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Your Patch Tuesday is showing. Paul Thurrott, Richard Campbell, and Leo Laporte go over the latest features for Windows 11 with the KB5053598 update. Also, the hosts discuss Press to Talk for Insiders, the Windows app replacing Remote Desktop, the agentic future of browsers, Copilot integration in GroupMe, Gemma 3, issues with Xbox Wireless Controller 5.23.5.0 firmware, Pocket Casts Web Player, and the "vibe coding" era. Plus, Fences 6 is now in Beta, on sale!
 

Woody Leonhard, RIP

 
 • Like Jerry Pournelle, a major influence on Paul's career and writing style
 
 • He had a mysterious life in latter years, not clear what happened
 

Windows 11

 
 • Windows 11 gets all the features we've discussed recently
 
 • Are we heading towards something bigger this year? Or just more of the same?
 
 • New Canary and Beta (23H2) builds
 
 • New Dev and Beta (24H2) builds
 
 • Copilot in Windows 11 is getting Press to Talk
 
 • Microsoft follows through on threat, kills Remote Desktop App - our latest outrage
 
 • Arc crashed and burned but we can still evolve web browsers
 
 • What about sidebar apps as a UX baby step forward?
 
 • Does Edge need to restart every three days now to install updates?
 

Microsoft 365

 
 • Google promotes ChromeOS/Chromebooks as the right client ... for Microsoft 365
 

Dev

 
 • Build 2025 registration is now open
 

AI

 
 • It's Microsoft's 50th anniversary, so it's going to announce AI something something
 
 • Paul has agreed to attend this, from Mexico
 
 • Also, report that Microsoft's in-house models now rival OpenAI is a hint
 
 • Microsoft improves Think Deeper in Copilot using OpenAI o3-mini
 
 • Google secretly owns 14-15 percent of Anthropic
 
 • WTF is going on with Big Tech and regulatory evasion?
 
 • On that note, CMA clears Microsoft + OpenAI specifically because of change to partnership
 
 • Also, Google launches Gemma 3
 
 • The Siripocalypse - AI is a hard computer science problem and Siri is the dumb blond in this space
 
 • Amazon will use AI to dub movies and TV series because obviously
 

Xbox

 
 • Rumor: Third-party portable Xbox gaming handheld this year, console resets in two years
 
 • You could have cobbled this together solely based on what Microsoft has said publicly
 
 • Xbox controller firmware, we have a problem
 

Tips and Picks

 
 • Tip of the week: Code with AI
 
 • App pick of the week: Fences
 
 • RunAs Radio this week: Strong Certificate Mapping in Active Directory with Richard Hicks
 
 • Brown liquor pick of the week: Ardbeg 10
 

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
 

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Windows Weekly 923: The Bouche is Amused

• Interview with Ray Kurzweil
 
 • Liquid eggs? NYC bodegas have new strategy to keep bacon, egg and cheese prices down
 
 • Google announces Gemini Robotics for building general purpose robots
 
 • DeepMind's latest AI model can help robots fold origami and close Ziploc bags
 
 • An audit found that 10 top AI chatbots, including ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini, repeated false 

 • claims from a pro-Kremlin disinformation network 33% of the time
 
 • A study of eight AI search engines found they provided incorrect citations of news articles in 60%+ of queries; Grok 3 answered 94% of the queries incorrectly
 
 • AI Tries To Cheat At Chess When It's Losing - Slashdot
 
 • AI Thinks It Cracked Kryptos. The Artist Behind It Says No Chance
 
 • Pokemon Go is getting a new owner after almost 9 years with Niantic
 
 • Robots That Don't Walk Are Making Strides
 
 • Amazon has more than 750,000 robots that sort, lift, and carry packages—see them in action
 
 • TikTok will play 'calming music' to remind teens to stop using the app
 
 • FCC chair asks if YouTube TV 'discriminates against faith-based programming'
 
 • OpenAI says it has trained an AI that's 'really good' at creative writing
 
 • Bluesky CEO: imagine a 'world without Caesars'
 
 • The Senate approves Gail Slater, President Trump's pick to lead the DOJ's antitrust unit, by a 78-19 vote; she has been critical of power in the tech industry
 
 • Times profile of Jessica Lessin
 
 • Gen-Zers are turning to DVDs instead of streaming their favorite movies
 
 • Wonder Acquires Media Company Tastemade for $90 Million
 
 • Denmark postal service to stop delivering letters
 

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
 

Guest: Ray Kurzweil
 

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Intelligent Machines 810: A Liter of Computronium

The Electric State, Kill Switches, Baidu's AI, Scopely, Careless People, Gemini Robotics

 
 • An arbitrator instructs a former Meta employee to stop promoting and publishing her book alleging company misconduct; publisher Flatiron Books earlier objected
 
 • DeepMind's latest AI model can help robots fold origami and close Ziploc bags
 
 • Future Today Strategy Group, or FTSG.
 
