Published: May 15, 2024, 11:09 p.m.
Windows 11
\n- Patch Tuesday
\n- Windows 11 gets those stupid lock screen widgets
\n- Snipping Tool is being updated with emojis and QR code scanning
\n- Microsoft is testing widgets in the Windows 11 Start menu
\n- New Dev and Beta builds
\n- Dell PCs based on Snapdragon X leak
\n- Microsoft 365
\n- Microsoft Word gets a long-overdue overhaul to default paste
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AI
\n- OpenAI kicks off the week with its Spring Update
\n- Google I/O follows up with a Microsoft-style keynote
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Xbox
\n- Microsoft to launch Xbox mobile games store in July
\n- Xbox consoles will support game update pre-loads, finally
\n- Microsoft discounts Xbox 360 titles ahead of Store closure
\n- We have another round of Game Pass titles and you're never going to believe what we didn't get, again
\n- Starfield May Update is here with 60 fps support on Series X
\n- Xbox Cloud Gaming supports keyboard and mouse with 26 games
\n- Xbox app gets more improvements tied to handheld gaming PCs
\n- Sony has now sold almost 60 million PS5s, roughly even with PS4 at this point in
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Tips and picks
\n- Tip of the week: Remote Desktop is another feature semi-broken by MSA sign-ins
\n- App pick of the week: VMWare Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro are free
\n- RunAs Radio this week: MLOps + DevOps + Kubernetes with Annie Talvasto
\n- Brown liquor pick of the week: Lagavulin 16
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Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
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