Fungible, rounded corners, Xbox Oreos, the AI wave
- Microsoft invested $1 billion in OpenAI in 2019
- Surface Pro X, also from 2019, featured the first-ever NPU in a Surface product
- Eye contact announced in 2020 - requires NPU
- Windows Studio Effects announced at hybrid work event in April 2021 - adds Voice clarity, Voice focus, Automatic framing, Portrait blur, and Background blur to Eye contact
- Windows Dev Kit 2023 (Volterra) arrives in late 2022 with NPU
- Did Microsoft just soft announce Windows 12? Panos Panay awkwardly joins Lisa Su at AMD announcement at CES. Still, this is potentially huge
- Let's not forget VALL-E
- Now, Microsoft is reportedly seeking to expand its OpenAI partnership with $10 billion investment, could lead to 49 percent ownership stake
Windows 7 + Windows 8.1 are on a farm chasing rabbits
- Microsoft issues the final Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 7 and 8.1. They're dead, Jim. And ... oddly, Microsoft added Secure Boot to Windows 7 at the last second
- Windows 7 was beloved, Windows 8 was reviled, both were horribly misunderstood
More Windows
- First Windows Insider builds of 2023 reveal more UI tinkering
- Android 13 comes to WSA in the Insider Program
- Preliminary results (from IDC) confirm what we knew about the PC industry in 2022
Surface + devices
- After claiming that Surface Duo remained important, rumors of major Surface Duo developments, um, surface - Microsoft to move to folding display design, could add standalone phone
- And let's not forget this little patent from 2017!
- Microsoft launches shared device mode for frontline workers
Microsoft
- Microsoft announces Microsoft 365 Basic - what used to be called OneDrive 100 GB Standalone plan
- Microsoft acquires Fungible for $190 million (estimated)
- There's a Microsoft education event coming in February
Tips and picks
- Tip of the week: Install Windows Subsystem for Android correctly
- App pick of the week: BitWarden
- Enterprise pick of the week: Local Administrator Password Solution V2
- Bourbon pick of the week: Angel's Envy
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