 • Intel has a new CEO
 
 • Russo Brothers' Busy, Boring Netflix Sci-Fi
 
 • Directors Anthony and Joe Russo say they're building a high-tech studio aiming to help artists use AI as a creative tool to make films, shows, and video games
 
 • Baidu launches two new versions of its AI model Ernie
 
 • Startup Claims Its Upcoming (RISC-V ISA) Zeus GPU is 10X Faster Than Nvidia's RTX 5090
 
Pokemon Go • is getting a new owner after almost 9 years with Niantic
 
 • Developer convicted for "kill switch" code activated upon his termination
 
 • TikTok will play 'calming music' to remind teens to stop using the app
 
 • F-35 kill switch concerns non-US countries
 
 • Firmware update bricks HP printers, makes them unable to use HP cartridges
 
 • Sonos Cancels Its Streaming Video Player - Slashdot
 
 • Everything You Say To Your Echo Will Be Sent To Amazon Starting On March 28
 
 • Musk-led cuts drive US consumer protection agency to ask for Amazon trial delay
 

Host: Leo Laporte
 

Guests: Amy Webb, Glenn Fleishman, and Mikah Sargent
 

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This Week in Tech 1023: This is Not Tax Advice

Someone is upset over Apple's announcement of an updated Siri will be delayed. Some information about the rumored iPhone 17 Air is starting to come out. Would you watch a performance of Metallica in the Vision Pro? And Apple will soon support encrypted RCS messaging with Android users. 

 
 • Something is rotten in the state of Cupertino.
 
 • Apple executives believe users will 'love' upcoming iOS 19 overhaul.
 
 • Apple considered making the rumored iPhone 17 Air 'completely port-free,' according to report.
 
 • The Vision Pro Metallica concert video is the best Apple Immersive video yet.
 
 • Apple drops lawsuit against recycler in mystery of missing iPhones.
 
 • Sonos cancels its streaming video player.
 
 • Secret court hearing on iCloud encryption underway amid demands to make it public.
 
 • Apple announces major expansion of Tap to Pay on iPhone.
 
 • Rumor: Apple developing second-generation Studio Display.
 
 • Apple will soon support encrypted RCS messaging with Android users.
 
 • Pedro Pascal is a heartsick mess until Apple's AirPods help him dance into a brighter world in new ad.
 
 • Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones.

 • 

 • Picks of the Week:
 
 • Jason's Pick: Aqara G5 Pro Camera
 
 • Andy's Pick: Google Gemini Flash 2.0 Experimental Native Image Editing
 
 • Alex's Pick: Aluminum Chassis Stand for 2024 Mac Mini M4/M4 Pro
 

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MacBreak Weekly 964: I'm Just Disappointed

• An analysis of Telegram Messenger's crypto.
 
 • A beautiful statement of the goal of modern crypto design.
 
 • Who was behind Twitter's recent outage trouble?
 
 • An embedded Firefox root certificate expired. Who was surprised?
 
 • AI-generated Github repos, voice cloning, Patch Tuesday and an Apple 0-day.
 
 • The FBI warns of another novel attack vector that's seeing a lot of action.
 
 • Google weighs in on the Age Verification controversy.
 
 • In a vacuum, Kazakhstan comes up with their own solution.
 
 • Was Google also served an order from the UK? Can they say?
 
 • A serious PHP vulnerability you need to know you don't have.
 
 • A bunch of great listener feedback, some Sci-Fi content reviews and...
 
 • A new tool allows YOU to test YOUR PCs for their RowHammer susceptibility
 

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Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
 

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Security Now 1017: Is YOUR System Vulnerable to RowHammer?

