WW 980: Running Outta Tolkiens - Hands-On With 2 Snapdragon X2 Laptops!
AI is democratizing the making of things, from bespoke/custom apps to websites, designs of all kinds, and everything else you might imagine. It's a new world, and it's time to create. Plus, Helium is a new Chromium-based web browser that's completely open source, lightweight, secure, and private. There's a native version for Windows 11 on Arm, too. Also, Firefox 150 arrives with over 270 security fixes!
Windows 11
- Reports of a Recall security vulnerability are, once again, bogus, Microsoft says
- New builds on all channels, still on the old system
- Xbox Mode is now available in all channels
- Release Preview shows us the May Patch Tuesday updates: Xbox Mode, File Explorer improvements, Haptic improvements, Drop Tray renaming, Agents on the Taskbar
- Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x - Snapdragon X2 Elite, 14-inch display impressions
- Lenovo IdeaPad 5x - Snapdragon X2 Plus, 15.3-inch display impressions
Microsoft 365, Surface, more
- OneDrive now supports Markdown natively
- New Surface PCs with Intel chips coming soon
- Microsoft is making changes to its Rewards program
AI
- GitHub Copilot moves to token-based billing in a sign of the true cost of AI
- Claude Design democratizes visual design on the heels of Claude Opus 4.7
- OpenAI Codex moves into productivity
- OpenAI releases ChatGPT Images 2.0
- Chrome AI Mode gets a big update
- Mozilla announces Thunderbolt, sovereign AI for businesses
- Google brings vibe coding to Android apps with Android CLI
Xbox and gaming
- Microsoft drops Xbox Game Pass prices (!), but also drops Call of Duty from Day One
- Plus, Xbox teases a Game Pass Discord perk
- More Game Pass titles for April: Kiln, Vampire Crawlers, more
- Xbox April Update is here with that Quick Resume feature we all want
- There's an ID@Xbox event on April 23 to highlight indie games
- Xbox is selling Forza Horizon 6 limited edition controller and headsets
- Starfield is coming to the Nintendo Switch 2
- A Call of Duty movie will finally arrive in 2028
- Try out the Modern Warfare remake on Game Pass, it's a reminder of COD's gritty past
- PS5 Digital is down to its $399 launch price temporarily
Tips and picks
- Tip of the week: Just make it
- App pick of the week: Helium
- RunAs Radio this week: The Life and Death of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit with Michael Niehaus
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Ned Australian Whisky
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
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AI is democratizing the making of things, from bespoke/custom apps to websites, designs of all kinds, and everything else you might imagine. It's a new world, and it's time to create. Plus, Helium is a new Chromium-based web browser that's completely open source, lightweight, secure, and private. There's a native version for Windows 11 on Arm, too. Also, Firefox 150 arrives with over 270 security fixes!
Windows 11
- Reports of a Recall security vulnerability are, once again, bogus, Microsoft says
- New builds on all channels, still on the old system
- Xbox Mode is now available in all channels
- Release Preview shows us the May Patch Tuesday updates: Xbox Mode, File Explorer improvements, Haptic improvements, Drop Tray renaming, Agents on the Taskbar
- Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x - Snapdragon X2 Elite, 14-inch display impressions
- Lenovo IdeaPad 5x - Snapdragon X2 Plus, 15.3-inch display impressions
Microsoft 365, Surface, more
- OneDrive now supports Markdown natively
- New Surface PCs with Intel chips coming soon
- Microsoft is making changes to its Rewards program
AI
- GitHub Copilot moves to token-based billing in a sign of the true cost of AI
- Claude Design democratizes visual design on the heels of Claude Opus 4.7
- OpenAI Codex moves into productivity
- OpenAI releases ChatGPT Images 2.0
- Chrome AI Mode gets a big update
- Mozilla announces Thunderbolt, sovereign AI for businesses
- Google brings vibe coding to Android apps with Android CLI
Xbox and gaming
- Microsoft drops Xbox Game Pass prices (!), but also drops Call of Duty from Day One
- Plus, Xbox teases a Game Pass Discord perk
- More Game Pass titles for April: Kiln, Vampire Crawlers, more
- Xbox April Update is here with that Quick Resume feature we all want
- There's an ID@Xbox event on April 23 to highlight indie games
- Xbox is selling Forza Horizon 6 limited edition controller and headsets
- Starfield is coming to the Nintendo Switch 2
- A Call of Duty movie will finally arrive in 2028
- Try out the Modern Warfare remake on Game Pass, it's a reminder of COD's gritty past
- PS5 Digital is down to its $399 launch price temporarily
Tips and picks
- Tip of the week: Just make it
- App pick of the week: Helium
- RunAs Radio this week: The Life and Death of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit with Michael Niehaus
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Ned Australian Whisky
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to Windows Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
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