WW 973: Bob's Rumor Store

TWiT Shows Windows Weekly
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New Windows Weekly is out now:

This one covers:

:cloud: Microsoft’s big cloud PC push—Windows 365 is coming to ASUS and Dell, and it’s actually getting real
:robot: AI agents are having a moment—OpenAI’s pulling in $110 billion, and Microsoft’s cooking up new Copilot Tasks
:locked_with_key: Security stuff that actually matters for Windows 11 and Copilot+ PCs (plus Bitwarden’s passkey support is pretty slick)
:video_game: Game Pass gets some fresh March releases, and Sony might finally be ready for PC gaming
:globe_with_meridians: Browser updates flying fast—Chrome’s on that two-week schedule now, Edge is evolving

Curious what stood out to you most.

#WindowsWeekly #Microsoft #TWiT

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Googles app functions is a knock off of Apple’s app intents.

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I already thought Google Chrome was already on a 2 week schedule

Firewatch is an incredible game. I think it made me cry.

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What makes App Functions a knockoff? Knockoff generally means something of lesser quality, and whatever you may think of Google - they do quality stuff too.

If you mean a copy or equivalent - then sure. Apple implements plenty of things others have done and acts as if it was invented by them first. So I see nothing wrong with that.

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I found it so boring, I gave up on it before it ever got anywhere. I don’t know what I was expecting, but I expected it to be about something and to have something to do. At least old style “choose your own adventure” books had you turning to different page numbers which is mildly more entertaining that basically just having a story played out to you on screen with the absolute minimum interaction.

I guess it’s my bias… I don’t enjoy fiction and story telling in my games. I go to the console (rarely the computer) when I’m bored and I want to kill some time doing something that engages my brain… not to mindlessly and passively consume content.

I contrast this with the “Untitled Goose Game,” which seemed to have lots of interesting things to do. I guess this is what I expected and didn’t find.

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Leobot seems to be broken. It hasn’t posted Intelligent Machines or Windows Weekly this week @Leo