Did Copilot uninstall from your computer recently? You're not alone. At least Microsoft is working on a fix. Plus, Satya Nadella has created a new Office of Strategy and Transformation to meet the rapidly evolving needs of the AI era. Discord finally has a Social SDK now, Copilot for Gaming is preparing for mobile testing, and a Call of Duty franchise sale that brings savings up to 67 percent off. Lastly, Paul's app pick is a free, open source, third-party File Explorer replacement that is beautiful and highly customizable. And it never badgers you to backup to OneDrive.
 

Windows 

 
 • March security update hilariously removes Copilot app from Windows 11
 
 • New Canary build today
 
 • Release Preview (today): 24H2 ahead of Week D
 
 • Release Preview: 23H2 and Windows 10 ahead of Week D
 
 • Dev, Beta, Beta (23H3) - Voice access suggestions, File Explorer fix
 
 • Paint is getting new Cocreator features
 
 • New Notepad and Snipping Tool features for all
 

Microsoft

 
 • Microsoft announces vague transformation that could be important
 
 • FTC to move forward with Microsoft antitrust probe
 
 • Microsoft no longer includes power supply with Surface PCs sold in Europe
 

AI/Dev

 
 • Gemini adds Canvas and Audio Overview features
 
 • Plus, Gemini is replacing Assistant in Android (and Chromebook)
 
 • Zoom AI Companion is going agentic
 
 • Meta claims one billion downloads of Llama AI models
 
 • Microsoft ships .NET 10 Preview 2
 

Xbox

 
 • Microsoft is bringing Copilot to Xbox
 
 • Xbox Adaptive Joystick is now available for $29.99
 
 • Here are the new games heading to Game Pass in second half of March
 
 • Epic Games and Qualcomm partner on bringing games to WOA
 
 • Discord has an SDK now
 
 • Google Play Games for PC is adding native games
 

Tips and Picks

 
 • Tip of the week: 
Call of Duty • titles are on sale in the Microsoft Store
 
 • App pick of the week: Files
 
 • RunAs Radio this week: Managing AI Costs with Sonia Cuff
 
 • Brown liquor pick of the week: Toki Suntory Whisky

 • 
 

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
 

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Windows Weekly 924: No One Wants To Be Plumbing

• Interview with Anthony Aguirre
 
 • The NIST's new directive to AI Safety Institute partners scrubs mentions of "AI safety" and "AI fairness" and prioritizes "reducing ideological bias" in models
 
 • Jensen Huang GTC Keynote in 16 minutes
 
 • Nvidia and Yum! Brands team up to expand AI ordering
 
 • Google Is Officially Replacing Assistant With Gemini - Slashdot
 
 • Google's Gemini AI is really good at watermark removal
 
 • Hollywood warns about AI industry's push to change copyright law
 
 • Hear what Horizon Zero Dawn actor Ashly Burch thinks about AI taking her job
 
 • Guardian agrees with Leo
 
 • The Daily Wire announces new advertising partnership with Perplexity and The Ben Shapiro Show
 
 • Elon Musk's Grok to merge with Perplexity AI?
 
 • Perplexity dunks on Google's 'glue on pizza' AI fail in new ad
 
 • Google announces new health-care AI updates for Search
 
 • Google plans to release new 'open' AI models for drug discovery
 
 • EFF: California's A.B. 412: A Bill That Could Crush Startups and Cement A Big Tech AI Monopoly
 
 • Italian newspaper says it has published world's first AI-generated edition
 
 • AI ring tracks spelled words in American Sign Language
 
 • Kevin Roose joins the AGI cult: Why I'm Feeling the A.G.I.
 
 • I Hitched a Ride in San Francisco's Newest Robotaxi
 
 • Elon Musk's X obtains $44bn valuation in sharp turnaround
 
 • The 560-pound Twitter logo from its San Francisco headquarters is up for auction
 
 • Andreessen wants to shut down all higher education in America
 
 • FSF's Memorabilia Silent Auction Begins Today - Slashdot
 
 • Bluesky made more money selling T-shirts mocking Zuckerberg than custom domains
 
 • Google acquires cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion
 
 • Alphabet spins off Starlink competitor Taara
 
 • Oh Mary!
 
