Windows Weekly 812: Pessimism Pays
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AI for the consumer client side, HoloLens request rejected, Azure DevOps
Layoffs
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella informs employees of 10,000 layoffs
Is Surface on the cutting block?
Amazon to layoff 18,000
Welcome to the AI era
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella confirms Microsoft's AI moves: Azure Open AI service, ChatGPT APIs, and infusing AI across the entire Microsoft stack
This is a much bigger deal than Microsoft's pivot to the cloud 20 years ago because it infuses everything that it does. When Wall Street latched onto Azure and cloud computing and made Microsoft the second biggest company in the world, the software giant effectively ignored personal computing because no one wanted to hear about legacy. That era is over.
Windows 11
New Insider Preview build for the Dev channel adds a developer feature, OneDrive storage quote display
New Insider Preview build comes to the ... Release Preview channel? This one is interesting.
Now we know the full story of the bloodbath that was PC sales in Q4 2022: a 28.3 percent drop in unit sales YOY. Yikes
Intel ships its first 6 GHz CPU, reminding us again that this—and not efficiency—is what Intel is good at
12 years after Windows 8 and Surface, Apple is adding touchscreens to the Mac.
Devices
US Congress nixes Army purchase of more HoloLens units
Xbox
Google and NVIDIA voice concerns about Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard
EU likely to issue warning on Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard
Public support for the acquisition is strong. Even about PlayStation users!
Google turns the Stadia controller into a normal Bluetooth controller
Tips & Picks
Tip of the week: The OneDrive storage upgrades you didn't know about
App pick of the week: MSEdgeRedirect
Enterprise pick of the week: Azure DevOps
Whisky pick of the week: Glenlivet Nadurra
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