazon for monopoly abuse. Paul has questions. Lots of questions

Dev and AI

Intel announced its Meteor Lake chipset BEFORE Microsoft event.
Amazon buys Anthropic for $4 billion
Amazon announces generative AI features for Alexa at its hardware event
Google Studio Bot expands worldwide in preview
Microsoft is moving Windows device driver development to Rust
Unity: JUST KIDDING GUYS SERIOUSLY
GitHub Passkeys are GA

Xbox

Cuphead anniversary update is on the way, Xbox only
Microsoft tweaks how Xbox/OneDrive integration works in a "bonus Xbox update for September"

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Install the update, check the store
App pick of the week: Amazon adBlocker
RunAs Radio this week: SharePoint Online Features On-Prem with Sandy Ussia
Brown liquor pick of the week: Pokeno Whisky

Hosts: Paul Thurrott, Richard Campbell, and Mikah Sargent

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