Windows Weekly 883

Bing outage, NVIDIA's record Q1 FY25, WPF's rebirth

Windows 11

• A quick look back at the Copilot+ PC launch
• Paul did end up making a video of each MacBook Air reference during last week’s launch
• The Copilot+ PC event was also notable for its many references to the past: Paul counted at least 7 in the first 7 minutes alone
• After some soul-searching, Paul went all-in on Surface Laptop by canceling the first preorder and bulking it up with more RAM and storage
• Release Preview (last week): 24H2 comes to RP, suggesting it hits stable on Tuesday, June 11 (in preview), one week before the first Copilot+ PCs arrive with this build preinstalled
• Beta (last week): 23H2 build with no new features (arriving after 24H2 in Release Preview, of course)
• Microsoft Edge is getting more responsive thanks to a “WebUI 2.0” initiative
• Lenovo earnings up 9 percent in quarter, down 8 percent for the year. The future? AI PCs, duh

AI

• There was a massive Bing outage late last week. Press hold on all the obvious jokes, this impacted Copilot everywhere, DuckDuckGo, other services
• Cue the Chicken Little “this is why I’ll never use AI” crowd, which used to be the “this is why I’ll never use the cloud” crowd
• Copilot comes to Telegram for some reason
• Google goes live with AI overviews in Search and the world grinds to a halt
• Google adds Gemini to Chromebook Plus, gives one free year of Google One AI Premium to new device buyers
• WWDC is coming soon and we’re seeing hints of how Apple will add more AI to its products
• Opera partners with Google Cloud on Gemini in Aria AI and image understanding/image generation in browser
• And it now plans to make 2000 SLMs available in the browser
• NVIDIA revenues were a record in Q1, up 262 percent YOY

Dev

• Last week, we learned that WPF is making a comeback. This week, Paul revived his .NETpad project and is going to modernize it using the new features

Xbox

• We finally have some news about Activision Blizzard games and Game Pass!!! But it’s only one game, and it doesn’t happen until November
• Atari buys the Intellivision brand. I wish we knew more about this

Tips & Picks

• Tip of the week: Beware the dark patterns
• App pick of the week: Windows 11 version 24H2
• RunAs Radio this week: PowerApp Extensibility with Christina Wheeler
• Brown liquor pick of the week: Glen Garioch 1797 Founder’s Reserve

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Links

• Microsoft is Obsessed with the MacBook Air
• Thinking About Surface Laptop (Premium)
• What’s Old is New Again (Premium)
• Windows 11 Version 24H2 is Now Available on the Release Preview Channel
• Microsoft Edge is Getting a More Responsive User Interface
• Lenovo Earnings Up 9 Percent in Q1 as Firm Looks to AI PCs
• Microsoft Bing Outage is Impacting Copilot, DuckDuckGo, And Other Services
• Microsoft Launches Copilot Bot for Telegram in Beta
• Google’s AI Overviews in Search Appear to Be Deeply Flawed
• Google Brings Gemini AI to Chromebook Plus as Partners Add New Devices
• Report: Apple is Bringing AI to Safari, Photos, Notifications, and More
• Opera Brings Google Gemini and Image Understanding and Generation to Aria AI
• Opera Will Soon Offer Over 2,000 On-Device AI Language Models
• Nvidia Delivers Record Revenues in Q1, Up 262 Percent YOY
• Welcome Back, WPF (Premium)
• It’s Official: Call of Duty Black Ops 6 is Coming on Day One on Game Pass
• Atari Buys Intellivision Brand
• Deceptive (Premium)
• Tip: Upgrade to Windows 11 Version 24H2 Right Now
• PowerApp Extensibility with Christina Wheeler
• Glen Garioch 1797 Founder’s Reserve