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Bill Gates celebrates the 50th anniversary of Microsoft with the release of the source code for Altair BASIC 1.0. Plus, Paul celebrates with 99 cent books: The Windows 10 Field Guide, Windows 11...

Security Copilot agents, Cursor, AC Shadows
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
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Did Copilot uninstall from your computer recently? You're not alone. At least Microsoft is working on a fix. Plus, Satya Nadella has created a new Office of Strategy and Transformation to meet the...

Your Patch Tuesday is showing. Paul Thurrott, Richard Campbell, and Leo Laporte go over the latest features for Windows 11 with the KB5053598 update. Also, the hosts discuss Press to Talk for...

Skype to EOL in May, replaced by the consumer Teams client, which is surprisingly good now. There are three possible responses to this:
- "They still make Skype?"
- The 13 people who rely on...

Week D - If a preview update falls in the woods and no one downloads it, did it really happen? Plus, what is going on with AI for free? Isn't this stuff expensive?
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23H2/24H2: Taskbar...

On this episode, Paul Thurrott, Leo Laporte, and Richard Campbell explore the Windows KB5052086 update, the new Linux kernel drama, quantum computing, and more. Microsoft has announced the very...

Patch Tuesday has arrived and Windows 11 23H2/24H2 gets those preview updates we talked about two weeks ago: Taskbar preview improvements, Windows Studio Effects on taskbar, File Explorer...

FY25 Q2 earnings, reasoning models, deprecation
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott
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Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell go over the latest batch of preview updates for January 2025, including KB5050094! The big story of the week revolves around DeepSeek and its...

OpenAI, Stargate Project, 24H2 Preview
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
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The first Patch Tuesday of 2025 brings temporary but sweet relief. There were no preview updates last month, so this month is just security/bug fixes. Plus, will Microsoft back down from its...

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Microsoft declares 2025 the "year of the Windows 11 PC refresh."
As likely as "year of the Linux desktop"
The theory: Windows 10 EOL, AI PCs,...

Windows Weekly wishes all viewers and listeners a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Here's a look back at Microsoft's 2024!
NYT sues OpenAI and Microsoft
Copilot Pro announced
Copilot GPT...

Real-time translation, AI steak video, The Great Circle
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
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Recall impressions, Copilot Vision preview, x86`s future
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
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BLOCKBUSTER NEWS FROM INTEL
Intel announces Arc B-series GPUs!!!
CEO Pat Gelsinger "retires," but was really forced out by the board of directors
Why? Theories include too-slow progress, major...

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Recall and Click to Do arrive in Preview and the world doesn't implode. Sorry, haters
Snapdragon X Copilot+ PCs only - and dear God, please follow Paul's advice
Look at how facile the...

It's Microsoft Ignite and we are totally not there
One word summary: Agentic
A wave two for Copilot, essentially
Agents that work on your behalf autonomously
The Snapdragon Dev Box was such a...

Edge's data trick, Outlook's AI Themes, .NET 9, and more!
Windows 11
The 24H2 quality issues continue, like a parade with no end.
Patch Tuesday arrives
Windows team says no Preview update in...