Microsoft announces big changes to Windows 11: New Start menu, Phone Companion on Start, AI actions in File Explorer, Notepad and other updates. Plus, new Copilot+ PC features: Click to Do actions, AI agent in Search for some reason, new Photos, Paint, and Snipping Tool features, and more.

Windows 11

Microsoft announces new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop models after teasing the announcement last week
Recall improvements, Taskbar improvements, HDR improvements, more come to Beta and Dev
Windows 11 Enterprise 24H2 to start on hotpatching, same schedule as Windows Server 2025
A moment of silence for Skype, we didn't know what we had until you ensh*ttified and then killed it
Google is secretly working on two major changes for Android 16+ - We need something like this for 25H2

Antitrust

Apple is slapped down hard by Judge in Epic v. Apple
Spotify, Amazon, Proton and many other change apps to avoid Apple Tax
The walls are finally tumbling down for Big Tech
US v. Google (ads) has a remedy hearing set for September, that should go well

AI

Open AI: just kidding about that for-profit thing. Did Microsoft squelch this plan?
Google's Little Language Lessons looks like a neat use of AI
GitHub Copilot now has over 15 million users

Xbox & gaming

FTC may have suffered its final defeat in trying to end Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard
Xbox/ASUS portable gaming device leaks
Good news! Xbox consoles are more expensive now! Wait.
New DOOM game and more are coming to Game Pass this month
Gears of War Remastered coming to Xbox, PS5, PC, Game Pass in August
Minecraft drops VR/MR support
GTA VI delayed until 2026
Backbone Pro works with phones directly but also tablets, PCs, and more wirelessly

Tips and Picks

Tip of the week: Go passwordless
App pick of the week: Microsoft Authenticator
RunAs Radio this week: Building a Career in Cybersecurity with Yuri Diogenes
Brown liquor pick of the week: Jura 10

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