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Enterprise sector that serve as terminals for cloud or network computing but this one is the first Cloud PC device for Windows 365 if you're not counting the other computers that can also use Microsoft's Cloud PC service which is all of them the selling point for this device seems to be that it's capable of even less than existing client PCS which actually have Windows installed which is probably good news to many it people in bad news for anyone who hopes Microsoft might untie the gordian knot that is their product branding the icons for Microsoft 365 apps which is what they call office now not to be confused with Windows 365 their Cloud PC service stay with me the app icons are not only getting little co-pilot badges the Microsoft 365 logo is being changed into the co-pilot logo with a little M365 badge something I think all of us have been waiting for a long time to the new Microsoft 365 copilot icon the rebranding comes alongside new crossa customizable co-pilot AI agents making their debut in Microsoft 365 you can summon them in Microsoft teams where they can do things like take notes during calls and The Interpreter agent can generate live translated audio so you can quit nodding like an idiot as if you understand what that new investor is saying mhm Synergy Windows 11 will be getting what the company calls Microsoft 365 companions which are shortcuts to contacts files or calendars pinned to the taskbar that kind of expand the start menu kind of like phone link Microsoft is also launching the Windows resiliency initiative tightening some of the screws to prevent another crowd strike every PC in the world is borked situation as well as giving Windows 11 Enterprise customers the ability to Hot Patch systems without rebooting but let's end on something actually kind of cool meta Quest 3 and 3s headsets we'll be getting a public preview in December allowing users to use Windows 11 streamed from either a local PC or a cloud PC in 3D space placing multiple monitors where you want and with a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse you could just set up a multim monitor workstation in Starbucks I mean think about how many people you could could irritate the US Department of Justice is certain now that it wants to knock Chrome off the Google tree and has asked judge Amit meta who ruled that Google was playing Monopoly with search back in August to force Google to sell off the world's most popular web browser Chrome sorry I could tell there were a few of you who are thinking sea Mony it's a bit of a weird angle to take since the anti-competitive aspect here is more related to Android and Google Google search and to Google that's putting it lightly in a response given to press the tech giant said the doj continues to push a radical agenda and that putting its thumb on the scale in these ways would harm consumers developers and American technological leadership does Google think they're being forced to sell Chrome to China or something look we get Tik Tok you get Chrome oh this is a bad deal I mean come on doj give Google a break they're cracking down on websites gunking up search results with SEO slop generated by a third-party company the website's hired to take advantage of the SEO system Google made in the first place come on you got to admit that's good Dodge I call him Dodge and I call this our sponsor Jawa the marketplace for gamers to buy and sell gaming gear and purchase custom PCS from experienced Builders at amazing prices and until the end of the year they've got special deals like this sick looking gaming rig for just 12 60 you're going to want to create an account to get notified of more deals giveaways and Flash sales like the deal of the day with massive savings on custom PCS components peripherals and more until November 29th also did you know you can even sell your CPU or GPU directly to Jaa and they'll take care of the rest which could fund your next upgrade just saying so score some great deals on your next PC upgrade at Jaa by using our Link in the description no more middleman I'm going to give the quick bits to you straight in just a second Microsoft is allowing Game Pass ultimate subscribers to stream some games that they own even if that game isn't part of the Game Pass catalog previously you could only stream such games via remote play from your actual console so this is great news for people who own a game but don't have it installed on their XBox because they don't want to play it that bad the feature is in beta now and was announced a day after Sony launched a beta giving their PS portal handheld which only supported remote play for games installed on your PS5 the ability to stream PS5 games from the cloud which should help the product make a bit more sense to people who weren't part of the surprisingly large group of diard fans they already thought the portal was perfect they're losing their over this I'd like to address any Apple people who watch this show first off you are resilient Kudos second update your Maxs your iPhones and your iPads copertino has issued a patch for multiple vulnerabilities it's not not a virus because biologically Macs don't get those They flaws in JavaScript core and webkit which are currently being actively exploited in Intel-based Macs which are apparently still out there for some reason when the Windows 365 link is sitting right there a successor to valve steam controller may be on the way soon according to valve data Miner Brad Lynch who says the steam controller 2 code named IEX is being tooled for mass production along with a separate controller design code named Roy which is reportedly intended for use with valve's long rumored Decker headset the original steam controller didn't have a lot of staying power despite representing valve's Big Dreams for enabling mouse and keyboard style gameplay on TVs I can only hope the new one won't be lost in time like tears and Rain well what' you think of that it was original Sony is in talks to acquire the parent company of from software makers of Elden ring the Dark Souls series and sakiro first reported by Reuters and then confirmed by the company itself called kadokawa the purchase at least to former blizzard boss Mike yabara would be a top two acquisition NVIDIA gaming the only thing bigger would be buying valve or Nintendo which Mike doesn't see happening because frankly if anyone buys Nintendo before Phil Spencer can they're liable to get an Xbox to the head and he will be smiling as he kills and a group of USC students have broken the altitude record for non-governmental non-commercial entities sending the Aftershock 2 rocket to a height of 470,000 Ft beating the previous record of 380,000 Ft set back in 2004 by the civilian space exploration team I really just wanted to have this in here to say good job students and because I like imagining Jeff Bezos yelling about how these kids built a record-breaking rocket in a cave with a box of scraps USC funding has 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