 • TechCrunch Founder-Turned-Crypto Investor Pays $60 Million for Miami Beach Home
 

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
 

Guest: Anthony Aguirre
 

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Intelligent Machines 811: Flippin' the Bird

• Intel's new CEO to host Vision 2025 Opening Keynote on March 31st
 
 • Apple Can't Beat Spotify
 
 • Google says its test removing European news content for 1% of users in eight EU countries found that there was no change to Search ad revenue due to the removal
 
 • Democratic Senators Team Up With MAGA To Hand Trump A Censorship Machine
 
 • Vance Expects Outlines of TikTok Deal to Become Clear by Early April
 
 • Telegram's Pavel Durov, Charged With Range of Crimes, Is Allowed to Leave France
 
 • Alphabet's Starlink competitor Taara is spinning off into an independent company
 
 • Commerce Official Gives Elon Musk Middle Finger Over Starlink
 
 • Facial Recognition Company Clearview Attempted to Buy Social Security Numbers and Mugshots for its Database
 
 • Scientists Achieve Record-Breaking Fusion Stability, Bringing Us One Step Closer to Clean Infinite Energy
 
 • Police Warn iPhone, Android Users As Dangerous Texts Soar 600%
 
 • Do school phone bans actually work? A new study says not really
 
 • Klarna's deal with DoorDash is a dystopian reminder that groceries are so expensive you need a loan to shop
 

Host: Leo Laporte
 

Guests: Harry McCracken, Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, and Patrick Beja
 

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This Week in Tech 1024: Payday Loan Burrito

Apple is reportedly losing $1 billion a year on Apple TV+. WWDC 2025 has officially been announced. New features are coming to macOS 15.4 soon. Leo gets excited about a quiet update to the HomePod mini... the boxes that the devices come in that is. And would you buy an Apple-branded USB-C to 3.5mm cable for your AirPods Max?

 
 • Apple is apparently losing $1 billion a year on its TV+ streaming service.
 
 • Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference returns the week of June 9.
 
 • Tim, don't kill my vibe.
 
 • Apple Music Classical gets three new features to aid discovery & learning.
 
 • Construction begins on delayed Apple TV+ studios.
 
 • macOS 15.4: Four new features are coming to your Mac soon.
 
 • Apple has quietly updated the HomePod mini with a new box.
 
 • All iPhone 18 models rumored to get speed boost from 2nm chips.
 
 • PSA: This is one of the most sophisticated phishing attacks ever made against Mac users.
 
 • Netflix will stream shows and movies in HDR10+ on supported devices.
 
 • Apple's rumored plastic Apple Watch SE has reportedly hit a serious snag.
 
 • Apple now sells USB-C to 3.5 mm cable for wired AirPods Max playback.
 
 • Porch pirate criminal network stole thousands of iPhones in the U.S.
 
 • EU orders Apple to open up access to iOS notifications, allow alternatives to AirDrop and AirPlay on the iPhone.
 
 • Season 3 of "Severance" is a go, via Tim Cook's cute Twitter convo with Ben Stiller.
 
 • Jason Bourne franchise shopped as rights leave Universal.
 
 • Professional DJs can now use Apple Music tracks directly.
 

Picks of the Week:

 
 • Jason's Pick: Insta360 Link 1
 
 • Andy's Pick: Adafruit Fruit Jam and Pico-Mac emulator (in development)
 
 • Alex's Pick: Playlisty
 

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MacBreak Weekly 965: A Lot of Goodwill to Squander

• The dangers of doing things you don't understand.
 
 • Espressif responds to the claims of an ESP32 backdoor.
 
 • A widely leveraged mistake Microsoft stubbornly refuses to correct.
 
 • A disturbingly simple remote takeover of Apache Tomcat servers.
 
 • A 10/10 vulnerability affecting some ASUS, ASRock and HPE motherboards.
 
 • Google snapped up another cloud security firm but paid a price!
 
 • RCS messaging to soon get full end-to-end encryption (done right!).
 
 • How did an AI Crypto Chatbot lose $105,000? ...and what is an AI Crypto Chatbot?
 
 • Looks like Oracle may take stewardship of TikTok to keep it in-country.
 
 • Whoops! 23andMe is sinking — don't let them take your genetics with them!
 
 • The White House says "the cyber guys should stay!"
 
 • AI project failure rates are on the rise. Anyone surprised?
 
 • Listener feedback, and a very interesting update on just how looming is the threat from quantum computing?
 

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