Windows Weekly 816

The AI morning after

•  A week after the irrational exuberance, reality sets in. It’s still Bing. And it’s still competing against Google
•  Microsoft shares an update on Bing AI rollout
•  Google employees were not amused at botched Bard announcement
•  Microsoft to add AI to Office in March
•  Everyone is doing AI now. Including Opera and Notion

Windows 11

• New Windows 11 Dev build adds more live captions
• IE was disabled in Windows 11 on Patch Tuesday. It’s dead, Jim
• 2FA is coming to Windows 11. It’s all in the toast

Microsoft 365

• Looks like Skype revenue has plummeted over the past decade
• And full of “meet your new girlfriend” messages if you don’t lock down from defaults
• Microsoft finally retired the Yammer brand. And you’re never going to believe what happened next

Corporate

• GitHub lays off 10 percent of staff, going fully remote
• More jobs cuts announced in Surface, HoloLens, Xbox

Xbox

• Just kidding: Activision to release a major Call of Duty title this year
• Xbox February update is now available with Google Home app integration

Tips & Picks

• Tip of the week: Get started with the new Bing AI. Bing AI apparently has some “creator prompts” that will jumpstart certain types of tasks:

-Letter (Write a letter)
-Code (Write code)
-Movie (Write a script)
-Story (Write a story)
-Poem (Write a poem)
-Summary (Write a summary)
-Tweet (Write a tweet)
-Blog post (Write a blog post)
-Quiz (Write a quiz)
-Joke (Write a joke)

• App pick of the week: DALL-E
• This Week on RunAs: Strengthening Security with Jess Dodson
• Brown liquor pick of the week: Kvint Divin

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Links

• Proprietary
• Microsoft Shares an Update on its AI-Powered Bing Rollout
• Report Details Google’s Embarrassment Over AI Flub
• Microsoft Reportedly Plans to Unveil OpenAI-Powered Office Features in March
• Windows 11 Insider Build 25300 Adds More Live Captions Languages
• Microsoft is Disabling Internet Explorer on Windows 10 Today
• Opera to Integrate AI Into its Web Browsers
• Microsoft Tests Highlighting 2FA Codes in Windows 11 Notification Toasts
• Report: Skype’s Annual Revenue Dropped 74.5% in Almost 10 Years
• Microsoft’s Yammer Brand is Being Retired in Favor of Viva Engage
• GitHub is Laying Off 10 Percent of Staff, Going Fully Remote
• Report: Microsoft Job Cuts Hit Surface, Xbox, and HoloLens Teams
• Call of Duty Will Not Skip 2023
• New Xbox Update Brings Carbon Aware Downloads and Better Google Home Integration
• Strengthening Security with Jess Dodson
• Kvint Divin