Windows Weekly 888: Find the Blue Penguin

Leo, Richard, and Paul focus on Microsoft’s and Qualcomm’s Home windows 11 on Arm/Snapdragon X successes. And another stuff.

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MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

It’s solely been one week, nevertheless it’s actually been 14 years and I’m calling: Microsoft and Qualcomm have finally made Windows 11 on Arm both viable and desirable. Nothing is ideal, however this platform is fairly unimaginable. Some notes from the previous week:

Floor Laptop computer 7 – First impressions and second impressions

HP UltraBook Extremely – First impressions (at present)

Home windows 11

After skipping Week D final Tuesday, Microsoft belatedly delivers a Week D preview update for Windows 11 version 24H2

Home windows Insider Preview

AI/Microsoft 365

European Commission “shifts” investigation of Microsoft/OpenAI partnership – Is Ken Starr in command of this factor?

Microsoft highlights new Copilot features coming to Microsoft 365 in July

Copilot in OneNote can now recognize handwritten text. It’s 2002 over again!

Pixel 9 family will promote unique “Google AI” features

Brave introduces a BYOM plan for its web browser

Thanks to AI, Google Translate now supports 110 new languages

Xbox

Xbox Cloud Gaming Fire Sticks it to Amazon

Another two weaks of Xbox Game Pass, ammirite?

Forza Horizon 4 (from 2018) to be delisted December 15. Why?

Suggestions and picks

Tip of the week: Get $10 off Tony Redmond’s Workplace 365 for IT Execs eleventh Version

Workplace 365 for IT Execs (2025 version) is now accessible—it’s timed to Microsoft’s fiscal yr—and is now over 1200 pages lengthy with deep protection of Entra ID, Alternate On-line, SharePoint On-line, Groups, OneDrive for Enterprise, and the remainder of the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. Windows Weekly listeners can get it for $10 off. There are month-to-month updates, and also you additionally get a separate e-book without spending a dime, Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell, in the event you subscribe. In any other case, you possibly can purchase it separately.

App decide of the week: Docs in Proton Drive

Proton is taking on Google Docs.

RunAs Radio this week: NGINX as a Service with Buu Lam

https://runasradio.com/Shows/Show/939

Brown liquor decide of the week: Jack Daniels Outdated No. 7

https://www.jackdaniels.com/en-us/whiskey/old-no-7