Windows Weekly 924: No One Wants To Be Plumbing

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

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