Paul Thurrott is in Berlin this week for IFA 2025! With AI models multiplying across devices and Microsoft plotting a post-OpenAI future, Paul and Richard debate whether Copilot and local AI finally hint at what's next for your PC. Paul also reacts to the surprising Google antitrust ruling, questioning whether judges are truly willing to rein in Big Tech or just maintain the status quo. Has the battle for online competition already been lost?

Windows 11

Four new builds issued in the Insider Program at the same time (rare)
Dev and Beta: New Microsoft 365 text actions in Click to Do, Braille Viewer, more Share changes
Canary: Nothing to see here, move along
The Mobile Plans app you never used in Windows 11 is going away
Windows Backup for Organizations is here
Dolby Vision 2 is on the way
Dell hits record revenues, but not because of PCs - PC revenues $12.5 billion, up 1 percent
HP revenues up 3.1 percent and it is because of PCs - PC revenues $9.9 billion, up 6 percent
Reminder that Lenovo is curiously dominant in this market - PC revenues $13.5 billion, up 18 percent

Antitrust

Google unexpectedly given a pass on egregious antitrust violations
"We don't do these things because they are hard"

Ensh*ttification

Amazon begins restricting the ability to share Prime free shipping within a household
This, from the company that makes you pay to remove ads from a video service you're already paying for
YouTube is changing what it means to be in household

This week from the misinformation files

Microsoft denied that it had anything to do with SSD fails
Google denies that it warned 2.8 billion Gmail users about anything
If it happened online, it must be real

AI

Microsoft AI releases its first-ever in-house models and one is quite mysterious
Copilot is coming to make your smart TVs dumber
Anthropic will now train Claude on user data unless you opt out
NVIDIA is still doing pretty well financially
The Pixel 10 series phones are all about AI
Camera Coach
It's fascinating to reexamine the initial Pixel launch for its forward-leaning looks at AI, computational photography, and more

Xbox and games

Xbox August Update brings a few interesting new features
Activision inks deal to make a Call of Duty movie
Hollow Knight: Silksong and more are coming to Game Pass in first half of September

Tips & picks

Tip of the week
App pick of the week: Vivaldi
RunAs Radio this week: Episode 1000!
Brown liquor pick of the week: Canadian Club 1858 Original

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