Jan 18th 2023
Windows Weekly 812
Pessimism Pays
AI for the consumer client, HoloLens request rejected, Azure DevOps
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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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Links
- Satya Nadella Announces 10,000 Layoffs at Microsoft
- Latest Round of Amazon Job Cuts Begins Today
- Microsoft is Adding ChatGPT to Its New Azure Open AI Service
- Welcome to the AI Era (Premium)
- Google and Nvidia Voiced Their Concerns to FTC Over Microsoft’s Activision Deal
- Windows 11 Insider Build 22621.1192 Lands on the Release Preview Channel
- PC Sales Fell 16 Percent in 2022, 28.3 Percent in Q4
- Intel Ships the First 6 GHz CPU
- Touch … Now? (Premium)
- Congress Won’t Let US Army Buy More Custom HoloLens Headsets this Year
- Google and Nvidia Voiced Their Concerns to FTC Over Microsoft’s Activision Deal
- Report: Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Deal is Likely to Receive EU Antitrust Warning
- Public Support for Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Acquisition is Strong
- Google Stadia’s Bluetooth Controller Upgrade Goes Live as Service Shuts Down Today
- Microsoft Finally Offers Multiple OneDrive Storage Upgrades
- 0.7.3.0 - Junction, Junction, What's your function
- Microsoft Confirms Its Anticompetitive and User Hostile Behavior is Purposeful
- Apple’s Music, TV, and Devices Apps Launch on the Microsoft Store in Preview