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WW 935: Don't Spritz Yourself - The Great Notepad Controversy of 2025!Richard Campbell is out this week! Microsoft continues to make changes to Notepad as it tests 'lightweight text formatting' in Notepad. 22H2, 23H2, and 24H2 got preview updates. And Microsoft has reportedly delayed its first-party Xbox / Windows gaming handheld. Windows THE GREAT NOTEPAD CONTROVERSY OF 2025 • Microsoft announced it was testing "lightweight text formatting" in Notepad. • This is one of MANY changes its made to Notepad in recent years. • The community has collectively lost its s#$t - most thought this was RTF support - it's not. • Everyone is wrong. In defense of Notepad. 24H2 • Last Tuesday, 22H2/23H2 got a preview update in Week D, but 24H2 did not. • The 24H2 update appeared later, with a ton of new features as expected - it's possible an out-of-band update requirement is responsible for the delay. • Now we know for sure what's coming on Patch Tuesday next week. • Windows Insider updates • Today, in Canary: Energy saver in Intune, re-rollout of Phone companion, more. • Dev and Beta (24H2): Quick machine recovery, Phone Link improvements - Plus, more just in Dev. • Canary: Voice access and some bug fixes. • Microsoft makes more DMA changes to Windows 11/Edge • We all need these changes. • Apple needs to pay attention. • Also, hilarious: Apple copies what Microsoft did in the 1990s. Twice. • Earnings: • HP • Dell • Nvidia Microsoft 365/AI • Microsoft announces (internally) its third major AI reorg in 15 months - Too ... slow? • Microsoft is killing password management/autofill in the Microsoft Authenticator app (announced previously, but now a warning is showing up in the app). • Good, you should use a third-party password manager anyway. Also, it's really an identity manager. Also, wake up. • When/why to use Microsoft Authenticator. • And why you should also use Google Authenticator. • June 2025 update for the new Outlook adds tons of new features. • Research and Analyst AI agents are now GA in Microsoft 365 Copilot. • You can experiment with short, phone videos on your phone with Bing Video Creator. • FU, OpenAI! NYT licenses its content to Amazon. • Samsung may drop Gemini for Perplexity. Xbox/Gaming • Microsoft has reportedly delayed its first-party Xbox/Windows gaming handheld. • Xbox continues to be in a holding pattern on hardware - Theories include an Arm revolution in waiting and Amy Hood getting serious about trying to make this business profitable. • Are handheld gaming PCs the next Netbook or mini-tablet ... or this is market real, sustainable, and big enough to matter? • SteamDeck/Linux could be a problem here - related to this, Nvidia news. • Microsoft reaches its first-ever agreement with a game studio union. • Semi-related: J Allard is one of about 100 former Microsoft execs at Amazon now, and we have an update. Tips and picks • Tip of the week: You can replace OneDrive/Google Drive with a NAS. • My Synology NAS is better than expected as a Little Tech replacement for OneDrive and Google Drive. This changes everything • App pick of the week: Microsoft Edge 137 • Edge 137 has quietly emerged as the biggest release of this browser since its inception. • Edge 137 adds PIP and business improvements, removes Wallet Hub and some truly pointless features. • It adds Windows 11 App action support to PWAs. • It brings Game Assist for Game Bar to everyone. • Photoshop for Android is here and it's free Pa These show notes have been truncated due to length. For the full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly/episodes/935 Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott Sponsors: 1password.com/windowsweekly threatlocker.com/twit uscloud.com

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WW 939: The House Hippo - Microsoft Lays Off 9,000 While Worth $3.7 TrillionMicrosoft's latest round of layoffs hits Xbox Gaming hard as the company cuts approximately 9,000 jobs despite record profits. This week, Paul Thurrott and Richard Campbell discuss the impact of these layoffs, Windows 11's new version naming, Microsoft Copilot coming to Mac, and dive deep into passkey security. LAYOFFS As expected, Microsoft began a massive round of layoffs across Xbox/Microsoft Gaming on Wednesday. • The fiscal year started on Tuesday. • These were originally going to happen a week or two earlier. • 9,000 employees impacted across Microsoft - about 4 percent of workforce, Xbox/MSGaming was NOT hit hardest, Microsoft now says (on top of 6,000 in May). • 10 percent of King being laid off. • Carefully worded email from Phil Spencer requires some parsing. It's Finally Official: 25H2 Is Next! Microsoft finally admits that the Dev channel is testing Windows 11 version 25H2, which will arrive, as expected, around October • This news came as part of another set of commingled Dev and Beta channel builds. • 25H2 will be delivered as an enablement package, so it's a minor release technically. • Dev and Beta are linked because 25H2 and 24H2 are linked: Each will get the same features, as started with 22H2/23H2 in late 2023. Windows 11 Last week was Week D, but we didn't get preview updates per usual before WW • That finally happened last Thursday - new preview updates for 24H2 and 23H2/22H2 • 24H2: Click to Do improvements, start of PC migration in Windows Backup, small icons in Taskbar, more. • Windows Insider Preview: Those Dev/Beta builds noted above have the first implementation of third-party passkey. Microsoft Edge 138 is a pretty big update, with AI-enhanced history search and Copilot integration into the search box and new tab page. AI • Microsoft 365 Copilot is available on the Mac. • Apple may cave and adopt Anthropic Claude and/or OpenAI ChatGPT for Apple Intelligence. • After Coda's acquisition and $1 billion in funding, Grammarly acquires Superhuman to build an "AI-native" productivity suite that will take on Big Tech (Microsoft, Google) and Little Tech (Notion, Proton) alike. Xbox and Gaming • Xbox 360 dashboard is getting its first update in years. • Halo Studios teases an October tease of the next Halo from the studio. • New Game Pass titles for the first half of July - plus, COD: WWII turns up in Game Pass for the first time. • Cursor sort of comes to the web and mobile - like Adobe Firefly on mobile, but for devs when "the mood strikes". Tips and Picks • Tip/App picks of the week: Cure Mac envy. • The Mac is about to get even prettier. But Windows 11 can rise to this challenge. • The PC matters: Paul recommends Surface Laptop 7 as a MacBook Air alternative. • Software? It's all free. • Full screen apps: Hide the Taskbar and touchpad gestures - also, use DS Clock if you need to see the time. • Transparent system menu? You can make the Taskbar transparent too. • Want Spotlight? No problem, we have Command Palette (an updated, more extensible PowerToys Run) in PowerToys. • Bonus app pick: Inoreader for RSS feeds (and read later if you want). • RunAs Radio This Week: More Azure Innovations with Mark Russinovich • Brown Liquor Pick of the Week: Alberta Distillers 23 Year Old Rare Batch No. 1 These show notes have been truncated due to length. For the full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly/episodes/939 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Sponsor: uscloud.com

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